Mark Blankfield was an American actor and comedian. Born on May 8, 1950, in Pasadena, Texas, he began his acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in a number of television shows, including Taxi, Night Court, and The Nutt House. He was an ensemble player on the sketch comedy show Fridays and had a recurring role on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. He later appeared in Sledge Hammer!, Arrested Development, The Mindy Project and the HBO Max series Made for Love.
Mark Blankfield was an American actor and comedian. Born on May 8, 1950, in Pasadena, Texas, he began his acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in a number of television shows, including Taxi, Night Court, and The Nutt House. He was an ensemble player on the sketch comedy show Fridays and had a recurring role on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. He later appeared in Sledge Hammer!, Arrested Development, The Mindy Project and the HBO Max series Made for Love.
Blankfield's first major film role was in The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981). He then went on to appear in a number of other films, including Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982), The Jerk, Too (1984) and The Secret of My Success (1987). Blankfield was perhaps best known for his roles as Blinkin, one of the Merry Men, in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Martin, a vampire hunter, in Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995). He was a member of both the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. From 1972 to 1987, Blankfield was married to actress Brandis Kemp, with whom he had one son. Blankfield passed away on March 20, 2024, at the age of 73.
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Filmography (Movies)
Perfect Game
Character:Coach Ron
Release Date:18/04/2000
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Character:Martin
Release Date:22/12/1995
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Character:Sheik Abdul Achmed
Release Date:12/11/1995
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Character:Blinkin
Release Date:28/07/1993
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
Character:Self
Release Date:27/07/1993
Dad's A Dog
Character:L.P. Gasman
Release Date:06/07/1990
Jury Duty: The Comedy
Character:Ted Watkins
Release Date:14/01/1990
The Road Raiders
Character:"Schizoid"
Release Date:25/04/1989
Angel III: The Final Chapter
Character:Spanky
Release Date:10/11/1988
The Underachievers
Character:Kline
Release Date:01/06/1988
Frankenstein General Hospital
Character:Bob Frankenheimer alias Bob Frankenstein
Release Date:11/03/1988
Kiss Exposed
Character:Interviewer
Release Date:18/05/1987
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
Character:Derrick Van Bummel
Release Date:23/03/1987
Johnny Appleseed
Character:Larry
Release Date:31/10/1986
The Midnight Hour
Character:The Ghoul
Release Date:01/11/1985
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Character:Edgar
Release Date:08/08/1985
The Jerk, Too
Character:Navin Johnson
Release Date:06/01/1984
Jack and the Beanstalk
Character:Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator
Release Date:08/09/1983
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Character:Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
Release Date:10/11/1982
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Character:Rob
Release Date:30/01/1981
Television Appearances
Arrested Development
Character:Dr. Miller
Crusade
Character:Jenson
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Character:Blackbeard
The Jamie Foxx Show
Character:Vladimir
One West Waikiki
Character:
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Character:James
The John Larroquette Show
Character:Carl Pfaff
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character:Corey Mimms
Lady Boss
Character:
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Character:Mr. Rose
Good & Evil
Character:George
Eerie, Indiana
Character:Jose Schaefer
The Nutt House
Character:Freddy
Saved by the Bell
Character:James
Coach
Character:Goldberg
The Oldest Rookie
Character:
Sledge Hammer!
Character:
ALF
Character:Eric, Sr.
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Character:Phantom of the Studio
Tall Tales & Legends
Character:Larry
Charles in Charge
Character:Eddie Drummond / Louis Brenner
Tales from the Darkside
Character:Tinker
Hunter
Character:Simon Kruze
Night Court
Character:Mr. Che
Faerie Tale Theatre
Character:Edgar
Faerie Tale Theatre
Character:Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
Character:Derrick Van Bummel
Cagney & Lacey
Character:
Fridays
Character:Self
Broadway on Showtime
Character:Algy Longwort
Taxi
Character:Zifka
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