Mark Blankfield
Born: 1950-05-08 in Pasadena, Texas, USA
Died: 2024-03-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2003
- Arrested Development as Dr. Miller
2000
- Perfect Game as Coach Ron
1999
- Crusade as Jenson
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Blackbeard
- The Jamie Foxx Show as Vladimir
1995
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It as Martin
- National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins as Sheik Abdul Achmed
1994
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Corey Mimms
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class as James
- The John Larroquette Show as Carl Pfaff
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights as Blinkin
- 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming as Self
1992
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Mr. Rose
- Lady Boss
1991
- Eerie, Indiana as Jose Schaefer
- Good & Evil as George
1990
- Jury Duty: The Comedy as Ted Watkins
- Dad's A Dog as L.P. Gasman
1989
- Coach as Goldberg
- Saved by the Bell as James
- The Road Raiders as "Schizoid"
- The Nutt House as Freddy
1988
- The Underachievers as Kline
- Angel III: The Final Chapter as Spanky
- Frankenstein General Hospital as Bob Frankenheimer alias Bob Frankenstein
1987
- Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle as Derrick Van Bummel
- The Oldest Rookie
- Kiss Exposed as Interviewer
1986
- ALF as Eric, Sr.
- Sledge Hammer!
- Johnny Appleseed as Larry
1985
- Tall Tales & Legends as Larry
- The Midnight Hour as The Ghoul
- Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella as Edgar
1984
- Night Court as Mr. Che
- Hunter as Simon Kruze
- Tales from the Darkside as Tinker
- Charles in Charge as Eddie Drummond / Louis Brenner
- The Jerk, Too as Navin Johnson
1983
- Jack and the Beanstalk as Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator
1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Edgar
- Cagney & Lacey
- Footlight Frenzy ... (Writer)
- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
1981
1980
- Fridays as Self
1979
- Broadway on Showtime as Algy Longwort
1978
- Taxi as Zifka