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 Nutt House as Freddy
- The Road Raiders as "Schizoid"
1988
- Angel III: The Final Chapter as Spanky
- The Underachievers as Kline
- Frankenstein General Hospital as Bob Frankenheimer alias Bob Frankenstein
1987
- The Oldest Rookie
- Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle as Derrick Van Bummel
- Kiss Exposed as Interviewer
1986
- ALF as Eric, Sr.
- Sledge Hammer!
- It's Garry Shandling's Show as Phantom of the Studio
- Johnny Appleseed as Larry
1985
- Tall Tales & Legends as Larry
- The Midnight Hour as The Ghoul
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
- Cagney & Lacey
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Edgar
- Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
- Footlight Frenzy ... (Writer)
1981
1980
- Fridays as Self
1979
- Broadway on Showtime as Algy Longwort
1978
- Taxi as Zifka