Mark Blankfield
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1950
- Died
- Mar 20, 2024 (aged 73)
- Place of birth
- Pasadena, Texas, USA
- Credits
- 50
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.
Known for
Filmography
Arrested Development
2003TV
Dr. Miller
Perfect Game
2000Movie
Coach Ron
Crusade
1999TV
Jenson
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996TV
Blackbeard
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996TV
Vladimir
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995Movie
Martin
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995Movie
Sheik Abdul Achmed
One West Waikiki
1994TV
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993TV
James
The John Larroquette Show
1993TV
Carl Pfaff
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993Movie
Blinkin
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993Movie
Self
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993TV
Corey Mimms
Lady Boss
1992TV
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992TV
Mr. Rose
Good & Evil
1991TV
George
Eerie, Indiana
1991TV
Jose Schaefer
Dad's A Dog
1990Movie
L.P. Gasman
Jury Duty: The Comedy
1990Movie
Ted Watkins
The Nutt House
1989TV
Freddy
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989TV
Keith Morse
Saved by the Bell
1989TV
James
The Road Raiders
1989Movie
"Schizoid"
Coach
1989TV
Goldberg
Angel III: The Final Chapter
1988Movie
Spanky
The Underachievers
1988Movie
Kline
Frankenstein General Hospital
1988Movie
Dr. Bob Frankenstein
The Oldest Rookie
1987TV
Kiss Exposed
1987Movie
Interviewer
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987Movie
Derrick Van Bummel
Johnny Appleseed
1986Movie
Larry
Sledge Hammer!
1986TV
Joey the Slug
ALF
1986TV
Eric Sr.
It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986TV
Phantom of the Studio
The Midnight Hour
1985Movie
The Ghoul
Tall Tales & Legends
1985TV
Larry
Charles in Charge
1984TV
Eddie Drummond / Louis Brenner
Tales from the Darkside
1984TV
Tinker
Hunter
1984TV
Simon Kruze
The Jerk, Too
1984Movie
Navin Johnson
Night Court
1984TV
Mr. Che
Jack and the Beanstalk
1983Movie
Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982Movie
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982TV
Edgar, Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator (voice), Derrick Van Bummel
Cagney & Lacey
1982TV
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981Movie
Rob
Fridays
1980TV
Self
Broadway on Showtime
1979TV
Algy Longwort
Taxi
1978TV
Zifka
Izzy on a Grandstand
Movie
Izzy