- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Pasadena, Texas, USA
- Died
- March 20, 2024
Mark Blankfield
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…
Filmography
tvArrested Development
2003 · Dr. Miller
moviePerfect Game
2000 · Coach Ron
tvCrusade
1999 · Jenson
tvSabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Blackbeard
tvThe Jamie Foxx Show
1996 · Vladimir
movieDracula: Dead and Loving It
1995 · Martin
movieNational Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995 · Sheik Abdul Achmed
tvOne West Waikiki
1994
tvSaved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · James
tvThe John Larroquette Show
1993 · Carl Pfaff
movieRobin Hood: Men in Tights
1993 · Blinkin
movie'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993 · Self
tvWalker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Corey Mimms
tvLady Boss
1992
tvHangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992 · Mr. Rose
tvGood & Evil
1991 · George
tvEerie, Indiana
1991 · Jose Schaefer
movieDad's A Dog
1990 · L.P. Gasman
movieJury Duty: The Comedy
1990 · Ted Watkins
tvThe Nutt House
1989 · Freddy
tvDoogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · Keith Morse
tvSaved by the Bell
1989 · James
movieThe Road Raiders
1989 · "Schizoid"
tvCoach
1989 · Goldberg
movieAngel III: The Final Chapter
1988 · Spanky
movieThe Underachievers
1988 · Kline
movieFrankenstein General Hospital
1988 · Bob Frankenheimer alias Bob Frankenstein
tvThe Oldest Rookie
1987
movieKiss Exposed
1987 · Interviewer
movieFaerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987 · Derrick Van Bummel
movieJohnny Appleseed
1986 · Larry
tvSledge Hammer!
1986 · , Joey the Slug
tvALF
1986 · Eric Sr.
tvIt's Garry Shandling's Show
1986 · Phantom of the Studio
movieThe Midnight Hour
1985 · The Ghoul
tvTall Tales & Legends
1985 · Larry
tvCharles in Charge
1984 · Eddie Drummond / Louis Brenner
tvTales from the Darkside
1984 · Tinker
tvHunter
1984 · Simon Kruze
movieThe Jerk, Too
1984 · Navin Johnson
tvNight Court
1984 · Mr. Che
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1983 · Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator
movieJekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982 · Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Edgar, Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator (voice), Derrick Van Bummel
tvCagney & Lacey
1982
movieFootlight Frenzy
1982 · Writer
movieThe Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981 · Rob
tvFridays
1980 · Self
tvBroadway on Showtime
1979 · Algy Longwort
tvTaxi
1978 · Zifka
Izzy on a Grandstand
movieIzzy on a Grandstand
— · Izzy