About

Known credits:
25
Birthday:
1950-05-08
Place of birth:
Pasadena, Texas, USA
Website:
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Mark Blankfield

Overview

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

Acting

2000 Perfect Game Actor Coach Ron 58
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1995 Dracula: Dead and Loving It Actor Martin 60
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1995 National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins Actor Sheik Abdul Achmed 58
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1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Actor Blinkin 64
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1993 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming Actor Self 59
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1992 Lady Boss Actor N/A
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1991 Good & Evil Actor George 69
Fair
1990 Dad's A Dog Actor L.P. Gasman N/A
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1990 Jury Duty: The Comedy Actor Ted Watkins 58
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1989 The Nutt House Actor 69
Fair
1989 The Road Raiders Actor "Schizoid" 59
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1988 Angel III: The Final Chapter Actor Spanky 58
Average
1988 The Underachievers Actor Kline 58
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1988 Frankenstein General Hospital Actor Bob Frankenheimer alias Bob Frankenstein 58
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1987 Kiss Exposed Actor Interviewer 59
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1986 Johnny Appleseed Actor Larry N/A
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1985 The Midnight Hour Actor The Ghoul 58
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1985 Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella Actor Edgar N/A
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1984 The Jerk, Too Actor Navin Johnson 58
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1983 Jack and the Beanstalk Actor Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator 58
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1982 Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again Actor Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde 58
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1981 The Incredible Shrinking Woman Actor Rob 57
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1980 Fridays Actor Self 68
Fair
Izzy on a Grandstand Actor Izzy N/A
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Writing

1982 Footlight Frenzy Writing Writer N/A
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