Mark Blankfield

Known for ActingBorn 1950-05-08Died 2024-03-20Pasadena, Texas, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dad's A Dog

Kiss Exposed

Arrested Development

Faerie Tale Theatre

Lady Boss

Sledge Hammer!

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Saved by the Bell

One West Waikiki

Eerie, Indiana

ALF

Night Court

Tales from the Darkside

Taxi

Perfect Game

It's Garry Shandling's Show

Hunter

Walker, Texas Ranger

Good & Evil

The Oldest Rookie

Cagney & Lacey

The John Larroquette Show

The Jamie Foxx Show

Crusade

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

Coach

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming

Footlight Frenzy

The Nutt House

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Charles in Charge

Tall Tales & Legends

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

The Midnight Hour

Fridays

The Incredible Shrinking Woman

The Road Raiders

Angel III: The Final Chapter

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

The Underachievers

The Jerk, Too

Frankenstein General Hospital

Jury Duty: The Comedy

Johnny Appleseed