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 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
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Blackbeard
Night Court
Mr. Che
Arrested Development
Dr. Miller
Coach
Goldberg
Taxi
Zifka
ALF
Eric, Sr.
The Jamie Foxx Show
Vladimir
Walker, Texas Ranger
Corey Mimms
Tales from the Darkside
Tinker
Cagney & Lacey
Hunter
Simon Kruze
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
James
Faerie Tale Theatre
Edgar
Faerie Tale Theatre
Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
Derrick Van Bummel
Saved by the Bell
James
Fridays
Self
The John Larroquette Show
Carl Pfaff
Charles in Charge
Eddie Drummond / Louis Brenner
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Mr. Rose
Sledge Hammer!
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Blinkin
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Martin
Tall Tales & Legends
Larry
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
Self
Eerie, Indiana
Jose Schaefer
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Rob
One West Waikiki
Crusade
Jenson
Frankenstein General Hospital
Bob Frankenheimer alias Bob Frankenstein
Jack and the Beanstalk
Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator
Perfect Game
Coach Ron
Lady Boss
The Road Raiders
"Schizoid"
The Underachievers
Kline
Angel III: The Final Chapter
Spanky
Johnny Appleseed
Larry
The Oldest Rookie
Kiss Exposed
Interviewer
The Midnight Hour
The Ghoul
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
Good & Evil
George
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Edgar
The Nutt House
Freddy
Broadway on Showtime
Algy Longwort
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Sheik Abdul Achmed
The Jerk, Too
Navin Johnson
Jury Duty: The Comedy
Ted Watkins
Dad's A Dog
L.P. Gasman
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
Derrick Van Bummel
Izzy on a Grandstand
Izzy