Actor
Mark Blankfield
Born May 8, 1950 in Pasadena, Texas, USADied March 20, 202418 films
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.
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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.
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First watchRobin Hood: Men in Tights19936.6as BlinkinRobin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
18 films as actor- TBAIzzy on a GrandstandIzzy
- 2000Perfect GameCoach Ron
- 1995Dracula: Dead and Loving ItMartin
- 1995National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly SinsSheik Abdul Achmed
- 1993Robin Hood: Men in TightsBlinkin
- 1990Dad's A DogL.P. Gasman
- 1990Jury Duty: The ComedyTed Watkins
- 1989The Road Raiders"Schizoid"
- 1988Angel III: The Final ChapterSpanky
- 1988The UnderachieversKline
- 1988Frankenstein General HospitalDr. Bob Frankenstein
- 1987Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van WinkleDerrick Van Bummel
- 1986Johnny AppleseedLarry
- 1985The Midnight HourThe Ghoul
- 1984The Jerk, TooNavin Johnson
- 1983Jack and the BeanstalkStrange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator
- 1982Jekyll and Hyde... Together AgainDr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
- 1981The Incredible Shrinking WomanRob