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Mark Blankfield
Pasadena, 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 sho…
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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.
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2003
Arrested Development
TV show Dr. Miller
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2000
Perfect Game
Movie Coach Ron
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1999
Crusade
TV show Jenson
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1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV show Blackbeard
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1996
The Jamie Foxx Show
TV show Vladimir
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1995
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Movie Martin
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1995
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
Movie Sheik Abdul Achmed
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1994
One West Waikiki
TV show
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1993
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
TV show James
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1993
The John Larroquette Show
TV show Carl Pfaff
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1993
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Movie Blinkin
- 1993
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1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV show Corey Mimms
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1992
Lady Boss
TV show
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1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
TV show Mr. Rose
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1991
Good & Evil
TV show George
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1991
Eerie, Indiana
TV show Jose Schaefer
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1990
Dad's A Dog
Movie L.P. Gasman
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1990
Jury Duty: The Comedy
Movie Ted Watkins
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1989
The Nutt House
TV show Freddy
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1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV show Keith Morse
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1989
Saved by the Bell
TV show James
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1989
The Road Raiders
Movie "Schizoid"
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1989
Coach
TV show Goldberg
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1988
Angel III: The Final Chapter
Movie Spanky
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1988
The Underachievers
Movie Kline
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1988
Frankenstein General Hospital
Movie Dr. Bob Frankenstein
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1987
The Oldest Rookie
TV show
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1987
Kiss Exposed
Movie Interviewer
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1987
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
Movie Derrick Van Bummel
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1986
Johnny Appleseed
Movie Larry
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1986
Sledge Hammer!
TV show
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1986
ALF
TV show Eric Sr.
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1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show
TV show Phantom of the Studio
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1985
The Midnight Hour
Movie The Ghoul
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1985
Tall Tales & Legends
TV show Larry
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1984
Charles in Charge
TV show Eddie Drummond / Louis Brenner
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1984
Tales from the Darkside
TV show Tinker
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1984
Hunter
TV show Simon Kruze
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1984
The Jerk, Too
Movie Navin Johnson
