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.

Filmography

• Arrested Development — Dr. Miller
• 2000Perfect Game — Coach Ron
• Crusade — Jenson
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Blackbeard
• The Jamie Foxx Show — Vladimir
• 1995Dracula: Dead and Loving It — Martin
• 1995National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins — Sheik Abdul Achmed
• One West Waikiki
• 1993Robin Hood: Men in Tights — Blinkin
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class — James
• The John Larroquette Show — Carl Pfaff
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Corey Mimms
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Mr. Rose
• Lady Boss
• Eerie, Indiana — Jose Schaefer
• Good & Evil — George
• 1990Dad's A Dog — L.P. Gasman
• 1990Jury Duty: The Comedy — Ted Watkins
• Coach — Goldberg
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Keith Morse
• Saved by the Bell — James
• The Nutt House — Freddy
• 1989The Road Raiders — "Schizoid"
• 1988Angel III: The Final Chapter — Spanky
• 1988Frankenstein General Hospital — Dr. Bob Frankenstein
• 1988The Underachievers — Kline
• 1987Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle — Derrick Van Bummel
• 1987Kiss Exposed — Interviewer
• The Oldest Rookie
• ALF — Eric Sr.
• It's Garry Shandling's Show — Phantom of the Studio
• 1986Johnny Appleseed — Larry
• Sledge Hammer! — Joey the Slug
• Tall Tales & Legends — Larry
• 1985The Midnight Hour — The Ghoul
• Charles in Charge — Eddie Drummond / Louis Brenner
• Hunter — Simon Kruze
• Night Court — Mr. Che
• Tales from the Darkside — Tinker
• 1984The Jerk, Too — Navin Johnson
• 1983Jack and the Beanstalk — Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator
• Cagney & Lacey
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Edgar, Strange Little Man / Fairy / Narrator (voice), Derrick Van Bummel
• 1982Footlight Frenzy — Writer
• 1982Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again — Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Heyde
• 1981The Incredible Shrinking Woman — Rob
• Broadway on Showtime — Algy Longwort
• Taxi — Zifka
• Izzy on a Grandstand — Izzy

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1993'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming — Self
• Fridays — Self