
Acting
Born May 8, 1950 · 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 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.

Perfect Game
2000

Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995

Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993

'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993

Dad's A Dog
1990

Jury Duty: The Comedy
1990

The Road Raiders
1989

Angel III: The Final Chapter
1988

The Underachievers
1988

Frankenstein General Hospital
1988

Kiss Exposed
1987

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987

Johnny Appleseed
1986

The Midnight Hour
1985

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
1985

The Jerk, Too
1984

Jack and the Beanstalk
1983

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
1981