David Mendenhall

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David Mendenhall
Born
David Athen Mendenhall[1]

(1971-06-13) June 13, 1971 (age 52)
Alma materCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
University of Southern California
Southwestern Law School
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

David Athen Mendenhall (born June 13, 1971) is an American actor.[2] He is best known for his roles in the films Space Raiders, Over the Top,[3] The Transformers: The Movie and They Still Call Me Bruce.[4]

Early life and acting career

Mendenhall was born in

Mike Webber on the soap opera General Hospital. He remained with the series until 1986. During that time, Mendenhall started acting in feature films. Mendenhall made his film debut in the 1983 space Western, Space Raiders, produced by Roger Corman. Notable television appearances during the 80s also included playing Elaine Nardo's son on Taxi on three episodes, and playing a 12-year-old drug dealer in “The Reporter”, a very special episode of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes. The episode featured a guest appearance by then-First Lady Nancy Reagan
.

At age 15, Mendenhall portrayed

.

Education and later work

In 1994, Mendenhall enrolled in the theater arts program at California State University, San Bernardino.[citation needed] In 1996, he transferred to the University of Southern California and graduated magna cum laude in 1998 with a bachelor's degree.[citation needed] Later that year, Mendenhall attended Southwestern Law School, graduating in 2001.[citation needed]

Mendenhall has since worked at the legal departments of several entertainment companies, including

NBCUniversal Television Group, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment.[citation needed] From 2007-08, he was the clearance coordinator for the NBC television program Deal or No Deal.[citation needed] Afterwards he worked in the prize department on GSN Live for the Game Show Network, and later as a prize producer for shows on NBC and Fox.[citation needed
]

In 2012, he returned to acting with a brief role in Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America.[citation needed]

Awards

  • 1984
    Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Youth Actor in a Daytime Soap Opera for General Hospital
  • 1984 Young Artist Award Best Young Actor in Daytime Soap for General Hospital
  • 1985 Young Artist Award Best Young Actor in a Daytime or Nighttime Television Series for General Hospital
  • 1986 Young Artist Award Outstanding Young Actor - Animation Voice Over for Berenstain Bears
  • 1987 Young Artist Award Exceptional Young Actors in Animation - Series, Specials or Feature Film for Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer. He was also nominated in the same category for The Transformers: The Movie

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Last Song Bobby Pierce TV movie
1981 The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane Young David Copperfield TV movie
1982 Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody Terry voice
The Smurfs Christmas Special
William voice
Taxi Jason
1983 Space Raiders Peter
1979–1986 General Hospital
Mike Webber
1983 Goodnight, Beantown Alex
Diff'rent Strokes Sidney
1984 Saturday Supercade Joey (Kangaroo segment)
Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas Cannon voice
1985 The Twilight Zone Richard "Dickie" Jordan Jr. "Examination Day"
Rainbow Brite Krys voice
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer Krys voice
Galtar and the Golden Lance Zorn voice
The Berenstain Bears Brother Bear voice
G.I. Joe
Fairmont Boy voice
CBS Storybreak Henry Green Chocolate Fever
It's Punky Brewster!
Additional Voices voice
Night on the Galactic Railroad Giovanni 1986 dub
1986 Witchfire Hunter's Son
The Transformers: The Movie
Daniel Witwicky
voice
The Transformers season 3 and 4
Daniel Witwicky
voice
Potato Head Kids Big Chip voice
The Centurions
Randy Chang voice
Our House
J.R. Dutton
1987 Over the Top Michael Hawk
Going Bananas Ben
They Still Call Me Bruce Billy White
Pound Puppies Oran Snow Puppies
1988 Family Medical Center Guest Star unknown episodes
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Additional Voices voice
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible Additional Voices The Creation
1989 The Secret of the Ice Cave Alex Ostrow
1990 Streets Sy
1997
Roseanne
Clerk uncredited
2008 My Own Worst Enemy Paul Wallace
2009 The Forgotten Newsstand Clerk
2011 God Bless America Roxy's Father
A Gifted Man Peter Glenn
2014 A Help From Above Kerr

References

  1. ^ "David Athen Mendenhall Profile". Martindale.com.
  2. ^ New York Times
  3. ^ New York Times
  4. ^ Los Angeles Times

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