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Quick Facts
Biography
David Mendenhall (born June 13, 1971) is an American actor and former child actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Space Raiders, Over the Top, The Transformers: The Movie and They Still Call Me Bruce.
Biography
David Mendenhall was born in Oceanside, California. He performed voice acting in animated movies and TV series, like Rainbow Brite, The Berenstain Bears, and most notably The Transformers: The Movie. He performed an award-winning role from 1979 to 1986 as young Mike Webber in General Hospital. At age 15, Mendenhall got a role with Sylvester Stallone in Over the Top, about a long haul truck driver who tries to win back his alienated son while becoming a champion arm wrestler. He also appeared in the 1990 movie Streets with Christina Applegate.
Mendenhall has a degree in law. His sister Marissa has also been an actress since childhood.
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.
- 1988 Razzies Worst Supporting Actor in Over the Top
- 1988 Razzies Worst New Star in Over the Top
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 New 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 | |
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 Cutler / Michael Hawk / Michael Hawks | |
Going Bananas | Ben | ||
They Still Call Me Bruce | Billy White | ||
Pound Puppies | Additional Voices | voice | |
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 |