David Mendenhall

David Mendenhall is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the movie Over the Top, and the television series The Transformers and The Berenstain Bears.

Early life and acting career

Mendenhall was born in Oceanside, California. He has a younger sister, Marissa. Mendenhall began his acting career at the age of four. In 1980, he started on General Hospital when he was eight years old, portraying Mike Webber on the soap opera. He remained with the series until 1986.

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

Mendenhall has since worked at the legal departments of several entertainment companies, including NBCUniversal Television Group, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment. From 2007-08, he was the clearance coordinator for the NBC television program Deal or No Deal. 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.

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

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 1980–1986 General Hospital Mike Webber 1983 Goodnight, Beantown Alex Diff'rent Strokes Sidney 1984 Saturday Supercade Joey (Kangaroo segment) The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas Cousin Cannon Lee 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 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