In 1984, Springfield made a full-length feature film titled "Hard to Hold". In 1998, he played in the film "Legion". He also wrote the soundtrack for "Hard to Hold". In 1992, he played the title role in the short-lived ABC series "Human Target", based on the DC Comics character of the same name. In 1989, he starred in the film "Nick Knight", in which he played an 800-year-old vampire seeking a cure for his condition. The film was later remade as the first two episodes of the series "Forever Knight". In 1991, he appeared in the made-for-TV movie "Dying to Dance". In 1994 he starred in the series "Robin's Hoods". From 1994 to 1997 he starred in the television series "High Tide" that ran for 69 episodes.