Mark Blum (May 14, 1950 - March 25, 2020) was an Obie-award winning American actor famous for his leading role as Gary Glass in Desperately Seeking Susan.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and in 2005, married Janet Zarish, an actor herself. Due to health complications brought on from contracting COVID-19, he would die on March 25th, 2020, at the age of 69.
No relation to Steve Blum.
Television and Film Roles
- Desperately Seeking Susan: Gary Glass
- "Crocodile" Dundee: Richard Mason
- Miami Vice: Sid Shenker (1 episode)
- Roseanne: Mike Summers (1 episode)
- NYPD Blue: Dr. Roland Sachs, Mike Francis
- Wings: Larry Mohr (1 episode)
- Central Park West: Ben
- Frasier: John (1 episode)
- The Sopranos: Randall Curtin
- The West Wing: Katzenmoyer
- Family Law: Russell Hollenbeck
- Law & Order: Frank Lazar, Micheal Aronson
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent: Prof. Larry Lewis, Dr. Phillip Oliver
- New Amsterdam (2008): Dr. MacVittie
- Fringe: Dr. Claus Penrose
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: David Arnoff (1 episode)
- Mozart in the Jungle: Union Bob
- Elementary: Ira Langstrom (1 episode)
- You: Ivan Mooney
- Succession: Bill Lockhart