Mark Blum

Mark Blum, a veteran stage actor known for films including "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Crocodile Dundee," has died due to complications from Covid-19, according to a statement released by the Screen Actors Guild.

Blum was 69.

Though he was perhaps best known for the 1985 film "Desperately Seeking Susan," in which he starred alongside Madonna and Rosanna Arquette, he most recently appeared in supporting TV roles on the HBO series "Succession," the Netflix drama "You" and Amazon's "Mozart in the Jungle."

• Reference: NY Times Actor. A veteran of stage and screen, he was best known for the box office films "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Crocodile Dundee." His thirty year film career included supporting roles in movies opposite Madonna, Bruce Willis, Paul Hogan, Sean Connery, and Mark Harmon. He portrayed Rosanna Arquette's husband, Gary Class, in "Desperately Seeking Susan" (1985); and Richard Mason, the narcissistic news editor in "Crocodile Dundee" (1986). He also appeared in "Blind Date" (1987), "The Presidio" (1988), and "I Don't Know How She Does It" (2005). His many television appearances ran the gamut from drama to comedy, and included roles on "St. Elsewhere, "Miami Vice," "Roseanne," "Wings," "Frasier," and "The West Wing." As a stage actor, he performed on Broadway in "Lost In Yonkers," "Best Man," and "Twelve Angry Men." He won an Obie Award for his portrayal of Al in the off-Broadway production of "Gus and Al," and was a regular member of Playwrights Horizons. He died from complications of the COVID-19 virus at age of 69.

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