His “Desperately Seeking Susan” costar, Nana, recalled Blum as “funny dry, caring and professional.” By Diana Dasrath and David K. Li Veteran character actor Mark Blum— a community leader better known for the film “Desperately Seeking Susan” and “Crocodile Dundee,” as well as TV roles on “Law & Order,” “Us” and “Succession “— died with complications from Coronavirus, the coronavirus-related illness, his friends said Thursday.
He was 69 years old. He played Gary Glass, the husband of depressed homemaker Roberta Glass of New Jersey, depicted by Rosanna Arquette in “Desperately Seeking Susan.”