Mark Arnold (born May 23, 1957) is an American actor most notable for his role as a professional dancer named Gavin Wylie who became a rebel on the run on the ABC soap opera ''

The Edge of Night ''The Edge of Night'' is an American television mystery crime drama series and soap opera, created by Irving Vendig and produced by Procter & Gamble Productions. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that networ ...

'' from 1980 to 1983. From 1984 to 1985, he played the role of Joe Perkins, the original hero of the daytime soap '' Santa Barbara'', replacing

Dane Witherspoon Dane Witherspoon (December 27, 1957 – March 29, 2014) was an American actor who appeared in daytime TV soap operas ''Santa Barbara (TV series), Santa Barbara'' as Joe Perkins in 1984, and in ''Capitol (TV series), Capitol'' as Tyler McCan ...

. He also appeared on the serials ''

Guiding Light ''Guiding Light'' (known as ''The Guiding Light'' before 1975) is an American radio and television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the third longest-running drama in television in American history. ''Guiding Light'' a ...

'', ''

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'' and as Rob Coronol #2 on ''

One Life to Live ''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes ...

'' from 1987 to 1989. In 1985, Arnold played

Michael J. Fox Michael Andrew Fox (born June 9, 1961), known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American retired actor. Beginning his career in the 1970s, he rose to prominence portraying Alex P. Keaton on the NBC sitcom ''Family Ties'' (1 ...

's character's nemesis, Mick McAllister, in the movie ''

Teen Wolf ''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed ...

''. He also played a major part in the

Full Moon Features Full Moon Features is an American motion picture production and distribution company headed by B-movie veteran Charles Band. It is known for the direct-to-video series '' Puppet Master'', ''Trancers'', and ''Subspecies'', as well as the film ''C ...

films '' Trancers 4: Jack of Swords'' and '' Trancers 5: Sudden Deth''. In 2009, he played the title character's father in the movie ''April Showers''.

Filmography

Film

Television

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* American male soap opera actors Living people 1957 births Male actors from Pennsylvania American male film actors People from Marple Township, Pennsylvania 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub