Larry Block

Larry Block

Larry Block (October 30, 1942 – October 7, 2012) was an American radio, TV, film and theater actor. Larry was the son of Sonia (née Kutcher), a travel agent, and Harold Block, who worked in the garment industry. He had a brother, Kenneth.

Block appeared on Sesame Street as Tom, who worked at Hooper's Store. Block also had a brief appearances in the films Slap Shot (1977) and Don't Say a Word (2001), alongside Michael Douglas and Brittany Murphy, as well as Martin Scorcese's After Hours (1985).

In 1964, he graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Rhode Island College of Arts and Sciences.

Block married Jolly King on September 21, 1981. They had two children, Zachary and Zoe.

He died in New York City, New York on October 7, 2012, three weeks before his 70th birthday.

Larry Block appeared in the following programs:

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!style="width:70px;"|Air date
!style="width:140px;"|Series
!Cast
|-
|[[Jewish Blues|Jewish Blues]]
||1978
|[[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
||[[Arthur Miller]], [[Eric Sears]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Pilot|Pilot]]
||1983-04-19
|[[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
||[[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Clark Gordon]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Irene Wagner]]
|-
|[[A Tour Of The City (Part 1)|A Tour Of The City (Part 1)]]
||1984-03-06
|[[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
||[[Alan Hunter]], [[Marilyn Casky]], [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Brother Theodore]], [[Richard Bauer]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Larry Block]], [[Sharon Dennis-Wyeth]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[A Tour Of The City (Part 2)|A Tour Of The City (Part 2)]]
||1984-03-06
|[[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]
||[[Alan Hunter]], [[Marilyn Casky]], [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Brother Theodore]], [[Richard Bauer]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Larry Block]], [[Sharon Dennis-Wyeth]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Rent A Family (Part 1)|Rent A Family (Part 1)]]
||1987
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Carolyn Swift]], [[Larry Block]], Lynn, Sarah, Carmen, Thomas, Timo, Sharon, Christa
|-
|[[Rent A Family (Part 2)|Rent A Family (Part 2)]]
||1987
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Carolyn Swift]], [[Larry Block]], Lynn, Sarah, Carmen, Thomas, Timo, Sharon, Christa
|-
|[[Rent A Family (Part 3)|Rent A Family (Part 3)]]
||1987
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Carolyn Swift]], [[Larry Block]], Lynn, Sarah, Carmen, Thomas, Timo, Sharon, Christa
|-
|[[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)|In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1)]]
||1987
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Ryan Cutrona]]
|-
|[[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2)|In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2)]]
||1987
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Laura Esterman]], [[Ryan Cutrona]]
|-
|[[In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 3)|In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 3)]]
||1987
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Laura Esterman]], [[Ryan Cutrona]]
|-
|[[The Policemen's Ball|The Policemen's Ball]]
||1987
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Tim Jerome]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Larry Block]], [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Steve Friedman]], [[Denny Partridge]]
|-
|[[To The Bar Life|To The Bar Life]]
||1987
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Emergency Room|Emergency Room]]
||1988
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Larry Block]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Lester Nafzger]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Emerald Isle|Emerald Isle]]
||1988
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Fionnula Flanagan]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Bad|Bad]]
||1989
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Tim Jerome]], [[Tess Steincolk]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Larry Block]], [[Paul Mantell]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[The Best|The Best]]
||1992
|[[Work In Progress]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Friederike Frank]], [[Freddy Frank]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Smile|Smile]]
||1993
|[[In The Dark]]
||[[Farley Ziegler]], [[Larry Block]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Bob Gordon]], [[Naomi Schwarz]], [[Michael Meloan]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[When I'm Calling You|When I'm Calling You]]
||1993
|[[In The Dark]]
||[[Arthur Miller]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Farley Ziegler]], [[Keith Talbot]], [[Helen Wilson]], [[Larry Block]], [[Eliot Wilder]] Joe Frank
|-
|[[Coma|Coma]]
||1993
|[[In The Dark]]
||[[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Patrick Bauchau]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Hit Man|Hit Man]]
||1994
|[[In The Dark]]
||[[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[A Natural Disaster|A Natural Disaster]]
||1994
|[[In The Dark]]
||[[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[The Policemen's Ball (Remix)|The Policemen's Ball (Remix)]]
||1996-11-10
|[[Somewhere Out There]]
||[[Tim Jerome]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Larry Block]], [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Steve Friedman]], [[Denny Partridge]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Phone Therapy|Phone Therapy]]
||1997
|[[Somewhere Out There]]
||[[Laura Esterman]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Larry Block]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Keith Talbot]], [[Helen Wilson]], [[Farley Ziegler]], Larry Kusnit, Lisa Hiemer, [[David Franks]], [[Davis Black]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[The Other Side (Show)|The Other Side (Show)]]
||1997-03-16
|[[Somewhere Out There]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Irene Wagner]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Rent A Family (Remix)|Rent A Family (Remix)]]
||1997-03-23
|[[Somewhere Out There]]
||[[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Nick Ullett]], [[Carolyn Swift]], [[Larry Block]], Lynn, Sarah, Carmen, Thomas, Timo, Sharon, Christa
|-
|[[Joe Frank Live - Women Police Officers|Joe Frank Live - Women Police Officers]]
||1997-07-05
|[[Somewhere Out There]]
||[[Lester Nafzger]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Jam|Jam]]
||1999-10-17
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[David Cross]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[No Angel|No Angel]]
||1999-10-24
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Arthur Miller]], [[Larry Block]], [[Milton Schindler]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Holy Land|Holy Land]]
||1999-11-14
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Arthur Miller]], [[Larry Block]], [[Farley Ziegler]], [[David Franks]] ,Joe Frank
|-
|[[Predator|Predator]]
||1999-12-05
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Mercy|Mercy]]
||2000-01-16
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[At Last|At Last]]
||2000-01-23
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Zen|Zen]]
||2000-03-12
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Milton Schindler]], [[Milio Brodski]], [[Tamar Braut]], [[Laura Esterman]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Larry Block]], [[Keith Talbot]], [[Helen Wilson]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[The Wire|The Wire]]
||2000-03-26
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[The Nature Of Things|The Nature Of Things]]
||2000-04-03
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Zachary Block]], [[Michael Meloan|Michael Meloan]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma (Part 1)|Karma (Part 1)]]
||2000-04-16
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma (Part 2)|Karma (Part 2)]]
||2000-04-23
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma (Part 3)|Karma (Part 3)]]
||2000-04-30
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Zachary Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma (Part 4)|Karma (Part 4)]]
||2000-05-14
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Zachary Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma (Part 5)|Karma (Part 5)]]
||2000-05-21
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma (Part 6)|Karma (Part 6)]]
||2000-05-28
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Friederike Frank]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma (Part 7)|Karma (Part 7)]]
||2000-06-18
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Jack Kornfield]], [[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Bad Karma|Bad Karma]]
||2000-07-09
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Jack Kornfield]], [[Larry Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Ruth Seymour]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Evening Sky|Evening Sky]]
||2000-07-16
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Gregory Poe]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma For Dollars|Karma For Dollars]]
||2000-07-23
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma Don't Deny Me|Karma Don't Deny Me]]
||2000-07-30
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Debi Mae West]], [[Michael Meloan|Mike Meloan]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Pledge Drive Rough Cuts|Pledge Drive Rough Cuts]]
||2000-08-01
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Kristine McKenna]], [[Larry Block]], [[David Rapkin]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Pledge Drive, 2000-08-06|Pledge Drive, 2000-08-06]]
||2000-08-06
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Zachary Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Pledge Drive, 2000-08-13|Pledge Drive, 2000-08-13]]
||2000-08-13
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma Redux|Karma Redux]]
||2000-10-01
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Small World Karma|Small World Karma]]
||2000-10-08
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Debi Mae West]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Waiting For Karma|Waiting For Karma]]
||2000-10-15
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Jack Kornfield]], [[Zachary Block]], [[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma Memories|Karma Memories]]
||2000-10-22
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Debi Mae West]], [[Larry Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Karma Crash|Karma Crash]]
||2000-11-05
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Silent Sea|Silent Sea]]
||2000-11-12
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Debi Mae West]], [[Larry Block]], [[David Rapkin]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Bitter Pill|Bitter Pill]]
||2000-12-03
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Maude Gaines]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Sunday Morning Service|Sunday Morning Service]]
||2000-12-10
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Debi Mae West]], [[Larry Block]], [[Maude Gaines]], [[Kelly Kidneigh]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Caged Heart|Caged Heart]]
||2000-12-17
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Debi Mae West]], [[Milton Schindler]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Insomnia (2001)|Insomnia (2001)]]
||2001-01-14
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Zachary Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Always|Always]]
||2001-01-21
|[[The Other Side]]
||Jerry Liebowitz, [[Larry Block]], [[Zachary Block]], Jack Cheeseborough, Moses Stone, Joe Frank
|-
|[[Fire And Ice|Fire And Ice]]
||2001-03-04
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Debi Mae West]], [[Larry Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[The Angina Dialogues|The Angina Dialogues]]
||2001-03-11
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Waiting For The Bell|Waiting For The Bell]]
||2001-04-22
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Laura Esterman]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], [[Keith Talbot]], [[Larry Block]], [[Helen Wilson]], [[Walica Fuller]], [[Lester Nafzger]], [[Farley Ziegler]], [[Heidi Nordberg]], [[Harvey Perr]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory|Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]]
||2001-04-29
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Arthur Miller]], [[Jane Hunt]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Paul Mantell]], [[Carolyn Swift]], [[Tess Gallagher]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Porter Fielding]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[What Do Women Want?|What Do Women Want?]]
||2001-05-06
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Debi Mae West]], [[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Four Part Dissonance|Four Part Dissonance]]
||2001-05-13
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Gregory Poe]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Emptiness|Emptiness]]
||2001-05-27
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], [[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Summer Hill|Summer Hill]]
||2001-06-03
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Gregory Poe]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Don't Know Mind|Don't Know Mind]]
||2001-06-17
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Gregory Poe]], [[Henry Dennis]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[The Future|The Future]]
||2001-07-07
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Debi Mae West]], [[Larry Block]], [[Henry Dennis]], [[Kelly Kidneigh]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Margarita|Margarita]]
||2001-07-08
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Stoner|Stoner]]
||2001-07-22
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Debi Mae West]], [[Zachary Block]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Men Of The Cloth|Men Of The Cloth]]
||2001-08-01
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[David Cross]], [[David Franks]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Terminal|Terminal]]
||2001-08-05
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Zachary Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[David Rapkin]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Black Hole (Remix)|Black Hole (Remix)]]
||2001-09-16
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Alan Hunter]], [[Barbara Sohmers]], [[Marilyn Casky]], [[Arthur Miller]], [[Brother Theodore]], [[Mark Hammer]], [[Joseph Palmieri]], [[Clark Gordon]], [[Larry Block]], [[Richard Bauer]], [[Tim Jerome]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Pledge Drive 2002|Pledge Drive 2002]]
||2002
|[[The Other Side (Series)]]
||[[David Rapkin]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Plerophory Of Pain|Plerophory Of Pain]]
||2002
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Zachary Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Endings|Endings]]
||2002-01-20
|[[The Other Side]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Kristine McKenna]], [[Jack Kornfield]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Time's Arrow|Time's Arrow]]
||2004-10-10
|[[Online]]
||[[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Fire|Fire]]
||2005-01-12
|[[Online]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Gideon Brower]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Bad Faith|Bad Faith]]
||2005-03-15
|[[Online]]
||[[Larry Block]], [[Lester Nafzger]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Goodbye|Goodbye]]
||2006-12-30
|[[Online]]
||[[Lester Nafzger]], [[Gideon Brower]], [[Michal Story]], [[Larry Block]], [[Mike Fremuth]], Joe Frank
|-
|[[Dreamers|Dreamers]]
||2012-07-04
|[[UnFictional]]
||[[Larry Block]], Joe Frank
|}