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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Ruby R. Levitt to Eric Lutes
Mark Linn-Baker Biography (1954-)
Born June 17, 1954, in St. Louis, MO; married Adrianne Lobel (a set designer), 1995. Addresses: Agent: Paradigm Talent Agency, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2500, Los Angeles, CA 90067.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, director
- Birth Details
- June 17, 1954
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
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Alice in Concert, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1980
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Randy Newman's Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong, Production Company Theatre, New York City, 1981, later Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1982
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The Laundry Hour, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1981
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Waiting for Godot, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1982
- William Evans, The Death of von Richthofen As Witnessed from Earth, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1982
- Mark, Doonesbury (musical), Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1983-1984
- Delmount Williams, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Manhattan TheatreClub, then Cheryl Crawford Theatre, both New York City, 1984
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Night of 100 Stars III, Theatre at Radio City Music Hall, New YorkCity, 1990
- Bernard Sugarmann, Face Value, Boston, MA, and Cort Theatre, New York City, both 1993
- Val, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New YorkCity, 1993-1994
- Hysterium, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, St. James Theatre, New York City, beginning 1996
- Victor Chandebise and Dodo, A Flea in Her Ear, Roundabout TheatreCompany, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 1998
- Touchstone, As You Like It, Mainstage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1999
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Chesapeake (solo show), Second Stage, New York City, 1999
- Appeared as Bertram, All's Well That Ends Well and in Othello, both New York Shakespeare Festival.
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Stage Work
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Director
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Baby with the Bath Water (also known as Baby with the Bathwater), American Repertory Theatre Company, Pudding Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1982
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Savage in Limbo, Double Image Theatre, New York City, 1985
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L.A. Freewheeling (also known as L.A. Free Wheeling), Hartley House Theatre, New York City, 1986
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Zero Positive, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City, 1988
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Once around the City (musical), Second Stage, New York City, 2001
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Film Appearances
- (As Mark Baker) Voice of Andy, Raggedy Ann and Andy (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
- Shakespearean actor, Manhattan, United Artists, 1979
- Victor Lebrun, The End of August (also known as The Awakening and The Awakening of Eve), Quartet, 1982
- Benjy Stone, My Favorite Year, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1982
- "Marvelous" Mark Slackmeyer, Doonesbury: A Broadway Musical (alsoknown as Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy and Doonesbury: A New Musical), 1983
- Voice of Him, Me and Him (also known as Ich und Er), 1987,Columbia, 1990
- Tim Allgood, Noises Off, Buena Vista, 1992
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Film Work
- (With Max Mayer, Nellie Nugiel, and Leslie Urdang) Producer, Me &Veronica, Arrow Releasing, 1993
- Executive producer, The Silent Alarm (short film), 1993
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Host, Comedy Zone, CBS, 1984
- Larry Appleton, Perfect Strangers, ABC, 1986-1993
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Movies
- Norman Brinkman, Wedding Day Blues (also known as Going to theChapel and Wedding Bell Blues), NBC, 1988
- Gordon Perry, Bare Essentials (also known as Almost Paradise and Sail Away), CBS, 1991
- Val Skotsky, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Showtime, 2000
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Specials
- Voice of Kirby, Doonesbury (animated), NBC, 1977
- Nathan Zuckerman, "The Ghost Writer," American Playhouse, PBS, 1984
- Cohost, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '87, 1986
- Host, Here's to You, Mickey Mouse, 1988
- Host, Moscow Circus, 1988
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ABC's Comedy Sneak Peek, ABC, 1989
- Host, The ABC Perfectly Strange Saturday Morning Preview, ABC, 1989
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Night of 100 Stars III, NBC, 1990
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Why Bother Voting?, PBS, 1992
- "The Whole Shebang," General Motors Playwrights Theater, Arts andEntertainment, 1993
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Pilots
- Public defender, O'Malley, 1983
- Steve Griffin, The Recovery Room, 1985
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Episodic
- Barry Gold, "Made for Each Other," Miami Vice, NBC, 1985
- Ronnie, "Bump and Run," The Equalizer, CBS, 1985
- "Atlas Belched," Moonlighting, ABC, 1985
- Stan Forrest, "Stan and Deliver," Valerie, 1989
- "Boxcar Blues," Family Matters, CBS, 1990
- Police officer, "Ghost Story," Ghostwriter, PBS, 1992
- Dick Donaldson, "Trouble in Twin Town," Full House, ABC, 1992
- Larry Weeks, "My Achy Breaky Back," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC,1994
- Larry Weeks, "Robo Golf," Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, 1996
- Dr. Benjamin, Spin City, ABC, 1997
- Mr. Benner, "A Pain in Harassment," Family Matters, CBS, 1997
- Gumdrop, "Christmas Ruined My Life," Soul Man, ABC, 1997
- Sheldon Maxwell, "Making Spirits Bright," Ally McBeal, Fox, 1998
- Tom Wilder, "Ambitious," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
- Also appeared in Sesame Street.
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Awards Presentations
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The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards, 1987
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The 39th Annual Emmy Awards, 1987
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Other
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Alice at the Palace, 1981
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Television Director
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Episodic
- "Throw Mama from the House," The Family Man, ABC, 1988
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Family Matters, ABC, 1990
- "One of the Guys," Step by Step, ABC, 1992
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The Trouble with Larry, CBS, 1993
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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, ABC, between 1994 and 1995
- Also directed "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," an episode of Going Places, ABC.
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (cast album), Broadway Angel, 1996
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Audio Books
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McNally's Luck, by Lawrence Sanders, Simon & Schuster (New York City), 1992
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God Is My Broker: A Monk Tycoon Reveals the 7 1/2 Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth, by Brother Ty, John Tierney, and Christopher Buckley,Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, 1998
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Marc Brown's Arthur Chapter Books: Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest, Arthur Accused, Locked in the Library!, Listening Library, 1998
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Marc Brown's Arthur Chapter Books, three volumes, Listening Library, 1999
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Little Green Men, Volume 4, by Buckley, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, 1999
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Arthur and the Lost Diary, by Brown, Listening Library, 1999
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Marc Brown's Arthur Chapter Books: Who's in Love with Arthur?, ArthurRocks with Binky, Arthur and the Popularity Contest, Listening Library, 1999
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The Dragonslayers, by Bruce Coville, Listening Library, 2000
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Marc Brown's Arthur Anniversary Collection, Listening Library, 2001
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Marc Brown's Arthur Chapter Books, Volume 5, Listening Library, 2001
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