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Block, who holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Harvard University, was the recipient of the Vivian Beaumont Fellowship and the American National Theatre Association Fellowship.

A veteran of both movies and television, Block appeared in the feature films The Lonely Guy and The Next Best Thing. On the small screen, he is best known to soap opera fans for his portrayal of Ben Warren on Guiding Light, which earned him a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for Best Villain. In addition, he played the dastardly Peter Hollister on the CBS prime-time drama Knots Landing and appeared as Guy Donohue on All My Children. He has also guest-starred on such shows as Murder, She Wrote and Hill Street Blues as well as in several made-for-television movies, including Bloodline: Beverly Hills Ninja Murders, The Dirty Dozen IV, and She Was Marked for Murder.

Block's theater credits include As You Like It, Forever After, A Loss of Memory and the Lincoln Center Festival of New American One Acts. Acting Portfolio One Life to Live
Lee Ramsey
October 18, 2007 to June 13, 2008

As The World Turns
Craig Montgomery
July 19, 2000 to August 11, 2005

All My Children
Guy Donahue
2000

Guiding Light
Ben Warren
1997 to November 1999

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993

Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Jonas Beckwith
April 5, 1992

Murder, She Wrote
Reuben Stolly
April 28, 1991

Saturday's
Mark
1991

Project: Tin Men
1990

Murder, She Wrote
Father Donald Barnes
October 1, 1989

She Was Marked for Murder
Eric Chandler
1988

Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission, The
Joe Stern
1988

Secret Weapons
Jack Spaulding
1985

Knots Landing
Peter Hollister
1985 to 1987

Hill Street Blues Episode 4.21, "Lucky Ducks"
May 10, 1984

First Olympics: Athens 1896, The
Robert Garrett
1984

Summer Girl
Peter Mitchell
1983

Acting Portfolio Salt
U.S. President Lewis
2010

The Lonely Guy
Louise's Date - in Bar
1984

Waitress!
Bill
1981 Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor (2001)
Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor (2002)

Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actor (2003)
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Supporting Actor (2005) DATE OF BIRTH: February 18th, 1955
Education: Has a BFA from Harvard University News Archive: After GL, AMC gigs, Block lands role on ATWT. [Jul 3, 2000]
News Archive: GL casting call is not for a new Ben Warren. [Nov 19, 2001]
News Archive: Block earns Daytime Emmy nomination for ATWT. [Mar 14, 2001]
News Archive: Block nabs second Daytime Emmy nom. [Mar 13, 2002]
News Archive: In surprise move, Block will exit ATWT. [May 30, 2005]
News Archive: ATWT recasts the role of Craig. [Jul 31, 2006]
News Archive: OLTL hires Block as FBI agent. [Jul 30, 2007]

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