Biography
Larry Block (October 30, 1942 – October 7, 2012) was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. Lawrence Joel Block was born in New York City, New York, the son of Sonia (née Kutcher), a travel agent, and Harold Block, who worked in the garment industry. He had a brother, Kenneth. In 1964, he graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Rhode Island College of Arts and Sciences. Block appeared on Sesame Street as Tom, who worked at Hooper's Store. Block also had a brief a...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Hellbenders
2013
as Rabbi Weinberg
An exorcism comedy which follows the Order of Hellbound Saints (Brooklyn Parish), a highly secretive and profoundly blasphemous men of God, as they ba...
From Other Worlds
2004
as Brian's Dad
FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her b...
Don't Say a Word
2001
as Doorman
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, su...
Bait
2000
as Customer
Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves r...
Isn't She Great
2000
as Herbie
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.
Dangerous Proposition
1998
as Dr. Butler
A woman, believing that her husband is having an affair, gets a stranger to proposition him so she can record the encounter.
Big Night
1996
as Man in Restaurant
Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.
My Blue Heaven
1990
as Defense Attorney
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is s...
Betsy's Wedding
1990
as Barber
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but B...
High Stakes
1989
as Harvey
A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.
Dead Man Out
1989
as Kleinfeld
A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who's awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior durin...
Cocktail
1988
as Bar Owner
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine ar...
Isaac Asimov's Robots
1988
as Julius Enderby
Elijah Bailey, the greatest detective of the 23rd century, is faced with his toughest assignment ever... and he needs your help. For the first time in...
After Hours
1985
as Taxi Driver
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
First Family
1980
as Gloria's Secret Service Agent #1
When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Leroy Keenan
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a ...
Hardcore
1979
as Detective Burrows
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore ...
Heaven Can Wait
1978
as Peters
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to...
Space Force
1978
as Private Arnold Fleck
The comic adventures that befall a crew of astronauts assigned to a remote military space station.
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women
1977
as Harry
A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in ...
Slap Shot
1977
as Peterboro Referee
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging playe...
A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975
as Springy
A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.
Shamus
1973
as Springy
Millions in diamonds are stolen from a New York City safe, and later the burglar is killed. Shamus is paid $10,000 by the owner to find the diamonds o...