Mark Dobies
{{Short description|American stage and television actor (1959–2025)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mark Dobies
| image = Mark Dobies.jpg
| birth_name = Mark Steven Dobies
| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|04|03}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|03|11|1959|04|03}}
| death_place = Dunellen, New Jersey, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Linda Hill|1993|2008|end=div.}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/239203470/|title=Days actor took a swing at another career|work=South Florida Sun Sentinel|location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida|date=May 13, 2000|access-date=January 26, 2025|page=76|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/510197238/|title=Dobies sensed acting was for him|work=Citizens' Voice|location=Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania|date=October 2, 2000|access-date=January 26, 2025|page=25|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}
| years_active = 1997–2016
}}
Mark Steven Dobies (April 3, 1959 – March 11, 2025) was an American stage and television actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/357145358/|title=Dobies doesn't take success for granted|work=Austin American-Statesman|location=Austin, Texas|date=October 8, 2000|access-date=January 26, 2025|page=222|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/330554889/|title=One Life to Live, and he'll kill to keep it in the closet|work=Tampa Bay Times|location=St. Petersburg, Florida|date=June 3, 2005|access-date=January 26, 2025|page=18|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He was perhaps best known for playing district attorney and serial killer Daniel Colson in the American soap opera television series One Life to Live from 2003 to 2005.{{Cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/news/26089/exone-life-to-lives-mark-dobies-getting-fit-vide/|title=Ex-One Life To Live{{'s}} Mark Dobies’ Getting Fit Video|work=Soap She Knows|access-date=January 26, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/brandonsbuzz/former-one-life-to-live-star-mark-dobies-stops-by-brandons-buzz/|title=Former One Life to Live star Mark Dobies stops by Brandon's Buzz!|work=Mixcloud|date=2005|author=Brandon's Buzz|access-date=January 26, 2025}}
Life and career
Dobies was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 3, 1959,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/908618941/|title=Look for Eddie Cibrian to star as Joseph in NBC's biblical miniseries next weekend|work=The Jersey Journal|location=Jersey City, New Jersey|date=November 3, 2000|access-date=January 26, 2025|page=22|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/mark-dobies|title=Mark Dobies|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=January 26, 2025}} the son of Suzanne Dobies. He attended Delaware Valley University on a football scholarship.{{Cite web|url=https://apyre.com/memorials/mark-dobies-dunellen-nj|title=Mark S. Dobies|work=Apyre National Cremation Services|access-date=May 26, 2025}} He began his career in 1997, appearing in the drama television series Fame L.A.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mark-dobies/credits/3030587007/|title=Mark Dobies List of Movies and TV Shows|work=TV Guide|access-date=January 26, 2025}}
Dobies guest-starred in television programs including Just Shoot Me!, Home Improvement, Profiler, Melrose Place, Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI: Miami, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Gossip Girl and Nash Bridges. In addition to his guest-appearances, he portrayed Dr. Noah Chase on Guiding Light from 2000 to 2001,{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapcentral.com/guiding-light/news/2001/0622-dobies.php|title=Mark Dobies let go from Guiding Light|first=Dan J.|last=Kroll|work=Soap Central|date=June 22, 2001|access-date=January 26, 2025}} and Daniel Colson on One Life to Live from 2003 to 2005. On stage, he played Bruce Niles in the 2004 off-Broadway revival of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart at The Public Theater.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1182452/mark-dobies-dead-guiding-light-one-life-to-live/|title=Mark Dobies, Guiding Light & One Life to Live Actor, Dies at 65|first=Martin|last=Holmes|date=March 20, 2025|website=TV Insider|access-date=April 1, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/mark-dobies-dead-one-life-to-live-11700572|title=Mark Dobies, Star of One Life to Live and Guiding Light, Dies at 65|website=People|first=Liza|last=Esquibias|access-date=April 1, 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/mark-dobies-former-oltl-and-gl-star-dead-at-65/|title=Mark Dobies, Former OLTL and GL Star, Dead at 65|first=Diane|last=Brounstein|date=March 20, 2025|website=Soap Opera Digest|access-date=April 1, 2025}}
Death
Dobies died in Dunellen, New Jersey, on March 11, 2025, at the age of 65.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0229681}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/mark-dobies Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:Male actors from Philadelphia
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male soap opera actors