An American actor born on May 23, 1957, Mark Arnold first gained attention portraying the dancer-turned-rebel Gavin Wylie on the ABC soap opera The Edge of Night from 1980 to 1983. He succeeded Dane Witherspoon as the original hero Joe Perkins on the daytime series Santa Barbara during 1984-85, and later added credits on Guiding Light, Rituals, and as Rob Coronel #2 on One Life to Live between 198…