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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-09-16 (105 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Lawrence Dobkin

Biography:

Lawrence Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002) was an American television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades.

Known For

Acting

1999

Judging Amy as Clyde Palmer

1997

1994

Roswell as General

1993

NYPD Blue as John Gilbert

1992

Melrose Place as Judge Stanley Pittman

1991

1990

Rock Hudson as Raoul Walsh

1987

1986

L.A. Law as Judge Saul Edelstein

1985

MacGyver as Professor Julian Ryman
MacGyver as Alexander Karsoff

1984

Night Court as Justice Welch

1983

1982

Knight Rider as Col. Alvin B. Kincaid

1981

Bret Maverick as U.S. Marshal Philip Mondragon

1980

Hotwire as Bodine

1979

In Search of Historic Jesus as Pontius Pilate

1977

1975

Mysteries From Beyond Earth as Himself - Host

1974

The Midnight Man as Waldo Mason

1972

1970

Patton as Colonel Gaston Bell
Underground as Boule

1968

Hawaii Five-O as General Oban

1967

1966

Johnny Yuma as Linus Jerome Carradine
Mission: Impossible as Colonel Alex Kohler

1965

Steel and America as Narrator (voice)
The F.B.I. as Horrigan
The Big Valley as Ben Dawes

1964

The Restless Sea as Narrator

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre as Doctor (uncredited)
Arrest and Trial as Maj. Ralph Libbott

1962

Geronimo as General George A. Crook
The Cabinet of Caligari as Dr. Frank David
Sam Benedict as Judge Ryan

1961

Cain's Hundred as Dale Statesman

1960

The Best of the Post as Judge Barasco

1959

The Gene Krupa Story as Speaker Willis
Tokyo After Dark as Maj. Bradley
The Big Operator as Phil Cernak
North by Northwest as U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
Rawhide as Colonel Reed
Riverboat as David Fields
The Untouchables as Dutch Schultz

1958

The Lost Missile as Narrator
Wild Heritage as Josh Burrage
Naked City as Narrator (voice)

1957

Portland Exposé as Garnell
Sweet Smell of Success as Leo Bartha (uncredited)
Raiders of Old California as Don Miguel Sebastian
Perry Mason as Gregory Dunkirk
Have Gun, Will Travel as Billy-Joe Kane
M Squad as Louie Prince
Whirlybirds as Will Carter
Alcoa Theatre as Joe Frazier
M Squad as Barney Traxler
Alcoa Theatre as Lieutenant Lacy
Trackdown as Walter Trump
Trackdown as Caldwell
Trackdown as Joel Paine

1956

The Ten Commandments as Hur Ben Caleb
The Killer Is Loose as Bank Robber (uncredited)
Wire Service as Mr. March

1955

Illegal as Al Carol
Kiss of Fire as Padre Domingo
Jump Into Hell as Major Maurice Bonet
Sabaka as General's Aide (uncredited)
African Manhunt as Commentator (voice)
Gunsmoke as Jacklin
The Millionaire as Lewis Austin
Gunsmoke as Brand
Gunsmoke as Esteban Garcia
The Millionaire as John McKuehn
Cheyenne as Lt Gen Phillip H. Sheridan

1954

Day of Triumph as Matthew
The Big Moment as Worker
Riders to the Stars as Dr. Delmar

1953

Julius Caesar as Third Citizen of Rome
Above and Beyond as Dr. Van Dyke
Remains to Be Seen as Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta as Akhenaton

1952

Loan Shark as Walter Kerr
Red Skies of Montana as Leo (uncredited)
Deadline - U.S.A. as Larry Hansen (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas as Prosecutor at Hearing (uncredited)
Biff Baker U.S.A. as Shahab Hussein
Four Star Playhouse as Masterson
The Ford Television Theatre as Inspector Briand

1951

Bannerline as Doctor
People Will Talk as Business Manager (uncredited)
Chain of Circumstance as Dr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)
I Love Lucy as Maitre D'
I Love Lucy as Counterfeiter
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Captain Cotton
The Living Christ as John The Baptist
The Living Christ as Caiaphas
I Love Lucy as Counterman

1950

Never Fear as Dr. Middleton
Frenchie as Bartender
Whirlpool as Dr. Wayne

1949

Not Wanted as Asst. District Attorney
Twelve O'Clock High as Captain Twombley, group chaplain
D.O.A. as Dr. Schaefer

1948

Studio One as Porter

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives as Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)

Writing

1976

1958

The Rifleman as Writer
The Rifleman as Teleplay

Directing

1982

Fame as Director

1981

Dynasty as Director
Strike Force as Director
The Fall Guy as Director

1980

1979

1978

Vega$ as Director
Project U.F.O. as Director
Fantasy Island as Director
Dallas as Director

1976

Territorial Men as Director
Charlie's Angels as Director

1975

The Blue Knight as Director
Matt Helm as Director

1974

Movin' On as Director
The Manhunter as Director

1973

Shaft as Director
Barnaby Jones as Director

1972

Sixteen as Director
Emergency! as Director
Banyon as Director
The Waltons as Director

1971

Cannon as Director

1968

The Doris Day Show as Director
The Mod Squad as Director
Hawaii Five-O as Director
Adam-12 as Director

1967

N.Y.P.D. as Director
Custer as Director

1966

Star Trek as Director
Tarzan as Director
Felony Squad as Director
The Rat Patrol as Director

1965

Mister Roberts as Director
Laredo as Director
The F.B.I. as Director
The Wild Wild West as Director
The Big Valley as Director
Branded as Director
Seaway as Director

1964

The Munsters as Director
Gilligan's Island as Director
12 O'Clock High as Director

1963

Burke's Law as Director
The Fugitive as Director
Channing as Director

1962

Sam Benedict as Director
The Eleventh Hour as Director
Ensign O'Toole as Director

1960

Klondike as Director

1959

The Detectives as Director

1958

77 Sunset Strip as Director
The Rifleman as Director

1957

Trackdown as Director

1956

State Trooper as Director