Lawrence Dobkin
Acting Born Sep 16, 1919 Died Oct 28, 2002 New York City, New York, USA 251 credits
Biography
Lawrence Dobkin was an American character actor whose career spanned seven decades. He was born in New York City, New York, USA on September 16, 1919. Dobkin's acting credits total 210. He also worked as a television director and screenwriter. Dobkin passed away on October 28, 2002, at the age of 83.
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Career overview
Lawrence Dobkin's acting career spanned multiple decades. He is known to have appeared in a significant number of roles throughout his career. According to his profile, he has 210 acting credits. This extensive body of work suggests a prolific and dedicated actor.
Dobkin's acting credits are not specified in the provided sources, but his extensive experience in the industry is evident. As a character actor, he likely appeared in a variety of roles, potentially in film, television, and possibly theater. His career longevity and the sheer number of credits suggest a versatile and accomplished actor.
While specific details about his acting career are not provided, Lawrence Dobkin's extensive experience and numerous credits indicate a dedicated and accomplished actor. His career spanned multiple decades, and he appeared in a significant number of roles.
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Career timeline
The Munsters: Family Portrait · Director
Judging AmyPopular
The Practice
Profiler
Roswell
NYPD Blue
Melrose Place
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Curiosity KillsRock Hudson
Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe Charmings
MatlockL.A. Law
MacGyverMacGyver
Night CourtCover Up
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Knight RiderFame · Director
Dynasty · DirectorThe Fall Guy · DirectorBret MaverickStrike Force · Director
Freebie and the Bean · DirectorHotwire
In Search of Historic JesusBrenda Starr, Reporter · Director
Dallas · DirectorFantasy Island · DirectorVega$ · DirectorProject U.F.O. · Director
Grizzly Adams · WriterGrizzly Adams · StoryHunter · DirectorWhat Really Happened to the Class of '65? · DirectorThe Fitzpatricks · Director
Charlie's Angels · DirectorCharlie's Angels · WriterTerritorial Men · Director
Matt Helm · DirectorThe Blue Knight · DirectorAdams of Eagle Lake · DirectorMysteries from Beyond Earth
The Six Million Dollar Man · DirectorThe Manhunter · DirectorMovin' On · DirectorThe Midnight ManThe Life and Times of Grizzly Adams · Writer
Barnaby Jones · DirectorShaft · Director
The WaltonsThe Waltons · DirectorEmergency! · DirectorThe Streets of San Francisco · DirectorBanyon · Director
Cannon · DirectorO'Hara, U.S. Treasury · Director
PattonUnderground
Hawaii Five-OHawaii Five-O · DirectorAdam-12 · DirectorThe Name of the Game · DirectorThe Doris Day Show · Director
Judd, for the DefenseN.Y.P.D. · DirectorCuster · DirectorDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Star Trek · DirectorMission: ImpossibleFelony SquadFelony Squad · DirectorTarzan · Director
Full Filmography
251 titles- The Munsters: Family Portrait (2008) Director
- Judging Amy (1999) as Clyde Palmer
- Popular (1999) as Judge
- The Practice (1997) as Judge M. Gersh
- Profiler (1996) as Professor Bello
- Roswell (1994) as General
- NYPD Blue (1993) as John Gilbert
- Melrose Place (1992) as Judge Stanley Pittman
- The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991) as Striker
- Curiosity Kills (1990) as Harry
- Rock Hudson (1990) as Raoul Walsh
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Ambassador Kell
- The Charmings (1987)
- Matlock (1986) as Marvin Shea
- L.A. Law (1986) as Judge Saul Edelstein
- MacGyver (1985) as Professor Julian Ryman
- MacGyver (1985) as Alexander Karsoff
- Night Court (1984) as Justice Welch
- Cover Up (1984)
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
- Knight Rider (1982) as Col. Alvin B. Kincaid
- Fame (1982) Director
- Dynasty (1981) Director
- The Fall Guy (1981) Director
- Bret Maverick (1981) as U.S. Marshal Philip Mondragon
- Strike Force (1981) Director
- Freebie and the Bean (1980) Director
- Hotwire (1980) as Bodine
- In Search of Historic Jesus (1979) as Pontius Pilate
- Brenda Starr, Reporter (1979) Director
- Dallas (1978) Director
- Fantasy Island (1978) Director
- Vega$ (1978) Director
- Project U.F.O. (1978) Director
- Grizzly Adams (1977) Writer
- Grizzly Adams (1977) Story
- Hunter (1977) Director
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977) Director
- The Fitzpatricks (1977) Director
- Space Academy (1977)
- Charlie's Angels (1976) Director
- Charlie's Angels (1976) Writer
- Territorial Men (1976) Director
- Matt Helm (1975) Director
- The Blue Knight (1975) Director
- Adams of Eagle Lake (1975) Director
- Mysteries from Beyond Earth (1975) as Self – Host
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) Director
- The Manhunter (1974) Director
- Movin' On (1974) Director
- The Midnight Man (1974) as Waldo Mason
- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974) Writer
- Barnaby Jones (1973) Director
- Shaft (1973) Director
- The Waltons (1972)
- The Waltons (1972) Director
- Emergency! (1972) Director
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) Director
- Banyon (1972) Director
- Sixteen (1972) Director
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Gregory Praxas
- Cannon (1971) Director
- O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971) Director
- Patton (1970) as Colonel Gaston Bell
- Underground (1970) as Boule
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as General Oban
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) Director
- Adam-12 (1968) Director
- The Name of the Game (1968) Director
- The Doris Day Show (1968) Director
- The Mod Squad (1968) Director
- Judd, for the Defense (1967)
- N.Y.P.D. (1967) Director
- Custer (1967) Director
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967) as Dr. Gettlinger
- Star Trek (1966) Director
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Colonel Alex Kohler
- Felony Squad (1966)
- Felony Squad (1966) Director
- Tarzan (1966) Director
- The Rat Patrol (1966) Director
- CBS Playhouse (1966) as Dr. Gettlinger
- Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966) Director
- Johnny Yuma (1966) as Linus Jerome Carradine
- The Wild Wild West (1965) Director
- The F.B.I. (1965) as Horrigan
- The F.B.I. (1965) Director
- The Big Valley (1965) as Ben Dawes
- The Big Valley (1965) Director
- Branded (1965) Director
- Laredo (1965) Director
- Mister Roberts (1965) Director
- Seaway (1965) Director
- Steel and America (1965) as Narrator (voice)
- 12 O'Clock High (1964) Director
- The Munsters (1964) Director
- Gilligan's Island (1964) Director
- The Restless Sea (1964) as Narrator
- The Fugitive (1963) Director
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) Director
- Burke's Law (1963) Director
- Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Grindl (1963)
- Arrest and Trial (1963) as Maj. Ralph Libbott
- Channing (1963) Director
- Sam Benedict (1962) as Judge Ryan
- Sam Benedict (1962) Director
- The Eleventh Hour (1962) Director
- Ensign O'Toole (1962) Director
- Going My Way (1962)
- Geronimo (1962) as General George A. Crook
- The Cabinet of Caligari (1962) as Dr. Frank David
- Cain's Hundred (1961) as Dale Statesman
- Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
- A Fire Called Jeremiah (1961) as Narrator
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) Director
- The Roaring 20's (1960)
- The Best of the Post (1960) as Judge Barasco
- Klondike (1960) Director
- Rawhide (1959) as Colonel Reed
- The Untouchables (1959) as Dutch Schultz
- Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Nat Wilson
- Hawaiian Eye (1959)
- Hawaiian Eye (1959) as Ronald Windsor
- The Detectives (1959)
- The Detectives (1959) Director
- Riverboat (1959) as David Fields
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) as Kurt Reynolds
- Law of the Plainsman (1959) as Hempner
- North by Northwest (1959) as U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
- The Killers of Mussolini (1959) as Pavolini
- The Big Operator (1959) as Phil Cernak
- The Gene Krupa Story (1959) as Speaker Willis
- Tokyo After Dark (1959) as Maj. Bradley
- The Rifleman (1958) as Juan Argentez
- The Rifleman (1958) Writer
- The Rifleman (1958) Director
- The Rifleman (1958) Teleplay
- The Donna Reed Show (1958)
- The Donna Reed Show (1958) Director
- Lawman (1958) as Buck Walsh
- Naked City (1958) as Narrator (voice)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Sergei Ruchev
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) Director
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Bartolo
- Bronco (1958)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Dave Harris
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) Director
- Behind Closed Doors (1958)
- Man with a Camera (1958)
- The Defiant Ones (1958) as Editor
- Wild Heritage (1958) as Josh Burrage
- The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958) as Shtemenko
- The Lost Missile (1958) as Narrator
- Perry Mason (1957) as Gregory Dunkirk
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as Billy-Joe Kane
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as Haskell Sommers
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as Col. Oliver Lacey
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) as Warburton Flagge
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) as Joey Kane
- M Squad (1957) as Louie Prince
- M Squad (1957) as Barney Traxler
- Alcoa Theatre (1957) as Joe Frazier
- Alcoa Theatre (1957) as Lieutenant Lacy
- Official Detective (1957)
- Trackdown (1957) as Walter Trump
- Trackdown (1957) as Caldwell
- Trackdown (1957) as Joel Paine
- Trackdown (1957) Director
- Whirlybirds (1957) as Will Carter
- Panic! (1957)
- Mr. Adams and Eve (1957)
- Sweet Smell of Success (1957) as Leo Bartha (uncredited)
- The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957) as Chickamon
- Raiders of Old California (1957) as Don Miguel Sebastian
- Portland Exposé (1957) as Garnell
- State Trooper (1956) Director
- Telephone Time (1956)
- Wire Service (1956) as Mr. March
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
- The Ten Commandments (1956) as Hur Ben Caleb
- The Killer Is Loose (1956) as Bank Robber (uncredited)
- Sizeman and Son (1956) as Rosenzweig
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Cheyenne (1955) as Lt Gen Phillip H. Sheridan
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Jacklin
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Brand
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Esteban Garcia
- The Millionaire (1955) as Lewis Austin
- The Millionaire (1955) as John McKuehn
- The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Sparks
- Navy Log (1955)
- African Manhunt (1955) as Commentator (voice)
- Sabaka (1955) as General's Aide (uncredited)
- Illegal (1955) as Al Carol
- Kiss of Fire (1955) as Padre Domingo
- Jump Into Hell (1955) as Major Maurice Bonet
- Studio 57 (1954)
- Studio 57 (1954) as Ray Davis
- Studio 57 (1954) as Hamid
- The Silver Chalice (1954) as Ephraim
- Riders to the Stars (1954) as Dr. Delmar
- The Big Moment (1954) as Worker
- Day of Triumph (1954) as Matthew
- The Danny Thomas Show (1953) as Bob Hickey
- City Detective (1953)
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Akhenaton
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as General
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953) as Vern Morris
- Julius Caesar (1953) as Citizen of Rome
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Singh
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Lieutenant
- I'm the Law (1953)
- Above and Beyond (1953) as Dr. Van Dyke
- Remains to Be Seen (1953) as Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
- Adventures of Superman (1952)
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Doctor
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Masterson
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Buckov
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Morton
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Inspector Briand
- Dangerous Assignment (1952)
- Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
- Biff Baker U.S.A. (1952) as Shahab Hussein
- 5 Fingers (1952)
- Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) as Larry Hansen (uncredited)
- Red Skies of Montana (1952) as Leo (uncredited)
- Young Man with Ideas (1952) as Prosecutor at Hearing (uncredited)
- Loan Shark (1952) as Walter Kerr
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Maitre D'
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Counterfeiter
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Counterman
- The Living Christ (1951) as John The Baptist
- The Living Christ (1951) as Caiaphas
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Captain Cotton
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
- People Will Talk (1951) as Business Manager (uncredited)
- Chain of Circumstance (1951) as Dr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)
- Bannerline (1951) as Doctor
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Dave
- Whirlpool (1950) as Dr. Wayne
- Frenchie (1950) as Bartender
- Never Fear (1950) as Dr. Middleton
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949) as Captain Twombley, group chaplain
- D.O.A. (1949) as Dr. Schaefer
- Not Wanted (1949) as Asst. District Attorney
- Studio One (1948) as Porter
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Lawrence Dobkin best known for?
Lawrence Dobkin is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Hostage (2005), Popular (1999), Doctor Dolittle (1998), Profiler (1996).
When and where was Lawrence Dobkin born?
Lawrence Dobkin was born on September 16, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. They passed away on October 28, 2002.
How many credits does Lawrence Dobkin have?
Lawrence Dobkin has accumulated over 251 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1946 to 2008.
What is Lawrence Dobkin's background in cinema and television?
Lawrence Dobkin was an American character actor whose career spanned seven decades. He was born in New York City, New York, USA on September 16, 1919. Dobkin's acting credits total 210. He also worked as a television director and screenwriter. Dobkin passed away on October 28, 2002, at the age of 83.
Lawrence Dobkin by the numbers
251credits
66films
185TV series
1946–2008active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Ambassador Kell — aged about 67
- Arrest and Trial (1963) as Maj. Ralph Libbott — aged about 43
- The Untouchables (1959) as Dutch Schultz — aged about 39
- North by Northwest (1959) as U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited) — aged about 39
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Maitre D' — aged about 31
- I Love Lucy (1951) as Counterfeiter — aged about 31
Full filmography (251) Born on September 16 In memoriam 2002
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