Biography
Lawrence Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002) was an American television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades.
Dobkin was a prolific performer during the Golden Age of Radio. He narrated the western Broken Arrow (1950). His film performances include Never Fear (1949), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), North by Northwest (1959) and Geronimo (1962). Before the closing credits of each episode of the landmark ABC television network series Naked City (1958–1963), he said, "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them."
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Filmography
all 202
TV Shows 140
Director 70
Movies 62
Narrator 4
Writer 2
self 1
Popular (1999)
TV
8
Clyde Palmer
Judging Amy (1999)
TV
4.5
The Practice (1997)
TV
General
Roswell (1994)
Movie
Melrose Place (1992)
TV
6
Striker
The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991)
Movie
Curiosity Kills (1990)
Movie
Raoul Walsh
Rock Hudson (1990)
Movie
Ambassador Kell
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
TV
6.47
The Charmings (1987)
TV
Judge Saul Edelstein
L.A. Law (1986)
TV
6
Matlock (1986)
TV
6
Professor Julian Ryman
MacGyver (1985)
TV
5.87
Cover Up (1984)
TV
Justice Welch
Night Court (1984)
TV
6
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)
TV
Col. Alvin B. Kincaid
Knight Rider (1982)
TV
7.1
Director
Fame (1982)
TV
Bret Maverick (1981)
TV
Director
Strike Force (1981)
TV
Director
The Fall Guy (1981)
TV
Director
Dynasty (1981)
TV
3
Director
Freebie and the Bean (1980)
TV
Bodine
Hotwire (1980)
Movie
Pontius Pilate
In Search of Historic Jesus (1979)
Movie
Director
Brenda Starr, Reporter (1979)
Movie
Director
Vega$ (1978)
TV
Director
Dallas (1978)
TV
4.2
Director
Project U.F.O. (1978)
TV
Director
Fantasy Island (1978)
TV
6.64
Director
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65? (1977)
TV
Space Academy (1977)
TV
Director
The Fitzpatricks (1977)
TV
Director
Hunter (1977)
TV
Writer
Grizzly Adams (1977)
TV
8
Director / Writer
Charlie's Angels (1976)
TV
6.33
Director
Territorial Men (1976)
Movie
Self - Host
Mysteries From Beyond Earth (1975)
Movie
Director
Matt Helm (1975)
TV
Director
The Blue Knight (1975)
TV
Director
Adams of Eagle Lake (1975)
TV
Writer
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)
Movie
Director
The Manhunter (1974)
TV
Director
Movin' On (1974)
TV
Waldo Mason
The Midnight Man (1974)
Movie
Director
The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
TV
6.86
Director
Shaft (1973)
TV
Director
Intertect (1973)
Movie
Director
Barnaby Jones (1973)
TV
4.75
Director
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
TV
6.86
Director
Banyon (1972)
TV
Director
The Waltons (1972)
TV
6
Director
Sixteen (1972)
Movie
Director
Emergency! (1972)
TV
8.33
Director
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)
TV
Director
Cannon (1971)
TV
6
Boule
Underground (1970)
Movie
Colonel Gaston Bell
Patton (1970)
Movie
4.33
Director
The Mod Squad (1968)
TV
6
Director
The Doris Day Show (1968)
TV
Director
Adam-12 (1968)
TV
7.5
General Oban / Director
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Director
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Dr. Gettlinger
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)
Movie
Judd for the Defense (1967)
TV
Director
Custer (1967)
TV
Director
N.Y.P.D. (1967)
TV
CBS Playhouse (1966)
TV
Mission: Impossible (1966)
TV
6.33
Director
Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966)
TV
Director
The Rat Patrol (1966)
TV
7.75
Director
Felony Squad (1966)
TV
Director
Star Trek (1966)
TV
7.9
Director
Tarzan (1966)
TV
6
Linus Jerome Carradine
Johnny Yuma (1966)
Movie
Horrigan / Director
The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
Director
Mister Roberts (1965)
TV
Director
The Wild Wild West (1965)
TV
5.75
Director
Laredo (1965)
TV
6
Ben Dawes / Director
The Big Valley (1965)
TV
6.2
Director
Seaway (1965)
TV
Narrator
Steel and America (1965)
Movie
Director
Branded (1965)
TV
5.91
Director
Gilligan's Island (1964)
TV
7.5
Director
The Munsters (1964)
TV
6.11
Director
12 O'Clock High (1964)
TV
4.75
Narrator
The Restless Sea (1964)
Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
TV
Director
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Director
Burke's Law (1963)
TV
6
Director
Channing (1963)
TV
Director
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Maj. Ralph Libbott
Arrest and Trial (1963)
TV
Grindl (1963)
TV
Director
The Eleventh Hour (1962)
TV
Going My Way (1962)
TV
Director
Ensign O'Toole (1962)
TV
Director
Sam Benedict (1962)
TV
Dr. Frank David
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
Movie
General George A. Crook
Geronimo (1962)
Movie
Target: The Corruptors! (1961)
TV
Dale Statesman
Cain's Hundred (1961)
TV
Judge Barasco
The Best of the Post (1960)
TV
The Roaring 20's (1960)
TV
Director
Klondike (1960)
TV
Director
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
TV
6
Speaker Willis
The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
Movie
Director
The Detectives (1959)
TV
Dutch Schultz
The Untouchables (1959)
TV
5.29
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
TV
Nat Wilson
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
TV
Hempner
Law of the Plainsman (1959)
TV
Kurt Reynolds
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
TV
David Fields
Riverboat (1959)
TV
Phil Cernak
The Big Operator (1959)
Movie
U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
North by Northwest (1959)
Movie
6.11
Pavolini
The Killers of Mussolini (1959)
Movie
Maj. Bradley
Tokyo After Dark (1959)
Movie
Colonel Reed
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Narrator
The Lost Missile (1958)
Movie
Director
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Man with a Camera (1958)
TV
Dave Harris
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
TV
Lawman (1958)
TV
Behind Closed Doors (1958)
TV
Narrator
Naked City (1958)
TV
Director / Writer / Teleplay
The Rifleman (1958)
TV
6.67
Shtemenko
The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)
Movie
Director
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
TV
6
Bronco (1958)
TV
Bartolo
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
TV
Editor
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Movie
2
Josh Burrage
Wild Heritage (1958)
Movie
Director
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958)
TV
Don Miguel Sebastian
Raiders of Old California (1957)
Movie
Director
Trackdown (1957)
TV
Joe Frazier
Alcoa Theatre (1957)
TV
Gregory Dunkirk
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Louie Prince / Barney Traxler
M Squad (1957)
TV
Billy-Joe Kane
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
TV
6
Garnell
Portland Exposé (1957)
Movie
Leo Bartha (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Movie
5.67
Warburton Flagge / Joey Kane
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
TV
Chickamon
The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957)
Movie
Panic! (1957)
TV
Clem Ogden / Ellwyn
O. Henry Playhouse (1957)
TV
Casellini / Director / Max Cassolini
Mr. Adams and Eve (1957)
TV
Will Carter
Whirlybirds (1957)
TV
Official Detective (1957)
TV
Hur Ben Caleb
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Movie
4.25
Mr. March
Wire Service (1956)
TV
Director
State Trooper (1956)
TV
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
TV
Telephone Time (1956)
TV
Bank Robber (uncredited)
The Killer is Loose (1956)
Movie
Matinee Theater (1955)
TV
Al Carol
Illegal (1955)
Movie
Sparks
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
Padre Domingo
Kiss of Fire (1955)
Movie
Navy Log (1955)
TV
Jacklin / Brand / Esteban Garcia
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Major Maurice Bonet
Jump Into Hell (1955)
Movie
General's Aide (uncredited)
Sabaka (1955)
Movie
John McKuehn / Lewis Austin
The Millionaire (1955)
TV
Commentator
African Manhunt (1955)
Movie
Matthew
Day of Triumph (1954)
Movie
Ephraim
The Silver Chalice (1954)
Movie
Hamid / Harry Miller / Ray Davis
Studio 57 (1954)
TV
Worker
The Big Moment (1954)
Movie
Dr. Delmar
Riders to the Stars (1954)
Movie
Akhenaton / General
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV
City Detective (1953)
TV
Third Citizen of Rome
Julius Caesar (1953)
Movie
Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
Movie
Fred Harms / Jorgenson
I'm the Law (1953)
TV
Singh
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Dr. Van Dyke
Above and Beyond (1953)
Movie
Shahab Hussein
Biff Baker U.S.A. (1952)
TV
Eric Huntley / Jim Eddson / Yarr
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
TV
Inspector Briand / Morton
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
TV
Doctor / Masterson / Buckov
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
TV
Adventures of Superman (1952)
TV
Walter Kerr
Loan Shark (1952)
Movie
Prosecutor at Hearing (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
Movie
Larry Hansen (uncredited)
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Movie
Leo (uncredited)
Red Skies of Montana (1952)
Movie
Dangerous Assignment (1952)
TV
Counterman / Maitre D' / Counterfeiter
I Love Lucy (1951)
TV
7.33
Doctor
Bannerline (1951)
Movie
Captain Cotton
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Business Manager (uncredited)
People Will Talk (1951)
Movie
Dr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)
Chain of Circumstance (1951)
Movie
Caiaphas / John The Baptist
The Living Christ (1951)
TV
Bartender
Frenchie (1950)
Movie
Dave
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Dr. Wayne
Whirlpool (1950)
Movie
Dr. Middleton
Never Fear (1950)
Movie
Dr. Schaefer
D.O.A. (1949)
Movie
1
Captain Twombley, group chaplain
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Movie
Asst. District Attorney
Not Wanted (1949)
Movie
Porter
Studio One (1948)
TV
Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Movie
4
Ratings
Average 6.13
Based on 1.44 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1946
1956
1961
1957
1999
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1919-09-16
Deathday2002-10-28 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelationshipsJoanna Barnes (1962-01-01 - 1967-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLarry Dobkin
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