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.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 118
Birth Date: 1919-09-16 00:00:00
Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA

Known For

Credits

directing (27 credits)
- The Munsters: Family Portrait
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Fame
  
  - Broadway Danny Amatullo (1985) ... director directing
  
  1982
- Dynasty
  
  - Mother and Son (1982) ... director directing
  
  1981
- The Fall Guy
  
  - Soldiers of Misfortune (1982) ... director directing
  
  1981
- Brenda Starr, Reporter
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- Fantasy Island
  
  - Lookalikes / The Winemaker (1979) ... director directing
  
  - The Handyman / Tattoo's Romance (1979) ... director directing
  
  - The Stripper / The Boxer (1979) ... director directing
  
  1978
- Dallas
  
  - Kidnapped (1978) ... director directing
  
  - Black Market Baby (1978) ... director directing
  
  1978
- Vega$
  
  - Ghost of the Ripper (1979) ... director directing
  
  - The Pageant (1978) ... director directing
  
  1978
- Territorial Men
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Charlie's Angels
  
  - Angels at the Altar (1979) ... director directing
  
  - Angels Go Truckin' (1979) ... director directing
  
  1976
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  
  - The Pal-Mir Escort (1974) ... director directing
  
  1974
- Barnaby Jones
  
  - Conspiracy of Terror (1974) ... director directing
  
  - Divorce - Murderer's Style (1973) ... director directing
  
  - Trial Run for Death (1973) ... director directing
  
  - See Some Evil... Do Some Evil (1973) ... director directing
  
  - Murder in the Doll's House (1973) ... director directing
  
  1973
- Sixteen
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- The Waltons
  
  - The Victims (1981) ... director directing
  
  - The Beginning (1981) ... director directing
  
  - The Pledge (1980) ... director directing
  
  - The Changeling (1978) ... director directing
  
  - The Moonshiner (1978) ... director directing
  
  1972
- Emergency!
  
  - Helpful (1972) ... director directing
  
  - Virus (1972) ... director directing
  
  - Hang-up (1972) ... director directing
  
  - Weird Wednesday (1972) ... director directing
  
  - Dealer's Wild (1972) ... director directing
  
  1972
- Cannon
  
  - Cry Wolf (1976) ... director directing
  
  - The Reformer (1976) ... director directing
  
  - Fall Guy (1975) ... director directing
  
  - The Victim (1975) ... director directing
  
  - The Stalker (1974) ... director directing
  
  1971
- Hawaii Five-O
  
  - The Miracle Man (1978) ... director directing
  
  1968
- Adam-12
  
  - The Late Baby (1972) ... director directing
  
  1968
- Star Trek
  
  - Charlie X (1966) ... director directing
  
  1966
- The F.B.I.
  
  - The Killing Truth (1973) ... director directing
  
  - The Runner (1972) ... director directing
  
  1965
- The Big Valley
  
  - Flight from San Miguel (1969) ... director directing
  
  - Lightfoot (1969) ... director directing
  
  1965
- The Wild Wild West
  
  - The Night of the Amnesiac (1968) ... director directing
  
  1965
- The Munsters
  
  - Family Portrait (1964) ... director directing
  
  - Autumn Croakus (1964) ... director directing
  
  - Knock Wood, Here Comes Charlie (1964) ... director directing
  
  - Munster Masquerade (1964) ... director directing
  
  1964
- The Fugitive
  
  - Nobody Loses All the Time (1966) ... director directing
  
  1963
- Burke's Law
  
  - Who Killed Supersleuth? (1964) ... director directing
  
  1963
- The Andy Griffith Show
  
  - Aunt Bee, the Swinger (1965) ... director directing
  
  - Opie's Job (1965) ... director directing
  
  1960
- The Rifleman
  
  - The Executioner (1962) ... director directing
  
  - Day of Reckoning (1962) ... director directing
  
  - Jealous Man (1962) ... director directing
  
  - The Tinhorn (1962) ... director directing
  
  - The Man from Salinas (1962) ... director directing
  
  1958
actors (88 credits)
- Judging Amy
  
  - The Unforgiven (2001) ... Clyde Palmer actor actors
  
  1999
- The Practice
  
  - Body Count (1998) ... Judge M. Gersh actor actors
  
  1997
- Roswell
  General
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Melrose Place
  
  - When Cheerleaders Attack (1998) ... Judge Stanley Pittman actor actors
  
  - Last Exit to Ohio (1997) ... Judge Stanley Pittman actor actors
  
  - Blind Ambition (1995) ... Judge Stanley Pittman actor actors
  
  - Till Death Do Us Part (2) (1994) ... Judge Stanley Pittman actor actors
  
  - Till Death Do Us Part (1) (1994) ... Judge Stanley Pittman actor actors
  
  1992
- The Rape of Doctor Willis
  Striker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Curiosity Kills
  Harry
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Rock Hudson
  Raoul Walsh
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  
  - The Mind's Eye (1991) ... Ambassador Kell actor actors
  
  1987
- L.A. Law
  
  - Three on a Patch (1994) ... Judge Saul Edelstein actor actors
  
  - Leap of Faith (1993) ... Judge Saul Edelstein actor actors
  
  - That's Why the Lady Is a Stamp (1993) ... Judge Saul Edelstein actor actors
  
  - Bang... Zoom... Zap (1990) ... Judge Saul Edelstein actor actors
  
  - True Brit (1990) ... Judge Saul Edelstein actor actors
  
  1986
- Matlock
  
  - The Arsonist (1991) ... Marvin Shea actor actors
  
  1986
- MacGyver
  
  - Hell Week (1987) ... Professor Julian Ryman actor actors
  
  - A Prisoner of Conscience (1986) ... Alexander Karsoff actor actors
  
  1985
- Night Court
  
  - Mac Takes a Vocation (1991) ... Justice Welch actor actors
  
  1984
- Knight Rider
  
  - Inside Out (1982) ... Col. Alvin B. Kincaid actor actors
  
  1982
- Hotwire
  Bodine
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- In Search of Historic Jesus
  Pontius Pilate
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- Mysteries from Beyond Earth
  Self – Host
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- The Streets of San Francisco
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- The Waltons
  
  - The First Day (1974) ... actor actors
  
  1972
- Underground
  Boule
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Patton
  Colonel Gaston Bell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Hawaii Five-O
  
  - The Year Of The Horse (2) (1979) ... General Oban actor actors
  
  - The Year Of The Horse (1) (1979) ... General Oban actor actors
  
  1968
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
  Dr. Gettlinger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- Johnny Yuma
  Linus Jerome Carradine
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1966
- Mission: Impossible
  
  - Kitara (aka The Bigot) (1971) ... Colonel Alex Kohler actor actors
  
  1966
- Steel and America
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1965
- The F.B.I.
  
  - Selkirk's War (1974) ... Horrigan actor actors
  
  1965
- The Big Valley
  
  - Hunter's Moon (1968) ... Ben Dawes actor actors
  
  1965
- The Restless Sea
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1964
- The Cabinet of Caligari
  Dr. Frank David
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1962
- Geronimo
  General George A. Crook
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1962
- A Fire Called Jeremiah
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1961
- The Gene Krupa Story
  Speaker Willis
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1959
- North by Northwest
  U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1959
- The Big Operator
  Phil Cernak
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1959
- The Killers of Mussolini
  Pavolini
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1959
- Tokyo After Dark
  Maj. Bradley
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1959
- Rawhide
  
  - The Last Order (1965) ... Colonel Reed actor actors
  
  - The Prairie Elephant (1961) ... Colonel Reed actor actors
  
  1959
- The Untouchables
  
  - The Jack Legs Diamond Story (1960) ... Dutch Schultz actor actors
  
  - The Dutch Schultz Story (1959) ... Dutch Schultz actor actors
  
  1959
- The Lost Missile
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1958
- Naked City
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Barefoot on a Bed of Coals (1963) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - Golden Lads and Girls (1963) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski (1963) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - The S.S. American Dream (1963) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  - Color Schemes Like Never Before (1963) ... Narrator (voice) actor actors
  
  1958
- The Plot to Kill Stalin
  Shtemenko
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1958
- The Defiant Ones
  Editor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1958
- Wild Heritage
  Josh Burrage
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1958
- The Rifleman
  
  - The Day the Town Slept (1962) ... actor actors
  
  - Knight Errant (1961) ... actor actors
  
  - The Sheridan Story (1959) ... actor actors
  
  - The Gaucho (1958) ... actor actors
  
  1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  
  - Vanishing Act (1959) ... Bartolo actor actors
  
  1958
- Lawman
  
  - The Conclave (1959) ... actor actors
  
  1958
- Raiders of Old California
  Don Miguel Sebastian
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957
- Portland Exposé
  Garnell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957
- Sweet Smell of Success
  Leo Bartha (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957
- The Badge of Marshal Brennan
  Chickamon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel
  
  - Penelope (1962) ... Col. Oliver Lacey actor actors
  
  - Love of a Bad Woman (1960) ... Haskell Sommers actor actors
  
  - The Great Mojave Chase (1957) ... Billy-Joe Kane actor actors
  
  1957
- Perry Mason
  
  - The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (1960) ... Gregory Dunkirk actor actors
  
  1957
- Sizeman and Son
  Rosenzweig
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- The Ten Commandments
  Hur Ben Caleb
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- The Killer Is Loose
  Bank Robber (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1956
- Illegal
  Al Carol
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- Kiss of Fire
  Padre Domingo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- Jump Into Hell
  Major Maurice Bonet
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- Sabaka
  General's Aide (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- African Manhunt
  Commentator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  
  - Don Matteo (1960) ... Esteban Garcia actor actors
  
  - Bloody Hands (1957) ... Brand actor actors
  
  - How to Die for Nothing (1956) ... Jacklin actor actors
  
  1955
- Cheyenne
  
  - Gold, Glory and Custer - Requiem (2) (1960) ... Lt Gen Phillip H. Sheridan actor actors
  
  1955
- Matinee Theater
  
  - Laugh a Little Tear (1957) ... actor actors
  
  - The Pink Hippopotamus (1956) ... actor actors
  
  1955
- Day of Triumph
  Matthew
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- The Silver Chalice
  Ephraim
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- The Big Moment
  Worker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- Riders to the Stars
  Dr. Delmar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- Julius Caesar
  Citizen of Rome
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- Remains to Be Seen
  Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- Above and Beyond
  Dr. Van Dyke
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1953
- Loan Shark
  Walter Kerr
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Deadline - U.S.A.
  Larry Hansen (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Young Man with Ideas
  Prosecutor at Hearing (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- 5 Fingers
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Red Skies of Montana
  Leo (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- Four Star Playhouse
  
  - The Girl On The Bridge (1955) ... Buckov actor actors
  
  - Stuffed Shirt (1955) ... Masterson actor actors
  
  - Sound Off, My Love (1953) ... Doctor actor actors
  
  1952
- Bannerline
  Doctor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- People Will Talk
  Business Manager (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- Chain of Circumstance
  Dr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1951
- I Love Lucy
  
  - Paris at Last (1956) ... Counterfeiter actor actors
  
  - Equal Rights (1953) ... Maitre D' actor actors
  
  - Ricky and Fred are TV Fans (1953) ... Counterman actor actors
  
  1951
- Frenchie
  Bartender
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- Whirlpool
  Dr. Wayne
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- Never Fear
  Dr. Middleton
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- D.O.A.
  Dr. Schaefer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Captain Twombley, group chaplain
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Not Wanted
  Asst. District Attorney
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Studio One
  
  - The Lady Died at Midnight (1958) ... Porter actor actors
  
  1948
- The Best Years of Our Lives
  Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1946
writing (3 credits)
- Charlie's Angels
  
  - Angels Go Truckin' (1979) ... writer writing
  
  1976
- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1974
- The Rifleman
  
  - The Executioner (1962) ... teleplay writing
  
  - The Actress (1961) ... writer writing
  
  1958