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Lawrence Dobkin(1919-2002)

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  • Director
  • Writer
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Lawrence Dobkin
Mike Hammer: Final Curtain
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Final Curtain (1958)
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Lawrence Dobkin was born on 16 September 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Patton (1970), Mike Hammer (1958) and Star Trek (1966). He was previously married to Anne Collings, Joanna Barnes and Frances Hope Walker. He died on 28 October 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 16, 1919
DiedOctober 28, 2002(83)
BornSeptember 16, 1919
DiedOctober 28, 2002(83)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

Photos8

Lawrence Dobkin in Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Theodore Bikel, Lawrence Dobkin, and Charles McGraw in The Defiant Ones (1958)
Steve McQueen and Lawrence Dobkin in Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
Lawrence Dobkin, John Hoyt, and George Raft in Loan Shark (1952)
Charlton Heston, John Carradine, John Derek, Paul De Rolf, Olive Deering, Lawrence Dobkin, and Julia Faye in The Ten Commandments (1956)
Charlton Heston, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, Nina Foch, Donald Curtis, Olive Deering, Lawrence Dobkin, Julia Faye, and Debra Paget in The Ten Commandments (1956)
Richard Dean Anderson and Lawrence Dobkin in MacGyver (1985)

Known for

George C. Scott in Patton (1970)
Patton
7.9
  • Colonel Gaston Bell
  • 1970
Mike Hammer (1958)
Mike Hammer
8.2
TV Series
  • Moose
  • Tim Croyden
Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Director
Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments
7.9
  • Hur Ben Caleb
  • 1956

Credits

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Actor

  • Leslie Bibb, Carly Pope, and Sara Rue in Popular (1999)
    Popular
  • Judging Amy (1999)
    Judging Amy
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Gordon Clapp, and Nicholas Turturro in NYPD Blue (1993)
    NYPD Blue
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (1999)
    Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
    • (voice)
  • Heather Locklear, Amy Locane, Daphne Zuniga, Vanessa Williams, Grant Show, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Josie Bissett, Thomas Calabro, Doug Savant, and Andrew Shue in Melrose Place (1992)
    Melrose Place
  • The Practice (1997)
    The Practice
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • Robert Davi and Ally Walker in Profiler (1996)
    Profiler
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • Spycraft: The Great Game (1996)
    Spycraft: The Great Game
  • Martin Sheen and Kyle MacLachlan in Roswell (1994)
    Roswell
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • L.A. Law (1986)
    L.A. Law
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • At Night the Sun Shines (1992)
    At Night the Sun Shines
  • Civil Wars (1991)
    Civil Wars
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991)
    The Rape of Doctor Willis
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • Marc Singer and Kari Wuhrer in Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
    Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    • (as Larry Dobkin)

Director

  • Debbie Allen in Fame (1982)
    Fame
  • Lindsay Bloom and Mayf Nutter in Lone Star Bar & Grill (1983)
    Lone Star Bar & Grill
  • Dynasty (1981)
    Dynasty
  • Dorian Harewood, Michael Goodwin, Trisha Noble, Richard Romanus, and Robert Stack in Strike Force (1981)
    Strike Force
  • The Fall Guy (1981)
    The Fall Guy
  • Hector Elizondo and Tom Mason in Freebie and the Bean (1980)
    Freebie and the Bean
  • Ramblin'Man (1979)
    Ramblin'Man
  • The Waltons (1972)
    The Waltons
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Asher Brauner, and Steve Hanks in B.A.D. Cats (1980)
    B.A.D. Cats
  • Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)
    Vega$
  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
  • Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith in Charlie's Angels (1976)
    Charlie's Angels
  • Brenda Starr, Reporter
  • Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)
    Hawaii Five-O
  • Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, Jim Davis, Linda Gray, and Steve Kanaly in Dallas (1978)
    Dallas

Writer

  • Helen Shaver, Donann Cavin, Michael J. Reynolds, and Michael Tough in Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team (1977)
    Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • Dan Haggerty in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977)
    The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
    • (as Larry Dobkin)
  • Dan Haggerty and Bozo the Bear in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974)
    The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
  • Tarzan (1966)
    Tarzan
  • The only authorized DVD edition of all episodes in Season One.
    The Rifleman
  • The Detectives (1959)
    The Detectives
  • Klondike (1960)
    Klondike

Videos2

Mike Hammer: Final Curtain
Trailer 1:05
Mike Hammer: Final Curtain
Mike Hammer: Dead Men Don't Dream
Trailer 1:10
Mike Hammer: Dead Men Don't Dream

Personal details

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    • September 16, 1919
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • October 28, 2002
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart failure)
    • Anne CollingsSeptember 23, 1972 - October 28, 2002 (his death, 2 children)
    • Kristy Dobkin
    • Laird Cody Fenwick(Stepchild)
  • Other works
    (1945-51) Radio: Appeared (as "Louie") in the CBS / Mutual / NBC series "The Saint".

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Along with Andrew Robinson, he is one of only two "Star Trek" non-regulars to both direct and appear in an episode of "Star Trek: the original Star Trek (1966) episode Charlie X (1966) and the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) episode The Mind's Eye (1991), respectively.

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