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Lawrence Dobkin
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Lawrence Dobkin

Known for The Ten Commandments · Star Trek: The Next Generation · Star Trek

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

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Born
Sep 16, 1919
Died
Oct 28, 2002
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

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

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Known For

MOVIEThe Ten Commandments
The Ten CommandmentsHur Ben Caleb · 1956
★ 7.8
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next GenerationAmbassador Kell · 1987
★ 8.4
TVStar Trek
Star TrekDirector · 1966
★ 8.0
TVKnight Rider
Knight RiderCol. Alvin B. Kincaid · 1982
★ 7.5
TVMacGyver
MacGyverProfessor Julian Ryman · 1985
★ 7.7
TVThe Munsters
The MunstersDirector · 1964
★ 7.9
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
The Six Million Dollar ManDirector · 1974
★ 7.3
TVMission: Impossible
Mission: ImpossibleColonel Alex Kohler · 1966
★ 7.6

Filmography

Movies

The Best Years of Our LivesBank Customer with Hat (uncredited)
1946
D.O.A.Dr. Schaefer
1949
Not WantedAsst. District Attorney
1949
Twelve O'Clock HighCaptain Twombley, group chaplain
1949
FrenchieBartender
1950
Never FearDr. Middleton
1950
WhirlpoolDr. Wayne
1950
BannerlineDoctor
1951
Chain of CircumstanceDr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)
1951
People Will TalkBusiness Manager (uncredited)
1951
5 Fingers
1952
Deadline - U.S.A.Larry Hansen (uncredited)
1952
Loan SharkWalter Kerr
1952
Red Skies of MontanaLeo (uncredited)
1952
Young Man with IdeasProsecutor at Hearing (uncredited)
1952
Above and BeyondDr. Van Dyke
1953
Julius CaesarCitizen of Rome
1953
Remains to Be SeenCaptain of Waiters (uncredited)
1953
Day of TriumphMatthew
1954
Riders to the StarsDr. Delmar
1954
The Big MomentWorker
1954
The Silver ChaliceEphraim
1954
African ManhuntCommentator (voice)
1955
IllegalAl Carol
1955
Jump Into HellMajor Maurice Bonet
1955
Kiss of FirePadre Domingo
1955
SabakaGeneral's Aide (uncredited)
1955
Sizeman and SonRosenzweig
1956
The Killer Is LooseBank Robber (uncredited)
1956
The Ten CommandmentsHur Ben Caleb
1956
Portland ExposéGarnell
1957
Raiders of Old CaliforniaDon Miguel Sebastian
1957
Sweet Smell of SuccessLeo Bartha (uncredited)
1957
The Badge of Marshal BrennanChickamon
1957
The Defiant OnesEditor
1958
The Lost MissileNarrator
1958
The Plot to Kill StalinShtemenko
1958
Wild HeritageJosh Burrage
1958
North by NorthwestU.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
1959
The Big OperatorPhil Cernak
1959
The Gene Krupa StorySpeaker Willis
1959
The Killers of MussoliniPavolini
1959
Tokyo After DarkMaj. Bradley
1959
A Fire Called JeremiahNarrator
1961
GeronimoGeneral George A. Crook
1962
The Cabinet of CaligariDr. Frank David
1962
The Restless SeaNarrator
1964
Steel and AmericaNarrator (voice)
1965
Johnny YumaLinus Jerome Carradine
1966
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightDr. Gettlinger
1967
PattonColonel Gaston Bell
1970
UndergroundBoule
1970
SixteenDirector
1972
The Streets of San FranciscoGregory Praxas
1972
The Life and Times of Grizzly AdamsWriter
1974
The Midnight ManWaldo Mason
1974
Mysteries from Beyond EarthSelf – Host
1975
Territorial MenDirector
1976
Brenda Starr, ReporterDirector
1979
In Search of Historic JesusPontius Pilate
1979
HotwireBodine
1980
Curiosity KillsHarry
1990
Rock HudsonRaoul Walsh
1990
The Rape of Doctor WillisStriker
1991
RoswellGeneral
1994
The Munsters: Family PortraitDirector
2008

Television

Studio OnePorter · 1 eps
1948
Lux Video TheatreDave · 1 eps
1950
I Love LucyMaitre D' · 1 eps
1951
I Love LucyCounterfeiter · 1 eps
1951
I Love LucyCounterman · 1 eps
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsCaptain Cotton · 1 eps
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1 eps
1951
The Living ChristJohn The Baptist · 4 eps
1951
The Living ChristCaiaphas · 4 eps
1951
Adventures of Superman1 eps
1952
Biff Baker U.S.A.Shahab Hussein · 1 eps
1952
Dangerous Assignment1 eps
1952
Four Star PlayhouseDoctor · 1 eps
1952
Four Star PlayhouseMasterson · 1 eps
1952
Four Star PlayhouseBuckov · 1 eps
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North2 eps
1952
The Ford Television TheatreMorton · 1 eps
1952
The Ford Television Theatre2 eps
1952
The Ford Television TheatreInspector Briand · 1 eps
1952
City Detective1 eps
1953
General Electric TheaterSingh · 1 eps
1953
General Electric TheaterLieutenant · 1 eps
1953
General Electric Theater1 eps
1953
I'm the Law2 eps
1953
Letter to LorettaAkhenaton · 1 eps
1953
Letter to LorettaGeneral · 1 eps
1953
The Danny Thomas ShowBob Hickey · 1 eps
1953
TP
The Pepsi-Cola PlayhouseVern Morris · 1 eps
1953
Studio 571 eps
1954
Studio 57Ray Davis · 1 eps
1954
Studio 57Hamid · 1 eps
1954
CheyenneLt Gen Phillip H. Sheridan · 1 eps
1955
CrossroadsStoner · 1 eps
1955
GunsmokeJacklin · 1 eps
1955
GunsmokeBrand · 1 eps
1955
GunsmokeEsteban Garcia · 1 eps
1955
Matinee Theater2 eps
1955
Navy Log2 eps
1955
The 20th Century Fox HourSparks · 1 eps
1955
The MillionaireLewis Austin · 1 eps
1955
The MillionaireJohn McKuehn · 1 eps
1955
State TrooperDirector
1956
Telephone Time1 eps
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie3 eps
1956
Wire ServiceMr. March · 1 eps
1956
Alcoa TheatreJoe Frazier · 1 eps
1957
Alcoa TheatreLieutenant Lacy · 1 eps
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelBilly-Joe Kane · 1 eps
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelHaskell Sommers · 1 eps
1957
Have Gun, Will TravelCol. Oliver Lacey · 1 eps
1957
M SquadLouie Prince · 1 eps
1957
M SquadBarney Traxler · 1 eps
1957
Mr. Adams and Eve65 eps
1957
Official Detective1 eps
1957
Panic!1 eps
1957
Perry MasonGregory Dunkirk · 1 eps
1957
Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveWarburton Flagge · 1 eps
1957
Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveJoey Kane · 1 eps
1957
TrackdownWalter Trump · 1 eps
1957
TrackdownCaldwell · 1 eps
1957
TrackdownJoel Paine · 1 eps
1957
TrackdownDirector
1957
WhirlybirdsWill Carter · 1 eps
1957
77 Sunset Strip1 eps
1958
77 Sunset StripSergei Ruchev · 1 eps
1958
77 Sunset StripDirector
1958
Behind Closed Doors1 eps
1958
Bronco1 eps
1958
LawmanBuck Walsh · 1 eps
1958
Man with a Camera1 eps
1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike HammerDirector
1958
Naked CityNarrator (voice) · 99 eps
1958
The Donna Reed Show1 eps
1958
The Donna Reed ShowDirector
1958
The RiflemanJuan Argentez · 4 eps
1958
The RiflemanDirector
1958
The RiflemanWriter
1958
The RiflemanTeleplay
1958
Wanted: Dead or AliveBartolo · 1 eps
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1 eps
1958
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseDave Harris · 1 eps
1958
Adventures in ParadiseNat Wilson · 1 eps
1959
Hawaiian Eye1 eps
1959
Hawaiian EyeRonald Windsor · 1 eps
1959
Law of the PlainsmanHempner · 1 eps
1959
RawhideColonel Reed · 2 eps
1959
RiverboatDavid Fields · 1 eps
1959
The Detectives1 eps
1959
The DetectivesDirector
1959
The DuPont Show with June AllysonKurt Reynolds · 1 eps
1959
The UntouchablesDutch Schultz · 2 eps
1959
KlondikeDirector
1960
The Andy Griffith ShowDirector
1960
The Best of the PostJudge Barasco · 1 eps
1960
The Roaring 20's2 eps
1960
Cain's HundredDale Statesman · 1 eps
1961
Target: The Corruptors!2 eps
1961
Ensign O'TooleDirector
1962
Going My Way1 eps
1962
Sam BenedictJudge Ryan · 1 eps
1962
Sam BenedictDirector
1962
The Eleventh HourDirector
1962
Arrest and TrialMaj. Ralph Libbott · 1 eps
1963
BH
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreDirector
1963
Burke's LawDirector
1963
ChanningDirector
1963
Grindl1 eps
1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreDoctor (uncredited) · 1 eps
1963
The FugitiveDirector
1963
12 O'Clock HighDirector
1964
Gilligan's IslandDirector
1964
The MunstersDirector
1964
BrandedDirector
1965
LaredoDirector
1965
Mister RobertsDirector
1965
SeawayDirector
1965
The Big ValleyBen Dawes · 1 eps
1965
The Big ValleyDirector
1965
The F.B.I.Horrigan · 1 eps
1965
The F.B.I.Director
1965
The Wild Wild WestDirector
1965
CP
CBS PlayhouseDr. Gettlinger · 1 eps
1966
Felony Squad1 eps
1966
Felony SquadDirector
1966
Mission: ImpossibleColonel Alex Kohler · 1 eps
1966
Pistols 'n' PetticoatsDirector
1966
Star TrekDirector
1966
TarzanDirector
1966
The Rat PatrolDirector
1966
CusterDirector
1967
Judd, for the Defense1 eps
1967
N.Y.P.D.Director
1967
Adam-12Director
1968
The Doris Day ShowDirector
1968
The Mod SquadDirector
1968
The Name of the GameDirector
1968
Hawaii Five-OGeneral Oban · 2 eps
1969
Hawaii Five-ODirector
1969
CannonDirector
1971
O'Hara, U.S. TreasuryDirector
1971
BanyonDirector
1972
Emergency!Director
1972
The Streets of San FranciscoDirector
1972
The Waltons1 eps
1972
The WaltonsDirector
1972
Barnaby JonesDirector
1973
ShaftDirector
1973
Movin' OnDirector
1974
The ManhunterDirector
1974
The Six Million Dollar ManDirector
1974
AO
Adams of Eagle LakeDirector
1975
Matt HelmDirector
1975
The Blue KnightDirector
1975
Charlie's AngelsDirector
1976
Charlie's AngelsWriter
1976
Grizzly AdamsWriter
1977
Grizzly AdamsStory
1977
HunterDirector
1977
Space Academy15 eps
1977
The FitzpatricksDirector
1977
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?Director
1977
DallasDirector
1978
Fantasy IslandDirector
1978
Project U.F.O.Director
1978
Vega$Director
1978
Freebie and the BeanDirector
1980
Bret MaverickU.S. Marshal Philip Mondragon · 1 eps
1981
DynastyDirector
1981
Strike ForceDirector
1981
The Fall GuyDirector
1981
FameDirector
1982
Knight RiderCol. Alvin B. Kincaid · 1 eps
1982
Scarecrow and Mrs. King1 eps
1983
Cover Up1 eps
1984
Night CourtJustice Welch · 1 eps
1984
MacGyverProfessor Julian Ryman · 1 eps
1985
MacGyverAlexander Karsoff · 1 eps
1985
L.A. LawJudge Saul Edelstein · 5 eps
1986
MatlockMarvin Shea · 1 eps
1986
Star Trek: The Next GenerationAmbassador Kell · 1 eps
1987
The Charmings1 eps
1987
Melrose PlaceJudge Stanley Pittman · 6 eps
1992
NYPD BlueJohn Gilbert · 1 eps
1993
ProfilerProfessor Bello · 1 eps
1996
The PracticeJudge M. Gersh · 1 eps
1997
Judging AmyClyde Palmer · 1 eps
1999
PopularJudge · 1 eps
1999

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