Lawrence Dobkin

Acting • 251 Credits

Biography

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

🎬 Directed Titles (67)

Directorial Filmography
Star Trek

Star Trek

1966 ⭐ 4.0
The Munsters

The Munsters

1964 ⭐ 4.0
The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974 ⭐ 3.6
Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island

1964 ⭐ 3.7
Dallas

Dallas

1978 ⭐ 3.4
Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

1976 ⭐ 3.3
The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

1981 ⭐ 3.8
The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 ⭐ 3.8
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

1969 ⭐ 3.6
Dynasty

Dynasty

1981 ⭐ 3.2
Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

1978 ⭐ 3.3
The Waltons

The Waltons

1972 ⭐ 3.5
The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

1972 ⭐ 3.5
The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

1965 ⭐ 3.8
Fame

Fame

1982 ⭐ 3.4
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1963 ⭐ 3.6
The Big Valley

The Big Valley

1965 ⭐ 3.1
The Rifleman

The Rifleman

1958 ⭐ 3.6
Emergency!

Emergency!

1972 ⭐ 4.0
Adam-12

Adam-12

1968 ⭐ 3.5
Cannon

Cannon

1971 ⭐ 3.4
Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

1973 ⭐ 3.5
The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

1968 ⭐ 3.0
Vega$

Vega$

1978 ⭐ 3.5
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

1958 ⭐ 3.6
The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

1965 ⭐ 2.8
Tarzan

Tarzan

1966 ⭐ 3.5
The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol

1966 ⭐ 3.6
12 O'Clock High

12 O'Clock High

1964 ⭐ 3.6
The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show

1958 ⭐ 3.3
Branded

Branded

1965 ⭐ 3.4
Laredo

Laredo

1965 ⭐ 3.2
The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

1968 ⭐ 3.5
Burke's Law

Burke's Law

1963 ⭐ 3.1
The Doris Day Show

The Doris Day Show

1968 ⭐ 3.1
Sixteen

Sixteen

1972 ⭐ 2.1
The Detectives

The Detectives

1959 ⭐ 3.4
Trackdown

Trackdown

1957 ⭐ 3.5
State Trooper

State Trooper

1956 ⭐ 2.9
Movin' On

Movin' On

1974 ⭐ 3.1
Shaft

Shaft

1973 ⭐ 3.6
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1958 ⭐ 3.4
Felony Squad

Felony Squad

1966 ⭐ 3.3
Matt Helm

Matt Helm

1975 ⭐ 3.9
Pistols 'n' Petticoats

Pistols 'n' Petticoats

1966 ⭐ 3.8
Klondike

Klondike

1960 ⭐ 3.3
N.Y.P.D.

N.Y.P.D.

1967 ⭐ 3.3
Custer

Custer

1967 ⭐ 3.2
Hunter

Hunter

1977 ⭐ 4.1
Ensign O'Toole

Ensign O'Toole

1962 ⭐ 3.4
Project U.F.O.

Project U.F.O.

1978 ⭐ 3.5
Strike Force

Strike Force

1981 ⭐ 3.8
Freebie and the Bean

Freebie and the Bean

1980 ⭐ 3.4
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1965 ⭐ 4.2
Sam Benedict

Sam Benedict

1962 ⭐ 3.4
The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour

1962 ⭐ 3.4
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury

1971 ⭐ 3.0
Banyon

Banyon

1972 ⭐ 4.0
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

1977 ⭐ 3.0
The Munsters: Family Portrait

The Munsters: Family Portrait

2008 ⭐ 4.0
The Manhunter

The Manhunter

1974 ⭐ 3.5
The Fitzpatricks

The Fitzpatricks

1977 ⭐ 3.8
The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight

1975 ⭐ 2.5
Channing

Channing

1963 ⭐ 3.8
Seaway

Seaway

1965 ⭐ 3.0
Territorial Men

Territorial Men

1976
Brenda Starr, Reporter

Brenda Starr, Reporter

1979

✍️ Written & Story Credits (4)

Screenplay, Novel & Story
Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

1976 ⭐ 3.3
Writer
The Rifleman

The Rifleman

1958 ⭐ 3.6
Writer
Grizzly Adams

Grizzly Adams

1977 ⭐ 3.5
Story
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams

1974 ⭐ 3.0
Writer

🎭 Acting Roles (30)

Ranked by Prestige & Popularity
North by Northwest

North by Northwest

1959 ⭐ 4.0
as U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

1956 ⭐ 3.9
as Hur Ben Caleb
Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 ⭐ 4.2
as Ambassador Kell
Knight Rider

Knight Rider

1982 ⭐ 3.8
as Col. Alvin B. Kincaid
Patton

Patton

1970 ⭐ 3.7
as Colonel Gaston Bell
MacGyver

MacGyver

1985 ⭐ 3.8
as Alexander Karsoff
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946 ⭐ 3.9
as Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Success

1957 ⭐ 3.8
as Leo Bartha (uncredited)
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1958 ⭐ 3.6
as Editor
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966 ⭐ 3.8
as Colonel Alex Kohler
I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

1951 ⭐ 4.0
as Counterman
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953 ⭐ 3.5
as Citizen of Rome
D.O.A.

D.O.A.

1949 ⭐ 3.4
as Dr. Schaefer
Melrose Place

Melrose Place

1992 ⭐ 2.9
as Judge Stanley Pittman
NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

1993 ⭐ 3.5
as John Gilbert
Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High

1949 ⭐ 3.6
as Captain Twombley, group chaplain
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

1969 ⭐ 3.6
as General Oban
Night Court

Night Court

1984 ⭐ 3.6
as Justice Welch
The Untouchables

The Untouchables

1959 ⭐ 4.0
as Dutch Schultz
Matlock

Matlock

1986 ⭐ 3.5
as Marvin Shea
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957 ⭐ 3.9
as Gregory Dunkirk
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955 ⭐ 3.4
as Esteban Garcia
The Practice

The Practice

1997 ⭐ 3.8
as Judge M. Gersh
5 Fingers

5 Fingers

1952 ⭐ 3.8
The Waltons

The Waltons

1972 ⭐ 3.5
Whirlpool

Whirlpool

1950 ⭐ 3.2
as Dr. Wayne
People Will Talk

People Will Talk

1951 ⭐ 3.5
as Business Manager (uncredited)
Judging Amy

Judging Amy

1999 ⭐ 3.8
as Clyde Palmer
Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952 ⭐ 3.5
as Larry Hansen (uncredited)
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986 ⭐ 3.5
as Judge Saul Edelstein