23 Facts About Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin was an American television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades.

Lawrence Dobkin was born in Manhattan, New York City to a Jewish family.

Lawrence Dobkin's parents were Samuel Dobkin and Frieda.

Lawrence Dobkin served in a radio propaganda unit of the US Army Air Forces during World War II.

Lawrence Dobkin played Lieutenant Matthews on The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, along with several other characters.

Lawrence Dobkin began a prolific career in television in 1946, having worked as an actor, narrator and director.

Lawrence Dobkin was cast in a 1957 episode of the syndicated series The Silent Service, in "The Ordeal of the S 38", based on true stories of the submarine division of the United States Navy, in which he was the lead actor and was credited incorrectly as Lawrence Bodkin.

Lawrence Dobkin appeared in the religion anthology series, Crossroads, based on experiences of American clergymen, and later on the ABC religion drama, Going My Way, starring Gene Kelly.

Lawrence Dobkin guest-starred in 1958 in the first season of ABC's The Donna Reed Show.

In 1960, Lawrence Dobkin appeared as Kurt Reynolds in the episode "So Dim the Light" of the CBS anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson, and as an escape artist on the run from a possible murder charge in Wanted: Dead or Alive.

Lawrence Dobkin appeared in the David Janssen crime drama series, Richard Diamond, Private Detective.

Lawrence Dobkin appeared in four episodes of The Rifleman playing four different characters, including a heartfelt portrayal of General Philip Sheridan from the American Civil War.

Lawrence Dobkin appeared in an episode of The Tab Hunter Show in 1961.

Lawrence Dobkin was cast as a mass murderer in the 1972 pilot for ABC's The Streets of San Francisco, starring Karl Malden.

Lawrence Dobkin guest-starred on ABC's The Big Valley, starring Barbara Stanwyck.

Lawrence Dobkin received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama for his work on the CBS Playhouse episode, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.

In 1991, Lawrence Dobkin appeared in an episode of the television series Night Court as State Supreme Court Justice Welch.

Lawrence Dobkin began directing for television in 1960, and his work in this area included episodes 1,9,10, and 13 of The Munsters, 16 episodes of The Waltons, and an episode of Sara.

Lawrence Dobkin's notable supporting film roles include Twelve O'Clock High, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Julius Caesar, The Ten Commandments, The Defiant Ones, Johnny Yuma and Patton.

Lawrence Dobkin had a cameo appearance in the 1954 sci-fi thriller Them.

On June 24,1962, Lawrence Dobkin married actress Joanna Barnes; they had no children, but he had one daughter, Debra Lawrence Dobkin, by his first wife, Frances Hope Walker.

Lawrence Dobkin married actress Anne Collings in 1970 and had two children: identical twin daughters, Kristy and Kaela.

On October 28,2002, Lawrence Dobkin died of heart failure at age 83 at his Los Angeles home.