Versatile actor who began his career in radio and later became a prolific television director in the 60's, 70's, and 80's.
After his death, Dobkin was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.
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Along with Andrew Robinson, Dobkin is one of only two non-regulars to both act in and direct an episode of the Star Trek franchise. He directed an episode of the original series entitled Charlie X and acted in an episode of Star Trek: the Next Generation entitled The Mind's Eye.
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Directed and acted in episodes of 77 Sunset Strip.
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Began acting as a child on the New York stage.
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Besides appearing in the classic 1970 movie Patton, Dobkin also played General Patton in the 1988 mini-series War and Rememberance.
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He directed two episodes of Dallas: KIdnapped and Black Market Baby.
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He directed two episodes of Gilligan's Island: Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy and Plant You Now, Dig You Later.
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He directed two episodes of the Andy Griffith Show: Opie's Job and Aunt Bee, the Swinger.
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He provided one of the voices for the video game Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear.
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Wrote the script for the movie, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, which was later developed into a TV series starring Dan Haggerty and Denver Pyle.
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Played Col. Gaston Bell in the Academy Award winning 1970 film Patton.
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Graduated from Yale University where he earned an M.A. in drama.
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Played a deranged former horror movie actor named Gregory Praxas in the pilot for the series Streets of San Francisco. Dobkin would later direct two episodes of that series.
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Sometimes billed as Larry Dobkin.
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Lawrence Dobkin's first wife was actress Joanna Barnes.
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Had a recurring role as a judge on both L.A. Law and Melrose Place.
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Appeared as notorious mobster Dutch Schultz three times on The Untouchables and would later direct Untouchables star Robert Stack in an episode of Name of the Game.
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Played the newspaper reporter traveling with the posse pursuing escaped convicts Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones.
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Wife's name was Anne. They had four children: Deborah, Kristy, Kaela, and Laird.
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Was the narrator of the classic 1958-63 police drama The Naked City.
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Lawrence Dobkin was once the radio voice of famed detective Ellery Queen.
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