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Biography

Lawrence Pressman, also known as David Pressman Senior, is an actor, born July 10th, 1939. In 1973, he married actress Lanna Sauders, and together…more

Born

7/10/1939, Cynthiana, Kentucky

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (6)

Role
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
  Dr. Benjamin Canfield
  - S 4: Ep 22 What Makes Doogie Run
    3/24/93
  - S 4: Ep 21 Eleven Angry People ... and Vinnie
    3/17/93
  - S 4: Ep 20 Dorky Housecall, M.D.
    3/10/93
  - S 4: Ep 19 Love Makes the World Go 'Round ... or Is It Money?
    2/24/93
  - S 4: Ep 18 You've Come a Long Way, Baby-Sitter
    2/3/93
  - + 66 More Credits
- Ladies' Man (1980)
  Alan Thackeray
  - S 1: Ep 15 Games (2)
    2/21/81
  - S 1: Ep 14 Games (1)
    2/14/81
  - S 1: Ep 13 Women Need Not Apply
    2/7/81
  - S 1: Ep 12 Think Young Ladies
    1/26/81
  - S 1: Ep 11 Susan the Playwright
    1/19/81
  - + 10 More Credits
- Mulligan's Stew
  Michael Mulligan
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Perils Of Being Pretty
    12/13/77
  - S 1: Ep 5 Ah, Wilderness
    12/6/77
  - S 1: Ep 4 Little Grey Bird
    11/22/77
  - S 1: Ep 3 Winning The Big Ones
    11/8/77
  - S 1: Ep 2 Melinda Special
    11/1/77
  - + 4 More Credits
- Rich Man, Poor Man
  Bill Denton
  - S 1: Ep 7 Chapter 7
    2/23/76
  - S 1: Ep 6 Chapter 6
    2/16/76
  - S 1: Ep 5 Chapter 5
    2/9/76
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Ed Hoffman (1974-1975) One of Emily's co-workers.
  - — Original Pilot
- The Edge of Night
  Roger Castermore #1 (1969)
  - S 14: Ep 2 Wednesday, April 2, 1969
    4/2/69
  - S 14: Ep 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1969
    4/1/69
  - S 2: Ep 2 Friday, March 28, 1958
    3/28/58
  - S 3: Ep 2 JANUARY 2, 1958
    1/2/58
  - S 2: Ep 1 Monday, April 1, 1957
    4/1/57
  - + 5 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- General Hospital
  Judge
  - S 45: Ep 99 Ep. #11367
    8/16/07
  - S 45: Ep 98 Ep. #11366
    8/15/07
  - S 45: Ep 97 Ep. #11365
    8/14/07
  - S 45: Ep 96 Ep. #11364
    8/13/07
  - S 45: Ep 95 Ep. #11363
    8/10/07
  - + 2 More Credits
- Judging Amy
  Mr. Ackerman
  - S 5: Ep 15 Werewolves of Hartford
    2/17/04
- Judging Amy
  Alan Stetson
  - S 2: Ep 21 Redheaded Stepchild
    5/15/01
  - S 1: Ep 10 Crowded House
    11/30/99
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Persistence of Tectonics
    11/23/99
  - S 1: Ep 6 Witch Hunt
    10/19/99
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Ed Hoffman
  - S 2: Ep 12 Blues for Mr. Borden
    12/1/73
Guest Star (105)

Role
- Mad Men
  Henry Sloan
  - S 4: Ep 13 Tomorrowland
    10/17/10
- HawthoRNe
  Dr. Arkin
  - S 2: Ep 6 Final Curtain
    7/27/10
- Criminal Minds
  Judge Boyd Schuller
  - S 5: Ep 3 Reckoner
    10/7/09
- Saving Grace
  Mr. Nesbit
  - S 3: Ep 6 Am I Going To Lose Her?
    7/21/09
- The Mentalist
  Chancellor Stern
  - S 1: Ep 10 Red Brick and Ivy
    12/16/08
- Ghost Whisperer
  Old Man (AKA Old Man Ghost Peter Harrison)
  - S 3: Ep 12 First Do No Harm
    1/18/08
- Crossing Jordan
  Judge
  - S 6: Ep 13 Post Hoc
    4/18/07
  - S 4: Ep 17 Locard's Exchange
    4/10/05
- Boston Legal
  Judge Floyd Hurwitz
  - S 3: Ep 18 Son of the Defender
    4/3/07
- NCIS
  Dr. Russell Pike
  - S 4: Ep 11 Driven
    12/12/06
- All My Children
  Judge William G. O'Connell
  - S 37: Ep 96 Ep. #9365
    5/18/06
  - S 37: Ep 95 Ep. #9364
    5/17/06
- Bones
  Trent Seward
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Woman in the Car
    2/1/06
- Crossing Jordan
  Judge Harlan Marshall
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Elephant in the Room
    1/15/06
- Medium
  Therapist
  - S 2: Ep 1 When Push Comes to Shove (2)
    9/19/05
- Medium
  Couples Counselor
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    1/3/05
- Jack & Bobby
  Jonas Parker
  - S 1: Ep 7 Valentino
    10/27/04
- Gilmore Girls
  Floyd Stiles
  - S 4: Ep 18 Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom!
    4/20/04
  - S 4: Ep 13 Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels
    2/10/04
- Crossing Jordan
  Judge Marshall
  - S 3: Ep 2 Slam Dunk
    3/12/04
- NCIS
  Secret Service Director
  - S 1: Ep 1 Yankee White
    9/23/03
- Without a Trace
  Mr. Beckworth
  - S 1: Ep 15 There Goes the Bride
    2/20/03
- Mister Sterling
  Commissioner Jarvis
  - S 1: Ep 5 Human Error
    2/7/03
- The Guardian
  Donald Sample
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Beginning
    5/21/02
  - S 1: Ep 11 Home
    12/18/01
  - S 1: Ep 2 Reunion
    10/2/01
- The Practice
  Russell Mathis
  - S 6: Ep 19 The Return of Joey Heric
    4/14/02
- The Agency (2001)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 7 Closure
    11/15/01
- The Hughleys
  Mr. Shuman
  - S 4: Ep 2 Mid-Wife Crisis
    9/10/01
  - S 4: Ep 1 Joint Custody
    9/3/01
- Dark Angel
  Jonas Cale
  - S 1: Ep 19 I And I Am A Camera
    5/1/01
  - S 1: Ep 12 Art Attack
    2/6/01
- Diagnosis Murder
  Lawrence Kendall
  - S 8: Ep 14 You Bet Your Life
    2/16/01
- Family Law
  Judge Owen Mason
  - S 2: Ep 13 Separation
    1/29/01
- Providence
  Dr. Clemens
  - S 3: Ep 9 Big Night
    1/5/01
- The X-Files
  Mr. Alastair Milsap
  - S 8: Ep 4 Roadrunners
    11/26/00
- The West Wing
  Ken Cochran
  - S 1: Ep 21 Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
    5/10/00
- Dawson's Creek
  Dr. Fielding
  - S 3: Ep 16 To Green, With Love
    2/16/00
- The Drew Carey Show
  Dr. Zinneman
  - S 5: Ep 5 Drew's Physical
    10/20/99
- Profiler
  Walter Anderson
  - S 4: Ep 1 Reunion (1)
    9/25/99
  - S 3: Ep 12 Inheritance
    2/6/99
  - S 3: Ep 9 All in the Family
    1/2/99
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Root of All Evil (1)
    5/9/98
- The Practice
  Dr. Nelson Leach
  - S 3: Ep 21 Infected
    4/25/99
- Michael Hayes
  Bernstein
  - S 1: Ep 18 Gotterdammerung
    4/1/98
- Significant Others (1998)
  Nell's Boss
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Next Big Thing
    3/18/98
- Ally McBeal
  Judge Harland Smart
  - S 1: Ep 14 Body Language
    2/2/98
- Chicago Hope
  Bill Burke
  - S 4: Ep 6 The Lung and the Restless
    11/5/97
- Total Security
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/27/97
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Tekeny Ghemor
  - S 5: Ep 19 Ties of Blood and Water
    4/14/97
  - S 3: Ep 5 Second Skin
    10/24/94
- Dangerous Minds
  Dr. Milton Rappaport
  - S 1: Ep 17 Teach, Don't Touch
    3/15/97
- The Pretender
  Ben Sloane
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Paper Clock
    11/2/96
- The Sentinel
  Brother Jeremy
  - S 1: Ep 10 Vow of Silence
    7/17/96
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
  Ezra Leonard
  - S 4: Ep 18 Dead or Alive (2)
    2/10/96
  - S 4: Ep 17 Dead or Alive (1)
    2/3/96
- Partners
  Gordon
  - S 1: Ep 15 How was Your Date with Dad?
    1/15/96
  - S 1: Ep 9 City Hall
    11/13/95
- The Client
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Burning of Atlanta
    10/24/95
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Ambassador Krajensky
  - S 3: Ep 26 The Adversary
    6/19/95
- Law & Order
  Dr. Alan Colter
  - S 5: Ep 19 Cruel and Unusual
    4/19/95
- NYPD Blue
  Arnold Rudman
  - S 2: Ep 15 Bombs Away
    2/28/95
  - S 2: Ep 10 In the Butt, Bob
    1/10/95
- The Rockford Files
  Sidney Kornblum
  - S 7: Ep 1 I Still Love L.A.
    11/27/94
- Birdland
  Kramer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sons and Mudders
    4/14/94
- Law & Order
  Nicholas Burke
  - S 4: Ep 7 Apocrypha
    11/3/93
  - S 3: Ep 18 Animal Instinct
    3/17/93
- Murder, She Wrote
  Philip Holt
  - S 10: Ep 3 The Legacy of Borbey House
    10/3/93
- L.A. Law
  Richard Hollis
  - S 7: Ep 20 Testing, Testing, 1...2...3...4
    5/6/93
- Moonlighting
  Nathan Kraft
  - S 5: Ep 6 Take My Wife, For Example
    2/7/89
- St. Elsewhere
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Naked Civil Surgeon
    4/27/88
- Matlock
  Dr. Jeremy Barnes
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Genius
    3/15/88
- Murder, She Wrote
  Tom Dutton
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Way To Dusty Death
    10/25/87
- Matlock
  Nelson White
  - S 1: Ep 2 Diary of a Perfect Murder (2)
    3/3/86
  - S 1: Ep 1 Diary of a Perfect Murder (1)
    3/3/86
- Hotel
  Scott Baker
  - S 3: Ep 15 Facades
    2/12/86
- Murder, She Wrote
  George Reed
  - S 1: Ep 14 My Johnny Lies Over The Ocean
    2/10/85
- Street Hawk
  Thomas Miller
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    1/4/85
- Dynasty
  Eric Grayson
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Voice (2)
    3/21/84
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Vigil
    2/29/84
- Hill Street Blues
  Art Bradley
  - S 4: Ep 1 Here's Adventure, Here's Romance
    10/13/83
- The Winds of War
  Bunky Thurston
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Changing of the Guard - Part 6
    2/11/83
  - S 1: Ep 5 Part 5 - Of Love and War, Moscow, Russia
    2/10/83
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 11 Tomorrow Lady, The/Father, Dear Father/Still Life
    12/4/82
- Tucker's Witch
  George
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Corpse Who Knew Too Much
    10/20/82
- Hart To Hart
  Ronald Camp
  - S 3: Ep 24 Harts and Fraud
    5/18/82
- Darkroom
  Charlie Miller
  - S 1: Ep 2 Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back
    11/27/81
- One Day at a Time
  Professor Barr
  - S 6: Ep 1 Teacher's Pet
    11/9/80
- M*A*S*H
  R. Theodore Williamson
  - S 8: Ep 2 Are You Now, Margaret?
    9/24/79
- Stockard Channing: In Just Friends
  Frank Hughes
  - S 1: Ep 6 Lost Weekend
    4/8/79
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    3/4/79
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Larry Drake
  - S 5: Ep 21 Breakup
    5/12/77
- Lanigan's Rabbi
  Bert Morris
  - S 1: Ep 4 In Hot Weather, The Crime Rate Soars
    4/24/77
- The Man From Atlantis
  Commander Phil Roth
  - S 1: Ep 1 Man from Atlantis
    3/4/77
- Police Woman (1978)
  Greg McGuire
  - S 3: Ep 11 Father to the Man
    12/21/76
- Switch
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 11 Maggie's Hero
    12/14/76
- Barnaby Jones
  Mr. Bentley
  - S 5: Ep 5 Final Ransom
    11/11/76
- Rich Man, Poor Man
  Bill Denton
  - S 1: Ep 3 Chapter 3
    2/2/76
- Cannon
  Kent Brady
  - S 5: Ep 17 The Reformer
    1/7/76
- The Bob Newhart Show
  Ed Hoffman
  - S 4: Ep 14 A Matter of Vice-Prinicipal
    12/13/75
  - S 3: Ep 8 Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley
    11/2/74
- McMillan & Wife
  Alan Joyce
  - S 5: Ep 2 Requiem for a Bride
    10/26/75
- Harry O
  Alex Keller
  - S 1: Ep 18 Silent Kill
    2/6/75
- Cannon
  David Elder
  - S 4: Ep 17 Killer On the Hill
    1/29/75
- Paper Moon
  Gordon
  - S 1: Ep 6 Long Division
    10/17/74
- Barnaby Jones
  Lloyd C. Kellner
  - S 3: Ep 2 Dead Man's Run
    9/17/74
- Insight
  John
  - S 14: Ep 34 The Theft
    4/21/74
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Tom
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Prowler
    12/12/73
- Hawaii Five-O
  Calvin Cutler
  - S 6: Ep 8 Why Wait Till Uncle Kevin Dies?
    10/30/73
- Griff
  Leo Pendleton
  - S 1: Ep 3 All The Lonely People
    10/13/73
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Dr. Hartnett
  - S 5: Ep 4 Blood Kin
    10/2/73
- The Delphi Bureau
  Patrick
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Day of Justice Project
    3/24/73
- Kojak
  Cabot
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Marcus-Nelson Murders
    3/8/73
- Griff
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Case Of The Baltimore Girls
    1/1/73
- Snoop Sisters
  Lt. Steven Ostrowski
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Snoop Sisters
    12/18/72
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Alex Graham
  - S 4: Ep 9 Please Don't Send Flowers
    11/14/72
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Leonard Thayer
  - S 2: Ep 8 Who Saw Him Die?
    11/2/72
- McMillan & Wife
  Peter Jordan
  - S 1: Ep 6 'Til Death Do Us Part
    2/16/72
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Frank Latham
  - S 1: Ep 11 Burden Of Proof
    12/2/71
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  Bill Phelps
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch
    11/27/71
- Cannon
  Herb Mayer
  - S 1: Ep 0 Cannon (2)
    3/26/71
  - S 1: Ep 0 Cannon (1)
    3/26/71
- The F.B.I.
  Dennis Carey
  - S 6: Ep 16 The Stalking Horse
    1/10/71
- The Governor & J.J.
  John Fawcett
  - S 2: Ep 6 Fawcett is Running
    10/12/70
- United States
  Doug
  - S 1: Ep 10 Slide Area
  - S 1: Ep 11 Broccoli
- Century City
  Judge
  - S 1: Ep 5 Sweet Child of Mine
Cameo (1)

Role
- Cold Case
  Robert "Dobber" Metz (2007)
  - S 5: Ep 7 World's End
    11/4/07

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- Lawrence is the father of actor David Pressman.
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- Lawrence is the godfather to Director/Writer/Producer Paul Weitz.
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- Season 2 premiere of Medium; "When Push Comes to Shove" marriage/couples counsler.
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