Cast & creator
Lawrence Dobkin
Best known for Perry Mason, Star Trek: The Next Generation, MacGyver
Lawrence Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002) was an American television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades.
Also known as: Larry Dobkin
66
film credits
187
television credits
178
1946–2008 · acting roles
6.7
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (253)
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Perry Mason
Gregory Dunkirk
1957
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Ambassador Kell
1987
MacGyver
Professor Julian Ryman
1985MacGyver
Alexander Karsoff
1985
The Practice
Judge M. Gersh
1997
Melrose Place
Judge Stanley Pittman
1992
Dallas
Director
1978
Hawaii Five-O
General Oban
1969Hawaii Five-O
Director
1969
Star Trek
Director
1966
NYPD Blue
John Gilbert
1993
The Andy Griffith Show
Director
1960
L.A. Law
Judge Saul Edelstein
1986
Adam-12
Director
1968
The Fugitive
Director
1963
Knight Rider
Col. Alvin B. Kincaid
1982
Mission: Impossible
Colonel Alex Kohler
1966
Judging Amy
Clyde Palmer
1999
Charlie's Angels
Director
1976Charlie's Angels
Writer
1976
Have Gun, Will Travel
Billy-Joe Kane
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
Haskell Sommers
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
Col. Oliver Lacey
1957
Dynasty
Director
1981
Night Court
Justice Welch
1984
The Waltons
1972The Waltons
Director
1972
The Rifleman
Juan Argentez
1958The Rifleman
Director
1958The Rifleman
Writer
1958The Rifleman
Teleplay
1958
Matinee Theater
1955
Cannon
Director
1971
Four Star Playhouse
Doctor
1952Four Star Playhouse
Masterson
1952Four Star Playhouse
Buckov
1952
Matlock
Marvin Shea
1986
The Six Million Dollar Man
Director
1974Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Director
1963
Emergency!
Director
1972
The Donna Reed Show
1958The Donna Reed Show
Director
1958
Naked City
Narrator (voice)
1958
Studio One
Porter
1948
The Untouchables
Dutch Schultz
1959
The F.B.I.
Horrigan
1965The F.B.I.
Director
1965
The Wild Wild West
Director
1965
Profiler
Professor Bello
1996
I Love Lucy
Maitre D'
1951I Love Lucy
Counterfeiter
1951I Love Lucy
Counterman
1951
Rawhide
Colonel Reed
1959
Cheyenne
Lt Gen Phillip H. Sheridan
1955
The Name of the Game
Director
1968
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Bartolo
1958
The Big Valley
Ben Dawes
1965The Big Valley
Director
1965
Burke's Law
Director
1963
Lawman
Buck Walsh
1958
Barnaby Jones
Director
1973
Fantasy Island
Director
1978
The Doris Day Show
Director
1968
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Gunsmoke
Jacklin
1955Gunsmoke
Brand
1955Gunsmoke
Esteban Garcia
1955
The Munsters
Director
1964
The Fall Guy
Director
1981
The Streets of San Francisco
Director
1972
Fame
Director
1982
Hawaiian Eye
1959Hawaiian Eye
Ronald Windsor
1959
77 Sunset Strip
195877 Sunset Strip
Sergei Ruchev
195877 Sunset Strip
Director
1958
The Detectives
1959The Detectives
Director
1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Sparks
1955
Adventures in Paradise
Nat Wilson
1959
The Ford Television Theatre
Morton
1952The Ford Television Theatre
1952The Ford Television Theatre
Inspector Briand
1952
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Doctor (uncredited)
1963
Vega$
Director
1978
Bronco
1958
Gilligan's Island
Director
1964
Judd, for the Defense
1967
The Mod Squad
Director
1968
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Warburton Flagge
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Joey Kane
1957
Studio 57
1954Studio 57
Ray Davis
1954Studio 57
Hamid
1954
M Squad
Louie Prince
1957M Squad
Barney Traxler
1957
The Millionaire
Lewis Austin
1955The Millionaire
John McKuehn
1955
Felony Squad
1966Felony Squad
Director
1966State Trooper
Director
1956
Laredo
Director
1965
12 O'Clock High
Director
1964
Branded
Director
1965
Trackdown
Walter Trump
1957Trackdown
Caldwell
1957Trackdown
Joel Paine
1957Trackdown
Director
1957
Adventures of Superman
1952
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Dave Harris
1958
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Kurt Reynolds
1959
Telephone Time
1956
Navy Log
1955
Popular
Judge
1999
The Danny Thomas Show
Bob Hickey
1953
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Tarzan
Director
1966
City Detective
1953Lux Video Theatre
Dave
1950
Arrest and Trial
Maj. Ralph Libbott
1963
Riverboat
David Fields
1959
Sam Benedict
Judge Ryan
1962Sam Benedict
Director
1962
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Director
1958
Alcoa Theatre
Joe Frazier
1957Alcoa Theatre
Lieutenant Lacy
1957
Law of the Plainsman
Hempner
1959
The Ten Commandments
Hur Ben Caleb
1956
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Cain's Hundred
Dale Statesman
1961The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Vern Morris
1953
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Rat Patrol
Director
1966
Official Detective
1957
Cover Up
1984
The Manhunter
Director
1974
Crossroads
Stoner
1955
Dangerous Assignment
1952
North by Northwest
U.S. Intelligence Agency Official (uncredited)
1959
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952CBS Playhouse
Dr. Gettlinger
1966
The Eleventh Hour
Director
1962
Letter to Loretta
Akhenaton
1953Letter to Loretta
General
1953
Grizzly Adams
Writer
1977Grizzly Adams
Story
1977
Going My Way
1962
Panic!
1957
Behind Closed Doors
1958
Wire Service
Mr. March
1956
Ensign O'Toole
Director
1962
Movin' On
Director
1974
Bret Maverick
U.S. Marshal Philip Mondragon
1981
Man with a Camera
1958
Matt Helm
Director
1975
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
Director
1966
Mr. Adams and Eve
1957
Banyon
Director
1972
Custer
Director
1967
Patton
Colonel Gaston Bell
1970
Whirlybirds
Will Carter
1957
The Charmings
1987
Hunter
Director
1977
Mister Roberts
Director
1965
N.Y.P.D.
Director
1967
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Shahab Hussein
1952
The Fitzpatricks
Director
1977
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Director
1977
Project U.F.O.
Director
1978
I'm the Law
1953
Channing
Director
1963
Space Academy
1977
The Living Christ
John The Baptist
1951The Living Christ
Caiaphas
1951
Seaway
Director
1965
The Best Years of Our Lives
Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)
1946
Grindl
1963
General Electric Theater
Singh
1953General Electric Theater
Lieutenant
1953General Electric Theater
1953
Strike Force
Director
1981
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
Director
1971
The Best of the Post
Judge Barasco
1960
Sweet Smell of Success
Leo Bartha (uncredited)
1957
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Captain Cotton
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Blue Knight
Director
1975
Freebie and the Bean
Director
1980
Klondike
Director
1960
Twelve O'Clock High
Captain Twombley, group chaplain
1949
The Defiant Ones
Editor
1958
Julius Caesar
Citizen of Rome
1953
Deadline - U.S.A.
Larry Hansen (uncredited)
1952
The Killer Is Loose
Bank Robber (uncredited)
1956
Shaft
Director
1973
Frenchie
Bartender
1950
Roswell
General
1994
5 Fingers
1952
D.O.A.
Dr. Schaefer
1949
Geronimo
General George A. Crook
1962
Whirlpool
Dr. Wayne
1950
The Silver Chalice
Ephraim
1954
Remains to Be Seen
Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
1953
The Cabinet of Caligari
Dr. Frank David
1962
The Killers of Mussolini
Pavolini
1959Adams of Eagle Lake
Director
1975
Bannerline
Doctor
1951
The Munsters: Family Portrait
Director
2008
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Chickamon
1957
The Lost Missile
Narrator
1958
People Will Talk
Business Manager (uncredited)
1951
Riders to the Stars
Dr. Delmar
1954
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Writer
1974
The Streets of San Francisco
Gregory Praxas
1972
Young Man with Ideas
Prosecutor at Hearing (uncredited)
1952
The Rape of Doctor Willis
Striker
1991
Hotwire
Bodine
1980
The Big Operator
Phil Cernak
1959
Red Skies of Montana
Leo (uncredited)
1952
African Manhunt
Commentator (voice)
1955
The Plot to Kill Stalin
Shtemenko
1958
Above and Beyond
Dr. Van Dyke
1953
The Midnight Man
Waldo Mason
1974
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Dr. Gettlinger
1967
Curiosity Kills
Harry
1990
Not Wanted
Asst. District Attorney
1949
Kiss of Fire
Padre Domingo
1955
Loan Shark
Walter Kerr
1952
Chain of Circumstance
Dr. Callen (as Larry Dobkin)
1951
Sabaka
General's Aide (uncredited)
1955
Raiders of Old California
Don Miguel Sebastian
1957
Illegal
Al Carol
1955
The Gene Krupa Story
Speaker Willis
1959
Sixteen
Director
1972
Never Fear
Dr. Middleton
1950
Johnny Yuma
Linus Jerome Carradine
1966
Portland Exposé
Garnell
1957
Rock Hudson
Raoul Walsh
1990
Jump Into Hell
Major Maurice Bonet
1955
The Big Moment
Worker
1954
A Fire Called Jeremiah
Narrator
1961
Wild Heritage
Josh Burrage
1958
Mysteries from Beyond Earth
Self – Host
1975
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Director
1979Sizeman and Son
Rosenzweig
1956
The Restless Sea
Narrator
1964
Underground
Boule
1970
Territorial Men
Director
1976
In Search of Historic Jesus
Pontius Pilate
1979
Day of Triumph
Matthew
1954Steel and America
Narrator (voice)
1965
Tokyo After Dark
Maj. Bradley
1959