Dobkin, Lawrence
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Name (Latin)
Dobkin, Lawrence
Other forms of name
Dobkin, Larry
Date of birth
1919-09-16
Date of death
2002-10-28
Field of activity
Acting
Television authorship
Television--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Actors
Television producers and directors
Television writers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
Sources of Information
- The Story of Mayerling [SR] 1977 (a.e.)(Larry Dobkin, name spoken)
- Dunning, J. Tune in yesterday, 1976(Lawrence Dobkin)
- Gilligan's Island. Gilligan meets jungle boy [MP] 1965-02-02:credits (directed by Lawrence Dobkin)
- Parish, J.R. The complete television actors' credits, 1948-1988, 1989-1990:v. 3, p. 508 (Dobkin, Lawrence; director)
- IMDb, July 23, 2009(Lawrence Dobkin; actor, director, writer, producer; b. Sept. 16, 1919, New York, N.Y.; d. Oct. 28, 2002, Los Angeles, Calif.; alternate name: Larry Dobkin)
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Wikipedia description:
Lawrence Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002) was an American television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. Dobkin was a prolific performer during the Golden Age of Radio. He narrated the western Broken Arrow (1950). His film performances include Never Fear (1949), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), North by Northwest (1959) and Geronimo (1962). Before the closing credits of each episode of the landmark ABC television network series Naked City (1958–1963), he said, "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them."
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