Remembering Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin was born on September 16, 1919 in New York City, New York at first was a child actor who worked in radio to pay for his studies at Yale University's School of Drama. He was one of the voice of radio's “Ellery Queen” and was also heard on “The New Adventures of of Nero Wolfe”, “Gunsmoke”, “Escape” and “The Lux Radio Theater”. Continuing voice acting he narrated films and video games. He began his television work in 1946 as a narrator, director and actor. In films he was a reliable character actor in such films as “Twelve O'Clock High” (1949), “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951), “Julius Ceaser” (1953), “The Ten Commandments” (1956) and “Patton” (1970). Dobkin married actress Joanna Barnes in 1962 but they had no children. He married actress Anne Collings in 1970 and they had three children. Lawrence Dobkin appeared in only one Spaghetti Western “Johnny Yuma”, but it was a memorable performance as Lawrence Jerome Carradine. Larry died on October 28, 2002 in Los Angeles, California. We remember Lawrence Dobkin today on what would have been his 90th birthday.