Lawrence W. Dobkin was born in New York City on September 16, 1919, and attended Yale University. 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."
Dobkin's notable supporting film roles include “Twelve O'Clock High” (1949), “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951), “Julius Caesar” (1953), “The Ten Commandments” (1956), “The Defiant Ones” (1958), and “Patton” (1970). He had a cameo appearance in the 1954 sci-fi thriller “Them”
On June 24, 1962, Dobkin married actress Joanna Barnes; they had no children, but he had one daughter, Debra Dobkin, by his first wife, Frances Hope Walker. Dobkin married actress Anne Collings in 1970 and had two children: identical twin daughters, Kristy and Kaela.
DOBKIN, Lawrence (Lawrence W.
Dobkin) [9/16/1919, New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 10/28/2002, Los
Angeles, California, U.S.A. (heart failure)] – producer, director, writer,
film, radio, TV actor, married to Frances Hope Walker (1942-1960) father of
actress, musician, singer Debra Dobkin [1954-
], married to actress Joanna Barnes [1934-2022] (1962-1967), married to
actress Anne Collings [1939- ]
(1970-2002) father of writer, actress Kristy Dobkin (Kristina Anne Dobkin)
[1970- ], producer, actress Kaela
Dobkin (Kaela Anne Dobkin) [1970- ].
Johnny Yuma – 1966 (Lawrence/Linus Jerome Carradine)
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