Lawrence Dobkin
Lawrence Dobkin | |
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Dobkin in Raiders of Old California (1957) | |
| Born | September 16, 1919 Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 28, 2002 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
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| Years active | 1946–2001 |
| Spouses | Frances Hope Walker
(m. 1942; div. 1960)Anne Collings (m. 1970) |
| Children | 3 |
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."