Lawrence Dobkin

All Movies of Lawrence Dobkin

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  Rock Hudson (TV)
  Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
  Character: Raoul Walsh (as Larry Dobkin)

   1990

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  6.0
  Curiosity Kills (TV)
  The movie opens with a violent scene (with cheap, unconvincing special effects) in which all of the police guards of a drug informant are shot to death, only to have the informant himself kill the hit-man. The scene then shifts to...
  Character: Harry (as Larry Dobkin)

   1990

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  7.0
  Vega$ (TV Series)
  Dan Tanna is a private investigator in the gambling town of Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas can be seedy or glamorous, depending upon the point of view.
  Director of the film

   1978

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  6.0
  Dallas (TV Series)
  TV Series (1978-1991). 14 Seasons. 357 episodes. The series revolves around the wealthy Ewing family who occupy a mansion at the sprawling South Fork ranch in posh Braddock Country just outside Dallas. Like any powerful family, th...
  Director of the film

   1978

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  6.3
  Fantasy Island (TV Series)
  Tales of visitors to a unique resort island that can fulfill literally any fantasy requested, but rarely turn out as expected.
  Director of the film

   1978

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  Sara (TV Series)
  Director of the film

   1976

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  7.0
  The Midnight Man
  After being found guilty of the murder of a man who was having an affair with his wife, one-time police detective Jim Slade (Lancaster) is sentenced to a long stay in prison. Upon his release, his parole officer, Linda (Susan Clar...
  Character: Mason

   1974

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  6.3
  The Rockford Files (TV Series)
  TV Series (1974-1980). 123 episodes. Series about an ex-con-turned-private-investigator named Jim Rockford who would rather run away than fight and would rather go fishing than work. He isn't a coward, and he isn't lazy--just a bi...
  Director of the film

   1974

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  Shaft (TV Series)
  Director of the film

   1973

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  Barnaby Jones (TV Series)
  Barnaby comes out of retirement to track down his son's murderer with the help of Betty, his son's widow. They continue the detective agency's work in Los Angeles, with the help of Barnaby's home laboratory and homey philosophizin
  Director of the film

   1973

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  7.0
  The Waltons (TV Series)
  TV Series (1971-1981). 9 seasons. 213 episodes. In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, during the Great Depression, the Walton family makes its small income from its saw mill on Walton's Mountain. The story is told through the e...
  Director of the film

   1972

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  O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series)
  TV Series (1971-1972). 1 season. 22 episodes. James O'Hara of the United States Treasury works in several branches to stop illegal activities such as smuggling contraband, tax evasion, and the like.
  Director of the film

   1971

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  6.0
  Cannon (TV Series)
  The weekly adventures of Frank Cannon, an overweight, balding ex-cop with a deep voice and expensive tastes in culinary pleasures, who becomes a high-priced private investigator. Since Cannon's girth didn't allow for many fist-fig...
  Director of the film

   1971

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  Custer (TV Series)
  In 1868, after the Civil War, Custer takes charge of a mix of ex-Confederates and criminals, the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hays, Kansas. His boss General Terry doesn't like his methods or his long blond hair, but he manages to ...
  Director of the film

   1967

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  Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (TV)
   1967

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  Felony Squad (TV Series)
  TV Series (1966-1969). The program starred Howard Duff (as Sergeant Sam Stone) and Dennis Cole (as Detective Jim Briggs) as investigators in a major crimes unit. The setting was an unidentified West Coast city. Duff's character wa...
  Director of the film

   1966

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  6.7
  Gilligan's Island (TV Series)
  TV Series (1964-1967). 3 Seasons. 98 episodes. Gilligan's Island was an American TV sitcom originally produced by United Artists Television. The show followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive an...
  Director of the film

   1964

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  6.9
  The Munsters (TV Series)
  TV Series (1964-1966). At 1313 Mockingbird Lane in Mockingbird Heights, stood a cobweb-covered, musty gothic mansion. The residents considered themselves just a normal, everyday American family, but to neighbors - and viewers alik...
  Director of the film

   1964

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  The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series)
  TV Series (1963-1967). 4 seasons. 107 episodes. An American anthology series hosted by Bob Hope. Both dramatic and comedy shows were presented, featuring many of Hollywood's top names.
  Director of the film

   1963

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  7.4
  The Fugitive (TV Series)
  TV Series (1963-1967). 4 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Dr. Richard Kimble, an Indiana pediatrician, is accused, arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of his wife. Kimble claims he was on his way home from a drive when the murder oc...
  Director of the film

   1963

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  5.8
  Geronimo
  An Apache warrior named Geronimo (Chuck Connors) wages battle against the U.S. military who are on a mission to oppress the Indians and thus bring them under State control. A group of sympathetic scouts set out to bring Geronimo b...
  Character: Gen. George A. Crook

   1962

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  7.3
  The Big Operator
  Character: Phil Cernak

   1959

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  6.0
  77 Sunset Strip (TV Series)
  Director of the film

   1958

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  The Donna Reed Show (TV Series)
  Another popular 1950's sitcom about a close family. The Stones consist of loving homemaker Donna, her pediatrician husband Alex, and their children Mary and Jeff. Many situations arise like when they found a baby on their doorstep...
  Director of the film

   1958

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  7.2
  The Defiant Ones
  This 1958 variation on Huck Finn's adventures with Jim finds a white convict (Tony Curtis) chained to a black convict (Sidney Poitier) as they both escape their captors. With each man literally stuck with the other, racial conflic...
  Character: Editor

   1958

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  Mike Hammer (TV Series)
  TV Series (1956-1959) 78 episodes. The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm on a "skirt&qu...
  | Movie director

   1956

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  7.0
  Illegal
  After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drink, and acquires a criminal clientele. Remake of "The Man Who Talked Too Much".
   1955

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  Kiss of Fire
  In 1700, news that the king of Spain is dying comes to the Spanish outpost in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For some reason, lovely Princess Lucia, the preferred heir, is in this remote location. To get her back to Europe without running ...
   1955

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  Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV Series)
  TV Series (1955-1958). 3 seasons. 94 episodes. This filmed drama anthology featured Academy Award winner Jane Wyman as the series hostess introducing each weekly installment, as well as starring in 42 of the 94 episodes.
   1955

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  Riders to the Stars
  In an attempt to discover the composition of meteors, three astronauts are sent out into space in three specially designed rockets. Their mission is to capture a meteor and bring it to Earth.
   1954

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  6.0
  Above and Beyond
  "Above and Beyond" depicts the events leading up to the use of the first atomic bomb at the end of World War II. Colonel Paul Tibbetts is chosen by the Air Force to test the new long-range planes and to prepare a top-sec...
  Character: Dr. Van Dyke (as Larry Dobkin)

   1952