Lawrence Dobkin Quotes & Trivia



Trivia

Directed and acted in episodes of 77 Sunset Strip.

Besides appearing in the classic 1970 movie Patton, Dobkin also played General Patton in the 1988 mini-series War and Rememberance.

He directed two episodes of Gilligan's Island: Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy and Plant You Now, Dig You Later.

He provided one of the voices for the video game Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear.

Played Col. Gaston Bell in the Academy Award winning 1970 film Patton.

Played a deranged former horror movie actor named Gregory Praxas in the pilot for the series Streets of San Francisco. Dobkin would later direct two episodes of that series.

Lawrence Dobkin's first wife was actress Joanna Barnes.

Appeared as notorious mobster Dutch Schultz three times on The Untouchables and would later direct Untouchables star Robert Stack in an episode of Name of the Game.

Wife's name was Anne. They had four children: Deborah, Kristy, Kaela, and Laird.

Lawrence Dobkin was once the radio voice of famed detective Ellery Queen.