Lawrence Dobkin

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Lawrence Dobkin
Dobkin in Raiders of Old California (1957)
Born	(1919-09-16)September 16, 1919 New York City, U.S.
Died	October 28, 2002(2002-10-28) (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupations	Television actor director screenwriter
Years active	1946–2001
Spouses	Frances Hope Walker ​ ​ (m. 1942; div. 1960)​ Joanna Barnes ​ ​ (m. 1962; div. 1967)​ 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."^[1]