Showing posts with label Lawrence Dobkin. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Born on this day – Lawrence Dobkin:


Lawrence Dobkin


Director

Actor

Writer

September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); Above and Beyond (1952); Adventures in Paradise (1962); Adventures of Superman (1953); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); African Manhunt (1954); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Almost Grown (1989); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Arrest and Trial (1963); At Night the Sun Shines (1992); Bachelor Father (1961); Bannerline (1951); Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Big Town (1954); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bret Maverick (1981); Bronco (1960); Buck James (1987); Cain's Hundred (1961); Captain David Grief (1959); CBS Playhouse (1967); Chain of Circumstance (1951); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Cheyenne (1960); City Detective (1953); Civil Wars (1992); Climax! (1956); Code 3 (1957); Cover Up (1985); Crossroads (1955); Crusader (1956); Curiosity Kills (1990); D.O.A. (1949); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Day of Triumph (1954); Deadline - U.S.A. (1952); Destry (1964); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Dr. Christian (1956); Duffy's Tavern (1954); Empire (1963); Family Theatre (1957); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Frenchie (1950); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1954); Geronimo (1962); Going My Way (1963); Grand Jury (1960); Grindl (1964); Gunsmoke (1956); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); Hawaii Five-O (1979); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hong Kong (1961); Hotwire (1980); I Love Lucy (1953); Illegal (1955); I'm the Law (1953); In Search of Historic Jesus (1979); Insight (1960–1968); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Johnny Yuma (1966); Judd for the Defense (1968); Judging Amy (2001); Julius Caesar (1953); Jump Into Hell (1955); Kiss of Fire (1955); Klondike (1961); Knight Rider (1982); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); L.A. Law (1990–1994); Las Vegas Beat (1961); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Lawman (1959); Loan Shark (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1955); M Squad (1957); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); MacGyver (1986–1987); Man with a Camera (1959); Man Without a Gun (1959); Markham (1959); Matinee Theatre (1956); Matlock (1991); Melrose Place (1994–1998); Men of Annapolis (1958); Michael Hayes (1998); Mike Hammer (1958); Mission: Impossible (1971); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); My Hero (1953); Naked City (1960–1963); Navy Log (1955); Never Fear (1950); Night Court (1991); North by Northwest (1959); Not Wanted (1949); NYPD Blue (2001); Official Detective (1958); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); On the Loose (1951); On Trial (1956); Our Miss Brooks (1953); Panic! (1957); Passport to Danger (1955); Patton (1970); Peck's Bad Girl (1959); People Will Talk (1951); Perry Mason (1960); Playhouse 90 (1956); Popular (2001); Portland Exposé (1957); Profiler (1997); Raiders of Old California (1957); Rawhide (1961–1965); Red Skies of Montana (1952); Remains to Be Seen (1953); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Riders to the Stars (1954); Riverboat (1959); Rock Hudson (1990); Roswell (1994); Sabaka (1954); Sam Benedict (1962); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Space Academy (1977); Space Patrol (1953); Spycraft: The Great Game (1996); Stage 7 (1955); Stagecoach West (1961); Star Stage (1955); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); Steel and America (1965); Studio 57 (1954); Studio One (1958); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Telephone Time (1957); That Certain Feeling (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957); The Best of the Post (1960); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Big Moment (1954); The Big Operator (1959); The Big Valley (1968); The Bob Cummings Show (1959); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); The Charmings (1988); The Danny Thomas Show (1957); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Detectives (1959); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Donna Reed Show (1958); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The F.B.I. (1974); The Felony Squad (1967); The First Time (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Gene Krupa Story (1959); The Great Gildersleeve (1956); The Hall of Presidents (2017); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Lineup (1959); The Living Christ Series (1951); The Long Wait (1954); The Loretta Young Show (1957); The Lost Missile (1958); The Midnight Man (1974); The Millionaire (1956); The Mob (1951); The Name of the Game (1970); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Practice (1998); The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); The Rifleman (1958–1962); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Silent Service (1957); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Untouchables (1959); The Waltons (1974); Them! (1954); Tokyo After Dark (1959); Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear (1999); Trackdown (1957); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); Undercurrent (1956–1957); Underground (1970); Voyagers! (1982); Wagon Train (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); War and Remembrance (1989); Washington Story (1952); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whirlpool (1950); Whirlybirds (1957); Wild Heritage (1958); Wire Service (1956); You Are There (1953).

Saturday, May 23, 2026

On this day in movie history - Loan Shark (1952):


Loan Shark

directed by Seymour Friedman,
written by Eugene Ling and Martin Rackin,
based on a story by Martin Rackin,
was released in the United States on May 23, 1952.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.


Cast:

George Raft, Dorothy Hart, Paul Stewart, John Hoyt, Helen Westcott, Henry Slate, Russell Johnson, Margia Dean, Benny Baker, Lawrence Dobkin, Robert Bice, Ralph Brooks, Claire Carleton, Virginia Carroll, Russell Custer, Jack Daley, Mike Donovan, George Eldredge, Ross Elliott, Rudy Germane, Dick Gordon, Jack Gordon, Herschel Graham, Joe Hinds, Robert Karnes, Robert Lawson, Charles Meredith, Spring Mitchell, Hans Moebus, William H. O'Brien, Frank O'Connor, William 'Bill' Phillips, William Phipps, Mike Ragan, Keith Richards, John Roy, Brick Sullivan, William Tannen, Harlan Warde, Robert B. Williams, Barbara Wooddell.