Lawrence Dobkin

American actor, director and screenwriter

Died when: 83 years 42 days (997 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

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.

His voice was used to narrate the classic western Broken Arrow (1950).His film performances include Never Fear (1949), Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and North by Northwest (1959).

Preceding the closing credits of each episode of the landmark ABC television network series Naked City (1958–1963), he could be heard saying, "There are eight million stories in the naked city, and this has been one of them."

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