Lawrence Dobkin Biography

Fast Facts

• Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea
• Roomed with future director Richard Fleischer while they were attending Yale Drama School
• The vocal talents he honed during the Golden Age of Radio proved useful on screen as well, as he served as the narrator for such productions as the classic western "Broken Arrow" and many speculative docudramas in the 1970s and 1980s
• Though his film parts were often small and unbilled, he enjoyed larger, if more villainous, parts on television, such as the murderous Gregory Praxas in the 1972 "Streets of San Francisco" pilot film
• Is the only person to have directed an episode of the original "Star Trek" television series and gone on to appear in a later spin off
• Narrated the Spaceship Earth attraction at the Epcot Center from 1982 to 1986
• Narrated The Hall of Presidents attraction in the Walt Disney World Resort from 1971 to 1993, returning each time a new U․S․ President was elected to record his name