Television
Dobkin began a prolific career in television in 1946, having worked as an actor, narrator and director. In 1953, Dobkin guest starred on Alan Hale, Jr.'s short-lived CBS espionage series set in the Cold War, Biff Baker, U.S.A.. He also appeared in an episode of the early syndicated series The Silent Service, based on true stories of the submarine section of the United States Navy. In the 1957-1958 television season, he played a director on the CBS sitcom, Mr. Adams and Eve, starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino as fictitious married actors residing in Beverly Hills, California. In 1960, Dobkin appeared as Kurt Reynolds in "So Dim the Light" of the CBS anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
Often otherwise cast as the villain, Dobkin portrayed gangster Dutch Schultz on ABC's The Untouchables and a mass murderer in the 1972 pilot for ABC's The Streets of San Francisco, starring Karl Malden. He had a guest appearance on The Big Valley . He received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama for his work in the CBS Playhouse program, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (1967). In 1991 Dobkin appeared on an episode of the TV series Night Court as State Supreme Court Justice Welch.
As writer, Dobkin created the title character for the 1974 film and the 1977–1978 NBC series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. He began directing for television in 1960, and his work in this area included the pilot and episodes of The Munsters (1964) and 16 episodes of The Waltons (1972–1981). Mr Dobkin also appeared in several eposodes of I Love Lucy (Equal Rights, Paris at Last.)
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