Don Dubbins

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Jun 28, 1928
Died	Aug 17, 1991 (63)
Birthplace	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity	1 (history)
Updated	Aug 04, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Don Dubbins (June 28, 1928 - August 17, 1991), originally Donald Dubbins, was an American actor of film and television who in his early career usually played younger military roles, particularly in such classic pictures as From Here to Eternity (1953) and The Caine Mutiny (1954). Screen giant James ... Cagney took a liking to Dubbins and procured roles for him in two 1956 films, These Wilder Years and Tribute to a Bad Man. In the former, Dubbins played Cagney's long-lost adopted son; in the latter, he was in a romantic triangle with cattle boss Cagney for the affections of a senorita. In 1957, Dubbins played a callow young United States Marines private in Jack Webb's The D.I. In 1958, Dubbins was cast in From the Earth to the Moon, a science fiction picture based on Jules Verne's novel of the same title. As Dubbins matured, he appeared in such films as The Prize in 1963, The Illustrated Man (based on a Ray Bradbury novel) in 1969, and Death Wish II in 1982. Dubbins appeared in many television roles, including four episodes each of CBS's Gunsmoke, Perry Mason and Rawhide in Season 1/14 Incident of the Dog Days. In 1960, Dubbins appeared in the episode "Elegy" of CBS's The Twilight Zone. That same year he guest starred with Mel Torme in NBC's crime drama Dan Raven starring Skip Homeier. In 1961, he played a deputy who inadvertently killed his outlaw-brother in an episode of Stagecoach West, a Four Star Television series on ABC. He later appeared on the CBS anthology The Lloyd Bridges Show, and with Walter Brennan in ABC's The Guns of Will Sonnett. He appeared in the 1965 pilot episode of I Dream of Jeannie, and returned for one of the series' final episodes (as a different character) in 1970. In 1966, Dubbins appeared with Robert F. Simon as guest stars in the episode "Long Journey to Leavenworth" in the NBC series The Road West, starring Barry Sullivan, Andrew Prine, and Glenn Corbett. Dubbins appeared twice on NBC's Little House on the Prairie with Michael Landon and five times on CBS's Barnaby Jones crime drama with Buddy Ebsen. Dubbins appeared in several episodes of Jack Webb's Dragnet 1967 series on NBC. Dubbins played the part of Billy Carter in "The Incident of the Dog Days" on Rawhide. Dubbins' last TV roles were in episodes of CBS's Knots Landing (1979), ABC's Dynasty (1981), and NBC's Highway to Heaven (1984). The Brooklyn-born Dubbins retired to Greenville, South Carolina, where his last acting was at the Warehouse Theater as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. He succumbed to cancer at the age of sixty-three. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Dubbins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Death Wish II

1982

as Mike

Outrage

1973

as Mr. Werner

The Hoax

1972

as Sergeant O'Roherty

Run, Simon, Run

1970

as Freddie Tomb

The Illustrated Man

1969

as Pickard

Gunfight in Abilene

1967

as Rod Sprague

The Prize

1963

as Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman

Enchanted Island

1958

as Tom

From the Earth to the Moon

1958

as Ben Sharpe

The D.I.

1957

as Pvt. Owens

Tribute to a Bad Man

1956

as Steve Miller

These Wilder Years

1956

as Mark

The Caine Mutiny

1954

as Seaman 1st Class Urban (uncredited)

From Here to Eternity

1953

as Pvt. Friday Clark (uncredited)

From Here to Eternity

1953

as Pvt. Friday Clark - Bugler (uncredited)

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Organization	Category	Movie

Separate but Equal

as Professor Al Kelly

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 07, 1991

The Great Adventure

as Jason Chiles

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Corporal Shale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

The F.B.I.

as Joel Polk

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

I Dream of Jeannie

as Pete Conway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Petticoat Junction

as Smokey Harner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1963

Knots Landing

as Doctor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 27, 1979

Gunsmoke

as Lootie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Perry Mason

as Hartley Elliott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Hunter

as John

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1984

The Twilight Zone

as Peter Kirby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Philip Pryor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Fugitive

as McCaffrey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Virginian

as Albi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

One Step Beyond

as First Mate Walter Blake

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1959

Climax!

as Chris Barker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

The Big Valley

as Grady Shanks

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

M Squad

as Stick Wilson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1957

Adventures in Paradise

as Big Ed Brody

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1959

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Randy Holleran

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1958

Sugarfoot

as Vic Bradley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1957

Law of the Plainsman

as Mite Rankin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1959

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Luke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Johnny Ringo

as Harley Crale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

The Fugitive

as Horton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Incredible Hulk

as Sgt. Murkland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 04, 1977

The F.B.I.

as McKinney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

The F.B.I.

as Al, the Gas Station Owner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1965

Sugarfoot

as Sid Garnin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1957

Gunsmoke

as Potts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Orkey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Wendt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Perry Mason

as Deputy D.A. Vincent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Adam-12

as Officer Tyson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1968

Petrocelli

as Joseph Bear

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1974

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Zack Meesham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 18, 1974

Perry Mason

as Kenneth Dalgran

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Ned Bertell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Burt Blair

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

The Mod Squad

as Leonard Gault

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

Perry Mason

as Deputy D.A. Bill Vincent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Bill Vincent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Barnaby Jones

as John Riley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1973

Barnaby Jones

as Sheriff Mason

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1973

Dragnet

as Steve Deal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1967

The Mod Squad

as Teddy Capp

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

The Invaders

as Wesley J. Sanders

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

Banacek

as Sheriff Jessup

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

I Dream of Jeannie

as Jay Russell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1965

Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Charmichael

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Barnaby Jones

as Frank Auburn

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1973

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Prince Peter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1958

Fantasy Island

as Dr. Sidney Block

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1978

Dragnet

as Billy Catcher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1967

Little House on the Prairie

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 11, 1974

Dynasty

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 12, 1981

Movin' On

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1974

77 Sunset Strip

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

The Rookies

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1972

Kung Fu

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1972

Simon & Simon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 24, 1981

Route 66

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

Highway to Heaven

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1984

Mannix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Firehouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 1974

Hawaiian Eye

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1959

Cannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1971

Run, Joe, Run

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1974

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

Men Into Space

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1959

Then Came Bronson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1969

The Alaskans

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1959

The Rifleman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

Wichita Town

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1959

The Manhunter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1974

General Electric True

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1962

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