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Don Dubbins
Actor

Don Dubbins

28 Jun 1928Born
17 Aug 1991Died
63Age at death
79Credits

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.

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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.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1991Separate but EqualFilm: Professor Al Kelly
  2. 1991Separate but EqualSeries: Professor Al Kelly (2 episodes)
  3. 1984Murder, She WroteSeries: Dr. Charmichael (1 episode)
  4. 1984Highway to HeavenSeries: Don Weston (1 episode)
  5. 1984HunterSeries: John (1 episode)
  6. 1984The FixFilm: Sheriff Bower
  7. 1982HotelSeries: Jim Mitchell (1 episode)
  8. 1982Death Wish IIFilm: Mike
  9. 1981Simon & SimonSeries: Philip Bloom (1 episode)
  10. 1981DynastySeries (2 episodes)
  11. 1979Knots LandingSeries: Doctor (1 episode)
  12. 1978Fantasy IslandSeries: Dr. Sidney Block (1 episode)
  13. 1977The Incredible HulkSeries: Sgt. Murkland (1 episode)
  14. 1974Movin' OnSeries (1 episode)
  15. 1974Little House on the PrairieSeries: Jim Bowers (2 episodes)
  16. 1974The ManhunterSeries (1 episode)
  17. 1974PetrocelliSeries: Joseph Bear (1 episode)
  18. 1974Run, Joe, RunSeries (1 episode)
  19. 1974Nightmare at 43 HillcrestFilm: Sanford Bates
  20. 1974The Six Million Dollar ManSeries: Zack Meesham (1 episode)
  21. 1973Outrage!Film: Mr. Werner
  22. 1973Barnaby JonesSeries: John Riley, Sheriff Mason, Frank Auburn (1 episode)
  23. 1972Kung FuSeries: Meador (1 episode)
  24. 1972SearchSeries (1 episode)
  25. 1972The RookiesSeries (1 episode)
  26. 1972The HoaxFilm: Sergeant O'Roherty
  27. 1971CannonSeries (1 episode)
  28. 1970Run, Simon, RunFilm: Freddie Tomb
  29. 1970Dan AugustSeries: Arnold Cane (1 episode)
  30. 1969Then Came BronsonSeries: Al (1 episode)
  31. 1969The Learning TreeFilm: Harley Davis, Defense Attorney
  32. 1969The Illustrated ManFilm: Pickard
  33. 1968The Mod SquadSeries: Leonard Gault, Teddy Capp (1 episode)
  34. 1968Adam-12Series: Officer Tyson (1 episode)
  35. 1967MannixSeries (1 episode)
  36. 1967The Guns of Will SonnettSeries (1 episode)
  37. 1967Gunfight in AbileneFilm: Rod Sprague
  38. 1967DragnetSeries: Steve Deal, Billy Catcher, Donald L. Chapman (1 episode)
  39. 1967The InvadersSeries: Wesley J. Sanders (1 episode)
  40. 1965The F.B.I.Series: Joel Polk, McKinney, Al, the Gas Station Owner (1 episode)
  41. 1965I Dream of JeannieSeries: Pete Conway, Jay Russell (1 episode)
  42. 1965The Big ValleySeries: Grady Shanks (1 episode)
  43. 1963The PrizeFilm: Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman
  44. 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries: Corporal Shale (1 episode)
  45. 1963The Great AdventureSeries: Jason Chiles (1 episode)
  46. 1963Petticoat JunctionSeries: Smokey Harner (1 episode)
  47. 1963The FugitiveSeries: McCaffrey, Horton (1 episode)
  48. 1962General Electric TrueSeries (1 episode)
  49. 1962The VirginianSeries: Albi (1 episode)
  50. 1960Route 66Series (1 episode)
  51. 1959Hawaiian EyeSeries (1 episode)
  52. 1959Adventures in ParadiseSeries: Big Ed Brody (1 episode)
  53. 1959The AlaskansSeries (1 episode)
  54. 1959The Twilight ZoneSeries: Peter Kirby (1 episode)
  55. 1959Johnny RingoSeries: Harley Crale (1 episode)
  56. 1959Law of the PlainsmanSeries: Mite Rankin (1 episode)
  57. 1959Men Into SpaceSeries (1 episode)
  58. 1959Wichita TownSeries (1 episode)
  59. 1959BonanzaSeries: Todd McCarren (1 episode)
  60. 1959One Step BeyondSeries: First Mate Walter Blake (1 episode)
  61. 1958From the Earth to the MoonFilm: Ben Sharpe
  62. 1958Enchanted IslandFilm: Tom
  63. 195877 Sunset StripSeries (1 episode)
  64. 1958The RiflemanSeries (1 episode)
  65. 1958Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries: Randy Holleran (1 episode)
  66. 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookSeries: Prince Peter (1 episode)
  67. 1957Perry MasonSeries: Hartley Elliott, Deputy D.A. Vincent, Kenneth Dalgran, Ned Bertell, Burt Blair, Deputy D.A. Bill Vincent (1 episode)
  68. 1957M SquadSeries: Stick Wilson (1 episode)
  69. 1957SugarfootSeries: Vic Bradley, Sid Garnin (1 episode)
  70. 1957The D.I.Film: Pvt. Owens
  71. 1956These Wilder YearsFilm: Mark
  72. 1956Tribute to a Bad ManFilm: Steve Miller
  73. 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries: Philip Pryor (1 episode)
  74. 1955GunsmokeSeries: Lootie, Potts, Orkey, Wendt (1 episode)
  75. 1954Climax!Series: Chris Barker (1 episode)
  76. 1954The Caine MutinyFilm: Seaman 1st Class Urban (uncredited)
  77. 1953From Here to EternityFilm: Pvt. Friday Clark - Bugler (uncredited), Pvt. Friday Clark (uncredited)
  78. 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries: Luke (1 episode)
  79. 1947Kraft Television TheatreSeries (1 episode)

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