‘Kojak’ And ‘Knots Landing’ Superstar Kevin Dobson Dies At 77
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – FEBRUARY 22: Kevin Dobson arrives at The Norby Walters 25th Annual Evening of 100 … [+] Stars Oscar Viewing Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Describe by Jennifer Lourie/Getty Photos)
Actor Kevin Dobson, a mainstay on two long-running CBS dramas, Kojak and Knots Landing, died the day prior to this of a coronary heart attack. He modified into once 77.
His loss of life modified into once offered by the United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County, of which Dobson once served as Chairman, in a post on Fb.
Born on March 18. 1943 in Jackson Heights, Unique York, Kevin labored as a trainmen, brakeman and conductor on the Lengthy Island Railroad in Unique York adopted by a pair of years as a waiter ahead of he decided to pursue a occupation as an actor. Following a series of uncredited appearances on sunlight hours drama The Clinical doctors in 1969, Dobson segued into an also non-credited characteristic in 1971 Jane Fonda film Klute. After a round of visitor spots on dramas The Mod Squad, Emergency! and Cannon, Dobson signed a address In model Studios in 1972, which led to his five-season stint as Det. Bobby Crocker reverse Small screen television Savalas on Kojak from 1973 to 1978.
Kevin Dobson in publicity portrait for the tv sequence ‘Kojak’, Circa 1975. (Describe by … [+] In model TV/Getty Photos)
His subsequent frequently scheduled characteristic modified into once on CBS detective drama Shannon, which aired for appropriate 9 episodes in the 1981-82 TV season.
When Don Murray upfront exited CBS’s Dallas spin0ff Knots Landing in 1982, Dobson landed the characteristic of M. Patrick (”Mack”) McKenzie, the love passion, and eventual husband of Michele Lee as Karen, which lasted 11 seasons.
“For an actor, that modified into once like striking gold; a working actor for all these years,” Dobson once told me. “Thank you Don Murray for leaving the gift!”
Dobson acquired five Cleaning soap Opera Digest Awards for his work on Knots Landing, and later returned in 1997 miniseries Knots Landing: Support to the Cul-de-Sac, and in 2005 for special Knots Landing Reunion: Collectively Another time.
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – APRIL 19: Actors (L-R) Kevin Dobson, David Jacobs, Michele Lee, Michelle … [+] Phillips, and Lisa Hartman Dark obtain the 30th Anniversary Award for “Knots Landing” onstage at the Seventh Annual TV Land Awards held at Gibson Amphitheatre on April 19, 2009 in Unversal City, California. (Describe by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Photos)
Following Knots Landing, Kevin Dobson visitor-starred in dramas Burke’s Legislation, Touched By An Angel and The Commish, and seemed for the first season in Canadian drama FX: The Series, which modified into once in accordance to the film F/X. Additionally, he made a pair of appearances in sunlight hours dramas The Mettlesome and The Fair and Days of Our Lives in 2007 and 2008, respectively. And he seemed in a alternative of TV motion photos, and as a visitor in dramas Cool Case, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hawaii 5-O, and House of Lies.
His film roles incorporated All Evening Lengthy in 1981 reverse Barbra Streisand and 1408 in 2007 reverse John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
Dobson is survived by his higher half of 52 years, Susan, and their three children: a daughter, Mariah Dobson, and two sons, Patrick Dobson and Sean Dobson.