Kevin Dobson

Kevin Patrick Dobson is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles as Detective Bobby Crocker, the trusted protege of Lt. Theo Kojak (played by Telly Savalas) in the CBS crime drama Kojak, and as M. Patrick "Mack" MacKenzie in the soap opera Knots Landing. After a brief appearance in the 1971 film Klute, and small acting roles on TV series such as The Mod Squad, Emergency! and Cannon, Dobson signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1972. This led to his role of Det. Bobby Crocker, Lt. Theo Kojak's young partner, in the TV series Kojak, opposite Telly Savalas. For the role, he had to borrow a suit. He had twice auditioned and failed, then called his agent, telling him, "'Do what you have to do,' so he called in a favor and I read for them [again]. I was a military policeman in the Army, so I knew how to hold a gun and throw somebody against a wall. I got a call [the next night] asking if I'd sign a contract." Dobson auditioned for a third time and finally won. He remained with Kojak for its entire five-season run from 1973 to 1978, and later reunited with Savalas for the 1990 TV movie, Kojak: It's Always Something, his character having become an assistant district attorney. They remained friends until Savalas' death from bladder cancer in 1994. In 1978, Dobson played Pete Lomas in the two-part TV movie The Immigrants, based on the novel by Howard Fast. In 1981, Dobson starred as Det. Jack Shannon, a San Francisco police officer who is a single father, in the CBS series Shannon. However, the show failed to gain substantial ratings and was canceled after nine episodes. A more successful TV role for Dobson followed in 1982: M. Patrick "Mack" MacKenzie in the soap opera Knots Landing, opposite Michele Lee. He joined the show at the beginning of its fourth season in September 1982 and remained in the role until its cancellation in 1993. Dobson won five Soap Opera Digest Awards for his work on the series. He later reunited with his Knots Landing co-stars for a miniseries, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac in 1997, and again in the 2005 non-fiction special Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again. Dobson has also appeared in a number of feature films, most notably the World War II movie, Midway, alongside Henry Fonda and Charlton Heston, as Ensign George Gay — a pilot and the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron Eight from the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet's ill-fated opening attack against the Japanese fleet on June 4, 1942. Another prominent role was as the husband of Barbra Streisand in the 1981 romantic comedy All Night Long. He also had a small role as a priest in the well-received 2007 psychological horror film 1408. Dobson continued to appear in a number of TV roles, including the syndicated F/X: The Series for one season, the drama series The Bold and the Beautiful, and as the fourth actor to play Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1943-03-18

Died: 2020-09-06

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Klute	Man at Bar (uncredited)	68
2	1976	Midway	Ensign George Gay	66
3	1978	The Immigrants	Pete Lomas	20
4	1979	Transplant	John Hurley	0
5	1980	Hardhat & Legs	Sal Pacheco	45
6	1980	Reunion	Don Hollander	0
7	1980	Mark, I Love You	Hal Painter	0
8	1981	All Night Long	Bobby Gibbons	52
9	1981	Margin for Murder	Mike Hammer	55
10	1984	Sweet Revenge	Col. Joseph Cheever	60
11	1989	Money, Power, Murder.	Peter Finley	38
12	1990	Kojak: It's Always Something	Assistant D.A. Bobby Crocker	60
13	1990	Casey's Gift: For Love of a Child	Hank Bolen	51
14	1991	Fatal Friendship	Michael Bradley	0
15	1992	Dirty Work	Tommy Miller	0
16	1992	A House of Secrets and Lies	Jack Evans	10
17	1993	The Conviction of Kitty Dodds	Chuck Hayes	0
18	1995	If Someone Had Known	Jack Liner	71
19	1996	Voice from the Grave	Detective Joe Sraccula	58
20	1996	FX - Final Illusion	Leo McCarthy (archive footage)	0
21	1998	Nobody Lives Forever	Lt. Jim Ransom	90
22	1998	Mom, Can I Keep Her?	Dr. Joel Blair	40
23	1999	Restraining Order	Police Captain	28
24	2002	She's No Angel	Donald Shawnessy	39
25	2006	Crash Landing	Henderson Davis	47
26	2007	1408	Priest	67
27	2007	Christmas at Cadillac Jack's	Cop	100
28	2009	Portal	Benedict	32
29	2013	Dark Power	Mayor Stan Wood	40
30	2013	Beast of the Bering Sea	Glenn Hunter	40

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
2	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
3	1967	Ironside	Young Marine	68
4	1968	The Mod Squad	Howie	63
5	1971	Cannon		65
6	1972	Emergency!	1st Deputy	78
7	1973	Kojak	Bobby Crocker	70
8	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
9	1976	Battle of the Network Stars		72
10	1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Fred Pearson	67
11	1979	Knots Landing	M. Patrick MacKenzie	69
12	1991	The Commish		71
13	1994	Burke's Law	Sheriff Greene	67
14	1994	Touched by an Angel	Coach Earl Rowley	72
15	1996	Nash Bridges	Raymond Porter	67
16	1996	FX: The Series	Detective Leo McCarthy	62
17	1996	Early Edition	Darrel Foster	73
18	1997	Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac	M. Patrick McKenzie	90
19	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Malcolm Turner	76
20	2003	Cold Case	Mickey Thompson (2008)	78
21	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Al Shepard	78
22	2012	Anger Management	Dr. Cameron	62

Kevin Dobson

Film

Television