Don Dubbins

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: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1928-06-28

Died: 1991-08-17

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	From Here to Eternity	Pvt. Friday Clark - Bugler (uncredited)	73
2	1953	From Here to Eternity	Pvt. Friday Clark (uncredited)	73
3	1954	The Caine Mutiny	Seaman 1st Class Urban (uncredited)	72
4	1956	Tribute to a Bad Man	Steve Miller	70
5	1956	These Wilder Years	Mark	63
6	1957	The D.I.	Pvt. Owens	71
7	1958	Enchanted Island	Tom	45
8	1958	From the Earth to the Moon	Ben Sharpe	52
9	1963	The Prize	Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman	68
10	1967	Gunfight in Abilene	Rod Sprague	65
11	1969	The Illustrated Man	Pickard	55
12	1969	The Learning Tree	Harley Davis, Defense Attorney	69
13	1970	Run, Simon, Run	Freddie Tomb	52
14	1972	The Hoax	Sergeant O'Roherty	50
15	1973	Outrage	Mr. Werner	61
16	1974	Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest		0
17	1982	Death Wish II	Mike	62

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1953

From Here to Eternity

Pvt. Friday Clark - Bugler (uncredited)

1953

From Here to Eternity

Pvt. Friday Clark (uncredited)

1954

The Caine Mutiny

Seaman 1st Class Urban (uncredited)

1956

Tribute to a Bad Man

Steve Miller

1956

These Wilder Years

Mark

1957

The D.I.

Pvt. Owens

1958

Enchanted Island

Tom

1958

From the Earth to the Moon

Ben Sharpe

1963

The Prize

Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman

1967

Gunfight in Abilene

Rod Sprague

1969

The Illustrated Man

Pickard

1969

The Learning Tree

Harley Davis, Defense Attorney

1970

Run, Simon, Run

Freddie Tomb

1972

The Hoax

Sergeant O'Roherty

1973

Outrage

Mr. Werner

1974

Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest

1982

Death Wish II

Mike

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	Kraft Television Theatre		75
2	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Luke	56
3	1954	Climax!	Chris Barker	33
4	1955	Gunsmoke	Lootie	66
5	1955	Gunsmoke	Potts	66
6	1955	Gunsmoke	Orkey	66
7	1955	Gunsmoke	Wendt	66
8	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Philip Pryor	77
9	1957	Sugarfoot	Vic Bradley	48
10	1957	Sugarfoot	Sid Garnin	48
11	1957	M Squad	Stick Wilson	52
12	1957	Perry Mason	Hartley Elliott	77
13	1957	Perry Mason	Deputy D.A. Vincent	77
14	1957	Perry Mason	Kenneth Dalgran	77
15	1957	Perry Mason	Ned Bertell	77
16	1957	Perry Mason	Burt Blair	77
17	1957	Perry Mason	Deputy D.A. Bill Vincent	77
18	1957	Perry Mason	Bill Vincent	77
19	1958	Shirley Temple's Storybook	Prince Peter	62
20	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Randy Holleran	69
21	1958	The Rifleman		70
22	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
23	1959	One Step Beyond	First Mate Walter Blake	56
24	1959	Bonanza	Todd McCarren	75
25	1959	Men Into Space		70
26	1959	Wichita Town		42
27	1959	Law of the Plainsman	Mite Rankin	60
28	1959	The Twilight Zone	Peter Kirby	84
29	1959	Johnny Ringo	Harley Crale	57
30	1959	The Alaskans		55
31	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Big Ed Brody	57
32	1959	Hawaiian Eye		52
33	1960	Route 66		63
34	1962	The Virginian	Albi	65
35	1962	General Electric True		0
36	1963	The Fugitive	McCaffrey	72
37	1963	The Fugitive	Horton	72
38	1963	Petticoat Junction	Smokey Harner	58
39	1963	The Great Adventure	Jason Chiles	0
40	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Corporal Shale	53
41	1965	The Big Valley	Grady Shanks	61
42	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Pete Conway	78
43	1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Jay Russell	78
44	1965	The F.B.I.	Joel Polk	55
45	1965	The F.B.I.	McKinney	55
46	1965	The F.B.I.	Al, the Gas Station Owner	55
47	1967	The Invaders	Wesley J. Sanders	68
48	1967	Dragnet	Steve Deal	69
49	1967	Dragnet	Billy Catcher	69
50	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett		62
51	1967	Mannix		67
52	1968	Adam-12	Officer Tyson	70
53	1968	The Mod Squad	Leonard Gault	63
54	1968	The Mod Squad	Teddy Capp	63
55	1969	Then Came Bronson		48
56	1970	Dan August	Arnold Cane	68
57	1971	Cannon		65
58	1972	The Rookies		68
59	1972	Search		69
60	1972	Kung Fu	Meador	77
61	1973	Barnaby Jones	John Riley	69
62	1973	Barnaby Jones	Sheriff Mason	69
63	1973	Barnaby Jones	Frank Auburn	69
64	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Zack Meesham	73
65	1974	Firehouse		50
66	1974	Run, Joe, Run		63
67	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79
68	1974	The Manhunter		50
69	1974	Petrocelli	Joseph Bear	71
70	1974	Movin' On		52
71	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Sgt. Murkland	73
72	1978	Fantasy Island	Dr. Sidney Block	64
73	1979	Knots Landing	Doctor	69
74	1981	Dynasty		65
75	1981	Simon & Simon		67
76	1984	Hunter	John	72
77	1984	Highway to Heaven		74
78	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Dr. Charmichael	75
79	1991	Separate but Equal	Professor Al Kelly	60

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1947