Kevin Dobson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-03-18 (77 years old)

Deathday

2020-09-06

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Kevin Dobson

Biography

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 auditio...

Acting

1998

Mom, Can I Keep Her?

as Dr. Joel Blair

1998

Nobody Lives Forever

as Lt. Jim Ransom

1996

Voice from the Grave

as Detective Joe Sraccula

2006

Crash Landing

as Henderson Davis

1979

Transplant

as John Hurley

1981

All Night Long

as Bobby Gibbons

1980

Hardhat & Legs

as Sal Pacheco

1980

Mark, I Love You

as Hal Painter

1989

Money, Power, Murder.

as Peter Finley

1999

Restraining Order

as Police Captain

2002

She's No Angel

as Donald Shawnessy

1981

Margin for Murder

as Mike Hammer

1995

2013

1980

Reunion

as Don Hollander

1991

Fatal Friendship

as Michael Bradley

1992

Dirty Work

as Tommy Miller

1984

Sweet Revenge

as Col. Joseph Cheever

1996

FX - Final Illusion

as Leo McCarthy (archive footage)

1978

The Immigrants

as Pete Lomas

2007

1408

as Priest

2009

Portal

as Benedict

2013

Dark Power

as Mayor Stan Wood

1990

Kojak: It's Always Something

as Assistant D.A. Bobby Crocker

1976

Midway

as Ensign George Gay

1971

Klute

as Man at Bar (uncredited)

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