Lawrence "Larry" Dobkin

 Lawrence "Larry" Dobkin (September 16, 1919 – October 28, 2002)

He was a television director, character actor and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. Dobkin was a prolific performer during the Golden Age of Radio. His voice was used to narrate the classic western Broken Arrow (1950). His film performances include Never Fear (1949), Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and North by Northwest (1959). He announced the landmark television series Naked City (1958–1963), closing each episode with the statement, "There are eight million stories in the naked city, and this has been one of them." His other radio work included Escape (1947–1954), Gunsmoke (1952–1961), Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1956–1960), and the anthology series Lux Radio Theater. "The few of us who are left," Dobkin said of his radio days not long before he died, "keep telling each other that we never had it so good." Dobkin also appeared in several episodes of I Love Lucy, in addition to The Untouchables, Big Valley, Streets of San Francisco, among others. Dobkin's notable supporting film roles include Twelve O'Clock High (1949), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), The Ten Commandments (1956), The Defiant Ones (1958), Johnny Yuma (1966) and Patton (1970). He was married 3 times, and had 4 children. On October 28, 2002, Dobkin died of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles. He was 83 years old. Dobkin was cremated, and his ashes scattered.