Don Dubbins
Biography
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
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
Knots Landing
1979
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Fugitive
1963
The Fugitive
1963
Filmography
Perry Mason
as Hartley Elliott · 1957
Perry Mason
as Deputy D.A. Vincent · 1957
Perry Mason
as Kenneth Dalgran · 1957
Perry Mason
as Ned Bertell · 1957
Perry Mason
as Burt Blair · 1957
Perry Mason
as Deputy D.A. Bill Vincent · 1957
Perry Mason
as Bill Vincent · 1957
Bonanza
as Todd McCarren · 1959
Knots Landing
as Doctor · 1979
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Charmichael · 1984
The Fugitive
as McCaffrey · 1963
The Fugitive
as Horton · 1963
Adam-12
as Officer Tyson · 1968
Little House on the Prairie
as Jim Bowers · 1974
Mannix
· 1967
Dynasty
· 1981
Climax!
as Chris Barker · 1954
Cannon
· 1971
The Rifleman
· 1958
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Luke · 1950
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Zack Meesham · 1974
The Virginian
as Albi · 1962
The Twilight Zone
as Peter Kirby · 1959
Simon & Simon
as Philip Bloom · 1981
I Dream of Jeannie
as Pete Conway · 1965
I Dream of Jeannie
as Jay Russell · 1965
Hotel
as Jim Mitchell · 1982
Petticoat Junction
as Smokey Harner · 1963
Highway to Heaven
· 1984
Highway to Heaven
as Don Weston · 1984
The Incredible Hulk
as Sgt. Murkland · 1977
The F.B.I.
as Joel Polk · 1965
The F.B.I.
as McKinney · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Al, the Gas Station Owner · 1965
Route 66
· 1960
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Randy Holleran · 1958
The Big Valley
as Grady Shanks · 1965
Barnaby Jones
as John Riley · 1973
Barnaby Jones
as Sheriff Mason · 1973
Barnaby Jones
as Frank Auburn · 1973
Fantasy Island
as Dr. Sidney Block · 1978
Hunter
as John · 1984
The Rookies
· 1972
Gunsmoke
as Lootie · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Potts · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Orkey · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Wendt · 1955
Hawaiian Eye
· 1959
One Step Beyond
as First Mate Walter Blake · 1959
Kraft Television Theatre
· 1947
77 Sunset Strip
· 1958
Dragnet
as Steve Deal · 1967
Dragnet
as Billy Catcher · 1967
Dragnet
as Donald L. Chapman · 1967
The Invaders
as Wesley J. Sanders · 1967
Adventures in Paradise
as Big Ed Brody · 1959
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Corporal Shale · 1963
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Philip Pryor · 1955
The Mod Squad
as Leonard Gault · 1968
The Mod Squad
as Teddy Capp · 1968
Sugarfoot
as Vic Bradley · 1957
Sugarfoot
as Sid Garnin · 1957
M Squad
as Stick Wilson · 1957
The Guns of Will Sonnett
· 1967
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Prince Peter · 1958
Petrocelli
as Joseph Bear · 1974
The Great Adventure
as Jason Chiles · 1963
The Alaskans
· 1959
Law of the Plainsman
as Mite Rankin · 1959
Then Came Bronson
as Al · 1969
The Manhunter
· 1974
Dan August
as Arnold Cane · 1970
Johnny Ringo
as Harley Crale · 1959
Men Into Space
· 1959
Movin' On
· 1974
General Electric True
· 1962
Wichita Town
· 1959
Run, Joe, Run
· 1974
From Here to Eternity
as Pvt. Friday Clark - Bugler (uncredited) · 1953
From Here to Eternity
as Pvt. Friday Clark (uncredited) · 1953
Death Wish II
as Mike · 1982
Search
· 1972
The Caine Mutiny
as Seaman 1st Class Urban (uncredited) · 1954
Separate but Equal
as Professor Al Kelly · 1991
The Prize
as Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman · 1963
Tribute to a Bad Man
as Steve Miller · 1956
From the Earth to the Moon
as Ben Sharpe · 1958
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
as Sanford Bates · 1974
Kung Fu
as Meador · 1972
The Illustrated Man
as Pickard · 1969
The Learning Tree
as Harley Davis, Defense Attorney · 1969
Gunfight in Abilene
as Rod Sprague · 1967
The Fix
as Sheriff Bower · 1984
These Wilder Years
as Mark · 1956
The D.I.
as Pvt. Owens · 1957
Run, Simon, Run
as Freddie Tomb · 1970
Separate but Equal
as Professor Al Kelly · 1991
Enchanted Island
as Tom · 1958
The Hoax
as Sergeant O'Roherty · 1972
Outrage!
as Mr. Werner · 1973