Don Dubbins
Born
June 28, 1928
Died
August 17, 1991 (63 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Known For
Separate but Equal
Professor Al Kelly · (2 episodes)
1991
Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Charmichael · (1 episode)
1984
Highway to Heaven
(1 episode)
1984
Hunter
John · (1 episode)
1984
Death Wish II
Mike
1982
Simon & Simon
(1 episode)
1981
Dynasty
(2 episodes)
1981
Knots Landing
Doctor · (1 episode)
1979
Fantasy Island
Dr. Sidney Block · (1 episode)
1978
The Incredible Hulk
Sgt. Murkland · (1 episode)
1977
Movin' On
(1 episode)
1974
Little House on the Prairie
(2 episodes)
1974
The Manhunter
(1 episode)
1974
Petrocelli
Joseph Bear · (1 episode)
1974
Run, Joe, Run
(1 episode)
1974
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest
1974
Firehouse
(1 episode)
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Zack Meesham · (1 episode)
1974
Outrage
Mr. Werner
1973
Barnaby Jones
John Riley · (1 episode)
1973
Barnaby Jones
Sheriff Mason · (1 episode)
1973
Barnaby Jones
Frank Auburn · (1 episode)
1973
Kung Fu
(1 episode)
1972
Search
(1 episode)
1972
The Rookies
(1 episode)
1972
The Hoax
Sergeant O'Roherty
1972
Cannon
(1 episode)
1971
Run, Simon, Run
Freddie Tomb
1970
Dan August
Arnold Cane · (1 episode)
1970
Then Came Bronson
(1 episode)
1969
The Illustrated Man
Pickard
1969
The Mod Squad
Leonard Gault · (1 episode)
1968
The Mod Squad
Teddy Capp · (1 episode)
1968
Adam-12
Officer Tyson · (1 episode)
1968
Mannix
(1 episode)
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
(1 episode)
1967
Gunfight in Abilene
Rod Sprague
1967
Dragnet
Steve Deal · (1 episode)
1967
Dragnet
Billy Catcher · (1 episode)
1967
The Invaders
Wesley J. Sanders · (1 episode)
1967
The F.B.I.
Joel Polk · (1 episode)
1965
The F.B.I.
McKinney · (1 episode)
1965
The F.B.I.
Al, the Gas Station Owner · (1 episode)
1965
I Dream of Jeannie
Pete Conway · (1 episode)
1965
I Dream of Jeannie
Jay Russell · (1 episode)
1965
The Big Valley
Grady Shanks · (1 episode)
1965
The Prize
Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Corporal Shale · (1 episode)
1963
The Great Adventure
Jason Chiles · (1 episode)
1963
Petticoat Junction
Smokey Harner · (1 episode)
1963
The Fugitive
McCaffrey · (1 episode)
1963
The Fugitive
Horton · (1 episode)
1963
General Electric True
(1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Albi · (1 episode)
1962
Route 66
(1 episode)
1960
Hawaiian Eye
(1 episode)
1959
Adventures in Paradise
Big Ed Brody · (1 episode)
1959
The Alaskans
(1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Peter Kirby · (1 episode)
1959
Johnny Ringo
Harley Crale · (1 episode)
1959
Law of the Plainsman
Mite Rankin · (1 episode)
1959
Men Into Space
(1 episode)
1959
Wichita Town
(1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Todd McCarren · (1 episode)
1959
One Step Beyond
First Mate Walter Blake · (1 episode)
1959
From the Earth to the Moon
Ben Sharpe
1958
Enchanted Island
Tom
1958
77 Sunset Strip
(1 episode)
1958
The Rifleman
(1 episode)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Randy Holleran · (1 episode)
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Prince Peter · (1 episode)
1958
Perry Mason
Hartley Elliott · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Deputy D.A. Vincent · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Kenneth Dalgran · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Ned Bertell · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Burt Blair · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Deputy D.A. Bill Vincent · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Bill Vincent · (1 episode)
1957
M Squad
Stick Wilson · (1 episode)
1957
Sugarfoot
Vic Bradley · (1 episode)
1957
Sugarfoot
Sid Garnin · (1 episode)
1957
The D.I.
Pvt. Owens
1957
These Wilder Years
Mark
1956
Tribute to a Bad Man
Steve Miller
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Philip Pryor · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Lootie · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Potts · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Orkey · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Wendt · (1 episode)
1955
Climax!
Chris Barker · (1 episode)
1954
The Caine Mutiny
Seaman 1st Class Urban (uncredited)
1954
From Here to Eternity
Pvt. Friday Clark - Bugler (uncredited)
1953
From Here to Eternity
Pvt. Friday Clark (uncredited)
1953
Robert Montgomery Presents
Luke · (1 episode)
1950
Kraft Television Theatre
(1 episode)
1947