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Kevin Dobson

Kevin Patrick Dobson (born on March 18, 1943 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York) is an American

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and television

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actor

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of Irish

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descent, who is primarily known for his roles on television

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. His most prominent roles were as Det. Bobby Crocker on the popular 1970s TV crime drama Kojak
Kojak

Kojak refers to two separate but related United States Crime drama television series, with the original airing on CBS and the second series airing on USA Network....
, and as M. Patrick "Mack" McKenzie, on the popular 1980s soap opera

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Kevin Patrick Dobson (born on March 18, 1943 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York) is an American

United States

Film

Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
actor

Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
of Irish

Ireland

Television

Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
Knots Landing
Knots Landing

Knots Landing is an United States primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27 1979 to May 13 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered around the lives of four married couples residing in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle....
- a role he played from 1982 until the series' end in 1993. Dobson premiered on the daytime soap opera Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
as Mickey Horton

Mickey Horton

Michael "Mickey" Horton is a fictional character on the soap opera Days of our Lives. Mickey was played from November 1965 to January 2004 by actor John Clarke , briefly in 2004 by Richard Voigts, and was played by actor John Ingle from 2004 to 2006....
on April 1, 2008.

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Before embarking on an acting career, Dobson worked as a trainman, brakeman and conductor for the Long Island Railroad.

After small acting roles on TV series such as The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on American Broadcasting Company from September 24, 1968 until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole , Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III and Tige Andrews....
and Cannon
Cannon (TV series)

Cannon is a detective fiction television series which ran on CBS from 1971 to 1976. It starred William Conrad as the overweight detective Frank Cannon, who had resigned from the LAPD and become a private detective....
, Dobson won the role of Det. Bobby Crocker on the TV series Kojak
Kojak

Kojak refers to two separate but related United States Crime drama television series, with the original airing on CBS and the second series airing on USA Network....
, after he signed a contract with Universal Studios

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in 1972. He remained with Kojak for its entire run from 1973 to 1978. He later reunited with Savalas for the 1990 TV movie, Kojak: It's Always Something.

Dobson starred in the Tony Award

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winning play ART at the Royal George Theater in Chicago. He originated the role of Steve Gallop in the world premiere of the American Theatre Critics Association nominated stage play "If it was Easy..." at The 7Stages Theater in Atlanta, GA among other stage roles across the country.

From 1981-1982, Dobson starred as the title character on the CBS

CBS

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TV series Shannon, about a police officer who was a single father. The series failed to win substantial ratings and was cancelled after nine episodes.

The following season, he landed the role of M. Patrick "Mack" MacKenzie on Knots Landing
Knots Landing

Knots Landing is an United States primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27 1979 to May 13 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered around the lives of four married couples residing in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle....
, which he played for eleven years. He later reunited with his Knots Landing co-stars for the reunion mini-series Knots Landing: Back To The Cul-de-Sac in 1997, and the non-fiction special Knots Landing: Together Again in 2005.

Dobson also appeared on the syndicated F/X: The Series
F/X: The Series

F/X: The Series was a television series based on the film F/X, starring Cameron Daddo, Christina Cox, Kevin Dobson , Jacqueline Torres , Carrie-Anne Moss and Jason Blicker....
for one season, playing Detective Leo McCarthy in 1996-97, and on the hit daytime drama series, One Life to Live
One Life to Live

One Life to Live is an American soap opera which has been broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network since July 15, 1968....
and The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful

The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their Haute couture business Forrester Creations....
.

Dobson served twice as Chairman of the National Salute To Hospitalized Veterans, having been a soldier himself. He has been widely acclaimed by veterans organizations for his service to help hospitalized veterans, receiving the Silver Helmet Peace Award and the American Legion Award.

He married his wife Susan in 1968 and they have three children.

Kevin Dobson has starred with Richard Thomas in the stage production of "12 Angry Men" slated to resume in 2009.

Kevin Dobson said concerning actors who are afraid of being typecast, "...you should be so lucky."

Kevin Dobson

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