Laurence Luckinbill

Laurence Luckinbill

Born: November 21, 1934
in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
Laurence Luckinbill is an American actor, playwright and director. He has worked in television, film, and theatre, doing triple duty in the theatre by writing, directing, and starring in stage productions. He is probably best known for penning and starring in one-man shows based upon the lives of United States President Theodore Roosevelt, author Ernest Hemingway, and famous American defense attorney Clarence Darrow; starring in a one-man show based upon the life of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson; and for his portrayal of Spock's half-brother Sybok in the film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Luckinbill is married to actress Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. They have three children together: Simon, Joseph, and Katharine. Arnaz and Luckinbill have toured together in theatrical productions such as They're Playing Our Song. He also has two sons from his previous marriage to actress Robin Strasser, Nicholas and Benjamin.

Movies for Laurence Luckinbill...

The Exonerated
Title: The Exonerated
Character: Prosecutor
Released: March 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
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Dash and Lilly
Title: Dash and Lilly
Character: Joseph Rauh
Released: May 31, 1999
Type: Movie
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled alcoholism.
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Lincoln
Title: Lincoln
Character: Joshua Speed (voice)
Released: December 26, 1992
Type: Movie
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Cyrus Weaver
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Title: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Character: Sybok
Released: June 9, 1989
Type: Movie
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.
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Messenger of Death
Title: Messenger of Death
Character: Homer Foxx
Released: September 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.
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Cocktail
Title: Cocktail
Character: Richard Mooney
Released: July 29, 1988
Type: Movie
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
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To Heal a Nation
Title: To Heal a Nation
Character: Senator Bob Mathias
Released: May 29, 1988
Type: Movie
The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man. However, with the help of his loving wife Becky, he begins to find a new life for himself, and a personal goal when he agrees to begin a determined campaign to raise funds for a veteran's memorial.
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Lyndon Johnson
Title: Lyndon Johnson
Character: Lyndon Baines Johnson
Released: April 8, 1987
Type: Movie
A one-man show about President Lyndon Johnson.
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One Terrific Guy
Title: One Terrific Guy
Character: Jim Burton
Released: February 18, 1986
Type: Movie
A highly respected and revered baseball coach has been accused by a female student of conducting some kind of research that borders on sexual molestation. When her parents decide to report him to the authorities. They are held in contempt, because the community can't believe that this wonderful man could do the things that they are accusing him of.
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Not for Publication
Title: Not for Publication
Character: Mayor Franklyn
Released: November 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A tabloid reporter and her new photographer, who've recently started working for the mayor of New York City, stumble upon evidence of conspiracy and political corruption that may involve their beloved mayor.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Lt. Steve Warren
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Howard Crane
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Sgt. Cooper
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Hotel
Released: August 21, 1982
Type: TV
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.
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See China and Die
Title: See China and Die
Character: Dr. Glickman
Released: December 9, 1981
Type: Movie
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
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The Mating Season
Title: The Mating Season
Character: Harry McClain
Released: December 30, 1980
Type: Movie
They say opposites attract, but could a romance possibly develop between an attorney, successful at work but unlucky in love, and a divorced man whose main interest is birdwatching?
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The Five Forty-Eight
Title: The Five Forty-Eight
Character: John Blake
Released: November 7, 1979
Type: Movie
An advertising man, emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him, has seduced and then fired and discarded his secretary. She pursues him and forces him to confront the squalor of his life.
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Ike
Title: Ike
Character: Maj. Richard Arnold
Released: May 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.
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The Promise
Title: The Promise
Character: Dr. Peter Gregson
Released: March 8, 1979
Type: Movie
A rich student's fiancee has her face destroyed by a car accident, and refuses to return to him fearing the loss of his love.
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Title: Return of the Saint
Character: Bruno Walters
Released: September 10, 1978
Type: TV
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
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The November Plan
Title: The November Plan
Character: Noel Crosman
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed private detective investigates a suspected overthrow of the U.S. government. Loosely based on The Business Plot of 1933.
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The Money
Title: The Money
Character: Richard Banks
Released: May 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A prominent businessman's children become the target of a young, unemployed man, who sees them as his ticket to wealth.
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Title: The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Character: Gov. Hal Hoffman
Released: February 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.
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Title: City of Angels
Released: February 3, 1976
Type: TV
City of Angels is a 1976 television series created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins, who had previously worked together on The Rockford Files. American mystery novelist Max Allan Collins has called City of Angels "the best private eye series ever."
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Winner Take All
Title: Winner Take All
Character: Bill Anderson
Released: March 3, 1975
Type: Movie
The chronicle of an average American housewife who just happens to be addicted to gambling.
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Panic on the 5:22
Title: Panic on the 5:22
Character: Lawrence Lewis
Released: November 20, 1974
Type: Movie
Three armed men take over a private railroad car, determined to rob and kill the passengers.
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Death Sentence
Title: Death Sentence
Character: Don Davies
Released: October 2, 1974
Type: Movie
A juror on a murder trial begins to believe that the man charged with the crime is innocent — and that the real killer is her own husband.
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Title: Harry O
Released: September 12, 1974
Type: TV
After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry runs a private detective agency out of his beach house... The series starred David Janssen and was executive produced by Jerry Thorpe.
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Murder Impossible
Title: Murder Impossible
Character: Patch
Released: March 26, 1974
Type: Movie
A scientist is murdered and his new invention is stolen and held for ransom.
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And the Bones Came Together
Title: And the Bones Came Together
Character: Robert Cooper
Released: February 15, 1973
Type: Movie
When a graveyard caretaker is fired from his job, his exacts a terrifying supernatural vengeance.
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Title: Barnaby Jones
Character: Elliot Rexford / Lt. Damon Maxwell
Released: January 28, 1973
Type: TV
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".
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Moonwalk One
Title: Moonwalk One
Character: Narrator
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
This documentary by Theo Kamecke from 1970 gives an indepth and profound look at the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. NASA footage is interspersed with reactions to the mission around the world as the film captures the intensity as well of the philosophical significance of the event. Won special award at Cannes. Written by Adam Bernstein .
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Title: The Rookies
Released: September 11, 1972
Type: TV
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department.
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Title: Delphi Bureau
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: TV
The Delphi Bureau is an American dramatic television series aired in the United States by ABC as one of three elements of The Men, a wheel series shown as part of its 1972-73 schedule. The Delphi Bureau starred Laurence Luckinbill as Glenn Garth Gregory, a man with a photographic memory, whose obscure United States Government "agency" ostensibly did obscure research for the President of the United States. Its actual role was counter-espionage and its main operative was Gregory, whose liaison with the group's unnamed superiors was Sybil Van Lowreen, a Washington D.C. society hostess. A framing design for each episode involved a limerick, a single new line of which was added for each segment of the show, until the entire limerick was completed in the final segment.
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The Delphi Bureau
Title: The Delphi Bureau
Character: Glenn Garth Gregory
Released: March 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A government agent with a photographic memory is assigned to solve the disappearance of an entire fleet of old Air Force planes. Pilot for short-lived TV series
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Lights Out
Title: Lights Out
Character: Sabina's second Husband Howard
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
A toymaker develops a method to create dolls that kill. This was a pilot for a proposed but unrealized TV series to be titled "Light Out!," based on the much earlier radio program of the same name.
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Corky
Title: Corky
Character: Wayne Nesbitt
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.
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Such Good Friends
Title: Such Good Friends
Character: Richard
Released: December 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under her conventional facade. Her husband Richard checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Mark McAndrews
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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The Boys in the Band
Title: The Boys in the Band
Character: Hank
Released: March 16, 1970
Type: Movie
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and Michael's demand that the group participate in a devious telephone game, unleashing dormant and unspoken emotions.
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Title: Where the Heart Is
Released: September 8, 1969
Type: TV
Where the Heart Is was an American soap opera telecast on the CBS television network from September 8, 1969 to March 23, 1973. Created by Lou Scofield and Margaret DePriest, the program ran for 25 minutes, the remaining five minutes of its timeslot ceded to a CBS news break. Scofield and DePriest were the original head writers. A year after the soap’s premiere, they were succeeded by Pat Falken Smith. In 1972, Smith was replaced by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer. The series was produced by Tom Donovan and directed by Richard Dunlap.
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Title: The F.B.I.
Character: Danzer
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: TV
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
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Title: Bonanza
Character: Barnabas Freed
Released: September 12, 1959
Type: TV
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Title: The Secret Storm
Released: February 1, 1954
Type: TV
The Secret Storm is a soap opera which ran on CBS from February 1, 1954 to February 8, 1974. The series was created by Roy Winsor, who also created the long-running soap operas Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life. Gloria Monty of General Hospital fame was a longtime director of the series. Like most CBS Soap Operas of the time such as The Guiding Light and As the World Turns The Secret Storm was filmed, and later taped, in New York at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 52 Street.