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Don Dubbins is a Actor American born on 28 june 1928 at New York City (USA)

Don Dubbins

Don Dubbins
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Birth name Donald George Dubbins
Nationality USA
Birth 28 june 1928 at New York City (USA)
Death 17 august 1991 (at 63 years) at Greenville (USA)

Don Dubbins, originally Donald George Dubbins (June 28, 1928 - August 17, 1991), 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 biological 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 Marine Corps recruit 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' career progressed, he appeared in such films as The Prize (1963), The Illustrated Man (based on a Ray Bradbury novel) (1969), and Death Wish II (1982).

Dubbins appeared in many television series, including seven episodes of CBS's Perry Mason in many typecasts, from a scheming nephew and murder victim in "The Case of the Counterfeit Crank," to Bill Vincent, one of Hamilton Burger's deputy district attorneys. He appeared in four episodes each of CBS's Gunsmoke and Rawhide, in the latter in the first-season episode "Incident of the Dog Days".

In the spring of 1959, Dubbins was cast in different roles in two consecutive episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins in the title role. In "The Mountain" (March 31, 1959), he played "good guy" Vic Bradley, an escaped convicted murderer for whom Sugarfoot brings news of a new trial based on additional evidence uncovered in the case. Miranda Jones plays Bradley's Indian wife, Jean. The couple is hidden away in a mine shaft in a mountain, and much of the episode deals with Sugarfoot and Jean seemingly lost in a cave-in. Bradley's brother-in-law, Dixon White Eagle (Don Devlin), on his deathbed from a snake bite, confesses to the crime for which Bradley had been convicted, the killing of an old miner.
In "The Twister" (April 14, 1959), Dubbins plays the outlaw Sid Garvin who comes into a quiet town looking for his estranged brother, a schoolteacher who calls himself "Roy Cantwell" (Fred Beir), who has hidden away $20,000 in loot from a Garvin robbery.

In 1960, Dubbins appeared in the episode "Elegy" of CBS's The Twilight Zone. That same year he guest starred on the CBS western series, Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant. He and Mel Torme appeared together in NBC's crime drama, Dan Raven, starring Skip Homeier. He played the character Grant in the 1960 episode "The Challenge} of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, The Alaskans, starring Roger Moore. In 1961, Dubbins played a deputy who inadvertently killed his outlaw-brother in an episode of Stagecoach West, a Four Star Television series which aired on ABC. He was cast as Willoughby in the 1961 episode "The Efficiency Expert" of the NBC family drama, National Velvet. Dubbins subsequently appeared on two CBS anthology series, The Lloyd Bridges Show and GE True, hosted by Jack Webb. He was subsequently cast with Walter Brennan in ABC's western series, The Guns of Will Sonnett.

He was cast 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. In 1967, he appeared also as a guest star in the episode "Rescue" in the fourth season of the science fiction series, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

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 was cast in several episodes of Jack Webb's Dragnet 1967 series on NBC. He played the part of Billy Carter in "The Incident of the Dog Days" of CBS's Rawhide and guest-starred in an episode of ABC‍ '​s The New Land.

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. Dubbins succumbed to cancer at the age of sixty-three. His remains laid to rest in Greer, South Carolina's Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

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Filmography of Don Dubbins (14 films)

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Death Wish II, 1h28
Directed by Michael Winner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films, Auto-justice
Actors Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia, Anthony Franciosa, J. D. Cannon, Laurence Fishburne
Roles Mike
Rating60% 3.003563.003563.003563.003563.00356
Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) seems to have picked up the pieces of his life and moved on, and is now dating L.A. radio reporter Geri Nichols (played by Bronson's real-life wife Jill Ireland). They go to pick up Kersey's daughter Carol (Robin Sherwood) from the hospital, where her doctor says that despite traumatic catatonia, Carol has begun to speak again. Paul, Geri, and Carol spend the afternoon at a carnival. While waiting in line for ice cream, Paul gets pick-pocketed by five gang members (named Nirvana, PunkCut, Stomper, Cutter and Jiver). He catches up with Jiver, after a brief struggle, denies taking Paul's wallet. Paul lets him go.
Nightmare at 43 Hillcrest, 1h11
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jim Hutton, Peter Mark Richman, Don Dubbins, Emmaline Henry, Walter Brooke, Mariette Hartley
Roles Sanford Bates
Rating63% 3.162773.162773.162773.162773.16277
A la poursuite de dealers, un groupe de policiers font une descente dans un pavillon de banlieue à deux heures du matin où vit une famille sans problèmes. Plutôt que d'admettre qu'ils ont fait une erreur pouvant mettre en danger leur position et leur carrière professionnelle, ils cachent de la drogue dans les affaires des habitants. Les policiers changent leur rapport afin de faire passer la famille comme la principale suspecte du trafic depuis le début de l'affaire.
Outrage
Outrage (1973)

Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert Culp, Beah Richards, Jacqueline Scott, Ramon Bieri, Mark Lenard, Ivor Francis
Roles Mr. Werner
Rating70% 3.5259653.5259653.5259653.5259653.525965
Jim Kiler, a suburbanite, finds himself and his family at the mercy of a group of young men from neighboring families who have singled out the Kilers after running roughshod over the greater community. While Kiler attempts at first to reason with the youths, their response is to step up the attacks on the family, which grow more emboldened and dangerous as the film continues. Kiler and his wife eventually feel that in addition to their personal safety, the youths are also trying to tempt their young daughter into situations that would harm her.
The Learning Tree, 1h47
Directed by Gordon Parks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Kevin Hagen, Malcolm Atterbury, Richard Ward, Russell Thorson
Roles Harley Davis, Defense Attorney
Rating71% 3.593163.593163.593163.593163.59316
Newt Winger (Kyle Johnson) is an African-American teenager living in rural Kansas in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He generally confronts the prejudices of the era with pride and an even temper, unlike his hot-headed friend Marcus Savage (Alex Clarke). As circumstances slowly pull Newt and Marcus further apart, Newt witnesses a murder – one committed by Marcus' father Booker (Richard Ward).
The Illustrated Man, 1h43
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas, Don Dubbins, Jason Evers
Roles Pickard
Rating57% 2.8983952.8983952.8983952.8983952.898395
Set in the backroads of America, the film enacts three of Bradbury's short stories set in the future, with Steiger as a man named Carl telling tales behind some of his tattoos. The stories are about virtual reality (The Veldt), a mysterious planet (The Long Rain) and the end of the world (The Last Night of the World). Carl, accompanied by his dog, tells his tales to a traveler. The tie-in prologue tells of how Carl came to be tattooed after he encountered a mysterious woman named Felicia (Claire Bloom) in a remote farmhouse.
Gunfight in Abilene, 1h26
Directed by William Hale
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bobby Darin, Leslie Nielsen, Don Galloway, Donnelly Rhodes, Frank McGrath, Michael Sarrazin
Roles Rod Sprague
Rating57% 2.8602852.8602852.8602852.8602852.860285
Cal Wayne accidentally kills a fellow Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He returns to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas after the war and ends up replacing the corrupt Joe Slade as the town's sheriff.
The Prize
The Prize (1963)
, 2h14
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker, Micheline Presle, Gérard Oury
Roles Ivar Cramer, Light Henchman
Rating67% 3.3987853.3987853.3987853.3987853.398785
The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Andrew Craig (Paul Newman), who seems to be more interested in women and drinking than writing. When he arrives in Stockholm for the award ceremony, he is delighted to find that the Swedish Foreign Department has sent the beautiful Inger Lisa Andersson (Elke Sommer) as his personal chaperone. When Craig arrives at his hotel, he is introduced to another laureate, Dr. Max Stratman (Edward G. Robinson), a famous German-American physicist, who is accompanied by his niece Emily (Diane Baker).
From the Earth to the Moon, 1h41
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Steampunk films, Space opera
Actors Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins, Patric Knowles, Carl Esmond
Roles Ben Sharpe
Rating51% 2.5549752.5549752.5549752.5549752.554975
Shortly after the end of the American Civil War, munitions producer Victor Barbicane
Enchanted Island, 1h33
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Ted de Corsia, Don Dubbins, Arthur Shields, Friedrich Anton Maria Hubertus Bonifacius Graf von Ledebur-Wicheln
Roles Tom
Rating48% 2.4222852.4222852.4222852.4222852.422285
Two 19th-century sailors, Abner and Tom, jump ship after their captain, Vangs, refuses them shore leave and warns them what a dangerous place this particular island is. They disobey him and soon discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
The D.I.
The D.I. (1957)
, 1h46
Directed by Jack Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jack Webb, Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery, Monica Lewis, Virginia Gregg, Earle Hodgins
Roles Pvt. Owens
Rating72% 3.6406853.6406853.6406853.6406853.640685
Technical Sergeant Jim Moore, a Drill Instructor on Parris Island, has a thorn in his side, Private Owens (Don Dubbins), who always caves in when the pressure is on. Convinced he can make Owens into a Marine, Moore pushes Owens to the point of desertion.
These Wilder Years, 1h31
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon, Tom Laughlin, Betty Lou Keim, Don Dubbins
Roles Mark
Rating67% 3.3932653.3932653.3932653.3932653.393265
Businessman Steve Bradford (James Cagney) looks for his illegitimate son after 20 years. He turns to Ann Dempster (Barbara Stanwyck), who runs an orphanage, but she is uncooperative.
Tribute to a Bad Man, 1h35
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen McNally, Irène Papas, Vic Morrow, James Griffith
Roles Steve Miller
Rating66% 3.348773.348773.348773.348773.34877
Rustlers rob horses belonging to wealthy Wyoming rancher Jeremy Rodock and shoot him. He is found by young cowboy Steve Miller, who digs out the bullet, saves Rodock's life and is offered a job at the ranch.
The Caine Mutiny, 2h4
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Tom Tully, E. G. Marshall
Roles Seaman 1st Class Urban (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.8469253.8469253.8469253.8469253.846925
Callow, rich Ensign Willis Seward Keith (Robert Francis), reports for his first assignment aboard the Caine, which is homeported in Pearl Harbor. "Willie", as he is known by his fellow officers, is disappointed to find that the Caine is a small, battle-scarred destroyer-minesweeper. Its gruff captain, Lieutenant Commander William H. DeVriess (Tom Tully), has almost completely given up on discipline, and the crew has become slovenly and superficially undisciplined, although their performance is excellent. Keith has already met the executive officer, Lieutenant Stephen Maryk (Van Johnson), and is introduced to the communications officer, Lieutenant Thomas Keefer (Fred MacMurray), a novelist in civilian life. Keith has an opportunity to transfer from the ship to a more glamorous billet as an Admiral's aide, but decides to stay aboard. However, Keith remains frustrated with the ship's lack of discipline, despite his own shortcomings.
From Here to Eternity, 1h58
Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine
Roles Pvt. Friday Clark - Bugler (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7979353.7979353.7979353.7979353.797935
In 1941, bugler and career soldier Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) transfers to a rifle company at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu. Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes (Philip Ober) has heard he is a talented middleweight boxer and wants him to join his regimental team in order to secure a promotion. Prewitt refuses, having stopped fighting because he blinded his sparring partner and close friend over a year before. Holmes is adamant, but so is Prewitt.