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At his best playing blue-collared tough guys, curly dark-haired Irish-American actor Kevin Patrick Dobson was born in Queens, New York, on March 18, 1943, and raised in the Jackson Heights area of that borough. One of seven children born to a school janitor father and a homemaker mother, the future actor worked as a trainman, brakeman and conductor for the LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) before deciding to pursue his acting interests.
Toiling as a waiter/bartender at a restaurant owned by relatives, Dobson's first on-camera viewings began in 1969 on a daytime soap opera, playing various bit parts as cops, orderlies and intern types on The Doctors (1963). Following an unbilled bit in the detective film Klute (1971), he gravitated more and more towards TV. In the early 1970's he was spotted here and there on such popular crime shows as "The Mod Squad", "The Rookies", "Ironside", "Cannon", and "Police Story". This led to his pivotal role as young, eager Det. Bobby Crocker on Kojak (1973). He remained with the series throughout its five seasons. In between, he landed a featured role in the film Midway (1976), and earned a top-billed role in the TV movie Stranded (1976) as one of a group of airplane passengers marooned on a deserted island following a crash.
A revolving series of starring roles in TV movies came Dobson's way following Kojak (1973), including Transplant (1979) (starring as a workaholic exec risking a major heart operation); Orphan Train (1979) (with Jill Eikenberry, as a couple involved in the titled NYC movement and welfare program in the 1850s); Hardhat and Legs (1980) (a Gordon/Kanin romantic comedy co-starring Sharon Gless); Reunion (1980) (as a married man tempted at a high school reunion); Mark, I Love You (1980) (as a widower having to fight his late wife's parents for child custody); and Margin for Murder (1981) (a Mike Hammer noirish mystery). He was also unsympathetically featured as Barbra Streisand's abusive husband in All Night Long (1981).
Kevin found another crimes series in the early 1980s to star in as the title San Francisco police officer in the short-lived Shannon (1981), which was immediately followed by a second best-remembered series, as federal prosecutor Mack McKenzie, who marries Michele Lee's Karen Fairgate, on the popular night-time soap opera Knots Landing (1979). Dobson copped five Soap Opera Digest Awards for his work on this series. In between the eleven seasons was a reunion Kojak TV movie as (now) Asst. D.A. Bobby Crocker in Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); plus other mini-movie leads in Money, Power, Murder. (1989), A House of Secrets and Lies (1992) and The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993), as well as another detective role in the first season of F/X: The Series (1996)
Dobson began his career on stage, first with the 1968 national tour of "The Impossible Years". He later served on the board of Lonny Chapman's Group Repertory Theatre company in North Hollywood, where he often directed and acted. Live theatre highlights include Chicago's Royal George Theatre production of the Tony Award-winning play "Art," as well as originating the role of Steve Gallop in the world premiere mounting of the 2000 play, "If It was Easy" in Atlanta. He co-starred with Richard Thomas in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2009 national tour of "12 Angry Men".
Into the millennium, Dobson returned full circle to his daytime soap opera roots with roles as Governor Harrison Brooks on One Life to Live (1968) and Judge Devin Owens on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987). He would also be the fourth actor taking over the role of Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives (1965). Parts in independent films also came to be with leads in the thriller She's No Angel (2002) opposite Tracey Gold and the mystery drama The Representative (2011), plus featured roles in Crash Landing (2005), 1408 (2007), April Moon (2007) and Dark Power (2013). He later guested on such Tv series as "Nash Bridges", "Cold Case", "CSI", "Hawaii Five-0", and "Anger Management".
A U.S. Army military policeman and proud veteran, Dobson served twice as chairman of the National Salute To Hospitalized Veterans. Married to wife Susan since 1968 and the father of three children (Sean, Patrick and Mariah), Dobson died on September 6, 2020, aged 77, after suffering a heart attack.- Joan Blackham was born on 15 May 1946 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Battle for Sevastopol (2015) and Hard Cases (1988). She died on 6 September 2020.
- Marty Zagon was born on 11 August 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Cable Guy (1996), New York, New York (1977) and Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983). He was married to Ruth Stark. He died on 6 September 2020 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Mike Sexton was born on 22 September 1947 in Shelbyville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for 7 Days to Vegas (2019), World Poker Tour: Rise Above (2017) and World Poker Tour (2003). He was married to Karen Sexton and Unknown. He died on 6 September 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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Anita Lindblom was born on 14 December 1937 in Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. She was an actress and composer, known for A Love Story (1970), 30 pinnar muck (1966) and Tre dar i buren (1963). She was married to Bo Högberg. She died on 6 September 2020 in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Anthony Brothers was an actor, known for My Honourable Mrs (1975), Prisoners of Conscience (1981) and Watch This Space (1980). He died on 6 September 2020 in Polegate, East Sussex, England, UK.
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Bruce Williamson was born on 29 September 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Across the Universe (2007), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Titus (1999). He died on 6 September 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Christiane Eda-Pierre was born on 24 March 1932 in Fort de France, Martinique. She was an actress, known for Babel opéra, ou la répétition de Don Juan de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1985), The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977) and Les contes d'Hoffmann (1978). She died on 6 September 2020 in Faye-l'Abbesse, Deux-Sèvres, France.
- Lou Brock was born on 18 June 1939 in El Dorado, Arkansas, USA. He was married to Jacqueline Layne, Virginia Daniels and Katie Hay. He died on 6 September 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Colette Richard was born on 24 June 1924 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Ces dames aux chapeaux verts (1949), Danger de mort (1947) and Les petites du quai aux fleurs (1944). She died on 6 September 2020 in Paris, France.
- Sonja Sander Jacobsen was born on 15 May 1959 in Roskilde, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Sonja fra Saxogade (1968). She died on 6 September 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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James Cotten was born on 26 December 1928 in Texas, USA. James is known for The Entity (1982). James died on 6 September 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Achmat Dangor was a South African writer and activist. His most important works include the novels "Kafka's Curse" (1997) and "Bitter Fruit" (2001), but he was also the author of three collections of poetry, a novella and a short story collection, for which he received many literary prizes including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the South African Literary Awards. He served as an ambassador and CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
- Sterling Magee was born on 20 May 1936 in Mount Olive, Mississippi, USA. He died on 6 September 2020 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
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Nancy Dine was born on 7 March 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was a director and producer, known for Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls (1995) and Jim Dine: London (1970). She died on 6 September 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Composer
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S. Mohinder was born in 1925 in Sillanwali, India. S. was a composer and writer, known for Man Jeete Jag Jeet (1973), Shirin Farhad (1956) and Reporter Raju (1962). S. died on 6 September 2020 in Mumbai, India.- Director
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Cecil Mosenson was born on 11 December 1929 in the USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Greatest Player Ever (2012) and ESPN SportsCentury (1999). He died on 6 September 2020 in the USA.- Lujza Orosz was born on 19 December 1926 in Horoatu Crasnei, Romania. She was an actress, known for Vifornita (1973), Makra (1974) and 141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból (1974). She died on 6 September 2020 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- Stefano Magagnoli was born on 26 June 1958 in Cairo Montenotte, Liguria, Italy. He died on 6 September 2020 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.