Lawrence Pressman

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Lawrence Pressman
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Lawrence Pressman with Mulligan's Stew co-star Elinor Donahue in 1977
Born
David Milton Pressman [1]

(1939-07-10) July 10, 1939 (age 84)
OccupationActor
Years active1969–present
Spouse
(m. 1973;died 2007)
Children1
Relatives Nicholas Saunders (father-in-law), Nicholas Soussanin (grandfather-in-law)

Lawrence Pressman (born David Milton Pressman; July 10, 1939) is an American actor, probably best known for roles on Doogie Howser, M.D. , Ladies' Man , a recurring role on Profiler , the title character on Mulligan's Stew and as a fictional scientist in the 1971 film The Hellstrom Chronicle .

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Career

His first role was on the soap opera The Edge of Night , and one of his first movie starring roles was in Shaft (1971). Other film credits include Making It (1971), 9 to 5 (1980), The Hanoi Hilton (1987), Trial and Error (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998) and American Pie (1999).

He has appeared in TV movies such as The Gathering , A Fighting Choice , Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story . Guest roles on American television series includes episodes of Hawaii Five-O , The Bob Newhart Show , The Mary Tyler Moore Show , Dawson's Creek , The Drew Carey Show , Law & Order , Matlock , Marcus Welby, M.D. , Gilmore Girls , M*A*S*H , and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

Pressman played Bill Denton in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man . He portrayed H. R. Haldeman in the 1979 CBS miniseries Blind Ambition , and also appeared in the 1983 mini-series The Winds of War .

Personal life

Pressman met actress Lanna Saunders, daughter of actor Nicholas Saunders and granddaughter of actor Nicholas Soussanin, while studying with Elia Kazan; they were married in 1973 and had one child together, son David, before her death in 2007. [2]

Filmography

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References

  1. Biography, findingaids.library.northwestern.edu. Accessed July 26, 2023.
  2. "Soap star came from a family of performers". Times Colonist . Associated Press. March 16, 2007. p. D 11. Retrieved February 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.