Lawrence Pressman

Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman with Mulligan's Stew co-star Elinor Donahue in 1977
Born	David M. Pressman (1939-07-10) July 10, 1939 Cynthiana, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969-present
Spouse(s)	Lanna Saunders (1973-2007; her death); 1 child
Children	David Pressman (b. 1965)

Lawrence Pressman (born David M. 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.

His first role was on the soap opera The Edge of Night, and one of his first movie starring roles was in Shaft (1971). His other film credits include Making It (1971), The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), 9 to 5 (1980), The Hanoi Hilton (1987), Angus (1995), Trial and Error (1997), Very Bad Things (1998), Mighty Joe Young (1998) and American Pie (1999). He played Col. Cathcart in the Hanoi Hilton.

He has appeared in TV movies such as The Gathering, A Fighting Choice, "The Late Shift",Whose Daughter Is She?, Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story, as well as in guest roles on Hawaii Five-O, Paper Moon, The Bob Newhart Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Griff, Dawson's Creek, The Drew Carey Show, Providence, The Practice, Dangerous Minds, Diagnosis Murder, Law & Order, Matlock, Ghost Whisper, and Marcus Welby, M.D., Gilmore Girls, Murder, She Wrote, M*A*S*H, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Cannon 4x17 Killer On The Hill as David Elder.

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 miniseries The Winds of War.

Filmography

• Making It (1971) as Mallory
• Cannon (premier) (TV - 1971) as Herb Mayer
• Shaft (1971) as Tom Hannon
• 6 Rms Riv Vu (TV - 1974) as Richard Miller
• Winter Kills (TV - 1974) as Peter Lockhard
• The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974) as Passki
• The Man in the Glass Booth (1975) as Charlie Cohn
• The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (TV - 1975) as Dr. Konrad Zane
• Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975) Stage 7 Voice
• The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (TV - 1977) as Paul Ewbank
• The Gathering (TV - 1977) as Tom
• Like Mom, Like Me (TV - 1978) as Michael Gruen
• Walk Proud (1979) as Henry Lassiter
• The Gathering, Part II (TV - 1979) as Tom
• 9 to 5 (1980) as Dick
• Cry for the Strangers (TV - 1982) as Glen Palmer
• Rehearsal for Murder (TV - 1982) as Lloyd Andrews
• The Red-Light Sting (TV - 1982) as Larry Barton
• The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (TV - 1984) as Frank
• Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (TV - 1984) as Dr. Stein
• For Love or Money (TV - 1984) as Herb
• The Deliberate Stranger (TV - !986) as Ken Wolverton
• The Hanoi Hilton (1987) as Col. Catheart
• Little Girl Lost (1988) as Lester
• Honor Bound (1988) as Maxwell
• She Knows Too Much (TV - 1989) as Robert Hughes
• Breaking Point (TV - 1989) as Gen. Smith
• Fire and Rain (TV - 1989) as Mr. Hamilton
• White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (TV - 1991) as Roland West
• To My Daughter with Love (TV - 1994) as Arthur Monroe
• The Enemy Within (TV - 1994) as Atty. General Arthur Daniels
• The Rockford Files: I Still Love L. A. (TV - 1994) as Kornblum
• Angus (1995) as Principal Metcalf
• Whose Daughter Is She? (TV - 1995) as Dr. Joe Steiner
• A Case for Life (TV - 1996) as Cardiac
• The Late Shift (TV - 1996) as Bob Wright
• She Cried No (1996) as Edward Connell
• The Uninvited (TV - 1996) as Winston
• Trial and Error (1997) as Whitfield
• The Maker (1997) as Father Minnell
• My Giant (1998) as Doctor
• Very Bad Things (1998) as Mr. Fisher
• Mighty Joe Young (1998) as Dr. Baker
• American Pie (1999) as Coach Marshall
• Sex and a Girl aka Alex in Wonder (2001) as School Counselor
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) as Governor of California
• American Wedding (2003) as Head Coach
• DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (TV - 2003) as Vice President Dick Chaney
• Murder Without Conviction (TV - 2004) as Dr. G. K. Sanderson
• Nine Lives (2005) as Roman
• Fathers and Sons (TV - 2005) as Max's Father
• American Dreamz (2006) as White House Butler
• Mentor (2006) as Jonathan Kendall
• The Far Side of Jericho (2006) as Van Damm
• Tickling Leo (2009) as Warren Pikler
• Mother and Child (2009) as Dr. Morgan
• Beyond the Heavens (2013) as Pastor Jim
• Totem (2017) as Bernard

External links

• Lawrence Pressman at IMDb
• Lawrence Pressman at the Internet Broadway Database