Lawrence Pressman

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.

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

(1939-07-10) July 10, 1939
Cynthiana, Kentucky, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1969–present
Spouse
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(m. 1973; died 2007)​
Children1
RelativesNicholas Saunders (father-in-law), Nicholas Soussanin (grandfather-in-law)

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 two characters over three episodes of 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

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.
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