Biography
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 Whisperer, Marcus Welby, M.D., Gilmore Girls, Murder, She Wrote, M*A*S*H, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Cannon.
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.
Filmography
All 142
TV Shows 77
Movies 65
Self 2
Producer 1
Director 1
Voice 1

Reboot (2022)

Saving Paradise (2021)

9-1-1 (2018)

Totem (2017)

Doubt (2017)

Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story (2016)

Transparent (2014)

Beyond the Heavens (2013)

Hart of Dixie (2011)

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

Mother and Child (2009)

Modern Family (2009)

Tickling Leo (2009)

The Mentalist (2008)

The Far Side of Jericho (2006)

Mentor (2006)

American Dreamz (2006)

Ghost Whisperer (2005)

Criminal Minds (2005)

Bones (2005)

Nine Lives (2005)

Medium (2005)

In Good Company (2004)

Boston Legal (2004)

Jack & Bobby (2004)

Century City (2004)

Murder Without Conviction (2004)

Cold Case (2003)

NCIS (2003)

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003)

American Wedding (2003)

America Undercover (2003)

Mister Sterling (2003)

Without a Trace (2002)

The Guardian (2001)

Crossing Jordan (2001)

Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)

Alex in Wonder (2001)

Gilmore Girls (2000)

Dark Angel (2000)

The West Wing (1999)

Family Law (1999)

Judging Amy (1999)

American Pie (1999)

Providence (1999)

Mighty Joe Young (1998)

Very Bad Things (1998)

My Giant (1998)

Significant Others (1998)

Dawson's Creek (1998)

The Maker (1997)

Ally McBeal (1997)

Trial and Error (1997)

The Practice (1997)

The Uninvited (1996)

Dangerous Minds (1996)

She Cried No (1996)

Profiler (1996)

The Pretender (1996)

The Sunchaser (1996)

The Sentinel (1996)

The Late Shift (1996)

A Case for Life (1996)

Angus (1995)

Partners (1995)

Chicago Hope (1994)

The Enemy Within (1994)

To My Daughter With Love (1994)

Diagnosis: Murder (1993)

The X-Files (1993)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)

Fire and Rain (1990)

Law & Order (1990)

Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)

Breaking Point (1989)

She Knows Too Much (1989)

Little Girl Lost (1988)

Honor Bound (1988)

The Hanoi Hilton (1987)

L.A. Law (1986)

On Wings of Eagles (1986)

The Deliberate Stranger (1986)

A Fighting Choice (1986)

Matlock (1986)

Moonlighting (1985)

Street Hawk (1985)

For Love or Money (1984)

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984)

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984)

Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Tucker's Witch (1982)

Hotel (1982)

Rehearsal for Murder (1982)

Cry for the Strangers (1982)

Darkroom (1981)

Hill Street Blues (1981)

Dynasty (1981)

Nine to Five (1980)

Ladies Man (1980)

United States (1980)

The Gathering, Part II (1979)

Hart to Hart (1979)

Walk Proud (1979)

Blind Ambition (1979)

Stockard Channing: In Just Friends (1979)

The Gathering (1977)

Mulligan's Stew (1977)

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977)

Mulligan's Stew (1977)

Man From Atlantis (1977)

Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)

Switch (1975)

Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975)

The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975)

The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)

Police Woman (1974)

Harry O (1974)

Paper Moon (1974)

Murder by Proxy (1974)

Winter Kill (1974)

6 RMS RIV VU (1974)

The Snoop Sisters (1973)

The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)

The Snoop Sisters (1972)

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

M*A*S*H (1972)

The Bob Newhart Show (1972)

McMillan & Wife (1971)

Cannon (1971)

Shaft (1971)

The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)

Cannon (1971)

Making It (1971)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

The F.B.I. (1965)

The Edge of Night (1956)

The Guardian Angel
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1939-07-10 (83 years old)
Place of birthCynthiana, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsTheatre World Award
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