Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman has been a busy guy since his first appearance on the daytime soap "The Edge of Night" in 1969, always able to bring a little class to a production no matter how big or small the role. In the 1970s he worked mostly in television, including small parts in popular crime dramas "Hawaii Five-O," "Barnaby Jones," and "The Streets of San Francisco." A versatile actor, he has also appeared in sitcoms "The Bob Newhart Show" and "M*A*S*H." He had a top role in the classic 1971 blaxploitation cop film "Shaft." His most notable film role during this period was entomologist Nils Hellstrom in the cult science fiction film "The Hellstrom Chronicle," a mix of fiction and documentary best remembered for its extraordinary cinematography. His other prominent television work was the seminal primetime miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man," as well as heading his own short-lived program, "Mulligan's Stew," about a high school football coach (Pressman) and his wife raising a household of seven children. Work over the next couple of decades did not let up for the actor, though his most familiar gig was arguably the 1980 sitcom "Ladies' Man" and his prominent role as Dr. Benjamin Canfield on the medical dramedy "Doogie Howser, M.D." starring a young Neil Patrick Harris. Pressman also had roles on the crime drama "Crossing Jordan," the drama "Judging Amy," and a recurring guest spot on the soap opera "General Hospital."
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Filmography
Movies
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Saving Paradise | Don Peterson (Character) | - | 2021 |
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Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story | Self | - | 2018 |
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Totem | Bernard (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond the Heavens | Pastor Jim (Character) | - | 2013 |
79% |
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Mother and Child | Dr. Morgan (Character) | $1.1M | 2009 |
36% |
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Tickling Leo | Warren Pikler (Character) | - | 2009 |
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Mentor | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
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The Far Side of Jericho | Van Damm (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder Without Conviction | Dr. G.K. Sanderson (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | DC 9/11: Time of Crisis | Vice President Dick Cheney (Character) | - | 2003 |
62% |
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American Pie | Coach Marshall (Character) | $101.7M | 1999 |
54% |
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Mighty Joe Young | Dr. Elliot Baker (Character) | $50.6M | 1998 |
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The Maker | Father Minnell (Character) | - | 1997 |
51% |
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Trial and Error | Whitfield (Character) | $13.6M | 1997 |
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She Cried No | Edward Connell (Character) | - | 1996 |
17% |
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Sunchaser | Agent in Charge Collier (Character) | $23.1K | 1996 |
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The Late Shift | Bob Wright (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Uninvited | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Case for Life | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whose Daughter Is She? | Dr. Joe Steiner (Character) | - | 1995 |
67% |
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Angus | Principal Metcalf (Character) | $4.8M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To My Daughter With Love | Arthur Monroe (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd | Roland West (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breaking Point | Gen. Smith (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Girl Lost | Lester (Character) | - | 1988 |
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The Hanoi Hilton | Cathcart (Character) | $39.0K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diary of a Perfect Murder | Nelson White (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Fighting Choice | Dr. Tobin (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red-Light Sting | Larry Barton (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story | Dr. Stein (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Love or Money | Herb (Character) | - | 1984 |
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Cry for the Strangers | Glen Palmer (Character) | - | 1982 |
69% |
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9 to 5 | Dick Bernly (Character) | - | 1980 |
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Walk Proud | Henry Lassiter (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Atlantis | Commander Phil Roth (Character) | - | 1977 |
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The Gathering | Tom (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Paul Ewbank (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mulligan's Stew | Michael Mulligan (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant | Dr. Konrad Zane (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winter Kill | Peter Lockhard (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Passki (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder by Proxy | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marcus-Nelson Murders | Cabot (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Female Instinct | Lieutenant Ostrowski (Character) | - | 1972 |
75% |
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The Hellstrom Chronicle | Unknown (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | David Elder (Character) | - | 1971 |
88% |
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Shaft | Sergeant Tom Hanson (Character) | - | 1971 |
TV
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100% | 90% | Carol & the End of the World | Bernard (Voice) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Stanley (Guest Star) | 2020 |
55% | 76% | Doubt | Ivan Sturgill (Guest Star) | 2017 |
81% | 88% | Hart of Dixie | Vernon 'Brando' Wilkes (Guest Star) | 2013-2015 |
91% | 76% | Transparent | Ed Paskowitz (Guest Star) | 2014 |
94% | 96% | Mad Men | Henry Sloan (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
76% | 67% | Saving Grace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Mentalist | Chancellor Stern (Guest Star) | 2008 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Judge Floyd Hurwitz (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 83% | NCIS | Dr. Russell Pike (Guest Star) | 2003 2006 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Trent Seward (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossing Jordan | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Century City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Gilmore Girls | Floyd Stiles (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 2001 2004 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 83% | The Guardian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hughleys | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
65% | 83% | Dark Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
74% | 85% | The X-Files | Mr. Milsap (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Profiler | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
88% | No Score Yet | Michael Hayes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
61% | 78% | Ally McBeal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Tekeny Ghemor (Guest Star) | 1994-1995 1997 |
53% | No Score Yet | Dangerous Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Moloney | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sentinel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Quinn | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
38% | No Score Yet | Partners | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 1995 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Arnold Rudman (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Philip Holt (Guest Star) | 1985 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Dr. Benjamin Canfield (Character) | 1989-1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Street Hawk | Thomas Miller (Guest Star) | 1985 |
97% | 85% | Hill Street Blues | Art Bradley (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Day at a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Congressional Aide R. Theodore Williamson (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Larry Drake (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Greg McGuire (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Kent Preedy (Guest Star) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Ed Hoffman (Guest Star) | 1974-1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paper Moon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Hartnett (Guest Star) | 1972-1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Peter Jordan (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Bill Phelps (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Governor & J.J. | John Fawcett (Guest Star) | 1970 |