Lenny von Dohlen
An off-center character lead of stage, film, and TV since the early 1980s, Lenny Von Dohlen's angular, oddly handsome looks and strikingly blue eyes were somewhat reminiscent of the young Anthony Perkins. He tended to be cast accordingly: as obsessive hitmen ("Love Kills" 1991); deceptively wholesome child molesters (a 1985 ABC Afterschool Special entitled "Don't Touch"); and weird yet sympathetic neighbors ("Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" 1992). He was a strangely apt choice to play an extraterrestrial TV enthusiast in "Distant Signals," a superior installment of the syndicated "Tales From the Dark Side." The Georgia-born actor worked hard to lose his southern accent before pursuing an acting career. Ironically, Von Dohlen would make his film debut playing the leader of a C&W band in "Tender Mercies" (1982). More typically, as the star of the fanciful "Electric Dreams" (1984), he found himself in a love triangle with his computer. Von Dohlen may be best known for the recurring role of Harold Smith, a reclusive confidante of the slain Laura Palmer, on the cultish "Twin Peaks." He also worked on stage, mostly in regional theater. He co-starred in "Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story" (1996) and was among the group of thugs attempting to wrest a computer chip hidden in a child's toy from an enterprising tot in "Home Alone 3" (1997). Lenny Von Dohlen died on July 5, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA at the age of 63.
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Lenny von Dohlen
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sallywood | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
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Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story | Oskar Knight (Character) | - | 2018 |
80% |
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The Maestro | Luc (Character) | - | 2018 |
43% |
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Ray Meets Helen | Armond (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Within Reach | Mr. Baker (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Threshold | Dr. Clair (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Obituaries | Clifford Roderick (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Annie and the Gypsy | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
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Downstream | Elder Daniel (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beautiful Loser | Reggie (adult) (Character) | - | 2008 |
80% |
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Teeth | Bill (Character) | $347.6K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ponder Heart | DeYancey Clanahan (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frontline | Ludwig Haig (Character) | - | 1999 |
35% |
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Home Alone 3 | Jernigan (Character) | $30.7M | 1997 |
60% |
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Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Forster Batterham (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Good Turn | Matt Forrest (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bird of Prey | Johnny McKenna (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amberwaves | Justin Campenella (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Tollbooth | Jack (Character) | - | 1994 |
40% |
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Leaving Normal | Harry (Character) | $1.4M | 1992 |
36% |
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Jennifer Eight | Blattis (Character) | $11.0M | 1992 |
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Eyes of the Beholder | Janice Bickle (Character) | - | 1992 |
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Blind Vision | William Dalton (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Kills | Jonathan Brinkman (Character) | - | 1991 |
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Dracula's Widow | Raymond (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Billy Galvin | Billy Galvin (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under the Biltmore Clock | Knowleton Whitney (Character) | - | 1985 |
47% |
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Electric Dreams | Miles Harding (Character) | - | 1984 |
81% |
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Tender Mercies | Robert (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sessions | Paulie (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
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75% | 89% | The Orville | Valondis (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
33% | No Score Yet | The Magnificent Seven | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
82% | 93% | Picket Fences | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Red Dwarf | Cop (Guest Star) | 1992 |
78% | 92% | Twin Peaks | Harold Smith (Guest Star) | 1990 |
83% | No Score Yet | thirtysomething | Roy MacCaulay (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Dan Turner (Guest Star) | 1986 |
71% | 89% | Miami Vice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |