Kevin Dobson

Kevin Patrick Dobson is an American film and television actor best known for his roles as Detective Bobby Crocker the trusted protege of Lt Theo Kojak played by Telly Savalas in the CBS crime drama Kojak and as M Patrick Mack MacKenzie in the soap opera Knots Landing After a brief appearance in the 1971 film Klute and small acting roles on TV series such as The Mod Squad Emergency and Cannon Dobson signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1972 This led to his role of Det Bobby Crocker Lt Theo Kojaks young partner in the TV series Kojak opposite Telly Savalas For the role he had to borrow a suit He had twice auditioned and failed then called his agent telling him Do what you have to do so he called in a favor and I read for them again I was a military policeman in the Army so I knew how to hold a gun and throw somebody against a wall I got a call the next night asking if Id sign a contract Dobson auditioned for a third time and finally won He remained with Kojak for its entire fiveseason run from 1973 to 1978 and later reunited with Savalas for the 1990 TV movie Kojak Its Always Something his character having become an assistant district attorney They remained friends until Savalas death from bladder cancer in 1994 In 1978 Dobson played Pete Lomas in the twopart TV movie The Immigrants based on the novel by Howard Fast In 1981 Dobson starred as Det Jack Shannon a San Francisco police officer who is a single father in the CBS series Shannon However the show failed to gain substantial ratings and was canceled after nine episodes A more successful TV role for Dobson followed in 1982 M Patrick Mack MacKenzie in the soap opera Knots Landing opposite Michele Lee He joined the show at the beginning of its fourth season in September 1982 and remained in the role until its cancellation in 1993 Dobson won five Soap Opera Digest Awards for his work on the series He later reunited with his Knots Landing costars for a miniseries Knots Landing Back to the CuldeSac in 1997 and again in the 2005 nonfiction special Knots Landing Reunion Together Again Dobson has also appeared in a number of feature films most notably the World War II movie Midway alongside Henry Fonda and Charlton Heston as Ensign George Gay a pilot and the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron Eight from the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornets illfated opening attack against the Japanese fleet on June 4 1942 Another prominent role was as the husband of Barbra Streisand in the 1981 romantic comedy All Night Long He also had a small role as a priest in the wellreceived 2007 psychological horror film 1408 Dobson continued to appear in a number of TV roles including the syndicated FX The Series for one season the drama series The Bold and the Beautiful and as the fourth actor to play Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives