Laurence Luckinbill

Acting

Laurence Luckinbill

Born
(age 91)
Birthplace
Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
Credits
50 titles

Biography

Laurence Luckinbill is an American actor, playwright and director. He has worked in television, film, and theatre, doing triple duty in the theatre by writing, directing, and starring in stage productions. He is probably best known for penning and starring in one-man shows based upon the lives of United States President Theodore Roosevelt, author Ernest Hemingway, and famous American defense attorney Clarence Darrow; starring in a one-man show based upon the life of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson; and for his portrayal of Spock's half-brother Sybok in the film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Luckinbill is married to actress Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. They have three children together: Simon, Joseph, and Katharine. Arnaz and Luckinbill have toured together in theatrical productions such as They're Playing Our Song. He also has two sons from his previous marriage to actress Robin Strasser, Nicholas and Benjamin.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 49

YearTitleRole
2026 The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World Film Self
2006 The Exonerated Film Prosecutor
1999 Dash and Lilly Film Joseph Rauh
1992 Lincoln Film Joshua Speed (voice)
1990 Law & Order TV Cyrus Weaver (1 ep)
1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Film Sybok
1988 Messenger of Death Film Homer Foxx
1988 Cocktail Film Richard Mooney
1988 To Heal a Nation Film Senator Bob Mathias
1987 Lyndon Johnson Film Lyndon Baines Johnson
1986 One Terrific Guy Film Jim Burton
1984 Not for Publication Film Mayor Franklyn
1984 Murder, She Wrote TV Howard Crane, Lt. Steve Warren, Sgt. Cooper, John Galloway (1 ep)
1982 Hotel TV (1 ep)
1981 See China and Die Film Dr. Glickman
1980 The Mating Season Film Harry McClain
1979 The Five Forty-Eight Film John Blake
1979 Ike Film Maj. Richard Arnold
1979 Ike TV Maj. Richard Arnold (1 ep)
1979 The Promise Film Dr. Peter Gregson
1978 Return of the Saint TV Bruno Walters (1 ep)
1977 The November Plan Film Noel Crosman
1976 The Money Film Richard Banks
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Film Gov. Hal Hoffman
1976 City of Angels TV (3 ep)
1975 Winner Take All Film Bill Anderson
1974 Panic on the 5:22 Film Lawrence Lewis
1974 Death Sentence Film Don Davies
1974 Harry O TV (1 ep)
1974 Murder Impossible Film Patch
1973 And the Bones Came Together Film Robert Cooper
1973 Barnaby Jones TV Elliot Rexford / Lt. Damon Maxwell (2 ep)
1972 Moonwalk One Film Narrator
1972 Delphi Bureau TV Glenn Garth Gregory (8 ep)
1972 The Rookies TV (1 ep)
1972 The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment Film Glenn Garth Gregory
1972 Lights Out Film Sabina's second Husband Howard
1972 Corky Film Wayne Nesbitt
1971 Such Good Friends Film Richard
1971 Columbo TV Mark McAndrews (1 ep)
1970 Dan August TV Arthur Coleman (1 ep)
1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV Ken Arnold (1 ep)
1970 The Bold Ones: The Senator TV Chancellor Steinitz (1 ep)
1970 The Boys in the Band Film Hank
1969 Where the Heart Is TV (213 ep)
1965 The F.B.I. TV Danzer (1 ep)
1961 The Mike Douglas Show TV Self (1 ep)
1959 Bonanza TV Barnabas Freed (1 ep)
1954 The Secret Storm TV (319 ep)

Crew credits 1

YearTitleJob
1993 Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie Film Executive Producer, Director, Writer
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