Laurence Luckinbill

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.

Known For

Law & Order

Columbo

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

All Movies (29)

• The Exonerated2006 · as Prosecutor
• Dash and Lilly1999 · as Joseph Rauh
• Lincoln1992 · as Joshua Speed (voice)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier1989 · as Sybok
• Messenger of Death1988 · as Homer Foxx
• Cocktail1988 · as Richard Mooney
• To Heal a Nation1988 · as Senator Bob Mathias
• Lyndon Johnson1987 · as Lyndon Baines Johnson
• One Terrific Guy1986 · as Jim Burton
• Not for Publication1984 · as Mayor Franklyn
• See China and Die1981 · as Dr. Glickman
• The Mating Season1980 · as Harry McClain
• The Five Forty-Eight1979 · as John Blake
• Ike1979 · as Maj. Richard Arnold
• The Promise1979 · as Dr. Peter Gregson
• The November Plan1977 · as Noel Crosman
• The Money1976 · as Richard Banks
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case1976 · as Gov. Hal Hoffman
• Winner Take All1975 · as Bill Anderson
• Panic on the 5:221974 · as Lawrence Lewis
• Death Sentence1974 · as Don Davies
• Murder Impossible1974 · as Patch
• And the Bones Came Together1973 · as Robert Cooper
• Moonwalk One1972 · as Narrator
• The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment1972 · as Glenn Garth Gregory
• Lights Out1972 · as Sabina's second Husband Howard
• Corky1972 · as Wayne Nesbitt
• Such Good Friends1971 · as Richard
• The Boys in the Band1970 · as Hank

All TV Shows (21)

• Law & Order1990 · as Cyrus Weaver
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Howard Crane
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Lt. Steve Warren
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Sgt. Cooper
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as John Galloway
• Hotel1982
• Ike1979 · as Maj. Richard Arnold
• Return of the Saint1978 · as Bruno Walters
• City of Angels1976
• Harry O1974
• Barnaby Jones1973 · as Elliot Rexford / Lt. Damon Maxwell
• Delphi Bureau1972 · as Glenn Garth Gregory
• The Rookies1972
• Columbo1971 · as Mark McAndrews
• Dan August1970 · as Arthur Coleman
• The Bold Ones: The Senator1970 · as Chancellor Steinitz
• Where the Heart Is1969
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Danzer
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Bonanza1959 · as Barnabas Freed
• The Secret Storm1954