Laurence Luckinbill

Born: 1934-11-21, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

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.

Filmography

• Law & Order (1990)
• Murder, She Wrote (1984)
• Bonanza (1959)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
• Hotel (1982)
• The F.B.I. (1965)
• The Rookies (1972)
• Harry O (1974)
• Return of the Saint (1978)
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
• Cocktail (1988)
• Ike (1979)
• Messenger of Death (1988)
• See China and Die (1981)
• The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment (1972)
• The Boys in the Band (1970)
• The Money (1976)
• Moonwalk One (1972)
• Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)
• Such Good Friends (1971)
• Winner Take All (1975)
• The November Plan (1977)
• To Heal a Nation (1988)
• And the Bones Came Together (1973)
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
• The Exonerated (2006)
• Panic on the 5:22 (1974)
• One Terrific Guy (1986)
• The Five Forty-Eight (1979)
• Murder Impossible (1974)