Lawrence Pressman (born David M. Pressman; July 10, 1939) is an American actor best known for 9 to 5 (1980), American Pie (1999), and Shaft (1971).
He was married to Lanna Saunders and they had one child, David Pressman.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1971: Making It as Mallory
- 1971: Cannon as Herb Mayer
- 1971: Shaft as Tom Hannon
- 1971: Young Marrieds At Play as Joe
- 1973: The Marcus Nelson Murders as Cabot
- 1974: Six Rms Riv Vu as Richard Miller
- 1974: Winter Kill as Peter Lockhard
- 1974: The Crazy World Of Julius Vrooder as Dr. Melvin Passki
- 1975: The Man in the Glass Booth as Charlie Cohn
- 1975: Requiem For A Nun as Gowan Stevens
- 1975: The First 36 Hours Of Dr Durant as Dr. Konrad Zane
- 1976: Everybody Rides The Carousel as Stage 7
- 1977: The Trial Of Lee Harvey Oswald as Paul Ewbank
- 1977: The Gathering as Tom
- 1979: The Gathering Part II as Tom
- 1978: Like Mom Like Me as Michael Gruen
- 1979: Walk Proud as Henry Lassiter
- 1980: 9 to 5 as Dick
- 1982: Rehearsal for Murder as Lloyd Andrews
- 1982: Cry For The Strangers as Glen Palmer
- 1984: The Red Light Sting as Larry Barton
- 1984: The Three Wishes Of Billy Grier as Frank
- 1984: Victims For Victims The Theresa Saldana Story as Dr. Stein
- 1984: For Love Or Money as Herb
- 1987: The Hanoi Hilton as Cathcart
- 1988: Little Girl Lost as Lester
- 1988: Honor Bound as Maxwell
- 1988: She Knows Too Much as Robert Hughes
- 1989: Breaking Point as Gen. Smith
- 1989: Fire And Rain as Mr. Hamilton
- 1991: White Hot The Mysterious Murder Of Thelma Todd as Roland West
- 1994: To My Daughter With Love as Arthur Monroe
- 1994: The Enemy Within as Atty. Gen. Arthur Daniels
- 1994: The Rockford Files I Still Love LA as Kornblum
- 1995: Angus as Principal Metcalf
- 1995: Whose Daughter Is She as Dr. Joe Steiner
- 1996: A Case For Life as Cardiac Doctor
- 1996: The Late Shift as Bob Wright
- 1996: The Sunchaser as Agent in Charge Collier
- 1996: She Cried No as Edward Connell
- 1997: Trial And Error as Whitfield
- 1997: The Maker as Father Minnell
- 1998: My Giant as Doctor
- 1998: Very Bad Things as Mr. Fisher
- 1998: Mighty Joe Young as Dr. Baker
- 1999: American Pie as Coach Marshall
- 2001: Alex In Wonder as School Counselor
- 2001: Dr Dolittle 2 as Governor of California (Uncredited Role)
- 2003: American Wedding as Head Coach
- 2003: DC 9/11: Time of Crisis as Vice President Dick Cheney
- 2004: Murder Without Conviction as Dr. G.K. Sanderson
- 2005: Nine Lives as Roman
- 2005: Fathers And Sons as Max's Father (uncredited)
- 2006: American Dreamz as White House Butler
- 2006: Mentor as Jonathan Kendall
- 2006: The Far Side Of Jericho as Van Damm
- 2009: Tickling Leo as Warren Pikler
- 2009: Mother and Child as Dr. Morgan
- 2013: Beyond The Heavens as Pastor Jim
- 2017: Totem as Bernard
- 2021: Saving Paradise as Don Peterson
Television Roles
- 1969: The Edge of Night as Roger Castermore #1
- 1970: The Governor And JJ as John Fawcett
- 1971: The F.B.I. as Dennis Carey
- 1971: The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Bill Phelps
- 1971-1973: Owen Marshall Counselor At Law as Tom Dayton/Leonard Thayer/Frank Latham (3 episodes)
- 1972: The Snoop Sisters as Lt. Ostrowski
- 1972-1973: Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Hartnett/Alex Graham (2 episodes)
- 1972-1975: McMillan & Wife as Alan Joyce/Peter Jordan (2 episodes)
- 1973: The Delphi Bureau as Patrick
- 1973: Griff as Leo Pendelton
- 1973: Hawaii Five-O as Calvin Cutler
- 1974: Paper Moon as Gordon
- 1974-1975: The Bob Newhart Show as Ed Hoffman (2 episodes)
- 1974-1976: Barnaby Jones as Mr. Bentley/Lloyd C. Kellner (2 episodes)
- 1974-1980: Insight as David Bliss/John (2 episodes)
- 1975: Harry O as Alex Keller
- 1975-1976: Cannon as Kent Preedy/David Elder (2 episodes)
- 1976: Rich Man Poor Man as Bill Denton
- 1976: Switch as Austin Midler
- 1976: Police Woman as Greg McGuire
- 1977: Man from Atlantis as Cmdr. Phil Roth
- 1977: Lanigans Rabbi as Bert Morris
- 1977: The Streets of San Francisco as Larry Drake
- 1977: Mulligans Stew as Michael Mulligan
- 1979: Stockard Channing In Just Friends as Frank Hughes
- 1979: Blind Ambition as H.R. Halderman
- 1979: M*A*S*H as Congressional Aide R. Theodore Williamson
- 1980: United States as Doug
- 1980: One Day at a Time as Prof. Barr
- 1980-1981: Ladies Man as Alan Thackeray
- 1981: Darkroom as Charles Miller
- 1982: Hart to Hart as Ronald Camp
- 1982: Tuckers Witch as George Fowler
- 1982: The Love Boat as Ken Miller
- 1983: The Winds Of War as Bunky Thurston
- 1983: Hill Street Blues as Art Bradley
- 1984: Dynasty as Eric Grayson
- 1985: Street Hawk as Thomas Miller
- 1985-1993: Murder, She Wrote as Philip Holt/Tom Dutton/George Reed (3 episodes)
- 1986: Hotel as Scott Baker
- 1986: The Magical World Of Disney as Dr. Tobin
- 1986: The Deliberate Stranger as Ken Wolverton
- 1986: On Wings Of Eagles as Bill Gayden
- 1986: CBS Schoolbreak Special as Jack Dawson
- 1986-1988: Matlock as Dr. Jeremy Barnes/Nelson White (2 episodes)
- 1988: St. Elsewhere as Denis Nealey
- 1988: CBS Summer Playhouse as George
- 1989: Moonlighting as Nathan Kraft
- 1989-1993: Doogie Howser, M.D. as Dr. Benjamin Canfield
- 1993: L.A. Law as Richard Hollis
- 1993-1995: Law & Order as Dr. Alan Colter/Nicholas Burke/Prof. Wesley Burke (3 episodes)
- 1994: Birdland as Kramer
- 1994-1997: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Tekeny Ghemor/Krajensky (3 episodes)
- 1995: NYPD Blue as Arnold Rudman
- 1995: The Client as Calvin Rutledge
- 1995-1996: Partners as Gordon (2 episodes)
- 1996: All My Children as Principal Breck
- 1996: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Ezra Leonard
- 1996: The Sentinel as Brother Jeremy
- 1996: The Pretender as Ben Sloane
- 1997: Dangerous Minds as Dr. Milton Rappaport
- 1998: Chicago Hope as Bill Burke
- 1998: Ally McBeal as Judge Harland Smart
- 1998: Significant Others as Nell's New Boss
- 1998-1999: Profiler as Walter Anderson (4 episodes)
- 1999: The Drew Carey Show as Dr. Zinnerman
- 1999-2002: The Practice as Atty. Russell Mathis/Dr. Milton Leach (2 episodes)
- 1999-2004: Judging Amy as Alan Stetson/Atty. Ackerman (5 episodes)
- 2000: Dawson's Creek as Dr. Byron Fielding
- 2000: The West Wing as Ken Cochran
- 2000: The X-Files as Mr. Milsap
- 2001: Providence as Dr. Clemens
- 2001: Family Law as Judge Owen Mason
- 2001: Diagnosis: Murder as Lawrence Kendall
- 2001: Dark Angel as Uncle Jonas Cale
- 2001: The Hughleys as Mr. Shuman
- 2001: The Agency as Admiral Callan
- 2001-2002: The Guardian as Donald Sample (3 episodes)
- 2003: Mister Sterling as Commissioner Jarvis
- 2003: Without a Trace as Mr. Beckworth
- 2003-2006: NCIS as Dr. Russell Pike/Director Mark (2 episodes)
- 2004: Gilmore Girls as Floyd Stiles
- 2004: Century City as Judge
- 2004: Jack & Bobby as Jonas Parker
- 2004-2007: Crossing Jordan as Judge Harlan Marshall (4 episodes)
- 2005: Medium as Therapist/Couples Counselor (2 episodes)
- 2006: Bones as Trent Seward
- 2006: Just Legal as Judge W. Alston
- 2007: General Hospital as Judge
- 2007: Cold Case as (2007) Robert 'Dobber' Metz
- 2007-2008: Boston Legal as Judge Floyd Hurwitz (2 episodes)
- 2008: Ghost Whisperer as Old Peter Harrison
- 2008: The Mentalist as Chancellor Stern
- 2009: Saving Grace as Mr. Nesbit
- 2009: Criminal Minds as Judge Schuller
- 2010: Hawthorne as Dr. Arkin
- 2010: Mad Men as Henry Sloan
- 2011: Law & Order: LA as Judge Justin Conway
- 2013-2015: Hart of Dixie as Vernon 'Brando' Wilkes (7 episodes)
- 2014: Transparent as Ed Paskowitz
- 2017: Doubt as Ivan Sturgill
- 2018: Break A Hip as Carlton Kincade
- 2018: Modern Family as Fred
- 2018: 9-1-1 as Mitchell
- 2020: Hawaii Five-0 as Stanley
- 2020: Better Things as Harrold
- 2022: Reboot as Jerry
- 2023: Magnum PI as Gus Urima
Shorts
- 1972: Bedtime Story as Husband
- 2010: Gamechangers Ep 3 A Legend In The Booth as Murph
- 2011: Lily Look Here as Mr. McCalister
- 2020: Growth as Doctor
Producer
- 2004: In Good Company
