- Along with Andrew Robinson, he is one of only two "Star Trek" non-regulars to both direct and appear in an episode of "Star Trek: the original Star Trek (1966) episode Charlie X (1966) and the Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987) episode The Mind's Eye (1991), respectively.
- Dobkin, on an uncredited basis, narrated the hit television series Naked City (1958) for three seasons. Producer Herbert B. Leonard was the narrator for season 1. Both Dobkin and Leonard speak one of the most memorable tag lines in the history of television: "There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them".
- Was the original narrator of- and also provided the voice of Benjamin Franklin for- Walt Disney World's "Hall of Presidents" when the attraction opened in 1971.
- He appeared in about 100 radio dramas.
- Attended Yale Drama School where he was roommates with fellow future director Richard Fleischer.
- He had one daughter from his first marriage, Debra Dobkin, and three children--twin daughters, Kaela Dobkin and Kristy Dobkin, and a stepson, Laird-- from his third marriage to Anne Collings. Kaela became an actress and Kristy a writer.
- Father-in-law of Austin Smithard.
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