Lawrence Dane

{{Infobox person

| name = Lawrence Dane

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Lawrence Joseph ZahabRon Base, [https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1976/10/4/the-face-is-familiar-but-you-cant-place-the-name-its-dane-larry-dane "The face is familiar but you can’t place the name? It’s Dane, Larry Dane"]. Maclean's, October 4, 1976.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|4|3}}

| birth_place = Masson-Angers, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|21|1937|4|3}}

| death_place = Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

| other_names = Larry Zahab

| occupation = Actor, film producer

| years_active = 1958–2017

| spouse = Mary Laurel MacIntosh

}}

Lawrence Joseph Zahab (April 3, 1937 – March 21, 2022), known professionally as Lawrence Dane, was a Canadian actor and film producer, best known for his role as Lt. Preston in Bride of Chucky.

Life and career

Born in Masson, Quebec, Dane was raised in Ottawa, and was from a Lebanese family.{{cite web|title=Lawrence Dane, 'Bride of Chucky' P.I., Dies at 84|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/lawrence-dane-dead-character-actor-bride-chucky-1235116957/|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 22, 2022}} He attended Ottawa Tech and LaSalle Academy.{{cite magazine |date=June 2022 |title=Lawrence Dane, 84 |magazine=Classic Images |pages=41–42}}

He began acting at the stage as an old policeman in the play Our Town at Ottawa's Fisher Park Community Centre under Lynne Gorman's direction in 1958.Ronald Grantham, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98217531/ "Ottawa Star in RCMP Show Finds Acting 'A Rat Race'"]. Ottawa Citizen, January 25, 1960. His screen career began when he met film maker F. R. Crawley in the same year. Crawley gave him a job as an extra and stand-in for John Perkins as Constable Frank Scott in the TV series R.C.M.P.. In addition to acting, he cowrote and directed the film drama Heavenly Bodies (1984). His producing credits include The Rowdyman, written by and starring Gordon Pinsent, and the slasher film Rituals.

He was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980 for the film Running,Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980. and an Earle Grey Award nominee at the 10th ACTRA Awards in 1981 for the television film A Question of the Sixth."Nominees announced for ACTRAs". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 1981.

Personal life

He married Mary Laurel MacIntosh in 1995, who survived him.

Death

Dane died from pancreatic cancer at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on March 21, 2022.David Friend, [https://www.pentictonherald.ca/entertainment/national_entertainment/article_de3b891f-a1e0-5319-b8db-ae064922a25d.html "'Scanners' and 'Bride of Chucky' actor Lawrence Dane dies at 84"]. Penticton Herald, March 22, 2022.Victoria Ahearn, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/03/22/canadian-actor-producer-lawrence-zahab-dane-has-died-at-age-84/ "Canadian actor-producer Lawrence (Zahab) Dane has died at age 84"]. Playback, March 22, 2022.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ {{Screen reader-only\| Lawrence Dane film credits}}
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1963 \| Stand By For Life \| Doctor \| Short
1974 \| Only God Knows \| Vincenzo \| Producer
rowspan="2"\| 1975 \| data-sort-value="Heatwave Lasted Four Days, The" \| The Heatwave Lasted Four Days \| Jerry Cuozzo \|
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time \| Broom \|
rowspan="2"\| 1976 \| data-sort-value="Clown Murders, The" \| The Clown Murders \| Philip \|
Find the Lady \| Broom \|
1977 \| Rituals \| Mitzi \| Producer
rowspan="2"\| 1979 \| Running \| Coach Walker \|
Bear Island \| Paul Hartman \|
rowspan="2"\| 1980 \| Nothing Personal \| Ralston \|
Head On \| Frank Keys \|
rowspan="2"\| 1981 \| Scanners \| Braedon Keller \|
Happy Birthday to Me \| Hal Wainwright \|
1982 \| Love \| Mr. Wiseman (Segment: Julia) \|
1983 \| Of Unknown Origin \| Eliot Riverton \|
1987 \| Rolling Vengeance \| Big Joe Rosso \|
1989 \| Millennium \| Vern Rockwell \|
1992 \| Twin Sisters \| Boone \| Video
rowspan="3"\| 1995 \| Darkman II: The Return of Durant \| Dr. Alfred Hathaway \| Video
National Lampoon's Senior Trip \| Senator John Lerman \|
It Takes Two \| Mr. Kensington \|
1998 \| Bride of Chucky \| Lt. Preston \|
2000 \| Waking the Dead \| Governor Kinosis \|
2001 \| Fall: The Price of Silence \| Joseph King \|
2002 \| Duct Tape Forever \| Prosecutor \|
2005 \| King's Ransom \| Officer Holland \|
2007 \| Still Small Voices \| Henry Waiverly \|
2008 \| Behind the Wall \| Father Hendry \|
2010 \| Sofia \| Professor Campbell \| Short
2017 \| Undercover Grandpa \| Wolf \|

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{Screen reader-only| Lawrence Dane film credits}}

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1963

| Stand By For Life

| Doctor

| Short

1974

| Only God Knows

| Vincenzo

| Producer

rowspan="2"| 1975

| data-sort-value="Heatwave Lasted Four Days, The" | The Heatwave Lasted Four Days

| Jerry Cuozzo

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

| Broom

rowspan="2"| 1976

| data-sort-value="Clown Murders, The" | The Clown Murders

| Philip

Find the Lady

| Broom

1977

| Rituals

| Mitzi

| Producer

rowspan="2"| 1979

| Running

| Coach Walker

Bear Island

| Paul Hartman

rowspan="2"| 1980

| Nothing Personal

| Ralston

Head On

| Frank Keys

rowspan="2"| 1981

| Scanners

| Braedon Keller

Happy Birthday to Me

| Hal Wainwright

1982

| Love

| Mr. Wiseman (Segment: Julia)

1983

| Of Unknown Origin

| Eliot Riverton

1987

| Rolling Vengeance

| Big Joe Rosso

1989

| Millennium

| Vern Rockwell

1992

| Twin Sisters

| Boone

| Video

rowspan="3"| 1995

| Darkman II: The Return of Durant

| Dr. Alfred Hathaway

| Video

National Lampoon's Senior Trip

| Senator John Lerman

It Takes Two

| Mr. Kensington

1998

| Bride of Chucky

| Lt. Preston

2000

| Waking the Dead

| Governor Kinosis

2001

| Fall: The Price of Silence

| Joseph King

2002

| Duct Tape Forever

| Prosecutor

2005

| King's Ransom

| Officer Holland

2007

| Still Small Voices

| Henry Waiverly

2008

| Behind the Wall

| Father Hendry

2010

| Sofia

| Professor Campbell

| Short

2017

| Undercover Grandpa

| Wolf

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{Screen reader-only| Lawrence Dane television credits}}

!Year

!Title

!Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1959

| data-sort-value="Unforeseen, The" | The Unforeseen

| Granz

| 1 Episode: The Freedom Fighters

rowspan="3"| 1960

| Shadow of a Pale Horse

| Jem

| TV movie

R.C.M.P.

| James Morton / Harry Benson / Johnny Wolf

| 4 episodes: Three Big Men, Johnny Wolf, Tourist Bait, The Extortionist

Point of Departure

| Mathias

| TV movie

1960–1961

| Encounter

| Phil

| 2 episodes: Rehearsal for Invasion, Riel: Part 1

1960-62

| Festival

| Maupa

| 3 episodes: Julius Caesar, The Queen and the Rebels, The Day of the Dodo{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/N034826/N034826/page/n9/mode/2up?q=%22larry+zahab%22 | title=C.B.C. Times - Vol 15 - No 2 - 6-12 Jan 1962 | date=1962 | publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. }}

rowspan="2"| 1961

| Macbeth

| Seyton

| TV movie

First Person

| 1 Episode: Wise Guy

rowspan="2"| 1961–1962

| Playdate

| Gerry Roach / Charlie

| 3 episodes: Stop the World and Let Me Off, One Man to Beat, You Can't Win 'Em All{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/N034848/N034848/page/24/mode/2up?q=%22larry+zahab%22 | title=C.B.C. Times - Vol 16 - No 2 - 5-11 Jan 1963 | date=1963 | publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. }}

Wayne and Shuster

| 3 episodes: The Mona Lisa Mystery, Bandana, The Touchables

1962

| On the Road

| 1 Episode

rowspan="2"| 1963

| ITV Play of the Week

| John James Davis

| 1 Episode: The Fixers

Wayne and Shuster

| El Rojo

| 1 Episode: Theresa

rowspan="4"| 1964

| Espionage

| Guard

| 1 Episode: The Liberators

data-sort-value="Detective, The" | The Detective

| Jeff Pastor

| 1 Episode: The Night of the Horns

data-sort-value="Sullavan Brothers, The" | The Sullavan Brothers

| Capt. Hersch

| 1 Episode: One for the Day of Judgement

data-sort-value="Strangers in Ste. Angele" | Strangers in Ste. Angele

| Sgt. Bellemare

| 1 episode{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/N034858/N034858/page/n23/mode/2up?q=%22larry+zahab%22 | title=C.B.C. Times - Vol 16 - No 18 - 27 Apr - 3 May 1963 | date=1963 | publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. }}

rowspan="2"| 1965

| data-sort-value="Forest Rangers, The" | The Forest Rangers

| John Mandamin / Indian

| 2 episodes: Santa Macleod, The Choice

data-sort-value="Mask of Janus, The" | The Mask of Janus

| Bob Miller

| 2 episodes: The Cold Equation, The Arranger

1966

| This Man Craig

| Bardossy

| 1 Episode: Three's Company

rowspan="3"| 1967

| Jericho

| Colonel Baumer

| 1 Episode: The Loot of All Evil

I Spy

| Boris

| 1 Episode: Blackout

data-sort-value="Invaders, The" | The Invaders

| Josef Dansk

| 1 Episode: The Captive

1967–1969

| Felony Squad

| Jack Heath / Protector (Garth) / Metz

| 3 episodes: Let Him Die!, The Pat Hand of Death, The Last Man in the World

1967–1971

| Mission: Impossible

| Martin Stoner / Commandante Juan Acero / Dr. Anton Yubov

| 3 episodes: The Survivors, Commandante, Encounter

1968

| It Takes a Thief

| Capt. Van Zandt

| 1 Episode: A Matter of Royal Larceny

1968–1969

| data-sort-value="Virginian, The" | The Virginian

| Jacques / Tasker

| 3 episodes: The Decision, The Wind of Outrage, Journey to Scathelock

1968–1973

| data-sort-value="F.B.I., The" | The F.B.I.

| Lorne Joseph Staley / Frank Sawyer / Julian Young

| 3 episodes: Wind It Up and It Betrays You, The Inside Man, Memory of a Legend

rowspan="2"| 1969

| Bonanza

| Paul Rodgers

| 1 Episode: Sweet Annie Laurie

Lancer

| Dave Macall

| 1 Episode: The Wedding

rowspan="3"| 1970

| House on Greenapple Road

| Reverend Ryan Hagen

| TV movie

data-sort-value="Young Rebels, The" | The Young Rebels

| 1 Episode: Father and I Went Down to Camp

data-sort-value="Mod Squad, The" | The Mod Squad

| John Mackey / Major Sarif

| 2 episodes: The Exile, Just Ring the Bell Once

1976

| Our Man Flint: Dead on Target

| TV movie

1978

| Hedda Gabler

| Judge Brack

| TV movie

1980

| data-sort-value="Question of the Sixth, A" | A Question of the Sixth

| Garnet Burton

| TV movie

rowspan="2"| 1982

| Little Gloria... Happy at Last

| 1 Episode: Part 1

Shocktrauma

| Dr. Jordan Tracy

| TV movie

rowspan="2"| 1983

| data-sort-value="Littlest Hobo, The" | The Littlest Hobo

| Alistair McLeod

| 1 Episode: Lumberjacks

data-sort-value="Case of Libel, A" | A Case of Libel

| Coles

| TV movie

rowspan="3"| 1985

| In Like Flynn

| Gavin

| TV movie

data-sort-value="Park Is Mine, The" | The Park Is Mine

| Commissioner Keller

| TV movie

data-sort-value="Hitchhiker, The" | The Hitchhiker

| Surgeon / Cop

| 1 Episode: Out of the Night

1986–1988

| Danger Bay

| Montgomery Dunn

| 2 episodes: Poison Bay, To Glimpse a Unicorn

rowspan="2"| 1987

| Seeing Things

| Jonathan

| 1 Episode: Eye of the Beholder

Airwolf

| Commander Kirov

| 2 episodes: Stavograd: Part 1 & 2

1987–1988

| Alfred Hitchcock Presents

| Joe Metcalf / Mr. Adams

| 2 episodes: If the Shoe Fits, Prosecutor

rowspan="3"| 1988

| data-sort-value="Equalizer, The" | The Equalizer

| Arthur Trent

| 1 Episode: "The Mystery of Manon" (Part 2)

Memories of Manon

| Arthur Trent

| TV movie

data-sort-value="Christmas Wife, The" | The Christmas Wife

| Michael Rosten

| TV movie
Uncredited

rowspan="4"| 1989

| E.N.G.

| Mayor Dane

| 3 episodes: Dirty Trick, E.N.G. Pilot: Part 1 & 2

Day One

| TV movie

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

| General Dzerinsky

| TV movie

In Opposition

| Joe Reynolds

| 1 Episode

rowspan="4"| 1990

| Counterstrike

| Inspector Dantley

| Episode: "Dealbreaker"

Top Cops

| Paul LeBeouf

| 1 Episode: Paul LeBoeuf/Johnny Kai

data-sort-value="Last Best Year, The" | The Last Best Year

| John Dennis

| TV movie

Star Runner

| Fenton

| TV movie

1990–1992

| Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop

| Nelson Beck

| 3 episodes: Endangered Species, Counterfeit Love, Trapped

1991–1992

| Street Legal

| Judge Appleby

| 7 episodes

rowspan="6"| 1992

| Devlin

| Art Wolfe

| TV movie

Secret Service

| Nooch

| 1 Episode: Curiosity Killed the Cat/Murder, He Broke

Tropical Heat

| Plentera

| 1 Episode: White Hot

Scales of Justice

| Justice Toy

| 1 Episode: Regina vs. Pappajohn

data-sort-value="Good Fight, The" | The Good Fight

| Tom Rothermill

| TV movie

Amy Fisher: My Story

| Elliot Fisher

| TV movie

1993

| African Skies

| Tom Dutton

| 1 Episode: The Hunted

1993–1994

| data-sort-value="Red Green Show, The" | The Red Green Show

| Reg Hunter

| 5 episodes

1994

| Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

| Sibert

| 1 Episode: Out of the Woods

rowspan="4"| 1995

| Vanished

| Judge Morrison

| TV movie

Black Fox

| Colonel McKensie

| TV movie

Black Fox: Good Men and Bad

| Colonel McKensie

| TV movie

Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story

| Emmertz Canterbury

| TV movie

1994–1996

| Side Effects

| Tom Stockton

| 15 episodes

rowspan="3"| 1996

| Double Jeopardy

| Judge Thornim

| TV movie

data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits

| General Covington

| 1 Episode: Trial by Fire

Mr. and Mrs. Loving

| Sheriff

| TV movie

1996–1997

| Poltergeist: The Legacy

| Ned Gregson / Sir Edmund Tremain

| 2 episodes: A Traitor Among Us, Silent Partner

1997

| On the Second Day of Christmas

| Mr. Limber

| TV movie

rowspan="5"| 1998

| Moonlight Becomes You

| Malcolm Moore

| TV movie

Mr. Headmistress

| Rawlings

| TV movie

Escape: Human Cargo

| Pinder

| TV movie

data-sort-value="Long Island Incident, The" | The Long Island Incident

| Tommy

| TV movie

Highlander: The Raven

| Charlie Johnson Sr.

| 1 Episode: So Shall You Reap

rowspan="3"| 1999

| Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke

| John Radford

| TV movie

Lethal Vows

| Detective Rick Mauser

| TV movie

Thrill Seekers

| FBI Agent Baker

| TV movie

rowspan="4"| 2000

| data-sort-value="Hunger, The" | The Hunger

| Barry Seecam

| 1 Episode: I'm Very Dangerous Tonight

Rated X

| Robert De Salvo

| TV movie

La Femme Nikita

| Maurice Grenet

| 2 episodes: Face in the Mirror, Up the Rabbit Hole

data-sort-value="Last Debate, The" | The Last Debate

| Sidney Robert Mulvane

| TV movie

rowspan="5"| 2001

| Stargate SG-1

| Major General Bauer

| 1 Episode: Chain Reaction

Fall: The Price of Silence

| Joseph King

| TV movie

Queer as Folk

| Jack Kinney

| 3 episodes: Babylon Boomerang, A Change of Heart, Surprise Kill

MythQuest

| King Minos

| 1 Episode: The Minotaur

Doc

| 1 Episode: Gypsies, Janitors and Thieves

rowspan="3"| 2002

| Guilty Hearts

| Les Moran

| TV movie

Crossing the Line

| Coach Tom Holliday

| TV movies

Breaking News

| Donald Simms

| 1 Episode: Wall-To-Wall Plane Crash

2003

| Phenomenon II

| Rawlings

| TV movie

2005

| Puppets Who Kill

| The Colonel

| 1 Episode: Buttons on a Hot Tin Roof

rowspan="3"| 2006

| data-sort-value="Perfect Marriage, The" | The Perfect Marriage

| Donald Danforth

| TV movie

Angela's Eyes

| August Lambert

| 1 Episode: Open Your Eyes

Absolution

| Bishop Edward Werther

| TV movie

2008

| data-sort-value="Perfect Marriage, The" | The Perfect Marriage

| Wade, Nugget's Dad

| 1 Episode: Pill for Men

2009

| Everything She Ever Wanted

| George Allanson

| Mini-Series

2010

| You Lucky Dog

| Clay Rayborn

| TV movie

2011

| Flashpoint

| Arthur Bell

| 1 Episode: The War Within

2013

| data-sort-value="Very Merry Mix-Up, A" | A Very Merry Mix-Up

| Charles

| TV movie

Stage

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ {{Screen reader-only| Lawrence Dane stage credits}}

!Year

!Title

!Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1959

| Dark of the Moon

| Mr. Allen

| run started on 12 January at Ottawa Little Theatre{{cite web | url=http://www.ottawalittletheatre.com/ProductionHistory/VolunteerProduction.php?persid=5734 | title=Ottawa Little Theatre - Past Productions }}

rowspan="3"| 1962

| Macbeth

| Angus

| 18 June – 29 September at Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario

The Tempest

| various roles

| 18 June – 29 September at Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario

Cyrano de Bergerac

| 18 June – 29 September at Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario