Alan Rachins was an American actor. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 3, 1942. Rachins is known for his role as Douglas Brackman in L.A. Law which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and his portrayal of Larry (Dharma's hippie father) on the television series Dharma & Greg. Rachins died from heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, on November 2, 2024, at the age of 82.
Known For
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Cast Credits
Young Sheldon (2017)
Guest starring as Vern
- Episode 4x13: The Geezer Bus and a New Model for Education (Apr 8, 2021)
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Guest starring as Stanley
(5 episodes)
- Episode 4x06: Somebody's Watching Me (Jul 30, 2013)
- Episode 3x11: Class Action Satisfaction (Nov 27, 2012)
- Episode 3x04: Welcome to the Dollhouse (Jun 26, 2012)
- Episode 2x11: Can I Get a Witness? (Nov 28, 2011)
- Episode 2x03: Sailor Man (Jul 25, 2011)
The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008)
Starring as Norman Osborn
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Final Curtain (Nov 18, 2009)
- Episode 2x01: Blueprints (Jun 22, 2009)
Guest starring as Norman Osborn
(13 episodes)
- Episode 2x12: Opening Night (Nov 18, 2009)
- Episode 2x11: Subtext (Nov 4, 2009)
- Episode 2x09: Probable Cause (Oct 14, 2009)
- Episode 2x08: Accomplices (Oct 7, 2009)
- Episode 2x07: Identity Crisis (Jul 27, 2009)
- Episode 2x04: Shear Strength (Jul 6, 2009)
- Episode 1x10: Persona (May 17, 2008)
- Episode 1x09: The Uncertainty Principle (May 10, 2008)
- Episode 1x08: Reaction (May 3, 2008)
- Episode 1x06: The Invisible Hand (Apr 12, 2008)
- Episode 1x05: Competition (Mar 29, 2008)
- Episode 1x04: Market Forces (Mar 22, 2008)
- Episode 1x01: Survival of the Fittest (Mar 8, 2008)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Grandpa Stein
- Episode 6x03: Bite Me (Oct 6, 2005)
The Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998)
Guest starring as Barry
- Episode 2x05: All That Glitters (Nov 6, 1998)
Dharma & Greg (1997)
Starring as Myron Lawrence "Larry" Finkelstein
(50 episodes)
- Episode 4x01: Mother and Daughter Reunion (Oct 10, 2000)
- Episode 3x24: Be My Baby (May 16, 2000)
- Episode 3x23: Hell to the Chief (May 9, 2000)
- Episode 3x22: Your Place or Mine (May 2, 2000)
- Episode 3x21: Big Daddy (Apr 11, 2000)
- Episode 3x20: Talkin' About My Regeneration (Mar 28, 2000)
- Episode 3x18: A Night to Remember (Feb 29, 2000)
- Episode 3x17: The Spy Who Said He Loved Me (Feb 22, 2000)
- Episode 3x16: Weekend at Larry's (Feb 15, 2000)
- Episode 3x15: The Trouble with Troubadour (Feb 8, 2000)
- Episode 3x14: Good Cop, Bad Daughter (Jan 25, 2000)
- Episode 3x11: Lawyers, Beer and Money (Nov 30, 1999)
- Episode 3x10: Thanksgiving Until It Hurts (Nov 23, 1999)
- Episode 3x09: Law and Disorder (Nov 16, 1999)
- Episode 3x08: Tie-Dying the Knot (Nov 9, 1999)
- Episode 3x07: Fairway to Heaven (Nov 2, 1999)
- Episode 3x06: The Very Grateful Dead (Oct 26, 1999)
- Episode 3x04: Play Lady Play (Oct 12, 1999)
- Episode 3x03: Dharma's Inferno (Oct 5, 1999)
- Episode 3x02: Welcome to Hotel Calamari (Sep 28, 1999)
- Episode 3x01: One Flew Over the Lawyer's Desk (Sep 21, 1999)
- Episode 2x24: The Dating Game (May 26, 1999)
- Episode 2x23: A Girl Can Dream, Can't She? (May 19, 1999)
- Episode 2x22: Bed, Bath and Beyond (May 12, 1999)
- Episode 2x21: It Never Happened One Night (May 5, 1999)
- Episode 2x20: Dharma Drags Edward Out of Retirement (Mar 31, 1999)
- Episode 2x19: Everybody Must Get Stones (Mar 3, 1999)
- Episode 2x18: See Dharma Run Amok (Feb 24, 1999)
- Episode 2x17: Run, Dharma, Run (Feb 17, 1999)
- Episode 2x16: See Dharma Run (Feb 10, 1999)
- Episode 2x15: Dharma and the Horse She Rode in On (Feb 3, 1999)
- Episode 2x14: Dharma and Greg on a Hot Tin Roof (Jan 20, 1999)
- Episode 2x13: Death and Violins (Jan 6, 1999)
- Episode 2x12: Are You Ready for Some Football? (Dec 16, 1998)
- Episode 2x11: The House That Dharma Built (Dec 9, 1998)
- Episode 2x10: Yes, We Have No Bananas (or Anything Else for That Matter) (Nov 25, 1998)
- Episode 2x09: Brought to You in DharmaVision (Nov 18, 1998)
- Episode 2x08: Like, Dharma's Totally Got a Date (Nov 11, 1998)
- Episode 2x07: Valet Girl (Nov 4, 1998)
- Episode 2x06: A Closet Full of Hell (Oct 28, 1998)
- Episode 1x20: The Cat's Out of the Bag (Apr 1, 1998)
- Episode 1x12: Haus Arrest (Dec 17, 1997)
- Episode 1x11: Instant Dharma (Dec 10, 1997)
- Episode 1x07: Indian Summer (Nov 5, 1997)
- Episode 1x06: Yoga and Boo, Boo (Oct 29, 1997)
- Episode 1x05: The Ex-Files (Oct 22, 1997)
- Episode 1x04: And Then There's the Wedding (Oct 15, 1997)
- Episode 1x03: Shower the People You Love with Love (Oct 8, 1997)
- Episode 1x02: And the In-Laws Meet (Oct 1, 1997)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 24, 1997)
Stargate SG-1 (1997)
Guest starring as Col. Martin Kennedy
- Episode 1x02: The Enemy Within (Aug 1, 1997)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Guest starring as The Clock King
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x05: Time Out of Joint (Oct 8, 1994)
- Episode 1x14: The Clock King (Sep 21, 1992)
L.A. Law (1986)
Starring as Douglas Brackman Jr.
(172 episodes)
- Episode S08 Special: L.A. Law: The Movie (May 12, 2002)
- Episode 8x22: Finish Line (May 19, 1994)
- Episode 8x21: Whistle Stop (May 12, 1994)
- Episode 8x20: How Am I Driving? (May 5, 1994)
- Episode 8x19: Tunnel of Love (Apr 28, 1994)
- Episode 8x18: Dead Issue (Apr 21, 1994)
- Episode 8x17: Silence Is Golden (Apr 14, 1994)
- Episode 8x16: Whose San Andreas Fault Is It, Anyway? (Mar 24, 1994)
- Episode 8x15: Three on a Patch (Mar 17, 1994)
- Episode 8x14: God Is My Co-Counsel (Mar 10, 1994)
- Episode 8x13: Age of Insolence (Feb 24, 1994)
- Episode 8x12: Cold Cuts (Feb 17, 1994)
- Episode 8x11: McKenzie, Brackman, Barnum & Bailey (Feb 10, 1994)
- Episode 8x10: He Ain't Guilty, He's My Brother (Feb 3, 1994)
- Episode 8x09: Rhyme and Punishment (Dec 16, 1993)
- Episode 8x08: Eli's Gumming (Dec 9, 1993)
- Episode 8x07: Pacific Rimshot (Nov 18, 1993)
- Episode 8x06: Safe Sex (Nov 11, 1993)
- Episode 8x05: The Green, Green Grass of Home (Nov 4, 1993)
- Episode 8x04: Foreign Co-Respondent (Oct 28, 1993)
- Episode 8x03: How Much Is That Bentley in the Window? (Oct 21, 1993)
- Episode 8x02: Leap of Faith (Oct 14, 1993)
- Episode 8x01: Book of Renovation, Chapter 1 (Oct 7, 1993)
- Episode 7x22: Hackett or Pack It (May 27, 1993)
- Episode 7x21: Bourbon Cowboy (May 13, 1993)
- Episode 7x20: Testing, Testing, 1...2...3...4 (May 6, 1993)
- Episode 7x19: Vindaloo in the Villows (Apr 29, 1993)
- Episode 7x18: Come Rain or Come Schein (Apr 22, 1993)
- Episode 7x17: That's Why the Lady Is a Stamp (Apr 15, 1993)
- Episode 7x16: Cold Shower (Apr 8, 1993)
- Episode 7x15: F.O.B. (Apr 1, 1993)
- Episode 7x14: Where There's a Will (Feb 25, 1993)
- Episode 7x13: Hello and Goodbye (Feb 18, 1993)
- Episode 7x12: Parent Trap (Feb 11, 1993)
- Episode 7x11: Bare Witness (Feb 4, 1993)
- Episode 7x10: Spanky and the Art Gang (Jan 14, 1993)
- Episode 7x09: Odor in the Court (Jan 7, 1993)
- Episode 7x08: Christmas Stalking (Dec 17, 1992)
- Episode 7x07: Helter Shelter (Dec 10, 1992)
- Episode 7x06: Love on the Rox (Dec 3, 1992)
- Episode 7x05: My Friend Flicker (Nov 19, 1992)
- Episode 7x04: Wine Knot (Nov 12, 1992)
- Episode 7x03: Zo Long (Nov 5, 1992)
- Episode 7x02: Second Time Around (Oct 29, 1992)
- Episode 7x01: L.A. Lawless (Oct 22, 1992)
- Episode 6x22: Say Goodnight, Gracie (May 21, 1992)
- Episode 6x21: Double Breasted Suit (May 14, 1992)
- Episode 6x20: Beauty and the Breast (May 7, 1992)
- Episode 6x19: Silence of the Lambskins (Apr 30, 1992)
- Episode 6x18: Love in Bloom (Apr 23, 1992)
- Episode 6x17: P.S. Your Shrink Is Dead (Apr 16, 1992)
- Episode 6x16: From Here to Paternity (Mar 26, 1992)
- Episode 6x15: Great Balls Afire (Mar 19, 1992)
- Episode 6x14: Diet, Diet, My Darling (Feb 27, 1992)
- Episode 6x13: Steal It Again, Sam (Feb 20, 1992)
- Episode 6x12: I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz (Feb 13, 1992)
- Episode 6x11: All About Sleaze (Jan 30, 1992)
- Episode 6x10: Back to the Suture (Jan 16, 1992)
- Episode 6x09: Guess Who's Coming to Murder? (Jan 9, 1992)
- Episode 6x08: The Nut Before Christmas (Dec 19, 1991)
- Episode 6x07: Lose the Boss (Dec 12, 1991)
- Episode 6x06: Badfellas (Nov 21, 1991)
- Episode 6x05: Monkey on My Back Lot (Nov 14, 1991)
- Episode 6x04: Spleen It to Me, Lucy (Nov 7, 1991)
- Episode 6x03: Do the Spike Thing (Oct 31, 1991)
- Episode 6x02: TV or Not TV (Oct 17, 1991)
- Episode 6x01: Something Old, Something Nude (Oct 10, 1991)
- Episode 5x22: Since I Fell for You (May 16, 1991)
- Episode 5x21: On the Toad Again (May 9, 1991)
- Episode 5x20: There Goes the Judge (May 2, 1991)
- Episode 5x19: Speak, Lawyers, for Me (Apr 25, 1991)
- Episode 5x18: As God Is My Co-Defendant (Apr 4, 1991)
- Episode 5x17: Mutinies on the Banzai (Mar 28, 1991)
- Episode 5x16: Good to the Last Drop (Mar 21, 1991)
- Episode 5x15: The Beverly Hills Hangers (Mar 14, 1991)
- Episode 5x14: The Gods Must Be Lawyers (Feb 21, 1991)
- Episode 5x13: Dances with Sharks (Feb 14, 1991)
- Episode 5x12: He's a Crowd (Feb 7, 1991)
- Episode 5x11: Rest in Pieces (Jan 31, 1991)
- Episode 5x10: Pump It Up (Jan 10, 1991)
- Episode 5x09: Splatoon (Jan 3, 1991)
- Episode 5x08: God Rest Ye Little Gentleman (Dec 13, 1990)
- Episode 5x07: New Kidney on the Block (Dec 6, 1990)
- Episode 5x06: Vowel Play (Nov 29, 1990)
- Episode 5x05: Smoke Gets in Your Thighs (Nov 15, 1990)
- Episode 5x04: Armand's Hammer (Nov 8, 1990)
- Episode 5x03: Lie Harder (Nov 1, 1990)
- Episode 5x02: Happy Trails (Oct 25, 1990)
- Episode 5x01: The Bitch Is Back (Oct 18, 1990)
- Episode 4x22: The Last Gasp (May 17, 1990)
- Episode 4x21: Outward Bound (May 10, 1990)
- Episode 4x20: Forgive Me Father, for I Have Sued (May 3, 1990)
- Episode 4x19: Bang... Zoom... Zap (Apr 26, 1990)
- Episode 4x18: Watts a Matter? (Apr 5, 1990)
- Episode 4x17: Justice Swerved (Mar 29, 1990)
- Episode 4x16: Bounds for Glory (Mar 22, 1990)
- Episode 4x15: Blood, Sweat and Fears (Mar 15, 1990)
- Episode 4x14: Ex-Wives and Videotapes (Feb 22, 1990)
- Episode 4x13: Whatever Happened to Hannah? (Feb 15, 1990)
- Episode 4x12: On Your Honor (Feb 8, 1990)
- Episode 4x11: True Brit (Jan 25, 1990)
- Episode 4x10: The Pay's Lousy, But the Tips Are Great (Jan 18, 1990)
- Episode 4x09: Noah's Bark (Jan 11, 1990)
- Episode 4x08: The Good Human Bar (Jan 4, 1990)
- Episode 4x07: Placenta Claus Is Coming to Town (Dec 14, 1989)
- Episode 4x06: Lie Down and Deliver (Dec 7, 1989)
- Episode 4x05: One Rat, One Ranger (Nov 30, 1989)
- Episode 4x04: The Mouse That Soared (Nov 23, 1989)
- Episode 4x03: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Nov 16, 1989)
- Episode 4x02: Captain Hurt (Nov 9, 1989)
- Episode 4x01: The Unsterile Cuckoo (Nov 2, 1989)
- Episode 3x19: Consumed Innocent (May 18, 1989)
- Episode 3x18: Urine Trouble Now (May 11, 1989)
- Episode 3x17: America the Beautiful (May 4, 1989)
- Episode 3x16: His Suit Is Hirsute (Apr 27, 1989)
- Episode 3x15: The Unbearable Lightness of Boring (Apr 6, 1989)
- Episode 3x14: Leave It to Geezer (Mar 30, 1989)
- Episode 3x13: Barstow Bound (Mar 23, 1989)
- Episode 3x12: The Accidental Jurist (Feb 23, 1989)
- Episode 3x11: Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not? (Feb 16, 1989)
- Episode 3x10: The Plane Mutiny (Feb 9, 1989)
- Episode 3x09: Victor/Victorious (Jan 19, 1989)
- Episode 3x08: I'm in the Nude for Love (Jan 12, 1989)
- Episode 3x07: To Live and Diet in L.A. (Jan 5, 1989)
- Episode 3x06: Dummy Dearest (Dec 15, 1988)
- Episode 3x05: Princess and the Pee (Dec 8, 1988)
- Episode 3x04: Sperminator (Dec 1, 1988)
- Episode 3x03: Romancing the Drone (Nov 17, 1988)
- Episode 3x02: The Son Also Rises (Nov 10, 1988)
- Episode 3x01: Hey, Lick Me Over (Nov 3, 1988)
- Episode 2x20: Chariots of Meyer (May 5, 1988)
- Episode 2x19: Leapin' Lizards! (Apr 28, 1988)
- Episode 2x18: Open Heart Perjury (Apr 21, 1988)
- Episode 2x17: Belle of the Bald (Apr 14, 1988)
- Episode 2x16: Fetus Completus (Mar 3, 1988)
- Episode 2x15: The Bald Ones (Feb 25, 1988)
- Episode 2x14: Petticoat Injunction (Feb 18, 1988)
- Episode 2x13: Beauty and Obese (Feb 11, 1988)
- Episode 2x12: Hand Roll Express (Jan 21, 1988)
- Episode 2x11: Gorilla My Dreams (Jan 14, 1988)
- Episode 2x10: Full Marital Jacket (Jan 7, 1988)
- Episode 2x09: Divorce with Extreme Prejudice (Dec 17, 1987)
- Episode 2x08: Goldilocks and the Three Barristers (Dec 10, 1987)
- Episode 2x07: Rohner vs. Gradinger (Dec 3, 1987)
- Episode 2x06: Auld L'Anxiety (Nov 19, 1987)
- Episode 2x05: The Brothers Grimm (Nov 12, 1987)
- Episode 2x04: Brackman Vasektimized (Nov 5, 1987)
- Episode 2x03: Cannon of Ethics (Oct 29, 1987)
- Episode 2x02: The Wizard of Odds (Oct 22, 1987)
- Episode 2x01: The Lung Goodbye (Oct 15, 1987)
- Episode 1x22: Pigmalion (Apr 9, 1987)
- Episode 1x21: Oy Vey! Wilderness! (Apr 2, 1987)
- Episode 1x20: Sparky Brackman RIP ?-1987 (Mar 26, 1987)
- Episode 1x19: The Grace of Wrath (Feb 26, 1987)
- Episode 1x18: Fifty Ways to Floss Your Lover (Feb 19, 1987)
- Episode 1x17: Becker on the Rox (Feb 12, 1987)
- Episode 1x16: Beef Jerky (Feb 5, 1987)
- Episode 1x15: December Bribe (Jan 22, 1987)
- Episode 1x14: The Douglas Fur Ball (Jan 15, 1987)
- Episode 1x13: Prince Kuzak in a Can (Jan 8, 1987)
- Episode 1x12: Sidney, the Dead-Nosed Reindeer (Dec 18, 1986)
- Episode 1x11: El Sid (Dec 11, 1986)
- Episode 1x10: Fry Me to the Moon (Dec 4, 1986)
- Episode 1x09: The Venus Butterfly (Nov 21, 1986)
- Episode 1x08: Gibbon Take (Nov 14, 1986)
- Episode 1x07: Raiders of the Lost Bark (Nov 7, 1986)
- Episode 1x06: Slum Enchanted Evening (Oct 31, 1986)
- Episode 1x05: Simian Chanted Evening (Oct 24, 1986)
- Episode 1x04: The Princess and the Wiener King (Oct 17, 1986)
- Episode 1x03: The House of the Rising Flan (Oct 10, 1986)
- Episode 1x02: Those Lips, That Eye (Oct 3, 1986)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 15, 1986)
Guest starring as Alan Rachins
- Episode S05 Special: L.A. Law: 100th Episode Celebration (Feb 6, 1991)
The Golden Girls (1985)
Guest starring as Jason Stillman
- Episode 6x20: Even Grandmas Get the Blues (Mar 2, 1991)
Barnaby Jones (1973)
Guest starring as Headwaiter
- Episode 7x21: A Short Happy Life (Mar 1, 1979) [Co-Star]
General Hospital (1963)
Guest starring as Judge Horowitz
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2018-06-11: Ep. #14075 (Jun 11, 2018) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2018-06-08: Ep. #14074 (Jun 8, 2018) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2018-06-07: Ep. #14073 (Jun 7, 2018) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2018-05-29: Ep. #14066 (May 29, 2018) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2016-03-21: Ep. #13518 (Mar 21, 2016) [Uncredited]