Laurence Luckinbill

Laurence Luckinbill was born on November 21, 1934 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA as Laurence George Luckinbill. He is an actor and writer, known for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Cocktail (1988) and Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993). He has been married to Lucie Arnaz since June 22, 1980. They have three children. He was previously married to Robin Strasser.

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Cocktail

Intent on becoming a successful businessman, and even a millionaire, the ex-military man, Brian Flanagan, waits for his big break while serving drinks at a New York City tavern, and studying for his degree. However, when the charismatic cynic and veteran bartender, Doug Coughlin, becomes the ambitious Brian’s sage mentor,…

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Fun Facts

Son-in-law of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.

Brother-in-law of Desi Arnaz Jr. and Amy Arnaz.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "The Shadow Box"".

Immediately accepted the role of Mr. Spock's half-brother Sybok in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) after William Shatner saw him perform as Lyndon B. Johnson in his one-man stage show on PBS.

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[on his role as Sybok in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)] He was a charismatic leader and he was inspired to help the whole world. He wanted to relieve all of the pain in the universe. That was extremely attractive. Then, the script, I thought it was brilliant because it confronted him with the reality of his own power: how to use it. What do you do when the choices are absolutely dilemma choices? Horns of the dilemma - when both sides are bad in some way to somebody, what do you do? It's the ultimate leadership or power question, and I thought it was written quite well.