Alan Rachins (born October 3 1942 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American television actor, best known for his role as Douglas Brackman in L.A. Law, which earned him both Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, as well as for his portrayal of Dharma's hippie father, Larry, on the hit television series, "Dharma & Greg". He is currently the voice for Norman Osborn/Green Goblin on The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Brother-in-law of Steven Bochco and Dayna Kalins.
Member of American Mensa, as are James Woods (I), Ben Rollins, Cy Frost, and Chino XL, and listed on the organizations website as a "Famous Member" along with Geena Davis.
Uncle of Jesse Bochco.
Alan and his wife Joanna Frank have a son.
Balding American character actor known for his unsympathetic work on TV as vain, callous attorney/partner "Douglas Brackman" in "L.A. Law" (1986) (1986-1994) and as Dharm's radical father in "Dharma & Greg" (1997) (1997-2002).
In the late 70s/early 80s during a career lull, he left acting for a time to focus on writing for such TV shows as "Knight Rider" (1982), "Hill Street Blues" (1981), "Hart to Hart" (1979) and "Quincy M.E." (1976).
One of the original performers of the half play, half musical, fully nude off- Broadway hit "Oh! Calcutta" back in 1969.
The balding actor once hosted an episode of PBS' "Nova" (1974), that was entitled "Sex, Lies and Toupee Tape", which was an informative and humorous look at pattern baldness and its effect on both men and women.
Ex-brother-in-law of Barbara Bosson (I).
