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Dabney Coleman

Born: 1932

Biography

Dabney Coleman is an American actor. He was born on January 3, 1932, in Austin, Texas. Coleman has had a prolific career spanning several decades, primarily in film and television. He is known for his versatile performances and often portrays characters with a touch of sarcasm and dry humor. Coleman's notable film roles include "9 to 5" (1980), "Tootsie" (1982), "WarGames" (1983), and "You've Got Mail" (1998). In these movies, he typically played memorable supporting characters such as bosses, authority figures, or comedic foils. In television, Coleman has appeared in various shows, earning critical acclaim for his performances. He starred in the sitcom "The Slap Maxwell Story" (1987-1988), for which he received an Emmy nomination. He also had prominent roles in series like "Buffalo Bill" (1983-1984) and "Boardwalk Empire" (2010-2011). Dabney Coleman's career has spanned over six decades, and he has left a lasting impact on the entertainment industry through his numerous roles.
Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Austin, Texas, USA

Resources

Movies

WarGames

McKittrick in WarGames

Inspector Gadget

Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget

Clifford

Gerald Ellis in Clifford

The Man with One Red Shoe

Cooper in The Man with One Red Shoe

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

in How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

Where the Red Fern Grows

Grandpa in Where the Red Fern Grows

Rolling Thunder

Maxwell in Rolling Thunder

Amos & Andrew

Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver in Amos & Andrew

Moonlight Mile

Mike Mulcahey in Moonlight Mile

Hot to Trot

Walter Sawyer in Hot to Trot

Target Earth

Senator Ben Arnold in Target Earth

On Golden Pond

Bill Ray in On Golden Pond

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

Rick Bessett in Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

Maneaters Are Loose!

McCallum in Maneaters Are Loose!

Short Time

Burt Simpson in Short Time

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Martin Price in The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Scalphunters

Jed in The Scalphunters

Melvin and Howard

Judge Keith Hayes in Melvin and Howard

My Date with the President's Daughter

President George Richmond in My Date with the President's Daughter

Pray TV

Marvin Fleece in Pray TV

You've Got Mail

Nelson Fox in You've Got Mail

Downhill Racer

Mayo in Downhill Racer

Bite the Bullet

Jack Parker in Bite the Bullet

The Climb

Mack in The Climb

Tootsie

Ron Carlisle in Tootsie

Domino

Drake Bishop in Domino

Devil's Food

Seymour Kecker in Devil's Food

The Trouble with Girls

Harrison Wilby in The Trouble with Girls

Witch Way Love

Joel in Witch Way Love

Modern Problems

Mark Winslow in Modern Problems

Hard Four

Spray Loomis in Hard Four

This Property Is Condemned

Salesman in This Property Is Condemned

Giving It Up

Johnathan Gallant in Giving It Up

Young Doctors in Love

Dr. Joseph Prang in Young Doctors in Love

Where the Heart Is

Stewart McBain in Where the Heart Is

Callie & Son

Randall Bordeaux in Callie & Son

Cloak & Dagger

Jack Flack / Hal Osborne in Cloak & Dagger

Recess: School's Out

Principal Peter Prickly (voice) in Recess: School's Out

Nine to Five

Franklin M. Hart Jr. in Nine to Five

Recess: All Growed Down

Principal Prickley (voice) in Recess: All Growed Down

Viva Knievel!

Ralph Thompson in Viva Knievel!

Bad Ronald

Mr. Wood in Bad Ronald

Cinderella Liberty

Executive Officer in Cinderella Liberty

The Other Side of the Mountain

Dave McCoy in The Other Side of the Mountain

Dying Room Only

Bob Mitchell in Dying Room Only

Savage

Ted Seligson in Savage

Never Forget

William Cox in Never Forget

Judicial Consent

Charles Mayron in Judicial Consent

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Himself in The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Baby M

Gary Skoloff in Baby M

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Ed Sigel in Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

George Bates in The Case of the Baltimore Girls

Returning Home

Al Stephenson in Returning Home

Nothing Personal

Dickerson in Nothing Personal

Char·ac·ter

Self in Char·ac·ter

I Love My Wife

Frank Donnelly in I Love My Wife

Black Fist

Heineken in Black Fist

The Beverly Hillbillies

Milburn Drysdale in The Beverly Hillbillies

There Goes the Neighborhood

Jeffrey Babitt in There Goes the Neighborhood

Maybe Baby

Hal in Maybe Baby

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

Jack Heintzel in How to Beat the High Cost of Living

North Dallas Forty

Emmett Hunter in North Dallas Forty

Dragnet

Jerry Caesar in Dragnet

Meet the Applegates

Aunt Bea in Meet the Applegates

Sworn to Silence

Martin Costigan in Sworn to Silence

Exiled

Lieutenant Kevin Stolper in Exiled

Night of 100 Stars II

Self in Night of 100 Stars II

Moving Target

in Moving Target

The Dove

Charles Huntley in The Dove

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

Arthur Milo in In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Principal Prickly (voice) in Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

Paul Mathison in Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

Murrow

William Paley in Murrow

Rules Don't Apply

Raymond Holliday in Rules Don't Apply

Taken

Ethan Grover in Taken

The President's Plane Is Missing

Sen. Bert Haines in The President's Plane Is Missing

The Towering Inferno

Deputy Chief #1 in The Towering Inferno

The Slender Thread

Charlie in The Slender Thread

House of Evil

in House of Evil

Stuart Little

Dr. Beechwood in Stuart Little

Plaza Suite

Jesse Kiplinger in Plaza Suite

Must Be Santa

in Must Be Santa

When She Was Bad...

Jack Wilson in When She Was Bad...

Kiss Me, Kill Me

Capt. Logan in Kiss Me, Kill Me

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Agent Shepard in The Brotherhood of the Bell

Midway

Captain Murray Arnold in Midway

More Than Friends

Joshua 'Josh' Harrington in More Than Friends

Lincoln

Stephen A. Douglas (voice) in Lincoln

Still Working 9 to 5

Self in Still Working 9 to 5

TV Shows

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Merle Jeeter in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Columbo

Hugh Creighton in Columbo

Boardwalk Empire

Commodore Louis Kaestner in Boardwalk Empire

Kraft Suspense Theatre

William Gunther in Kraft Suspense Theatre

The Guardian

Burton Fallin in The Guardian

The F.B.I.

Ira Barker in The F.B.I.

I Dream of Jeannie

George Webb in I Dream of Jeannie

That Girl

in That Girl

Diff'rent Strokes

in Diff'rent Strokes

E! True Hollywood Story

in E! True Hollywood Story

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Frank Hager in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Heartland

in Heartland

Room 222

in Room 222

Mannix

Ralph Stoner in Mannix

The Mod Squad

John in The Mod Squad

Kojak

Alex Linden in Kojak

Medical Center

in Medical Center

The Fugitive

Floyd in The Fugitive

The Zeta Project

in The Zeta Project

Cannon

in Cannon

Ironside

Daniel Leary in Ironside

Madman of the People

Jack 'Madman' Buckner in Madman of the People

The Slap Maxwell Story

in The Slap Maxwell Story

Drexell's Class

in Drexell's Class

Buffalo Bill

Bill Bittinger in Buffalo Bill

Nanny and the Professor

Detective Robinson in Nanny and the Professor

Run for Your Life

Fred Palmer in Run for Your Life

The Fugitive

Sergeant Keith in The Fugitive

Police Story

in Police Story

Switch

C.C. Owens in Switch

Sons and Daughters

in Sons and Daughters

The Fugitive

Officer George Graham in The Fugitive

Search

in Search

Banyon

Ralph Hubbard in Banyon

Then Came Bronson

in Then Came Bronson

Judd for the Defense

in Judd for the Defense

The Fugitive

Steve in The Fugitive

Ben Casey

in Ben Casey

The Manhunter

in The Manhunter

Medical Story

in Medical Story

Fresno

Tyler Cane in Fresno

Dr. Kildare

Dr. David Kirkson in Dr. Kildare

The Outer Limits

Dr. Williams in The Outer Limits

Kraft Mystery Theatre

in Kraft Mystery Theatre

Forever Fernwood

in Forever Fernwood

Apple Pie

Fast Eddie Murtaugh in Apple Pie

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Sergeant Harry King in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host in Saturday Night Live

Columbo

Detective Murray in Columbo

Arrest and Trial

Wayne Holton in Arrest and Trial

The F.B.I.

Allen Clarke in The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Stanley Leonard in The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Sam Langlin in The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Ty Williams in The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Mr. Jamison in The F.B.I.

Pound Puppies

Mayor (voice) in Pound Puppies

The F.B.I.

Barnes in The F.B.I.

The Magic School Bus

Horace Scope (voice) in The Magic School Bus

The Outer Limits

James Custer in The Outer Limits

Courting Alex

Jack Atwell in Courting Alex

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Stanley Rivkin in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Petrocelli

Willy Morgan in Petrocelli

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Alvin Piper in Kraft Suspense Theatre

McMillan & Wife

Hansen in McMillan & Wife

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Monsieur Fox (voice) in Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Bonanza

Clyde in Bonanza

Recess

Principal Peter Prickly (voice) in Recess

Barnaby Jones

George Clark in Barnaby Jones

For The People

Donald in For The People

The Streets of San Francisco

George Todd in The Streets of San Francisco

The Invaders

Capt. Mitchell Ross in The Invaders

The Invaders

John Carter in The Invaders

The Love Boat

Van Milner in The Love Boat

Ray Donovan

Mr. Price in Ray Donovan

NCIS

Army Corporal John Sydney in NCIS

Fernwood 2 Night

Mayor Merle Jeeter in Fernwood 2 Night

Quincy, M.E.

Dr. Burt Travers in Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

Officer Peter O'Neil in Quincy, M.E.

Barnaby Jones

Ted Sayers in Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

Brad Adamson in Barnaby Jones

The Streets of San Francisco

Andrew Horvath, Sr. in The Streets of San Francisco

McMillan & Wife

Walter Jennings in McMillan & Wife

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Frank Wellmam in Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Congressman Phil Whitman in The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Dan August

Rick Bessett in Dan August

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Dr. Goldstone in The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

The Flying Nun

Sub. Captain in The Flying Nun

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Clark in Please Don't Eat the Daisies

12 O'Clock High

Captain Wilson in 12 O'Clock High

12 O'Clock High

Captain Robbins in 12 O'Clock High

The Outer Limits

Lt. Rupert Lawrence Howard (uncredited) in The Outer Limits

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Hazel

Les Swanton in Hazel

Bonanza

Ivar Peterson in Bonanza

The Donna Reed Show

Rallye Master in The Donna Reed Show

Naked City

Resident in Naked City

Barnaby Jones

Paul Cleveland in Barnaby Jones

I Dream of Jeannie

Captain Yardley in I Dream of Jeannie

Yellowstone

John Dutton Sr. in Yellowstone

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Tom Esterow in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Sgt. Lou Snyder in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Winner in Golden Globe Awards

Mannix

Howard Graham in Mannix

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee in Golden Globe Awards