Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

Actor Jan 3 (died age 92) Austin, Texas, USA 1944–2022 (78 year career)

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Biography

Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. Coleman's best known films include 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), WarGames (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), You've Got Mail (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), Recess: School's Out (2001), Moonlight Mile (2002), and Rules Don't Apply (2016). Coleman's television roles included the title characters of Buffalo Bill (1983–1984) and The …

Known For

Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire

Commodore Louis Kaestner

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

Nelson Fox

Tootsie

Tootsie

Ron Carlisle

WarGames

WarGames

McKittrick

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

Dr. Beechwood

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

Deputy Chief #1

On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond

Bill Ray

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

Franklin M. Hart Jr.

Filmography

Acting (172)

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Movies (93)

Still Working 9 to 5

Still Working 9 to 5

as Self

Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply

as Raymond Holliday

Char·ac·ter

Char·ac·ter

as Self

Hard Four

Hard Four

as Spray Loomis

Domino

Domino

as Drake Bishop

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

as Principal Prickly (voice)

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

as Grandpa

Recess: All Growed Down

Recess: All Growed Down

as Principal Prickley (voice)

Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile

as Mike Mulcahey

The Climb

The Climb

as Mack

Recess: School's Out

Recess: School's Out

as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)

Kiss My Act

Kiss My Act

as Henry

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

as Principal Peter Prickly

The Making of Midway

The Making of Midway

as Self

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

as John Kennedy

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

as Dr. Beechwood

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

as Chief Quimby

Taken

as Ethan Grover

Giving It Up

Giving It Up

as Johnathan Gallant

Must Be Santa

Must Be Santa

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

as Nelson Fox

Exiled

Exiled

as Lieutenant Kevin Stolper

My Date with the President's Daughter

My Date with the President's Daughter

as President George Richmond

Target Earth

Target Earth

as Senator Ben Arnold

A Witch's Way of Love

A Witch's Way of Love

as Joel

Devil's Food

Devil's Food

as Seymour Kecker

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

as Arthur Milo

Clifford

Clifford

as Gerald Ellis

Judicial Consent

Judicial Consent

as Charles Mayron

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Milburn Drysdale

Amos & Andrew

Amos & Andrew

as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver

Lincoln

as Stephen A. Douglas (voice)

There Goes the Neighborhood

There Goes the Neighborhood

as Jeffrey Babitt

Never Forget

Never Forget

as William Cox

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

as Self

Meet the Applegates

Meet the Applegates

as Aunt Bea

Short Time

Short Time

as Burt Simpson

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

as Stewart McBain

Hot to Trot

Hot to Trot

as Walter Sawyer

Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

as Hal

Dragnet

Dragnet

as Jerry Caesar

Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

as Jesse Kiplinger

Sworn to Silence

Sworn to Silence

as Martin Costigan

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

as Ed Sigel

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Dabney Coleman

Murrow

Murrow

as William Paley

The Man with One Red Shoe

The Man with One Red Shoe

as Cooper

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan

as Martin Price

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger

as Jack Flack / Hal Osborne

WarGames

WarGames

as McKittrick

Tootsie

Tootsie

as Ron Carlisle

Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love

as Dr. Joseph Prang

On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond

as Bill Ray

Modern Problems

Modern Problems

as Mark Winslow

Callie & Son

Callie & Son

as Randall Bordeaux

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

as Franklin M. Hart Jr.

Pray TV

Pray TV

as Marvin Fleece

Melvin and Howard

Melvin and Howard

as Judge Keith Hayes

Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

as Dickerson

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

as Jack Heintzel

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

as Rick Bessett

North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

as Emmett Hunter

When She Was Bad...

When She Was Bad...

as Jack Wilson

Maneaters Are Loose!

Maneaters Are Loose!

as McCallum

More Than Friends

More Than Friends

as Joshua 'Josh' Harrington

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

as George Bates

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

as Maxwell

Viva Knievel!

Viva Knievel!

as Ralph Thompson

Black Fist

Black Fist

as Heineken

Midway

Midway

as Captain Murray Arnold

Kiss Me... Kill Me

Kiss Me... Kill Me

as Capt. Logan

Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

as Jack Parker

Returning Home

Returning Home

as Al Stephenson

The Other Side of the Mountain

The Other Side of the Mountain

as Dave McCoy

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

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

as Paul Mathison

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

as Deputy Chief #1

Bad Ronald

Bad Ronald

as Mr. Wood

The Dove

The Dove

as Charles Huntley

House of Evil

House of Evil

Cinderella Liberty

Cinderella Liberty

as Executive Officer

Savage

Savage

as Ted Seligson

Moving Target

Moving Target

Dying Room Only

Dying Room Only

as Bob Mitchell

The President's Plane Is Missing

The President's Plane Is Missing

as Sen. Bert Haines

I Love My Wife

I Love My Wife

as Frank Donnelly

The Brotherhood of the Bell

The Brotherhood of the Bell

as Agent Shepard

Downhill Racer

Downhill Racer

as Mayo

The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

as Harrison Wilby

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

as Jed

This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

as Salesman

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

as Charlie

Television (79)

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

as John Dutton Sr.

For the People

For the People

as Donald

Ray Donovan

Ray Donovan

as Mr. Price

Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire

as Commodore Louis Kaestner

Pound Puppies

Pound Puppies

as Mayor (voice)

Heartland

Heartland

as Dr. Bart Jacobs

Courting Alex

Courting Alex

as Jack Atwell

NCIS

NCIS

as Army Corporal John Sydney

The Guardian

The Guardian

as Burton Fallin

The Zeta Project

The Zeta Project

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Frank Hager

Recess

Recess

as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Monsieur Fox (voice)

The Magic School Bus

The Magic School Bus

as Horace Scope (voice)

Madman of the People

Madman of the People

as Jack 'Madman' Buckner

Drexell's Class

Baby M

Baby M

as Gary Skoloff

The Slap Maxwell Story

The Slap Maxwell Story

Fresno

Fresno

as Tyler Cane

Buffalo Bill

Buffalo Bill

as Bill Bittinger

Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes

Apple Pie

Apple Pie

as Fast Eddie Murtaugh

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as Van Milner

Fernwood 2 Night

Fernwood 2 Night

as Mayor Merle Jeeter

Forever Fernwood

Forever Fernwood

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

as Merle Jeeter

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

as Merle Jeeter

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

as Dr. Burt Travers

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Switch

Switch

as C.C. Owens

Medical Story

Medical Story

The Manhunter

The Manhunter

Petrocelli

Petrocelli

as Willy Morgan

Sons and Daughters

Sons and Daughters

Kojak

Kojak

as Alex Linden

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

as Paul Cleveland

Police Story

Police Story

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

as George Todd

Search

Banyon

Banyon

as Ralph Hubbard

Columbo

Columbo

as Detective Murray

Cannon

Cannon

McMillan & Wife

McMillan & Wife

as Hansen

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

as Frank Wellmam

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Congressman Phil Whitman

Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor

as Detective Robinson

Dan August

Dan August

as Rick Bessett

Medical Center

Medical Center

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

as Dr. Goldstone

Room 222

Room 222

Then Came Bronson

Then Came Bronson

as Dr. Ron Carlisle

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

as John

Ironside

Ironside

as Daniel Leary

Mannix

Mannix

as Ralph Stoner

The Invaders

The Invaders

as Capt. Mitchell Ross

The Flying Nun

The Flying Nun

as Sub. Captain

Judd for the Defense

Judd for the Defense

That Girl

That Girl

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie

as George Webb

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as Ira Barker

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

as Fred Palmer

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

as Clark

12 O'Clock High

12 O'Clock High

as Captain Wilson

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

as Sergeant Keith

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Williams

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Stanley Rivkin

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial

as Wayne Holton

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as William Gunther

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Tom Esterow

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. David Kirkson

Hazel

Hazel

as Les Swanton

Ben Casey

Ben Casey

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Kraft Mystery Theatre

Bonanza

Bonanza

as Ivar Peterson

Naked City

Naked City

as Resident

The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show

as Rallye Master

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee