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Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988), as well as Burton Fallin on The Guardian (2001–2004), the voice of Principal Peter Prickly on Recess (1997–2001), and Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011). He won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations. Coleman was a character actor with roles in well over 60 films and television programs to his credit. He trained with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City from 1958 to 1960. Coleman made his Broadway debut in the short-lived A Call on Kuprin in 1961. In a 1964 episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre titled "The Threatening Eye", Coleman played private investigator William Gunther. Two years later, he played Dr. Leon Bessemer with Bonnie Scott as his wife Judy, neighbors and friends of the protagonist in Season 1 of That Girl, episode 3, "Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night". Noted for his moustache which he grew in 1973, he appeared in the sitcom wearing horn-rimmed glasses and with no facial hair. Other early roles in his career included a U.S. Olympic skiing team coach in Downhill Racer (1969), a high-ranking fire chief in The Towering Inferno (1974), and a wealthy Westerner in Bite the Bullet (1975). He portrayed an FBI agent in Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dabney Coleman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Personal information

Birthday

1932-01-03

Birth Place

Austin, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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12 O'Clock High

1964

7.3

TV
Amos & Andrew

Amos & Andrew

1993

5.4

Movie
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Apple Pie

1978

6.0

TV
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Arrest and Trial

1963

7.0

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

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

1975

5.0

Movie
Baby M

Baby M

1988

6.0

Movie
Bad Ronald

Bad Ronald

1974

6.4

Movie
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Banyon

1972

7.0

TV
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Barnaby Jones

1973

6.9

TV
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Ben Casey

1961

5.7

TV
Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

1975

6.4

Movie
Black Fist

Black Fist

1977

4.3

Movie
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Boardwalk Empire

2010

8.0

TV
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.5

TV
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Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
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Buffalo Bill

1983

6.1

TV
Callie & Son

Callie & Son

1981

7.0

Movie
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Cannon

1971

6.5

TV
Char·ac·ter

Char·ac·ter

2012

4.0

Movie
Cinderella Liberty

Cinderella Liberty

1973

6.8

Movie
Clifford

Clifford

1994

4.9

Movie
Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger

1984

6.4

Movie
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Columbo

1971

8.1

TV
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Courting Alex

2006

5.3

TV
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Dan August

1970

6.5

TV
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

1980

2.0

Movie
Devil's Food

Devil's Food

1996

0.0

Movie
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Diff'rent Strokes

1978

7.0

TV
Domino

Domino

2005

5.9

Movie
Downhill Racer

Downhill Racer

1969

5.8

Movie
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Dr. Kildare

1961

5.4

TV
Dragnet

Dragnet

1987

6.0

Movie
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Drexell's Class

1991

5.5

TV
Dying Room Only

Dying Room Only

1973

6.6

Movie
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E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.0

TV
Exiled

Exiled

1998

5.4

Movie
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Fernwood 2 Night

1977

5.6

TV
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For The People

2018

7.2

TV
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Forever Fernwood

1977

5.0

TV
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Fresno

1986

6.4

TV
Giving It Up

Giving It Up

1999

4.0

Movie
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Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987

0.0

Movie
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

6.0

TV
Hard Four

Hard Four

2007

5.5

Movie
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Hazel

1961

7.0

TV
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Heartland

2007

6.5

TV
Hot to Trot

Hot to Trot

1988

5.3

Movie
House of Evil

House of Evil

1974

6.0

Movie
How to Beat the High Cost of Living

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

1980

5.1

Movie
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

2000

3.4

Movie
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I Dream of Jeannie

1965

7.8

TV
I Love My Wife

I Love My Wife

1970

2.0

Movie
In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

1995

4.3

Movie
Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

1999

4.5

Movie
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Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
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Judd for the Defense

1967

7.5

TV
Judicial Consent

Judicial Consent

1994

5.9

Movie
Kiss Me, Kill Me

Kiss Me, Kill Me

1976

7.0

Movie
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Kojak

1973

6.9

TV
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Kraft Mystery Theatre

1961

6.0

TV
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Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

5.3

TV
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

7.9

TV
Lincoln

Lincoln

1992

7.2

Movie
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Madman of the People

1994

0.0

TV
Maneaters Are Loose!

Maneaters Are Loose!

1978

0.0

Movie
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Mannix

1967

6.7

TV
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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

1976

6.7

TV
Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

1988

4.7

Movie
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McMillan & Wife

1971

7.3

TV
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Medical Center

1969

6.1

TV
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Medical Story

1975

5.0

TV
Meet the Applegates

Meet the Applegates

1990

5.5

Movie
Melvin and Howard

Melvin and Howard

1980

6.4

Movie
Midway

Midway

1976

6.6

Movie
Modern Problems

Modern Problems

1981

5.4

Movie
Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile

2002

6.3

Movie
More Than Friends

More Than Friends

1978

0.0

Movie
Moving Target

Moving Target

1973

0.0

Movie
Murrow

Murrow

1986

5.0

Movie
Must Be Santa

Must Be Santa

1999

3.0

Movie
My Date with the President's Daughter

My Date with the President's Daughter

1998

6.9

Movie
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Naked City

1958

5.3

TV
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Nanny and the Professor

1970

5.6

TV
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NCIS

2003

7.6

TV
Never Forget

Never Forget

1991

5.0

Movie
Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

8.0

Movie
Nine to Five

Nine to Five

1980

6.9

Movie
North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

1979

6.6

Movie
Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

1980

5.8

Movie
On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond

1981

7.2

Movie
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Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971

6.3

TV
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Petrocelli

1974

7.0

TV
Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

1987

6.0

Movie
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1965

6.6

TV
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Police Story

1973

7.1

TV
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Pound Puppies

2010

5.2

TV
Pray TV

Pray TV

1980

4.8

Movie
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Quincy, M.E.

1976

7.5

TV
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Ray Donovan

2013

7.5

TV
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Recess

1997

7.7

TV
Recess: All Growed Down

Recess: All Growed Down

2003

6.4

Movie
Recess: School's Out

Recess: School's Out

2001

6.6

Movie
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

2003

6.4

Movie
Returning Home

Returning Home

1975

5.0

Movie
Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

1977

6.8

Movie
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Room 222

1969

5.7

TV
Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply

2016

5.7

Movie
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Run for Your Life

1965

7.2

TV
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Savage

Savage

1973

5.6

Movie
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Search

1972

6.9

TV
Short Time

Short Time

1990

6.4

Movie
poster

Sons and Daughters

1974

0.0

TV
Still Working 9 to 5

Still Working 9 to 5

2022

10.0

Movie
Stuart Little

Stuart Little

1999

6.1

Movie
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Switch

1975

6.7

TV
Sworn to Silence

Sworn to Silence

1987

6.0

Movie
Taken

Taken

1999

5.0

Movie
Target Earth

Target Earth

1998

4.5

Movie
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That Girl

1966

6.1

TV
poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

7.8

TV
The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993

6.3

Movie
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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

1969

4.0

TV
The Brotherhood of the Bell

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970

5.9

Movie
The Case of the Baltimore Girls

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

1978

0.0

Movie
The Climb

The Climb

2002

5.7

Movie
poster

The Donna Reed Show

1958

6.3

TV
The Dove

The Dove

1974

6.5

Movie
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The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
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The Flying Nun

1967

6.5

TV
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The Fugitive

1963

7.2

TV
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The Guardian

2001

6.9

TV
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The Invaders

1967

6.8

TV
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The Love Boat

1977

6.3

TV
poster

The Magic School Bus

1994

7.6

TV
The Man with One Red Shoe

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985

5.7

Movie
poster

The Manhunter

1974

5.0

TV
poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

7.5

TV
poster

The Mod Squad

1968

6.5

TV
The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984

6.5

Movie
The Other Side of the Mountain

The Other Side of the Mountain

1975

6.2

Movie
poster

The Outer Limits

1963

7.8

TV
The President's Plane Is Missing

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973

6.2

Movie
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1986

6.2

Movie
The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

6.4

Movie
poster

The Slap Maxwell Story

1987

3.5

TV
The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

1965

7.1

Movie
poster

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.0

TV
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

1974

7.0

Movie
The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

1969

4.9

Movie
poster

The Zeta Project

2001

7.2

TV
poster

Then Came Bronson

1969

4.8

TV
There Goes the Neighborhood

There Goes the Neighborhood

1992

5.3

Movie
This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

1966

6.3

Movie
Tootsie

Tootsie

1982

7.2

Movie
Viva Knievel!

Viva Knievel!

1977

3.6

Movie
WarGames

WarGames

1983

7.1

Movie
When She Was Bad...

When She Was Bad...

1979

5.0

Movie
Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

1990

6.0

Movie
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003

5.8

Movie
Witch Way Love

Witch Way Love

1997

5.3

Movie
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Yellowstone

2018

8.2

TV
You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

1998

6.7

Movie
Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love

1982

5.2

Movie