Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

92 · Born: Jan 3, 1932

Personal Details

Born Jan 3, 1932 Austin, Texas, USA
Spouse
  • Jean Hale

    ( Dec 11, 1961 to Dec 4, 1984 )
  • Ann Courtney Harrell

    ( Dec 21, 1957 to Jun 1, 1959 )
Parents
  • Melvin Randolph Coleman
  • Mary Wharton

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.

Career

2019
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Dolly Parton: Here I Am as Franklin Hart, Jr.
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2018
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? as Franklin Hart Jr.
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2016
Rules Don't Apply
Rules Don't Apply as Raymond Holliday
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2010
Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire as Commodore Louis Kaestner
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Pound Puppies
Pound Puppies as Mayor (voice)
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2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Frank Hager
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2007
Hard Four
Hard Four as Spray Loomis
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Heartland
Heartland
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2006
Courting Alex
Courting Alex as Jack Atwell
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2003
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows as Grandpa
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Recess: All Growed Down
Recess: All Growed Down as Principal Prickley (voice)
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Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade as Principal Prickly (voice)
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2002
The Climb
The Climb as Mack
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2001
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street as Principal Peter Prickly
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Recess: School's Out
Recess: School's Out as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)
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The Guardian
The Guardian as Burton Fallin
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1999
Must Be Santa
Must Be Santa
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Giving It Up
Giving It Up as Johnathan Gallant
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Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget as Chief Quimby
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Taken
Taken as Ethan Grover
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Monsieur Fox (voice)
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1998
Exiled
Exiled as Kevin Stolper
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You've Got Mail
You've Got Mail as Nelson Fox
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The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney as President George Richmond
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Target Earth
Target Earth as Senator Ben Arnold
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1997
A Witch's Way of Love
A Witch's Way of Love as Joel
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1995
Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty
Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty as Arthur Milo
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1994
Judicial Consent
Judicial Consent as Charles Mayron
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Clifford
Clifford as Gerald Ellis
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Madman of the People
Madman of the People as Jack 'Madman' Buckner
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1993
Amos & Andrew
Amos & Andrew as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
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The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies as Milburn Drysdale
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1992
There Goes the Neighborhood
There Goes the Neighborhood as Jeffrey Babitt
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1991
Never Forget
Never Forget as William Cox
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Drexell's Class
Drexell's Class
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1990
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is as Stewart McBain
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Meet the Applegates
Meet the Applegates as Aunt Bea
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Short Time
Short Time as Burt Simpson
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1988
Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby as Hal
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Hot to Trot
Hot to Trot as Walter Sawyer
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1987
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Plaza Suite
Plaza Suite as Jesse Kiplinger
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Sworn to Silence
Sworn to Silence as Martin Costigan
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Dragnet
Dragnet as Jerry Caesar
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The Slap Maxwell Story
1986
Murrow
Murrow as William Paley
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Fresno
Fresno as Tyler Cane
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1985
The Man with One Red Shoe
The Man with One Red Shoe as Cooper
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1984
Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger as Jack Flack / Hal Osborne
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1983
WarGames
WarGames as McKittrick
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Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill as Bill Bittinger
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1982
Tootsie
Tootsie as Ron Carlisle
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1981
Callie & Son
Callie & Son as Randall Bordeaux
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On Golden Pond
On Golden Pond as Bill Ray
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Modern Problems
Modern Problems as Mark Winslow
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1980
Pray TV
Pray TV as Marvin Fleece
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Nothing Personal
Nothing Personal as Dickerson
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How to Beat the High Cost of Living
How to Beat the High Cost of Living as Jack Heintzel
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Nine to Five
Nine to Five as Franklin M. Hart Jr.
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1979
North Dallas Forty
North Dallas Forty as Emmett Hunter
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When She Was Bad...
When She Was Bad... as Jack Wilson
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1978
Maneaters Are Loose!
Maneaters Are Loose! as McCallum
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The Love Boat
The Love Boat as Van Milner
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1977
Bogard
Bogard as Heineken
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Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder as Maxwell
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1976
Kiss Me, Kill Me
Kiss Me, Kill Me as Capt. Logan
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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Merle Jeeter
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1975
Bite the Bullet
Bite the Bullet as Jack Parker
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The Other Side of the Mountain
The Other Side of the Mountain as Dave McCoy
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1974
Bad Ronald
Bad Ronald as Mr. Wood
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The Dove
The Dove as Charles Huntley
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House of Evil
House of Evil
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1973
Cinderella Liberty
Cinderella Liberty as Executive Officer
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The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing as Sen. Bert Haines
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The Wide World of Mystery
Dying Room Only
Dying Room Only as Bob Mitchell
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Savage
Savage as Ted Seligson
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Kojak
Kojak as Alex Linden
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Cannon
Cannon
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1972
Banyon
Banyon
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Columbo
Columbo as Detective Murray
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Ironside
Ironside
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Mannix
Mannix
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1970
I Love My Wife
I Love My Wife as Frank Donnelly
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1969
Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer as Mayo
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1968
The Scalphunters
The Scalphunters as Jed
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1967
The Invaders
The Invaders as Capt. Mitchell Ross
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1966
This Property Is Condemned
This Property Is Condemned as Salesman
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That Girl
That Girl
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1965
The Slender Thread
The Slender Thread as Charlie
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I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie as George Webb
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1964
The Fugitive
The Fugitive as Sergeant Keith
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1963
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits as Dr. Williams
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Tom Esterow
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Still Working 9 to 5
2012
Char·ac·ter
Char·ac·ter
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2008
A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie
2003
Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde