
Dabney Coleman
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…
Acting
- 2018For the PeopleDonald1 ep.
- 2013Ray DonovanMr. Price1 ep.
- 2010Pound PuppiesMayor (voice)4 ep.
- 2010Boardwalk EmpireCommodore Louis Kaestner24 ep.
- 2007HeartlandDr. Bart Jacobs6 ep.
- 2006Courting AlexJack Atwell12 ep.
- 2001The GuardianBurton Fallin67 ep.
- 2001The Zeta Project1 ep.
- 1997RecessPrincipal Peter Prickly (voice)5 ep.
- 1996E! True Hollywood Story1 ep.
- 1994Madman of the PeopleJack 'Madman' Buckner16 ep.
- 1994The Magic School BusHorace Scope (voice)1 ep.
- 1991Drexell's Class18 ep.
- 1988Baby MGary Skoloff2 ep.
- 1987The Slap Maxwell Story'Slap' Maxwell22 ep.
- 1986FresnoTyler Cane5 ep.
- 1983Buffalo BillBill Bittinger26 ep.
- 1978Diff'rent Strokes2 ep.
- 1978Apple PieFast Eddie Murtaugh2 ep.
- 1977Forever Fernwood30 ep.
- 1977Fernwood 2 NightMayor Merle Jeeter2 ep.
- 1976Quincy, M.E.Dr. Burt Travers2 ep.
- 1976Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanMerle Jeeter212 ep.
- 1975SwitchC.C. Owens1 ep.
- 1975Medical StoryBlair1 ep.
- 1975Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux KlanPaul Mathison2 ep.
- 1974The Manhunter1 ep.
- 1974Sons and Daughters1 ep.
- 1974PetrocelliWilly Morgan1 ep.
- 1973Police Story2 ep.
- 1973Barnaby JonesTed Sayers5 ep.
- 1972The Streets of San FranciscoAndrew Horvath, Sr.2 ep.
- 1972BanyonRalph Hubbard1 ep.
- 1972Search1 ep.
- 1971McMillan & WifeHansen2 ep.
- 1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawFrank Wellmam1 ep.
- 1971ColumboDetective Murray2 ep.
- 1970Dan AugustRick Bessett1 ep.
- 1970Nanny and the ProfessorDetective Robinson1 ep.
- 1969Medical Center1 ep.
- 1969Then Came BronsonDr. Ron Carlisle1 ep.
- 1969The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsDr. Goldstone1 ep.
- 1969Room 2221 ep.
- 1967Judd, for the Defense1 ep.
- 1967The Flying NunSub. Captain1 ep.
- 1967The InvadersCapt. Mitchell Ross2 ep.
- 1966That Girl8 ep.
- 1965The F.B.I.Sam Langlin7 ep.
- 1965I Dream of JeannieCaptain Yardley2 ep.
- 1965Please Don't Eat the DaisiesClark1 ep.
- 196412 O'Clock HighCaptain Wilson2 ep.
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreAlvin Piper2 ep.
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreStanley Rivkin2 ep.
- 1963The FugitiveFloyd4 ep.
- 1963The Outer LimitsJames Custer3 ep.
- 1963Arrest and TrialWayne Holton1 ep.
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf10 ep.
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourTom Esterow2 ep.
- 1961HazelLes Swanton1 ep.
- 1961Kraft Mystery Theatre1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2019YellowstoneJohn Dutton Sr.1 ep.
- 2019For the PeopleDonald1 ep.
- 2019NCISJohn Sydney1 ep.
- 2016Ray DonovanMr. Price1 ep.
- 2010Pound PuppiesMayor (voice)4 ep.
- 2009Law & Order: Special Victims UnitFrank Hager1 ep.
- 2007HeartlandDr. Bart Jacobs6 ep.
- 2002The Zeta Project1 ep.
- 2001E! True Hollywood Story1 ep.
- 2000Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildMonsieur Fox (voice)1 ep.
- 1997RecessPrincipal Peter Prickly (voice)5 ep.
- 1997The Magic School BusHorace Scope (voice)1 ep.
- 1983The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf10 ep.
- 1973ColumboDetective Murray, Hugh Creighton2 ep.
- 1984Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee2 ep.
- 1987Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1 ep.
- 1973Barnaby JonesBrad Adamson, George Clark, Paul Cleveland, Ted Sayers5 ep.
- 1979Diff'rent Strokes2 ep.
- 1978The Love BoatVan Milner1 ep.
- 1977Quincy, M.E.Dr. Burt Travers, Officer Peter O'Neil2 ep.
- 1977Fernwood 2 NightMayor Merle Jeeter2 ep.
- 1976Police Story2 ep.
- 1974The Streets of San FranciscoAndrew Horvath, Sr., George Todd2 ep.
- 1976Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanMerle Jeeter17 ep.
- 1976PetrocelliWilly Morgan1 ep.
- 1976SwitchC.C. Owens1 ep.
- 1976The Mary Tyler Moore ShowCongressman Phil Whitman1 ep.
- 1976Medical StoryBlair1 ep.
- 1974McMillan & WifeHansen, Walter Jennings2 ep.
- 1975Medical Center1 ep.
- 1972MannixHoward Graham, Ralph Stoner2 ep.
- 1974The Manhunter1 ep.
- 1974Sons and Daughters1 ep.
- 1965The F.B.I.Allen Clarke, Barnes, Ira Barker, Mr. Jamison7 ep.
- 1974KojakAlex Linden1 ep.
- 1973Cannon1 ep.
- 1973Search1 ep.
- 1973IronsideDaniel Leary1 ep.
- 1973Room 2221 ep.
- 1972BanyonRalph Hubbard1 ep.
- 1972Owen Marshall: Counselor at LawFrank Wellmam1 ep.
- 1972The Bold Ones: The New DoctorsDr. Goldstone1 ep.
- 1970Nanny and the ProfessorDetective Robinson1 ep.
- 1970Dan AugustRick Bessett1 ep.
- 1968BonanzaClyde, Ivar Peterson2 ep.
- 1969Then Came BronsonDr. Ron Carlisle1 ep.
- 1968The Mod SquadJohn1 ep.
- 1968Judd, for the Defense1 ep.
- 1967The InvadersCapt. Mitchell Ross, John Carter2 ep.
- 1967The Flying NunSub. Captain1 ep.
- 1965I Dream of JeannieCaptain Yardley, George Webb2 ep.
- 1966That GirlDr. Leon Bessemer8 ep.
- 1967Run for Your LifeFred Palmer1 ep.
- 1966Please Don't Eat the DaisiesClark1 ep.
- 1964The FugitiveFloyd, Officer George Graham, Sergeant Keith, Steve4 ep.
- 196412 O'Clock HighCaptain Robbins, Captain Wilson2 ep.
- 1965The Donna Reed ShowRallye Master1 ep.
- 1965HazelLes Swanton1 ep.
- 1964Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSergeant Harry King, Stanley Rivkin2 ep.
- 1964The Outer LimitsDr. Williams, James Custer, Lt. Rupert Lawrence Howard (uncredited)3 ep.
- 1963The Alfred Hitchcock HourSgt. Lou Snyder, Tom Esterow2 ep.
- 1964Dr. KildareDr. David Kirkson1 ep.
- 1964Kraft Suspense TheatreAlvin Piper, William Gunther2 ep.
- 1963Arrest and TrialWayne Holton1 ep.
- 1963Kraft Mystery Theatre1 ep.
- 1963Ben Casey1 ep.
- 1961Naked CityResident1 ep.
Also known as: Dabney Wharton Coleman