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.
Acted Movies
Director: Nora Ephron
Writers: Nora Ephron,
Cast: Dabney Coleman, Dave Chappelle, Greg Kinnear, Heather Burns, Jean Stapleton, John Randolph, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn, Tom Hanks,
Director: Paul Flaherty
Writers: Steven Kampmann,
Cast: Ben Savage, Brandis Kemp, Charles Grodin, Dabney Coleman, Don Galloway, Jennifer Savidge, Martin Short, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Kind, Tim Lane,
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Writers: Jim Staahl,
Cast: Cloris Leachman, Dabney Coleman, Diedrich Bader, Dolly Parton, Erika Eleniak, Jim Varney, Lea Thompson, Lily Tomlin, Linda Carlson, Rob Schneider,
Director: E. Max Frye
Writers: E. Max Frye,
Cast: Brad Dourif, Chelcie Ross, Dabney Coleman, I.M. Hobson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jordan Lund, Margaret Colin, Michael Lerner, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson,
Director: Gregg Champion
Writers: Michael Berry,
Cast: Barry Corbin, Dabney Coleman, Joe Pantoliano, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Matt Frewer, Paul Jarrett, Rob Roy, Sam Malkin, Teri Garr, Xander Berkeley,
Director: Richard Franklin
Writers: Tom Holland,
Cast: Christina Nigra, Dabney Coleman, Eloy Casados, Henry Thomas, Jeanette Nolan, John McIntire, Michael Murphy, Robert DoQui, Tim Rossovich, William Forsythe,
Director: John Badham
Writers: Walter F. Parkes,
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Barry Corbin, Dabney Coleman, Dennis Lipscomb, Irving Metzman, Joe Dorsey, John Wood, Juanin Clay, Kent Williams, Matthew Broderick,
Director: Sydney Pollack
Writers: Elaine May,
Cast: Bill Murray, Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman, Doris Belack, Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, George Gaynes, Jessica Lange, Sydney Pollack, Teri Garr,
Director: Ken Shapiro
Writers: Tom Sherohman,
Cast: Arthur Sellers, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chevy Chase, Dabney Coleman, Mary Kay Place, Mitch Kreindel, Neil Thompson, Nell Carter, Patti D'Arbanville, Sandy Helberg,
Director: Mark Rydell
Writers: Ernest Thompson,
Cast: Christopher Rydell, Dabney Coleman, Doug McKeon, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Troy Garity, William Lanteau,
Director: Colin Higgins
Writers: Patricia Resnick,
Cast: Dabney Coleman, Dolly Parton, Elizabeth Wilson, Henry Jones, Jane Fonda, Lawrence Pressman, Lily Tomlin, Marian Mercer, Ren Woods, Sterling Hayden,
Director: John Flynn
Writers: Heywood Gould,
Cast: Cassie Yates, Dabney Coleman, James Best, James Victor, Lawrason Driscoll, Linda Haynes, Lisa Blake Richards, Luke Askew, Tommy Lee Jones, William Devane,