10.0
10.0
Still Working 9 to 5
2022
as Self
Dabney Coleman
Acting
Nationality:United States
Education:Virginia Military Institute, University of Texas School of Law, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Roy Miller High School
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. He was recognized for his roles portraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic performances. Throughout his career, he appeared in over 175 films and television programs and received awards for both comedic and dramatic performances. Coleman's notable films include 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), WarGames (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), and You've Got Mail (1998). His significant television roles included Merle Jeeter on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977), the title characters in Buffalo Bill (1983–1984) and The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988), and Burton Fallin on The Guardian (2001–2004). Later in his career, he portrayed Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011). His final role was an appearance on Yellowstone (2019). As a voice actor, he provided the voice of Principal Peter Prickly on Recess (1997–2001) and in several movies based on the series. Coleman won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations.
Filmography (86 movies)
7.2
7.2
On Golden Pond
1981
as Bill Ray
7.2
7.2
Tootsie
1982
as Ron Carlisle
7.1
7.1
The Slender Thread
1965
as Charlie
7.1
7.1
WarGames
1983
as McKittrick
7.0
7.0
The Towering Inferno
1974
as Deputy Chief #1
7.0
7.0
Kiss Me... Kill Me
1976
as Capt. Logan
6.9
6.9
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990
as Self
6.9
6.9
Nine to Five
1980
as Franklin M. Hart Jr.
6.9
6.9
My Date with the President's Daughter
1998
as President George Richmond
6.8
6.8
Rolling Thunder
1977
as Maxwell
6.8
6.8
Lincoln
1992
as Stephen A. Douglas (voice)
6.7
6.7
Callie & Son
1981
as Randall Bordeaux
6.7
6.7
You've Got Mail
1998
as Nelson Fox
6.6
6.6
Cinderella Liberty
1973
as Executive Officer
6.6
6.6
Dying Room Only
1973
as Bob Mitchell
6.6
6.6
Recess: School's Out
2001
as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)
6.6
6.6
North Dallas Forty
1979
as Emmett Hunter
6.6
6.6
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
as Martin Price
6.5
6.5
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
2003
as Principal Prickly (voice)
6.5
6.5
Short Time
1990
as Burt Simpson
6.5
6.5
Recess: All Growed Down
2003
as Principal Prickley (voice)
6.4
6.4
This Property Is Condemned
1966
as Salesman
6.4
6.4
Bite the Bullet
1975
as Jack Parker
6.4
6.4
The Scalphunters
1968
as Jed
6.3
6.3
Cloak & Dagger
1984
as Jack Flack / Hal Osborne
6.3
6.3
Moonlight Mile
2002
as Mike Mulcahey
6.3
6.3
The Other Side of the Mountain
1975
as Dave McCoy
6.3
6.3
The Beverly Hillbillies
1993
as Milburn Drysdale
6.3
6.3
The Dove
1974
as Charles Huntley
6.2
6.2
Bad Ronald
1974
as Mr. Wood
6.2
6.2
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1986
as Dabney Coleman
6.2
6.2
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Sen. Bert Haines
6.1
6.1
Where the Heart Is
1990
as Stewart McBain
6.0
6.0
Dragnet
1987
as Jerry Caesar
6.0
6.0
Plaza Suite
1987
as Jesse Kiplinger
6.0
6.0
Sworn to Silence
1987
as Martin Costigan
6.0
6.0
House of Evil
1974
5.9
5.9
Domino
2005
as Drake Bishop
5.9
5.9
Where the Red Fern Grows
2003
as Grandpa
5.8
5.8
Downhill Racer
1969
as Mayo
5.7
5.7
Rules Don't Apply
2016
as Raymond Holliday
5.7
5.7
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
as Cooper
5.7
5.7
Savage
1973
as Ted Seligson
5.7
5.7
The Climb
2002
as Mack
5.6
5.6
Exiled
1998
as Lieutenant Kevin Stolper
5.5
5.5
The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970
as Agent Shepard
5.5
5.5
Kiss My Act
2001
as Henry
5.4
5.4
Amos & Andrew
1993
as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
5.4
5.4
Meet the Applegates
1990
as Aunt Bea
5.3
5.3
Modern Problems
1981
as Mark Winslow
5.3
5.3
Nothing Personal
1980
as Dickerson
5.2
5.2
Young Doctors in Love
1982
as Dr. Joseph Prang
5.2
5.2
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
as Jeffrey Babitt
5.2
5.2
Hot to Trot
1988
as Walter Sawyer
5.2
5.2
A Witch's Way of Love
1997
as Joel
5.1
5.1
Judicial Consent
1994
as Charles Mayron
5.1
5.1
Clifford
1994
as Gerald Ellis
5.0
5.0
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
as Jack Heintzel
5.0
5.0
Returning Home
1975
as Al Stephenson
5.0
5.0
When She Was Bad...
1979
as Jack Wilson
5.0
5.0
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975
as Paul Mathison
5.0
5.0
Murrow
1986
as William Paley
4.8
4.8
Pray TV
1980
as Marvin Fleece
4.7
4.7
The Trouble with Girls
1969
as Harrison Wilby
4.5
4.5
Inspector Gadget
1999
as Chief Quimby
4.5
4.5
Maybe Baby
1988
as Hal
4.4
4.4
Hard Four
2007
as Spray Loomis
4.3
4.3
In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
1995
as Arthur Milo
4.2
4.2
Target Earth
1998
as Senator Ben Arnold
4.2
4.2
Never Forget
1991
as William Cox
4.0
4.0
Char·ac·ter
2012
as Self
4.0
4.0
Taken
1999
as Ethan Grover
4.0
4.0
Black Fist
1977
as Heineken
3.9
3.9
Giving It Up
1999
as Johnathan Gallant
3.6
3.6
Viva Knievel!
1977
as Ralph Thompson
3.5
3.5
Must Be Santa
1999
3.4
3.4
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
2000
as John Kennedy
2.0
2.0
I Love My Wife
1970
as Frank Donnelly
2.0
2.0
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
as Rick Bessett
Moving Target
1973
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
1987
as Ed Sigel
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978
as McCallum
More Than Friends
1978
as Joshua 'Josh' Harrington
Devil's Food
1996
as Seymour Kecker
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978
as George Bates
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