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 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).

Nacimiento: 1932-01-03, Austin, Texas, USA
Fallecimiento: 2024-05-16
Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,4 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

You've Got Mail como Nelson Fox

Conocido por

Juegos de guerra (1983) — McKittrick
Boardwalk Empire (2010) — Commodore Louis Kaestner
Tienes un e-mail (1998) — Nelson Fox
Tootsie (1982) — Ron Carlisle
Stuart Little (1999) — Dr. Beechwood
Inspector Gadget (1999) — Chief Quimby
Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales (1999) — Frank Hager
Cómo eliminar a su jefe (1980) — Franklin M. Hart Jr.

Filmografía

Yellowstone (2018) — John Dutton Sr.
For The People (2018) — Donald
La excepción a la regla (2016) — Raymond Holliday
Ray Donovan (2013) — Mr. Price
Pound Puppies (2010) — Mayor (voz)
Boardwalk Empire (2010) — Commodore Louis Kaestner
Hard Four (2007) — Spray Loomis
Heartland (2007) — Dr. Bart Jacobs
Courting Alex (2006) — Jack Atwell
Domino (2005) — Drake Bishop
La Banda del Patio vuelve a la guardería (2003) — Principal Prickley (voz)
La Banda del patio ya esta en el 5º Curso (2003) — Principal Prickly (voz)
Navy: Investigación criminal (2003) — John Sydney
Donde el helecho rojo crece (2003) — Grandpa
El compromiso (2002) — Mike Mulcahey
The Climb (2002) — Mack
La banda del patio: Milagro en la calle tercera (2001) — Principal Peter Prickly
El guardián (2001) — Burton Fallin
El club de la risa (2001) — Henry
La Banda del Patio: La película (2001) — Principal Peter Prickly (voz)
El proyecto Z (2001)
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (2000) — John Kennedy
Stuart Little (1999) — Dr. Beechwood
Must Be Santa (1999)
Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales (1999) — Frank Hager
Inspector Gadget (1999) — Chief Quimby
Giving It Up (1999) — Johnathan Gallant
Taken (1999) — Ethan Grover
Tienes un e-mail (1998) — Nelson Fox
Exiled (1998) — Lieutenant Kevin Stolper
Mi cita con la hija del presidente (1998) — George Richmond
Objetivo: la Tierra (1998) — Senator Ben Arnold
La banda del patio (1997) — Principal Peter Prickly (voz)
Amor embrujado (1997) — Joel
Devil's Food (1996) — Seymour Kecker
In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1995) — Arthur Milo
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) — Monsieur Fox (voz)
Judicial Consent (1994) — Charles Mayron
Madman of the People (1994) — Jack 'Madman' Buckner
El Autobús Mágico (1994) — Horace Scope (voz)
Clifford (1994) — Gerald Ellis
Rústicos en Dinerolandia (1993) — Milburn Drysdale
¡Atrapen al ladrón! ¿Al Blanco o al Negro? (1993) — Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
¿Dónde está la pasta? (1992) — Jeffrey Babitt
Drexell's Class (1991)
Never Forget (1991) — William Cox
Estos terrícolas están locos (1990) — Aunt Bea
Asesíneme, por favor (1990) — Burt Simpson
Donde está el corazón (1990) — Stewart McBain
La abuela escribe a la cigüeña (1988) — Hal
Hot to Trot, un caballo en la bolsa (1988) — Walter Sawyer
Baby M (1988) — Gary Skoloff
Plaza Suite (1987) — Jesse Kiplinger
The Slap Maxwell Story (1987)
Dos sabuesos despistados (1987) — Jerry Caesar
Sworn to Silence (1987) — Martin Costigan
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987) — Ed Sigel
Fresno (1986) — Tyler Cane
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986) — Dabney Coleman
Murrow (1986) — William Paley
El hombre con un zapato rojo (1985) — Cooper
Los Teleñecos conquistan Manhattan (1984) — Martin Price
Juego secreto (1984) — Jack Flack / Hal Osborne
Juegos de guerra (1983) — McKittrick
Buffalo Bill (1983) — Bill Bittinger
Tootsie (1982) — Ron Carlisle
Los locos del bisturí (1982) — Dr. Joseph Prang
El poder de los celos (1981) — Mark Winslow
En el estanque dorado (1981) — Bill Ray
Callie & Son (1981) — Randall Bordeaux
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980) — Rick Bessett
Cómo eliminar a su jefe (1980) — Franklin M. Hart Jr.
Melvin y Howard (1980) — Judge Keith Hayes
Cómo superar el alto coste de la vida (1980) — Jack Heintzel
Pray TV (1980) — Marvin Fleece
Nada personal (1980) — Dickerson
Cuando ella era mala (1979) — Jack Wilson
North Dallas Forty (1979) — Emmett Hunter
Arnold (1978)
More Than Friends (1978) — Joshua 'Josh' Harrington
Apple Pie (1978) — Fast Eddie Murtaugh
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978) — McCallum
The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978) — George Bates
El ex-preso de Corea (1977) — Maxwell
Forever Fernwood (1977)
Vacaciones en el mar (1977) — Van Milner
Black Fist (1977) — Heineken
Viva Knievel! (1977) — Ralph Thompson
Quincy, M.E. (1976) — Dr. Burt Travers / Officer Peter O'Neil
La batalla de Midway (1976) — Captain Murray Arnold
Kiss Me... Kill Me (1976) — Capt. Logan
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) — Merle Jeeter
Una ventana al cielo (1975) — Dave McCoy
Muerde la bala (1975) — Jack Parker
Switch (1975) — C.C. Owens
Medical Story (1975) — Blair
Returning Home (1975) — Al Stephenson
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975) — Paul Mathison
El coloso en llamas (1974) — Deputy Chief #1
Bad Ronald (1974) — Mr. Wood
Sons and Daughters (1974)
The Manhunter (1974)
Petrocelli (1974) — Willy Morgan
The Dove (1974) — Charles Huntley
House of Evil (1974)
Cinderella Liberty (1973) — Executive Officer
Kojak (1973) — Alex Linden
The President's Plane Is Missing (1973) — Sen. Bert Haines
Dying Room Only (1973) — Bob Mitchell
Moving Target (1973) — Morty Raskin
Savage! (1973) — Ted Seligson
Police Story (1973)
Barnaby Jones (1973) — George Clark / Ted Sayers / Brad Adamson / Paul Cleveland
Las calles de San Francisco (1972) — George Todd / Andrew Horvath, Sr.
Banyon (1972) — Ralph Hubbard
Search (1972)
McMillan y esposa (1971) — Hansen / Walter Jennings
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) — Frank Wellmam
Colombo (1971) — Hugh Creighton / Detective Murray
Cannon (1971)
I Love My Wife (1970) — Frank Donnelly
Dan August (1970) — Rick Bessett
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) — Congressman Phil Whitman
La hermandad de la campana (1970) — Agent Shepard
Nanny and the Professor (1970) — Detective Robinson
El descenso de la muerte (1969) — Mayo
Medical Center (1969)
Then Came Bronson (1969) — Dr. Ron Carlisle
Los nuevos médicos (1969) — Dr. Goldstone
Room 222 (1969)
Mis problemas con las mujeres (1969) — Harrison Wilby
Patrulla juvenil (1968) — John
El camino de la venganza (1968) — Jed
Mannix (1967) — Ralph Stoner / Howard Graham
Judd, for the Defense (1967)
La novicia voladora (1967) — Sub. Captain
Ironside (1967) — Daniel Leary
Los invasores (1967) — Capt. Mitchell Ross / John Carter
That Girl (1966) — Dr. Leon Bessemer
Propiedad condenada (1966) — Salesman
La vida vale más (1965) — Charlie
The F.B.I. (1965) — Ira Barker / Allen Clarke / Stanley Leonard / Sam Langlin / Ty Williams / Mr. Jamison / Barnes
Mi bella genio (1965) — George Webb / Captain Yardley
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965) — Clark
Run for Your Life (1965) — Fred Palmer
12 O'Clock High (1964) — Captain Wilson / Captain Robbins
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) — William Gunther / Alvin Piper
El fugitivo (1963) — Floyd / Sergeant Keith / Officer George Graham / Steve
Más allá del límite (1963) — Dr. Williams / James Custer / Lt. Rupert Lawrence Howard (sin acreditar)
Arrest and Trial (1963) — Wayne Holton
La hora de Alfred Hitchcock (1962) — Tom Esterow / Sgt. Lou Snyder
Ben Casey (1961)
Hazel (1961) — Les Swanton
Dr. Kildare (1961) — Dr. David Kirkson
Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961)
Bonanza (1959) — Clyde / Ivar Peterson
Naked City (1958) — Resident
The Donna Reed Show (1958) — Rallye Master