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Dabney Coleman

Acting

Born January 3, 1932 · Austin, Texas, USA

Died May 16, 2024

Also known as Dabney Wharton Coleman

Biography

Dabney Wharton Coleman 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series · 2011
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy · 1987
  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1987
  • Mary Pickford Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Still Working 9 to 5

2022as Self

More Than Friends

1978as Joshua 'Josh' Harrington

Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20

2026as Franklin M. Hart Jr (archive footage)

Yellowstone

2018as John Dutton Sr.

Columbo

1971as Detective Murray

Boardwalk Empire

2010as Commodore Louis Kaestner

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Frank Hager

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Sgt. Lou Snyder

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Captain Yardley

The Outer Limits

1963as Lt. Rupert Lawrence Howard (uncredited)

Recess

1997as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)

The Magic School Bus

1994as Horace Scope (voice)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970as Congressman Phil Whitman

NCIS

2003as John Sydney

The Zeta Project

2001

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Ray Donovan

2013as Mr. Price

Quincy, M.E.

1976as Dr. Burt Travers

Bonanza

1959as Ivar Peterson

On Golden Pond

1981as Bill Ray

The Fugitive

1963as Officer George Graham

For the People

2018as Donald

Tootsie

1982as Ron Carlisle

Kojak

1973as Alex Linden

WarGames

1983as McKittrick

Diff'rent Strokes

1978

The Slender Thread

1965as Charlie

The Guardian

2001as Burton Fallin

9 to 5

1980as Franklin M. Hart Jr.

The Towering Inferno

1974as Deputy Chief #1

Police Story

1973

Barnaby Jones

1973as Paul Cleveland

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as George Todd

McMillan & Wife

1971as Walter Jennings

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Mannix

1967as Howard Graham

Callie & Son

1981as Randall Bordeaux

Rolling Thunder

1977as Maxwell

Ironside

1967as Daniel Leary

Hazel

1961as Les Swanton

You've Got Mail

1998as Nelson Fox

North Dallas Forty

1979as Emmett Hunter

Cinderella Liberty

1973as Executive Officer

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

2003as Principal Prickly (voice)

Recess: School's Out

2001as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984as Martin Price

Midway

1976as Captain Murray Arnold

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003as Grandpa

Recess: All Growed Down

2003as Principal Prickley (voice)

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987as Ed Sigel