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Dabbs Greer

Acting

Born April 2, 1917 · Fairview, Missouri, USA

Died April 28, 2007

Also known as Robert William "Dabbs" Greer · Dabs Greer · Robert William Greer

Biography

Robert William "Dabbs" Greer was an American character actor in film and television for over 60 years. Greer appeared in nearly 100 film roles and in nearly 600 television episodes of various series. He played Mr. Jonas in Gunsmoke, Coach Ossie Weiss in the sitcom Hank, and Reverend Robert Alden in Little House on the Prairie. Greer's final film role was as the 108-year-old Paul Edgecomb, the character played by Tom Hanks in 1999's The Green Mile.

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Filmography50+ titles

The Green Mile

1999as Old Paul Edgecomb

The Twilight Zone

1959as Evans

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Robert Alden

The Outer Limits

1963as E. F. Larkin

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Theodore the Milkman

Perry Mason

1957as Bill Cotton

The Rockford Files

1974as Peter Preli

The Wild Wild West

1965

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Mr. Waring

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Sales Clerk

Picket Fences

1992as Rev. Henry Novotny

Bonanza

1959as Doc Tasker Dunkatt

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956as Mack Lomax

The Fugitive

1963as Charlie Fletcher

Steve Canyon

1958as Ben Moore

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952as Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)

Lizzie McGuire

2001as Moe

Little House: The Last Farewell

1984as Rev. Robert Alden

The Greatest American Hero

1981as Supervisor

The Incredible Hulk

1977as Dr. Malone

Rawhide

1959as Sheriff

The Young Guns

1956as Fred

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Danny McNamara

L.A. Law

1986as Chester Mead

Adam-12

1968as Dave Carson

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959as Deputy Andy

The Rifleman

1958as Farley

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954as Schuyler

Julius Caesar

1953as Citizen of Rome (uncredited)

Mister Scoutmaster

1953as Fireman (uncredited)

Barnaby Jones

1973as Andy Spake

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Watchman

Shenandoah

1965as Abernathy

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Bartender

The Damned Don't Cry

1950as Reporter (uncredited)

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday

1983as Rev. Robert Alden

The Rookies

1972

Ironside

1967as Mr. Carew

Day of the Outlaw

1959as Doc Langer, Veterinarian

I Want to Live!

1958as San Quentin Capt.

House of Wax

1953as Shane

Con Air

1997as Old Man Under Truck

Roseanne

1988

Mannix

1967

Stoney Burke

1962

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955as Marshal Crawford

Lucky Me

1954as Eddie Szczepanski (uncredited)

Reign of Terror

1949as Bridge Guard (uncredited)

Charlie's Angels

1976as Bluford Catlin