Dabney Coleman

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An American actor with a long career spanning over forty years. He is best known for his roles in 9 to 5, Tootsie, and War Games and is frequently typecast as a smarmy, selfish, comic relief villain.

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2011 Boardwalk Empire (11) Commodore Louis Kaestner
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1) Frank Hager
2007 Heartland (6) Dr. Bart Jacobs
2006 Lilo & Stitch: The Series (1)
2006 The Early Show (1) Franklin Hart
2006 Courting Alex (13)
2005 Domino Drake Bishop
2005 Hard Four Spray Loomis
2004 The Guardian (67)
2003 Freedom: A History of Us (1) Stephen A. Douglas
2003 Where the Red Fern Grows Grandpa
2002 Moonlight Mile Mike Mulcahey
2002 The Zeta Project (1) Dr. Boyle
2002 The Climb Mack
2001 Recess: School's Out Principal Peter Prickly
2001 E! True Hollywood Story (1) Himself
1999 Stuart Little Dr. Beechwood
1999 Recess (6)
1999 Inspector Gadget Chief Quimby
1999 Giving It Up Johnathan Gallant
1998 You've Got Mail Nelson Fox
1998 Exiled: A Law & Order Movie Lieutenant Kevin Stolper
1998 My Date with the President's Daughter President Richmond
1998 Taken Ethan Grover
1997 The Magic School Bus (1)
1997 Un amour de sorcière Joel
1994 Clifford Gerald Ellis
1993 The Beverly Hillbillies Milburn Drysdale
1993 Amos & Andrew Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
1991 Columbo (2)
1991 Never Forget William Cox
1990 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (2)
1990 Short Time Burt Simpson
1990 Where the Heart Is
1988 Hot to Trot Walter Sawyer
1988 Baby M Gary Skoloff
1987 Saturday Night Live (1) Himself - Host / Various
1987 Dragnet Jerry Caesar
1987 Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story Ed Sigel
1986 The A-Team (1)
1985 The Man with One Red Shoe Cooper
1984 Cloak & Dagger Jack Flack / Hal Osborne
1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan Martin Price
1983 WarGames Dr. John McKittrick
1982 Tootsie Ron Carlisle
1982 Young Doctors in Love Dr. Joseph Prang
1982 On Golden Pond Bill Ray
1981 Modern Problems Mark Winslow
1981 Callie & Son Randall Bordeaux
1981 How to Beat the High Co$t of Living Jack Heintzel
1980 Nine to Five Franklin M. Hart Jr.
1980 Melvin and Howard Judge Keith Hayes
1980 Nothing Personal Dickerson
1980 Pray TV Marvin Fleece
1979 Barnaby Jones (3)
1979 Diff'rent Strokes (1)
1979 North Dallas Forty Emmett Hunter
1978 Go Tell the Spartans Helicopter pilot
1978 Maneaters Are Loose! McCallum
1977 Rolling Thunder Maxwell
1977 Viva Knievel Ralph Thompson
1976 Police Story (0)
1976 Midway Captain Murray Arnold
1976 Switch (1)
1976 Mary Tyler Moore (0)
1976 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (0)
1975 McMillan & Wife (2) Frank Hansen
1975 Bite the Bullet Jack Parker
1974 The Towering Inferno Deputy Chief #1
1974 The F.B.I. (9)
1974 Cinderella Liberty Executive Officer
1974 The Dove
1974 Bad Ronald
1973 Cannon (0)
1973 Search (1)
1973 Ironside (1)
1973 Room 222 (2)
1970 The Brotherhood of the Bell
1970 Downhill Racer Mayo
1969 Bonanza (2)
1969 The Trouble with Girls Harrison Wilby
1969 Downhill Racer
1968 The Mod Squad (0)
1968 The Scalphunters Jed
1967 I Dream of Jeannie (1)
1967 Run for Your Life (1)
1966 This Property is Condemned Salesman
1966 That Girl (0)
1966 The Slender Thread Charlie
1966 12 O'Clock High (2)
1965 Hazel (1)
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (2) Sergeant Harry King / ...
1964 Dr. Kildare (1)
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (2) Alvin Piper / ...
1963 Ben Casey (1)
1961 Naked City (1)
General Information Edit
Credited Name Dabney Coleman
Gender Male
Birthday Jan. 3, 1931
Death
Primary Role Actor
Hometown Austin, Texas
Country United States
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