

Dabney Coleman
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
3 Jan 1932
Age
94 Years
Born In
Austin, Texas, USA
Total Projects
199
Years Active
78 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.5 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography

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Still Working 9 to 5
Still Working 9 to 5
as Self

tv
Yellowstone
Yellowstone
as John Dutton Sr.

tv
For the People
For the People
as Donald

movie
Rules Don't Apply
Rules Don't Apply
as Raymond Holliday

tv
Ray Donovan
Ray Donovan
as Mr. Price

movie
Char·ac·ter
Char·ac·ter
as Self

tv
Pound Puppies
Pound Puppies
as Mayor (voice)

tv
Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire
as Commodore Louis Kaestner

movie
Hard Four
Hard Four
as Spray Loomis

tv
Heartland
Heartland
as Dr. Bart Jacobs

tv
Courting Alex
Courting Alex
as Jack Atwell

movie
Domino
Domino
as Drake Bishop

movie
Recess: All Growed Down
Recess: All Growed Down
as Principal Prickley (voice)

movie
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
as Principal Prickly (voice)

tv
NCIS
NCIS
as Army Corporal John Sydney

movie
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows
as Grandpa

movie
Moonlight Mile
Moonlight Mile
as Mike Mulcahey

movie
The Climb
The Climb
as Mack

movie
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street
as Principal Peter Prickly

movie
The Making of Midway
The Making of Midway
as Self

tv
The Guardian
The Guardian
as Burton Fallin

movie
Kiss My Act
Kiss My Act
as Henry

movie
Recess: School's Out
Recess: School's Out
as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)

tv
The Zeta Project
The Zeta Project

movie
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
as John Kennedy

movie
Stuart Little
Stuart Little
as Dr. Beechwood

movie
Must Be Santa
Must Be Santa

tv
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Frank Hager

movie
Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget
as Chief Quimby

movie
Giving It Up
Giving It Up
as Johnathan Gallant

movie
Taken
Taken
as Ethan Grover

movie
You've Got Mail
You've Got Mail
as Nelson Fox

movie
Exiled
Exiled
as Lieutenant Kevin Stolper

movie
My Date with the President's Daughter
My Date with the President's Daughter
as President George Richmond

movie
Target Earth
Target Earth
as Senator Ben Arnold

tv
Recess
Recess
as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)

movie
A Witch's Way of Love
A Witch's Way of Love
as Joel

movie
Devil's Food
Devil's Food
as Seymour Kecker

tv
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story

movie
In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
as Arthur Milo

tv
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Monsieur Fox (voice)

movie
Judicial Consent
Judicial Consent
as Charles Mayron

tv
Madman of the People
Madman of the People
as Jack 'Madman' Buckner

tv
The Magic School Bus
The Magic School Bus
as Horace Scope (voice)

movie
Clifford
Clifford
as Gerald Ellis

movie
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Milburn Drysdale

movie
Amos & Andrew
Amos & Andrew
as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver

movie
Lincoln
Lincoln
as Stephen A. Douglas (voice)

movie
There Goes the Neighborhood
There Goes the Neighborhood
as Jeffrey Babitt

tv
Drexell's Class
Drexell's Class

movie
Never Forget
Never Forget
as William Cox

movie
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self

movie
Meet the Applegates
Meet the Applegates
as Aunt Bea

movie
Short Time
Short Time
as Burt Simpson

movie
Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is
as Stewart McBain

movie
Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby
as Hal

movie
Hot to Trot
Hot to Trot
as Walter Sawyer

tv
Baby M
Baby M
as Gary Skoloff

movie
Plaza Suite
Plaza Suite
as Jesse Kiplinger

tv
The Slap Maxwell Story
The Slap Maxwell Story

movie
Dragnet
Dragnet
as Jerry Caesar

movie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self

movie
Sworn to Silence
Sworn to Silence
as Martin Costigan

movie
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as Ed Sigel

tv
Fresno
Fresno
as Tyler Cane

movie
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Dabney Coleman

movie
Murrow
Murrow
as William Paley

movie
The Man with One Red Shoe
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Cooper

movie
Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self

movie
The Muppets Take Manhattan
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Martin Price

movie
Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger
as Jack Flack / Hal Osborne

movie
WarGames
WarGames
as McKittrick

tv
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill
as Bill Bittinger

movie
Tootsie
Tootsie
as Ron Carlisle

movie
Young Doctors in Love
Young Doctors in Love
as Dr. Joseph Prang

movie
Modern Problems
Modern Problems
as Mark Winslow

movie
On Golden Pond
On Golden Pond
as Bill Ray

movie
Callie & Son
Callie & Son
as Randall Bordeaux

movie
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
as Rick Bessett

movie
Nine to Five
Nine to Five
as Franklin M. Hart Jr.

movie
Melvin and Howard
Melvin and Howard
as Judge Keith Hayes

movie
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
as Jack Heintzel

movie
Pray TV
Pray TV
as Marvin Fleece

movie
Nothing Personal
Nothing Personal
as Dickerson

movie
When She Was Bad...
When She Was Bad...
as Jack Wilson

movie
North Dallas Forty
North Dallas Forty
as Emmett Hunter

tv
Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes

movie
More Than Friends
More Than Friends
as Joshua 'Josh' Harrington

tv
Apple Pie
Apple Pie
as Fast Eddie Murtaugh

movie
Maneaters Are Loose!
Maneaters Are Loose!
as McCallum

movie
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as George Bates

movie
Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder
as Maxwell

tv
Forever Fernwood
Forever Fernwood

tv
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Van Milner

movie
Black Fist
Black Fist
as Heineken

tv
Fernwood 2 Night
Fernwood 2 Night
as Mayor Merle Jeeter

movie
Viva Knievel!
Viva Knievel!
as Ralph Thompson

tv
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
as Dr. Burt Travers

tv
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
as Officer Peter O'Neil

movie
Midway
Midway
as Captain Murray Arnold

movie
Kiss Me... Kill Me
Kiss Me... Kill Me
as Capt. Logan

tv
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
as Merle Jeeter

movie
The Other Side of the Mountain
The Other Side of the Mountain
as Dave McCoy

tv
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host

movie
Bite the Bullet
Bite the Bullet
as Jack Parker

tv
Switch
Switch
as C.C. Owens

tv
Medical Story
Medical Story
as Blair

movie
Returning Home
Returning Home
as Al Stephenson

movie
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Paul Mathison

tv
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Paul Mathison

movie
The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno
as Deputy Chief #1

movie
Bad Ronald
Bad Ronald
as Mr. Wood

tv
Sons and Daughters
Sons and Daughters

tv
The Manhunter
The Manhunter

tv
Petrocelli
Petrocelli
as Willy Morgan

movie
The Dove
The Dove
as Charles Huntley

movie
House of Evil
House of Evil

movie
Cinderella Liberty
Cinderella Liberty
as Executive Officer

tv
Kojak
Kojak
as Alex Linden

movie
The President's Plane Is Missing
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Sen. Bert Haines

movie
Dying Room Only
Dying Room Only
as Bob Mitchell

movie
Moving Target
Moving Target

movie
Savage
Savage
as Ted Seligson

tv
Police Story
Police Story

tv
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
as George Clark

tv
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
as Ted Sayers

tv
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
as Brad Adamson

tv
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
as Paul Cleveland

tv
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
as George Todd

tv
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
as Andrew Horvath, Sr.

tv
Banyon
Banyon
as Ralph Hubbard

tv
Search
Search

tv
McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife
as Hansen

tv
McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife
as Walter Jennings

tv
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Frank Wellmam

tv
Columbo
Columbo
as Hugh Creighton

tv
Columbo
Columbo
as Detective Murray

tv
Cannon
Cannon

movie
I Love My Wife
I Love My Wife
as Frank Donnelly

tv
Dan August
Dan August
as Rick Bessett

tv
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Congressman Phil Whitman

movie
The Brotherhood of the Bell
The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Agent Shepard

tv
Nanny and the Professor
Nanny and the Professor
as Detective Robinson

movie
Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer
as Mayo

tv
Medical Center
Medical Center

tv
Then Came Bronson
Then Came Bronson
as Dr. Ron Carlisle

tv
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
as Dr. Goldstone

tv
Room 222
Room 222

movie
The Trouble with Girls
The Trouble with Girls
as Harrison Wilby

tv
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
as John

movie
The Scalphunters
The Scalphunters
as Jed

tv
Mannix
Mannix
as Ralph Stoner

tv
Mannix
Mannix
as Howard Graham

tv
Judd, for the Defense
Judd, for the Defense

tv
The Flying Nun
The Flying Nun
as Sub. Captain

tv
Ironside
Ironside
as Daniel Leary

tv
The Invaders
The Invaders
as Capt. Mitchell Ross

tv
The Invaders
The Invaders
as John Carter

tv
That Girl
That Girl

tv
That Girl
That Girl
as Dr. Leon Bessemer

movie
This Property Is Condemned
This Property Is Condemned
as Salesman

movie
The Slender Thread
The Slender Thread
as Charlie

tv
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Ira Barker

tv
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Allen Clarke

tv
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Stanley Leonard

tv
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Sam Langlin

tv
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Ty Williams

tv
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Mr. Jamison

tv
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Barnes

tv
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie
as George Webb

tv
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie
as Captain Yardley

tv
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Clark

tv
Run for Your Life
Run for Your Life
as Fred Palmer

tv
12 O'Clock High
12 O'Clock High
as Captain Robbins

tv
12 O'Clock High
12 O'Clock High
as Captain Wilson

tv
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as William Gunther

tv
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Alvin Piper

tv
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Sergeant Harry King

tv
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Stanley Rivkin

tv
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
as Floyd

tv
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
as Sergeant Keith

tv
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
as Officer George Graham

tv
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
as Steve

tv
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Williams

tv
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
as James Custer

tv
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
as Lt. Rupert Lawrence Howard (uncredited)

tv
Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial
as Wayne Holton

tv
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self

tv
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Tom Esterow

tv
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sgt. Lou Snyder

tv
Ben Casey
Ben Casey

tv
Hazel
Hazel
as Les Swanton

tv
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. David Kirkson

tv
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Kraft Mystery Theatre

tv
Bonanza
Bonanza
as Clyde

tv
Bonanza
Bonanza
as Ivar Peterson

tv
Naked City
Naked City
as Resident

tv
The Donna Reed Show
The Donna Reed Show
as Rallye Master

tv
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee