Dabney ColemanAKA:
Dabney Wharton Coleman
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01/03/1932 Birthplace:
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biography
Prolific character actor of film and TV best known for playing endearing if outspoken grumps and perversely likeable cads and schemers. Something in the cadence of Coleman's Texan drawl simultaneously suggests folksiness and moral laxity. Though handsome, his beady eyes tend to glint with mean inspiration and his mustache often frames a leer. Coleman's memorable film roles include the villainous boss in "9 to 5" (1980), the pompous director in "Tootsie" (1982), and the sympathetic role of Jane Fonda's boyfriend in "On Golden Pond" (1981). On TV, he is best known as the ne'er-do-well
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milestones
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1953
Served two years as a member of the Army's Special Services Division
Inspired to switch his studies from law to drama after meeting actor (and fellow Austin, TX native) Zachary Scott
First professional stage appearance, William Inge's "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"
1961
Broadway debut, "A Call on Kuprin"
Toured in summer stock
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