Dabney Coleman

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AKA: Dabney Wharton Coleman
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 01/03/1932
Birthplace: Austin, Texas, USA

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 Continued

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(TV Show)
2007-2007
Dr. Bart Jacobs
2007
Dr. Bart Jacobs
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Dr. Bart Jacobs
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2006-2006
Bill Rose
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Bill Rose
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Bill Rose
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Bill Rose
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Bill Rose
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Bill Rose
2006
Bill Rose
2006
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Mike Mulcahey
2002
Chief Quimby
1999
Actor
1999
Nelson Fox
1998
John McKittrick
1983
Ron
1982
Franklin Hart Jr
1980
Maxwell
1977
Mayo
1969
Executive Officer
Jerry Caesar
Dr Joseph Prang
Tom Dickerson
Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
Bill Ray
Gerald Ellis
Charles Huntley
Mack 'Mackie' Leonard
Hal Osborne
Walter Sawyer
Actor
Stewart McBain
Burt Simpson

milestones

Year
Milestone
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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