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Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932)[1] is an American actor.

Dabney Coleman
Dabney Coleman in 2001
Born	Dabney Wharton Coleman[1] (1932-01-03) January 3, 1932 (age 90) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–present
Spouses	Ann Courtney Harrell ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1959)​ Jean Hale ​ ​ (m. 1961; div. 1984)​
Children	4

Coleman's best known films include 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), WarGames (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), You've Got Mail (1998), Recess: School's Out (2001), Moonlight Mile (2002), and Rules Don't Apply (2016).[2]

Coleman's television roles include the title character in Buffalo Bill (1983–1984), Burton Fallin in The Guardian (2001–2004), the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in Recess (1997–2001), and Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner in Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011). He has won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations.

Career

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Coleman is a character actor with roles in well over 60 films and television programs to his credit. He trained with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater[3] in New York City from 1958 to 1960.

He is featured along with Bonnie Scott as Dr. Leon and Judy Bessemer, neighbors and friends of the protagonist in Season 1 of That Girl. Noted for his moustache which he grew in 1973,[4] he appeared in the sitcom wearing horn-rimmed glasses and with no facial hair.[5] Other early roles in his career included a U.S. Olympic skiing team coach in the 1969 Downhill Racer,[6] a high-ranking fire chief in The Towering Inferno (1974),[7] and a wealthy Westerner in Bite the Bullet (1975). He portrayed an FBI agent in Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975).[8]

He landed the main antagonist part of Franklin Hart, Jr., a sexist boss on whom three female office employees get their revenge in the 1980 film 9 to 5.[9] It was this film that established Coleman in the character type with which he is most identified, and has frequently played since – a comic relief villain. Coleman followed 9 to 5 with the role of the arrogant, sexist, soap opera director in Tootsie (1982). He broke from this type somewhat in other film roles. He appeared in the feature film On Golden Pond (1981),[10] playing the sympathetic fiancé of Chelsea Thayer Wayne (Jane Fonda). He also played a military computer scientist in WarGames (1983), and, in 1984, he played a dual role as a loving, but busy father, as well as his son's imaginary hero, in Cloak & Dagger.[11] He played an aging cop who thinks he is terminally ill in the 1990 comedy Short Time.[12]

Over the years, Coleman has shifted between roles in serious drama and comedies, the latter of which often cast him as a variation of his 9 to 5 character. Coleman received his first Emmy nomination for his lead role, as a skilled, but self-centered TV host, in the critically acclaimed, though short-lived, TV series Buffalo Bill. In 1987, he received an Emmy Award for his role in the TV movie Sworn to Silence.[13] Coleman played a con artist Broadway producer in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984),[14] a lisping Hugh Hefner-ish magazine mogul in the comedy Dragnet (1987), Bobcat Goldthwait's boss in the 1988 talking-horse comedy Hot to Trot, and befuddled banker Milburn Drysdale in the feature film The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), the last of which reunited him with 9 to 5 co-stars Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton. Continuing his streak of comic foils, Coleman played Charles Grodin's sleazy boss, Gerald Ellis, in Clifford (1994), co-starring Martin Short.[15]

From 1997 to 2001, Coleman provided the voice of Principal Prickly on the animated series Recess.[16] He also played a philandering father in You've Got Mail (1998). Coleman appeared as a casino owner in 2005's Domino. He received acclaim as Burton Fallin in the TV series The Guardian (2001–2004). For two seasons, from 2010 to 2011, Coleman was a series regular on HBO's Boardwalk Empire.[15] His most recent roles were a small part in Warren Beatty's Howard Hughes comedy Rules Don't Apply in 2016,[17] and a guest role as Kevin Costner's dying father in Yellowstone, in 2018.[18]

On November 6, 2014, Coleman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[19]

Personal life

Coleman resides in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood.[20] He attended Virginia Military Institute,[21][22] and the University of Texas at Austin.[23] He was drafted in the United States Army in 1953 and served in Europe.[22] He has been married and divorced twice. He was married to Ann Courtney Harrell from 1957 to 1959 and Jean Hale from 1961 to 1984. He has four children, including three by Hale: Kelly, Randy and Quincy.[24]

In 1998, Coleman worked with fellow actor Bronson Pinchot at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, to help protect local forests and helped lead a campaign to educate others on how to care for and protect forests nationwide.

Coleman is an avid tennis player, winning celebrity and charity tournaments. He played mainly at the Riviera Country Club as well as in local tournaments.[25][26] His favorite sports team is the St. Louis Browns.[27]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	The Slender Thread	Charlie
1966	This Property Is Condemned	Salesman
1968	The Scalphunters	Jed
1969	The Trouble with Girls	Harrison Wilby
1969	Downhill Racer	Mayo
1970	I Love My Wife	Frank Donnelly
1973	Cinderella Liberty	Executive Officer
1974	The Dove	Charles Huntley
1974	The Towering Inferno	SFFD deputy chief 1
1974	Black Fist	Heineken
1975	Bite the Bullet	Jack Parker
1975	The Other Side of the Mountain	Dave McCoy
1976	Midway	Captain Murray Arnold
1977	Viva Knievel!	Ralph Thompson
1977	Rolling Thunder	Maxwell
1978	The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2	Dave McCoy	Uncredited
1978	Go Tell the Spartans	Helicopter pilot	Uncredited
1979	North Dallas Forty	Emmett Hunter
1980	Nothing Personal	Dickerson
1980	How to Beat the High Cost of Living	Jack Heintzel
1980	Melvin and Howard	Judge Keith Hayes
1980	9 to 5	Franklin M. Hart, Jr.
1980	Pray TV	Marvin Fleece
1981	On Golden Pond	Dr. Bill Ray
1981	Modern Problems	Mark Winslow
1982	Young Doctors in Love	Dr. Joseph Prang
1982	Tootsie	Ron Carlisle
1983	WarGames	Dr. John McKittrick
1984	The Muppets Take Manhattan	Martin Price / Murray Plotsky
1984	Cloak & Dagger	Jack Flack / Hal Osborne
1985	The Man with One Red Shoe	Burton Cooper
1987	Dragnet	Jerry Caesar
1988	Hot to Trot	Walter Sawyer
1990	Where the Heart Is	Stewart McBain
1990	Short Time	Burt Simpson
1990	Meet the Applegates	Aunt Bea
1992	There Goes the Neighborhood	Jeffrey Babitt
1993	Amos & Andrew	Police Chief Cecil Tolliver
1993	The Beverly Hillbillies	Milburn Drysdale
1994	Clifford	Gerald Ellis
1994	Judicial Consent	Charles Mayron
1997	Witch Way Love	Joel Andrews
1998	You've Got Mail	Nelson Fox
1999	Giving It Up	Jonathan Gallant
1999	Inspector Gadget	Police Chief Quimby
1999	Stuart Little	Dr. Beechwood
1999	Taken	Ethan Grover
2001	Recess: School's Out	Principal Peter Prickly	Voice
2002	The Climb	Mack
2002	Moonlight Mile	Mike Mulcahey
2003	Where the Red Fern Grows	Grandpa
2005	Domino	Drake Bishop
2007	Hard Four	Spray Loomis
2016	Rules Don't Apply	Raymond Holliday
2019	Aly & Aj: Star Maps		Video short
TBA	Someday Sometime	Ivan Fogel	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Naked City	Resident	Episode: "Landscape with Dead Figures"
1964	The Outer Limits	Dr. Williams / Lt. Howard / James Custer	3 episodes
1964	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Tom Esterow	Episode: "Dear Uncle George"
1964–1966	The Fugitive	Steve / Officer George Graham / Floyd / Sergeant Keith	4 episodes
1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Lt. George Webb	Episode: "Anybody Here Seen Jeannie?"
1965	The Donna Reed Show	Rallye Master	Episode: "A-Haunting We Will Go"
1966–1967	That Girl	Dr. Leon Bessemer	8 episodes
1967	The Invaders	John Carter / Capt. Mitchell Ross	2 episodes
1967	Dundee and the Culhane	Sheriff Wrenn	Episode: "The Jubilee Raid Brief"
1967	The Flying Nun	Submarine Captain	Premiere Episode
1968–1969	Bonanza	Ivar Peterson / Clyde	2 episodes
1969	The Mod Squad	John	Episode: "The Guru"
1970	The F.B.I	Ty	Episode: "Incident in the Desert"
1970	The Brotherhood of the Bell	Agent Shepard	TV movie
1973	Dying Room Only”	Robert Mitchell	TV Movie
1973	The President's Plane Is Missing	Sen. Bert Haines	TV movie
1973–1991	Columbo	Hugh Creighton / Detective Murray	2 episodes
1974	The F.B.I	SAC Barnes	Episode: "Survival"
1974	Bad Ronald	Mr. Wood	TV movie
1974	Kojak	Alex Linden	Episode: "Therapy in Dynamite"
1974–1975	McMillan & Wife	Walter Jennings / Hansen	2 episodes
1975	Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan	Paul Mathison	TV movie
1975	Barnaby Jones	George Clark	Episode: "A Taste for Murder"
1975	Mannix	Howard Graham	Episode: "A Ransom for Yesterday"
1976	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Congressman Phil Whitman	Episode: "The Seminar"
1976–1977	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman	Merle Jeeter	148 episodes
1977	Fernwood 2 Night	Merle Jeeter, Mayor of Fernwood	Premiere episode
1977	Quincy, M.E.	Officer Peter O'Neil / Dr. Burt Travers	2 episodes
1978	Apple Pie	"Fast Eddie" Murtaugh	8 episodes
1978	Maneaters Are Loose!	McCallum	TV movie
1978	The Love Boat	Van Milner	Episode "The Last Hundred Bucks"
1979	Diff'rent Strokes	Fred Tanner	Episodes "Arnold's Girlfriend (Parts 1 & 2)"
1983–1984	Buffalo Bill	Bill Bittinger	26 episodes
1986	Fresno	Tyler Cane	5 episodes
1986	Murrow	CBS President William S. Paley	TV movie
1987–1988	The Slap Maxwell Story	Slap Maxwell	22 episodes
1991	Never Forget	William Cox	TV movie
1991–1992	Drexell's Class	Otis Drexell	18 episodes
1994–1995	Madman of the People	Jack "Madman" Buckner	16 episodes
1995–1997	The Pinocchio Shop	Nolan Howell	Series regular, 78 episodes
1997	The Magic School Bus	Horace Scope	Voice, Episode: "Sees Stars"
1997–2001	Recess	Principal Peter Prickly	Main cast Voice, 127 episodes
1997	Jumanji	Ashton Phillips	Voice, Episodes: "The Palace of Clues" and "An Old Story"
1998	My Date with the President's Daughter	President Richmond	Episode: "My Date with the President's Daughter"
1998	Exiled: A Law & Order Movie	Lieutenant Kevin Stolper	TV movie
2001–2004	The Guardian	Burton Fallin	67 Episodes
2006	Courting Alex	Bill Rose	12 Episodes
2007	Heartland	Dr. Bart Jacobs	6 episodes
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Frank Hager	Episode: "Snatched"
2010–2011	Pound Puppies	Mayor Jerry	Voice, 4 episodes Season 1 only
2010–2011	Boardwalk Empire	Commodore Louis Kaestner	24 episodes
2016	Ray Donovan	Mr. Price	Episode: "Federal Boobie Inspector"
2019	NCIS	Cpl. John Sidney	Episode: "The Last Link"
2019	For the People	Donald Newman	Episode: "One Big Happy Family, S2 E5"
2019	Yellowstone	John Dutton	Episode: "Sins of the Father", S2 E10

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1983	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Buffalo Bill	Nominated
1984	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy		Nominated
1984	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
1987	CableACE Awards	Actor in a Movie or Miniseries	Murrow	Nominated
1987	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Sworn to Silence	Won
1988	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy	The Slap Maxwell Story	Won
1988		Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Sworn to Silence	Nominated
1988	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	The Slap Maxwell Story	Nominated
1988		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Baby M	Nominated
1991		Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star	Nominated
2011	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Boardwalk Empire	Won
2012				Won

References

External links

• Dabney Coleman at IMDb
• Dabney Coleman at the TCM Movie Database
• Dabney Coleman at the Internet Broadway Database

На других языках

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[de] Dabney Coleman

Dabney Wharton Coleman (* 3. Januar 1932 in Austin, Texas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Dabney Coleman

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[es] Dabney Coleman

Dabney Wharton Coleman (Austin, Texas, 3 de enero de 1932) es un actor estadounidense conocido por sus interpretaciones de personajes corrosivos y su ominipresente bigote.

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[ru] Коулмен, Дэбни

Дэ́бни Уо́ртон Ко́улмен (англ. Dabney Wharton Coleman; род. 3 января 1932, Остин, Техас, США) — американский актёр кино и телевидения, получивший известность, в первую очередь, после ролей в фильмах «С девяти до пяти» (1980), «Тутси» (1982), «Военные игры» (1983), «Поклялся молчать» (1987), «Вам письмо» (1998).

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