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Dabney Coleman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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), Inspecto... more

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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 Don't Apply (2016).

Coleman's television roles included the title characters of Buffalo Bill (1983–1984) and The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988), as well as Burton Fallin on The Guardian (2001–2004), the voice of Principal Peter Prickly on Recess (1997–2001), and Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner on Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011). He won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations.

Coleman was 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 Theatre in New York City from 1958 to 1960.

Coleman made his Broadway debut in the short-lived A Call on Kuprin in 1961. In a 1964 episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre titled "The Threatening Eye", Coleman played private investigator William Gunther. Two years later, he played Dr. Leon Bessemer with Bonnie Scott as his wife Judy, neighbors and friends of the protagonist in Season 1 of That Girl, episode 3, "Never Change a Diaper on Opening Night". Noted for his moustache which he grew in 1973, he appeared in the sitcom wearing horn-rimmed glasses and with no facial hair. Other early roles in his career included a U.S. Olympic skiing team coach in Downhill Racer (1969), a high-ranking fire chief in The Towering Inferno (1974), 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).

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Tootsie
(1982)
Comedy, Romance
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Sydney Pollack, Gavin Reed
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman, Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr
7.4
90%
88
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WarGames
(1983)
Action
High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race aga...
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
John Badham
Cast:
Matthew Broderick, Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Dabney Coleman, John Wood
7.1
93%
77
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You've Got Mail
(1998)
Comedy, Romance
Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Nora Ephron
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Katie Sagona, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
6.7
70%
57
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On Golden Pond
(1981)
Drama
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Mark Rydell
Cast:
Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman
7.6
93%
68
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The Towering Inferno
(1974)
Action, Drama, Thriller
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—office building, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
Runtime:
165 min
Director:
John Guillermin
Cast:
Steve McQueen, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, William Holden
7.0
70%
69
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Nine to Five
(1980)
Comedy
Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Colin Higgins
Cast:
Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Sterling Hayden
6.9
83%
58
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Stuart Little
(1999)
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
Rob Minkoff
Cast:
Michael J. Fox, Geena Davis, Chazz Palminteri, Hugh Laurie, Nathan Lane
5.9
67%
61
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Domino
(2005)
Action, Crime
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
Tony Scott
Cast:
Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramírez, Delroy Lindo, Mo'Nique
5.9
N/A
36
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
(1984)
Comedy, Family, Romance
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Bro...
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Frank Oz
Cast:
Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Richard Hunt
6.9
83%
64
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Midway
(1976)
Action, Drama, History, War
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Jack Smight
Cast:
Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook
6.8
47%
48
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Dragnet
(1987)
Action, Comedy, Crime
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of...
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Tom Mankiewicz
Cast:
Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul
6.0
50%
62
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Moonlight Mile
(2002)
Drama, Romance
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Brad Silberling
Cast:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Aleksia Landeau, Ellen Pompeo
6.7
63%
59
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Rolling Thunder
(1977)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden,...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
John Flynn
Cast:
William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, James Best, Dabney Coleman
7.0
86%
66
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Recess: School's Out
(2001)
Animation, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
It's the most exciting time of year at Third Street Elementary-- the end of the School Year! But boredom quickly sets in for protagonist TJ Detweiler, as his friends are headed for Summer Camp. One day, while passing by the school on his bike, he notices a green glow coming from the school's auditorium. This is the work of the insidiou...
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Chuck Sheetz
Cast:
Andrew Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Pamela Adlon
6.6
60%
43
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The Man with One Red Shoe
(1985)
Action, Comedy
A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Stan Dragoti
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Dabney Coleman, Lori Singer, Charles Durning, Carrie Fisher
5.7
47%
31
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Cloak & Dagger
(1984)
Action, Adventure, Family
11-year-old Davey's mother is dead and his father doesn't spend nearly enough time with him. So the boy loses himself in video games--and even has an imaginary friend, a super-resourceful secret agent. When he accidentally comes into possession of a spy group's secret plans, and winds up on the run from them, he must learn to rely on h...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Richard Franklin
Cast:
Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra, John McIntire
6.5
64%
64
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This Property Is Condemned
(1966)
Drama, Romance
A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town's railway (town's main income). Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr. Alva and Owen then try to escape Alva's mother's (Hazel) clutches and the town's revenge.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Cast:
Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Kate Reid, Mary Badham
7.1
64%
N/A
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Bite the Bullet
(1975)
Action, Adventure, Western
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
Runtime:
132 min
Director:
Richard Brooks
Cast:
Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen
6.8
71%
N/A
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The Beverly Hillbillies
(1993)
Comedy
Jed Clampett and kin move from Arkansas to Beverly Hills when he becomes a billionaire, after an oil strike. The country folk are very naive with regard to life in the big city, so when Jed starts a search for a new wife there are inevitably plenty of takers and con artists ready to make a fast buck
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Penelope Spheeris
Cast:
Jim Varney, Diedrich Bader, Erika Eleniak, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin
5.0
22%
37
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Clifford
(1994)
Comedy
When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himsel...
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Paul Flaherty
Cast:
Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen, Dabney Coleman, Richard Kind
5.5
13%
N/A
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Amos & Andrew
(1993)
Action, Comedy
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
E. Max Frye
Cast:
Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin, Nicolas Cage, Dabney Coleman
5.5
21%
N/A
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My Date with the President's Daughter
(1998)
Adventure, Comedy, Romance, TV Movie
Duncan is just an ordinary high school student. Hallie dreams of an ordinary life, but is actually the daughter of the president of the United States, living with a high profile and a rigid schedule. The unlikely pair happen to meet at the local mall, and Duncan nervously asks Hallie out, unaware of her family situation. When their eve...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Alex Zamm
Cast:
Dabney Coleman, Will Friedle, Elisabeth Harnois, Mimi Kuzyk, Nicole de Boer
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Downhill Racer
(1969)
Drama
An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Michael Ritchie
Cast:
Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Karl Michael Vogler, Jim McMullan
6.5
80%
N/A
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The Scalphunters
(1968)
Comedy, Western
Trapper Joe is on his way to the town with all of his gain of hides of the last winter. However a group of Indians stops him and takes all of his hides, leaving him the escaped slave Joseph instead. But Joe has no use for Joseph and is determined to get his property back and follows them. Before he can do anything, the Indians are raid...
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Ossie Davis, Dabney Coleman
6.8
70%
N/A
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Short Time
(1990)
Comedy, Crime
Nearing retirement, Dabney Coleman finds that he has a disease that will kill him within days. He then finds that his life insurance only pays off if he is killed in the line of duty. In order to leave something to his wife and children, Coleman becomes supercop, ignoring danger and trying his best to get killed.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Gregg Champion
Cast:
Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr, Barry Corbin, Joe Pantoliano
6.5
20%
N/A
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Modern Problems
(1981)
Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Ken Shapiro
Cast:
Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville, Dabney Coleman, Mary Kay Place, Nell Carter
5.1
N/A
27
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Bad Ronald
(1974)
Drama, Horror, TV Movie, Thriller
When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.
Runtime:
74 min
Director:
Buzz Kulik
Cast:
Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman, Kim Hunter
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Cinderella Liberty
(1973)
Drama, Romance
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
Runtime:
117 min
6.8
N/A
N/A
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Where the Heart Is
(1990)
Comedy, Drama
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
John Boorman
Cast:
Dabney Coleman, Uma Thurman, Joanna Cassidy, Crispin Glover, Suzy Amis
6.2
11%
N/A
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Young Doctors in Love
(1982)
Comedy
An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; and there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman.
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Garry Marshall
Cast:
Sean Young, Michael McKean, Kyle T. Heffner, Rick Overton, Ted McGinley
5.2
31%
N/A
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Where the Red Fern Grows
(2003)
Drama, Family
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury
Cast:
Joseph Ashton, Dabney Coleman, Ned Beatty, Dave Matthews, Renee Faia
6.6
N/A
N/A
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The Other Side of the Mountain
(1975)
Drama, Romance
A Young ski champion Jill Kinmont is left paralyzed after a tragic skiing accident. Her best friend suffers the same fate after contracting polio. Jill must slowly put her life back together again with the help of those close to her.
Runtime:
103 min
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Exiled
(1998)
Crime, Drama, TV Movie
NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was demoted to a beat on Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, seeks to solve the grisly murder of a prostitute and thereby help regain his old job in Manhattan.
Runtime:
120 min
6.4
N/A
N/A
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The Trouble with Girls
(1969)
Comedy, Music, Romance
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Peter Tewksbury
Cast:
Elvis Presley, Sheree North, Marlyn Mason, Nicole Jaffe, Edward Andrews
5.5
N/A
N/A
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The Climb
(2002)
Action, Drama
A pair of mismatched rock climbers must learn to work together to conquer one of the world's most treacherous mountains in this adventure tale. After rescuing a wealthy man, solo climbers Michael and Derrick are rewarded with a chance to summit Mount Chicanagua. Risk-taker Derrick clashes with safety-conscious Michael, but in order to ...
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
John Schmidt
Cast:
Ned Vaughn, Jason George, Dabney Coleman
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Fresno
(1986)
Comedy, TV Movie
A long-format spoof of 1980s prime-time soap operas, set in raisin town Fresno, California.
Runtime:
360 min
Director:
Jeff Bleckner
Cast:
Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman, Gregory Harrison, Teri Garr, Charles Grodin
7.9
N/A
N/A
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Dying Room Only
(1973)
Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and the wife begins to suspect serious foul play.
Runtime:
74 min
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Witch Way Love
(1997)
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Michael Firch is very skilled in computers and he goes to Paris to meet very important persons to discuss a contract. Michael was born on a special astral date. On arriving in Paris, he meets Morgane and her son. Morgane is a witch, she is beautiful, she is good and she needs Michael to save her son from evil powers. Molok is a sorcere...
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
René Manzor
Cast:
Vanessa Paradis, Gil Bellows, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, Dabney Coleman
5.1
N/A
N/A
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Recess: All Growed Down
(2003)
Animation, Comedy, Family
For the first time on DVD and video, see your favorite RECESS kids as kindergartners! Discover how the gang met with a look back at all your favorite characters when they first came to the Third Street School! The fun begins when the big kids get "captured" by a gang of wild new kindergartners led by Chief Stinky, the self-proclaimed k...
Runtime:
61 min
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Never Forget
(1991)
Drama, TV Movie, War
Mr. Mermelstein (Leonard Nimoy) and Mrs. Mermelstein (Blythe Danner) a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. He is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at Auschwitz, and she is a Southern Baptist from Tennessee. Their four children are good kids, typical Am...
Runtime:
94 min
7.1
N/A
N/A