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'''Dabney Wharton Coleman''' (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. WidelyHe knownwas recognized for his portrayalroles ofportraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic rolesperformances. Throughout his career, he appeared in over 175 films and television programs and he was recognizedawarded for both comedic and dramatic performances.<ref name="d096">{{cite web |lastlast1=Tom Tapp |firstfirst1=Erik PedersenTom |last2=TappPedersen |first2=Tom |last3=Pedersen |first3=Erik |title=Dabney Coleman Dies: 'Tootsie,' '9 To 5', 'WarGames' & 'Buffalo Bill' Actor Was 92 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |date=2024-05-May 17, 2024 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/dabney-coleman-dead-tootsie-1235921436/ |access-date=2024-05-May 22, 2024}}</ref>
Coleman's most widely knownnotable films include ''[[9 to 5 (film)|9 to 5]]'' (1980), ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]'' (1981), ''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982), ''[[WarGames]]'' (1983), ''[[Cloak & Dagger (1984 film)|Cloak & Dagger]]'' (1984), and ''[[You've Got Mail]]'' (1998).
Coleman'sHis notablesignificant television roles included Merle Jeeter on ''[[Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman]]'' (1976–1977), the title characters in ''[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|Buffalo Bill]]'' (1983–1984) and ''[[The Slap Maxwell Story]]'' (1987–1988), and Burton Fallin on ''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]'' (2001–2004). More recently, he portrayed Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner on ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'' (2010–2011) and made a memorable appearance on ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'' (2019) in his final role. As a voice actor, he is best known for providingprovided the voice of Principal Peter Prickly on ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]'' (1997–2001) and in several movies based on the series.
He won one [[Primetime Emmy Award]] from six nominations and one [[Golden Globe Award]] from three nominations.
==Early life==
Dabney Coleman was born the youngest of four children in [[Austin, Texas]], on January 3, 1932, to Randolph and Mary Johns Coleman. His father passed awaydied from pneumonia when Dabney was four years old. He and his siblings were then raised by his mother in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]]. He attended [[Roy Miller High School|Corpus Christi High School]] where he excelled at tennis, becoming a nationally ranked junior tennis player. He spent two years at [[Virginia Military Institute]] followed by another two years at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name="town">{{cite news |title=Dabney Coleman |worknewspaper=The Town Talk |date=October 7, 1978-10-07 |page=35 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-town-talk-dabney-coleman/148417256/ |access-date=2024-05-May 31, 2024}}</ref><ref name="hollywood">{{cite web |title=Dabney Coleman, Who Built a Career Out of Playing Jerks, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dabney-coleman-dead-9-to-5-mary-hartman-tootsie-1235902521/|title=Dabney Coleman, Who Built a Career Out of Playing Jerks, Dies at 92|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=May 17, 2024|date=May 17, 2024|archive-date=May 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517213017/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dabney-coleman-dead-9-to-5-mary-hartman-tootsie-1235902521/ |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |accessdate=May 17, 2024}}</ref> He spent two years at [[Virginia Military Institute]] followed by another two years at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. He later recalled that he didn't pass many courses and that he was "too busy playing Ping-Pong at the [[Phi Delta Theta]] house and calling girls".<ref name="tm">{{cite news |last=McConnico |first=Patricia |title=Dabney Coleman |magazine=[[Texas Monthly]] |date=2000-02-01 |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/dabney-coleman/ |access-date=2024-09-07}}</ref> He was drafted into the [[United States Army]] in 1953 and served in West Germany in the Army's Special Services Division for two years, playing tennis across Europe for the Army and the local town.<ref name="NYTObit">{{cite news |last1=Flaherty |first1=Mike |title=Dabney Coleman, Actor Audiences Loved to Hate, Is Dead at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/arts/television/dabney-coleman-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 20, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602162646/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/arts/television/dabney-coleman-dead.html |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last1=Flaherty |first1=Mike |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name="parade">{{cite magazine |title=In Step With Dabney Coleman |workmagazine=[[Parade Magazine]] |last=Brady |first=James |date=2001-12-December 16, 2001 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-in-step-with-dabne/149487727/ |access-date=2024-06-June 17, 2024}}</ref>
==Career==
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[[File:Dabney-coleman-trailer.jpg|thumb|right|Coleman in ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974)]]
After flunking out of law school and inspired by an encounter with actor [[Zachary Scott]], Coleman abruptly decided to pursue acting as a career. The next day, he flew to New York and started applying to acting schools. <ref name="guardian">{{cite webnews |title=Coleman cares about 'Guardian' |last=Byrne |first=Bridget |work=The News and Observer |agency=Associated Press |date=2002-05-21 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-coleman-cares-abou/148774411/ |date=May 21, 2002 |last1=Byrne |first1=Bridget |newspaper=[[The News & Observer]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=June 5, 2024-06-05}}</ref> He enrolled in the [[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]]<ref name="Frankel">{{cite book |last1=Frankel |first1=Glenn |title=Shooting Midnight Cowboy |date=2021 |publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] |isbn=9780374719210978-0-374-71921-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bniDwAAQBAJ |access-date=March 21, 2023 |archive-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017111759/https://books.google.com/books?id=5bniDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[New York City]], training with [[Sanford Meisner]], and studied there from 1958 to 1960.<ref name="g531">{{cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Adam |title=Dabney Coleman, actor who portrayed comic scoundrels, dies at 92 |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/17/dabney-coleman-actor-dead-obituary/ |url-access=subscription |date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240518062718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/17/dabney-coleman-actor-dead-obituary/ |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adam |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 18, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meisner told him: "You're ideal for us. You've lived some."<ref name="guardian"/> Another one of his instructors was the future director [[Sydney Pollack]], with whom Coleman would soon become friends.<ref name="u209">{{cite news |title=Coleman's sporting familiar image |work=Alberni Valley Times |agency=King Features Syndicate |last=King |first=Susan |date=1987-10-09 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/alberni-valley-times-colemans-sporting/148026447/ |date=October 9, 1987 |newspaper=[[Alberni Valley Times]] |last1=King |first1=Susan |agency=[[King Features Syndicate]] |access-date=2024-05-May 25, 2024}}</ref>
Soon after finishing his training under Meisner, Coleman made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in the short-lived ''A Call on Kuprin'' in 1961.<ref name="baddie">{{cite news |title=Dabney Coleman Aces the Good Baddie Roles |worknewspaper=[[The Calgary Herald]] |last=Telpner |first=Gene |date=January 30, 1981 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald-dabney-coleman-aces-the-g/147719851/ |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name="broadway">{{cite web |title=Dabney Coleman – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/dabney-coleman-97651 |website=[[Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League]] |access-date=April 20, 2024 |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025052402/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/dabney-coleman-97651 |url-status=live }}</ref> He followed that with [[Summer stock theater|summer stock]] performances on the east coast.<ref name="town"/>
His first television role was on an episode of ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'' in 1961, which was filmed on location in New York City and he earned $90 for the role.<ref name="hollywood"/> In 1962, he and his second wife, actress Jean Hale, moved to Los Angeles. He soon signed a contract with Universal and started work in television, appearing as a guest on various shows starting in the early 1960s.<ref name="town"/> For example, in a 1964 episode of the anthology series ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'' titled "The Threatening Eye", Coleman played private investigator William Gunther.
In 1965, he landed his first movie role in ''[[The Slender Thread]]'' which was also Pollack's directorial debut.<ref name="av">{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Will |title=Dabney Coleman on Boardwalk Empire and why WarGames doesn't make sense |url=https://www.avclub.com/dabney-coleman-on-boardwalk-empire-and-why-wargames-doe-1798234325 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=October 23, 2012 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601184941/https://www.avclub.com/dabney-coleman-on-boardwalk-empire-and-why-wargames-doe-1798234325 |url-status=live }}</ref>
A year 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,<ref name="r863">{{cite web |last=Sellers |first=John |title=Boardwalk Empire's Dabney Coleman on His Career of Playing Hall of Fame Assholes |website=Vulture |date=August 19, 2018 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/11/dabney_coleman_interview_board.html |url-accesswebsite=limited[[Vulture (website)|access-date=May 18, 2024Vulture]] |archive-date=NovemberAugust 219, 20222018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102074238/https://www.vulture.com/2010/11/dabney_coleman_interview_board.html |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |url-status=live |last1=Sellers |first1=John |url-access=limited |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref> he appeared in the [[sitcom]] wearing [[horn-rimmed glasses]] and with no [[facial hair]].<ref name="z598">{{cite web |title=That Girl - "Paper Hats and Everything" - Airdate February 9, 1967.: BONNIEBonnie Scott; Marlo Thomas; Ted Bessell; Dabney Coleman |websiteagency=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Photo Archives]] |via=[[Getty Images]] |date=February 9, 1967 |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/paper-hats-and-everything-airdate-february-9-1967-bonnie-news-photo/106152965 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102074239/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/paper-hats-and-everything-airdate-february-9-1967-bonnie-news-photo/106152965 |url-status=live }} ABC Photo Archives image of Dabney Coleman with Bonnie Scott, Marlo Thomas, and Ted Bessell from "Paper Hats and Everything", the 22nd episode of Season 1 of ''That Girl'' which originally aired on Thursday, February 9, 1967.</ref> Other early roles in his career included a U.S. Olympic skiing team coach in ''[[Downhill Racer]]'' (1969),<ref name="scarecrow">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Sports Films |date=2011 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |page=135 |isbn=9780810876538978-0-8108-7653-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3xBVtMpDYaoC}}</ref> a high-ranking fire chief in ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974),<ref name="inferno">{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Bill |title=Hollywood Flashback: The Biggest Stars Battled a 'Towering Inferno' in 1974 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/biggest-stars-battled-a-towering-inferno-1974-1125708/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=July 12, 2018 }}</ref> and a wealthy Westerner in ''[[Bite the Bullet (film)|Bite the Bullet]]'' (1975). He portrayed an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent in ''[[Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan]]'' (1975).<ref name="filmactorspitts">{{cite book |titlelast=Film ActorsPitts |yearfirst=2003Michael R. |pagetitle=550Hollywood and American history: A Filmography of Over 250 Motion Pictures Depicting U.S. History |publisher=IFilm[[McFarland & Company]] |isbnpublication-place=9781580650465Jefferson, North Carolina |urldate=https://books.google.com/books?id1984 |isbn=lHlZAAAAMAAJ978-0-89950-132-1}}</ref>
In the satirical soap opera ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' (1976–1977), Coleman was initially cast for six episodes as Merle Jeeter, the duplicitous father of a child preacher, but his performance secured him a regular role on the show. The part was also the first time he played an unsavory character for comedic effect, which would become a frequent theme in his career.<ref name="av"/><ref name="r863"/>
===''9 to 5'' and leading roles ===
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Coleman 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 (film)|9 to 5]]''.<ref name="tcm">{{cite web |title=Dabney Coleman Biography |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/36748%7C34842/Dabney-Coleman/#biography |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411080128/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/36748%7C34842/Dabney-Coleman/#biography |url-status=live }}</ref> It was this film that firmly established Coleman in the character type with which he was most identified, and frequently played afterwards – a [[comic relief]] villain. Coleman followed ''9 to 5'' with the role of the arrogant, sexist, [[soap opera]] director in ''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982), also directed by Sydney Pollack.<ref name="r579">{{cite web |last=Wendling |first=Mike |title=Dabney Coleman: TV and film actor dead at 92 |website=BBC Home |date=May 17, 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013314 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518170329/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013314 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also portrayed a con artist Broadway producer in ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'' (1984),<ref name="muppets">{{cite web |last1=Wiegand |first1=Chris |title=The Muppets Take Manhattan: an irresistible tribute to Broadway dreamers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/may/25/the-muppets-take-manhattan-an-irresistible-tribute-to-broadway-dreamers |website=The Guardian|date=May 25, 2021 }}</ref> played the nefarious raisin tycoon Tyler Cane in the satirical miniseries ''[[Fresno (miniseries)|Fresno]]'' (1986), and evoked [[Hugh Hefner]] as a lisping magazine mogul in the comedy ''[[Dragnet (1987 film)|Dragnet]]'' (1987).<ref name="c783">{{cite web |last=Kempley |first=Rita |title='Dragnet' |website=Washington Post |date=1987-06-27 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/dragnetpg13kempley_a0ca76.htm |access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref>▼
| quote = That opened up the movies for me. The girls {{bracket|[[Jane Fonda]], [[Lily Tomlin]], and [[Dolly Parton]]}} were so supportive of me, and included me in everything. They were on a whole different level than I was at the time, but they were very sensitive about that, and made sure that I was included in every publicity shot and tour. All three of them insisted, "Where’s Dabney? Get him in here!" They’re all three unique and wonderful ladies, all three of them.
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▲Coleman 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 (film)|9 to 5]]''.<ref name="tcm">{{cite web |title=Dabney Coleman Biography |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/36748%7C34842/Dabney-Coleman/#biography |publisherwebsite=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411080128/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/36748%7C34842/Dabney-Coleman/#biography |url-status=live }}</ref> It was this film that firmly established Coleman in the character type with which he was most identified, and frequently played afterwards – a [[comic relief]] villain. Coleman followed ''9 to 5'' with the role of the arrogant, sexist, [[soap opera]] director in ''[[Tootsie]]'' (1982), also directed by Sydney Pollack.<ref name="r579">{{cite web |last=Wendling |first=Mike |title=Dabney Coleman: TV and film actor dead at 92 |website=[[BBC Home]] |date=May 17, 2024 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013314 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518170329/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013314 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also portrayed a con artist Broadway producer in ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'' (1984),<ref name="muppets">{{cite web |last1=Wiegand |first1=Chris |title=The Muppets Take Manhattan: an irresistible tribute to Broadway dreamers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/may/25/the-muppets-take-manhattan-an-irresistible-tribute-to-broadway-dreamers |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 25, 2021 |last1=Wiegand |first1=Chris}}</ref> played the nefarious raisin tycoon Tyler Cane in the satirical miniseries ''[[Fresno (miniseries)|Fresno]]'' (1986), and evoked [[Hugh Hefner]] as a lisping magazine mogul in the comedy ''[[Dragnet (1987 film)|Dragnet]]'' (1987).<ref name="c783">{{cite web |last=Kempley |first=Ritanews |title='Dragnet' |website=Washington Post |date=1987-06-27 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/dragnetpg13kempley_a0ca76.htm |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 27, 1987 |last1=Kempley |first1=Rita |access-date=2024-05-May 22, 2024}}</ref>
He broke from type somewhat in other film roles. He appeared in the feature film ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]'' (1981),<ref name="nyt1981">{{cite news |title=Fonda at His Peak in 'On Golden Pond' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/04/movies/fonda-at-his-peak-in-on-golden-pond.html |websitenewspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 4, 1981 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |last1=Canby |first1=Vincent |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601184941/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/04/movies/fonda-at-his-peak-in-on-golden-pond.html |url-status=live }}</ref> playing the sympathetic fiancé of Chelsea Thayer Wayne ([[Jane Fonda]]). He also played a military computer scientist in ''[[WarGames]]'' (1983), and he played a dual role as a loving, but busy father, as well as his son's imaginary hero, in ''[[Cloak & Dagger (1984 film)|Cloak & Dagger]]'' (1984).<ref name="jackflack">{{cite web |title=Cloak & Dagger May Be the Most Messed-Up Kids Movie of the '80s |date=August 24, 2016 |url=https://gizmodo.com/cloak-dagger-may-be-the-most-messed-up-kids-movie-of-1784793760 |access-datewebsite=June 1, 2022[[Gizmodo]] |archive-date=JuneAugust 124, 20222016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601184941/https://gizmodo.com/cloak-dagger-may-be-the-most-messed-up-kids-movie-of-1784793760 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |url-status=live |last1=Lussier |first1=Germain |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> He played an aging cop who thinks he is terminally ill in the 1990 comedy ''[[Short Time]]''.<ref name="shorttime">{{cite web |title=Short Time movie review & film summary |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/short-time-1990 |website=rogerebert[[RogerEbert.com]] |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324013821/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/short-time-1990 |url-status=live }}</ref>
While Coleman frequently transitioned between roles in film and television, it was his television performances that earned him the most formal recognition and awards. He received his first [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] nomination for his lead role, as a skilled, but self-centered TV host in ''[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|Buffalo Bill]]''. In 1987, he received an Emmy Award for his role in the television film ''Sworn to Silence''.<ref name="sworn">{{cite news |title='L.A. Law' named best drama: NBC leads count with 32 Emmys |worknewspaper=[[News-Pilot]] |date=1987-09-September 21, 1987 |last=Bensoua |first=Joe |page=A16 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-pilot-la-law-named-best-drama/147768291/ |access-date=2024-05-May 20, 2024 |quote=The best supporting actor in a miniseries or special Emmy went to Dabney Coleman, his first, for his role as Martin Costigan in ABC's "Sworn to Silence." Coleman, nominated previously for his work in the short-lived, controversial series, "Buffalo Bill," lifted his statue and announced, "That concludes the show, good night."}}</ref><ref name="primetime">{{cite book |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows,: 1946–Present |year=2003 |publisher=[[Ballantine Books]] |isbn=0-345-45542-8 |page=1437}}</ref> Later that year, Coleman starred in ''The Slap Maxwell Story'' (1987–1988), playing a cantankerous sportswriter. Although the show was short-lived, Coleman won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy]] for the role in 1988.<ref name="goldenglobes">{{cite web |url=https://goldenglobes.com/person/dabney-coleman/ |title=Dabney Coleman |publisherwebsite=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329202522/https://goldenglobes.com/person/dabney-coleman/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Despite these accolades, many of Coleman's television shows featuring him playing to type as acerbic characters, including award-winning shows like ''Buffalo Bill'' and ''The Slap Maxwell Story'', were noted for struggles with low ratings and brief runs. Other series like ''[[Drexell's Class]]'' (1991–1992) and ''[[Madman of the People]]'' (1994–1995) faced similar challenges.<ref name="NYTObit"/>
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In other comedic film roles, he played [[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 (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1993), which reunited him with ''[[9 to 5 (film)|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 (film)|Clifford]]'' (1994), co-starring [[Martin Short]].<ref name="av"/>
From 1997 to 2001, Coleman provided the voice of Principal Prickly on the animated series ''[[Recess (TV series)|Recess]]''.<ref name="handful">{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Will |title=A Handful of Excised Moments from A Few A.V. Club Interviews |date=August 2021 |url=https://willharris.substack.com/p/a-handful-of-excised-moments-from |website=That Thing They Did |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=December 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208031234/https://willharris.substack.com/p/a-handful-of-excised-moments-from |url-status=live }}</ref> He also played a philandering father in ''[[You've Got Mail]]'' (1998), and a police chief in ''[[Inspector Gadget (film)|Inspector Gadget]]'' (which reunited him with his ''WarGames'' co-star [[Matthew Broderick]]).<ref name="o123">{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Inspector Gadget movie review (1999) |website=rogerebert[[RogerEbert.com]] |date=July 23, 1999 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/inspector-gadget-1999 |access-date=May 19, 2024}}</ref>
===Later career===
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In his later career, Coleman took on more consistently serious roles, notably portraying Burton Fallin in the TV series [[The Guardian (TV series)|''The Guardian'']] (2001–2004). In an interview with the Associated Press, Coleman described his dream job as a "serious show about a serious subject, good writing, good actors" and said that his role on ''The Guardian'' was "kind of that dream come true".<ref name="guardian"/>. He also appeared as a casino owner in 2005's ''[[Domino (2005 film)|Domino]]''. For two seasons, from 2010 to 2011, Coleman was a series regular on HBO's ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', sharing two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.<ref name=av/>▼
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| source = [[Taylor Sheridan]], discussing casting Coleman in ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'' with ''[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]'', August 2019<ref name="yellowstone"/>
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▲In his later career, Coleman took on more consistently serious roles, notably portraying Burton Fallin in the TV series [[The Guardian (TV series)|''The Guardian'']] (2001–2004). In an interview with the Associated Press, Coleman described his dream job as a "serious show about a serious subject, good writing, good actors" and said that his role on ''The Guardian'' was "kind of that dream come true".<ref name="guardian"/>. He also appeared as a casino owner in 2005's ''[[Domino (2005 film)|Domino]]''. In 2009, Coleman served as an interviewer and participant in ''Char·ac·ter'', a documentary about the craft of acting with [[Peter Falk]], [[Charles Grodin]], [[Sydney Pollack]], [[Mark Rydell]], and [[Harry Dean Stanton]].<ref name="character">{{cite web |title=Santa Fe Film Festival at the Museum |date=December 3, 2009 |website=[[New Mexico History Museum]] |url=https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/event/details/556/santa-fe-film-festival-at-the-museum |access-date=July 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622090213/https://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/event/details/556/santa-fe-film-festival-at-the-museum |archive-date=June 22, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> For two seasons, from 2010 to 2011, Coleman was a series regular on HBO's ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', sharing two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.<ref name=av/>
His most recent roles were a small part in [[Warren Beatty]]'s [[Howard Hughes]] comedy ''[[Rules Don't Apply]]'' in 2016,<ref name="rules">{{cite web |title=Rules Don't Apply Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/11/16/rules-dont-apply-review |website=[[IGN]] |date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref> and a guest role as [[Kevin Costner]]'s dying father in ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'', in 2019.<ref name="yellowstone">{{cite web |title='Yellowstone': Dabney Coleman To Guest Star As Kevin Costner's Father In Season 2 Finale |url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/yellowstone-dabney-coleman-guest-star-kevin-costners-father-1202701789/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |date=August 22, 2019 |access-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629110520/https://deadline.com/2019/08/yellowstone-dabney-coleman-guest-star-kevin-costners-father-1202701789/ |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |url-status=live |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |access-date=June 1, 2022}}</ref>
On November 6, 2014, Coleman received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] and was honored with the 2017 [[Mary Pickford Award]] for his contributions to the entertainment industry.<ref name="star">{{cite newsmagazine |last1=Saval |first1=Malina |title=Dabney Coleman Receives a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/dabney-coleman-receives-a-star-on-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1201349217/ |access-date=November 6, 2014 |publishermagazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 6, 2014 |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502065723/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/dabney-coleman-receives-a-star-on-the-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1201349217/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pickford">{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/mary-pickford-special-achievement-award/ |title=Mary Pickford Award |publisherwebsite=[[International Press Academy]] |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329184922/https://www.pressacademy.com/mary-pickford-special-achievement-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Personal life and death==
Coleman was married to Ann Courtney Harrell from 1957 to 1959 and [[Jean Hale]] from 1961 to 1984. He had four children, Meghan, Kelly, Randy, and Quincy.<ref name="g531"/>
Coleman was an avid [[tennis]] player, winning celebrity and charity tournaments. He played mainly at the [[Riviera Country Club]] as well as in local tournaments.<ref name="people">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20085459,00.html |title=As TV's Macho Buffalo Bill, Dabney Coleman Finds That Sexism Breeds Success |first=David |last= Wallace |date=July 11, 1983 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |volume=20 |number=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331034904/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20085459,00.html |archive-date=March 31, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Scott">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19820115&id=XhcsAAAAIBAJ&pg=1167,2881118 |title=Dabney Coleman Gradually Working His Way to Top |first=Vernon |last=Scott |date=January 17, 1982 |agency=[[UPI]] |vianewspaper=[[TimesDaily|The Florence Times—Tri-Cities Daily]] |access-date=June 25, 2022 |archive-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017111759/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19820115&id=XhcsAAAAIBAJ&pg=1167,2881118 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was also known for being a regular at [[Dan_Tana|Dan Tana's]] restaurant in [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]], where a large New York Steak is named after him.<ref name="av"/> When Coleman received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, an after party was held at Dan Tana's to celebrate the occasion.<ref name="conversations">{{cite AV media |people=Bryan Beasley (director), Jason Connell (producer), Quincy Coleman (producer), Brian Van Eerden (producer), Dabney Coleman (starring) |date=2018 |title=Not Such a Bad Guy: Conversations with Dabney Coleman |type=Documentary |language=en |minutes=50 |publisher=Connell Creations |asin=B07CX4XQVT}}</ref> His favorite sports team was the [[St. Louis Browns]],<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last1=Christine |first1=Bill |title=Long Gone But Still Beloved: St. Louis Browns' Fans Work to Keep Strange Legacy Alive |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-20-sp-8305-story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 17, 2023 |worknewspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 20, 1987 |archive-date=November 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118024651/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-20-sp-8305-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which are now the [[Baltimore Orioles]].<ref name="w448">{{cite webmagazine |last=McCallum |first=Jack |title=SLAPSlap CRACKLESCrackles ANDand POPSPops |websitemagazine=[[Sports Illustrated Vault]] |date=November 16, 1987 |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/11/16/slap-crackles-and-pops-dabney-coleman-is-a-hit-in-the-slap-maxwell-story |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028090538/https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/11/16/slap-crackles-and-pops-dabney-coleman-is-a-hit-in-the-slap-maxwell-story |url-status=live }}</ref>
In the 1980s and 1990s, it was noted by several journalists that Coleman [[Chain smoking|chain-smoked]] cigarettes during his interviews. In one of those same articles, he was described as a "lean and impossibly fit-looking 62 years old" by ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 1994.<ref name="mean">{{cite news |title=Mean to an End |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/02/22/mean-to-an-end/0f2a2eeb-8675-4647-8b74-1211bf76b7e7/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 22, 1984 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828113635/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/02/22/mean-to-an-end/0f2a2eeb-8675-4647-8b74-1211bf76b7e7/ |archive-date=August 28, 2017 |url-status=live |last1=Kastor |first1=Elizabeth |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="shy">{{cite news |title=The shy and reserved Mr. Mean |newspaper=[[Corpus Christi Times]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 31, 1984 |page=65 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-times-the-shy-and-reserve/149622183/ |access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="nyt1994">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/05/arts/what-mean-spirited-dabney-coleman-defends-his-persona.html |url-access=subscription |title="What? Mean Spirited? Dabney Coleman defends his persona" |last=Meisler |first=Andy |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 5, 1994 |access-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-date=May 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509032524/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/05/arts/what-mean-spirited-dabney-coleman-defends-his-persona.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2011, Coleman started treatment for throat cancer, which sometimes affected his ability to speak. The diagnosis led to a rapid rewrite and early filming of his scenes for the second season of ''Boardwalk Empire''. In a 2012 interview, he discussed his experience filming the series while dealing with cancer and mentioned that he no longer had cancer.<ref name="av"/>▼
▲In 2011, Coleman started treatment for throat cancer, which sometimes affected his ability to speak. The diagnosis led to a rapid rewrite and early filming of his scenes for the second season of ''Boardwalk Empire''. In a 2012 interview, he discussed his experience filming the series while dealing with cancer, lighting up a cigarette at one point during the interview, and mentioned that he no longer had cancer.<ref name="av"/>
Coleman died at his home in [[Santa Monica, California]], on May 16, 2024, at age 92, of cardiac arrest due to dysphagia and heart failure.<ref name="hollywood"/><ref name="certificate">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dabney-colemans-death-certificate-reveals-204526269.html|title=Dabney Coleman's Death Certificate Reveals Official Cause Of Death|publisher=Yahoo!|date=May 24, 2024|accessdate=May 26, 2024}}</ref>▼
==Death==
▲Coleman died at his home in [[Santa Monica, California]], on May 16, 2024, at age 92, of cardiac arrest due to dysphagia and heart failure.<ref name="hollywood"/><ref name="certificate">{{cite web |title=Dabney Coleman's Death Certificate Reveals Official Cause Of Death |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dabney-colemans-death-certificate-reveals-204526269.html|title=Dabney Coleman's Death Certificate Reveals Official Cause Of Death|publisher=Yahoo!|date=May 24, 2024 |website=[[Yahoo!]] |accessdate=May 26, 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography==
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! Title
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| data-sort-value="Slender Thread, The" | ''[[The Slender Thread]]''
| Charlie
|Movie debut<ref name="nyt2008">{{cite webnews |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/85491/Dabney-Coleman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918071726/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/85491/Dabney-Coleman |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 18, 2008 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |date=2008 |title=Dabney Coleman |worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="av"/>
|-
| 1966
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| rowspan="2" | 1969
| data-sort-value="Trouble with Girls, The" | ''[[The Trouble with Girls (film)|The Trouble with Girls]]''
| Harrison Wilby
|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Downhill Racer]]''
| Mayo
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| ''[[I Love My Wife (film)|I Love My Wife]]''
| Frank Donnelly
|<ref name="a881">{{cite webnews |title='There's a Girl,' 'I Love My Wife,' 'Aristocats,' Entertaining Films |last=Hoffman |first=Sam |worknewspaper=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts) |The Republican]] |date=December 28, 1970 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-theres-a-girl-i-love/147638232/ |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Cinderella Liberty]]''
| Executive Officer
|<ref name="s879">{{cite webnews |title=Cinderella Liberty |worknewspaper=[[The News Tribune]] |date=October 12, 1975 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-cinderella-liberty/147639981/ |access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref><!-- Citation doesn't confirm role. -->
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1974
| data-sort-value="Dove, The" | ''[[The Dove (1974 film)|The Dove]]''
| Charles Huntley
|<!-- mentioned in avclub interview, but only in passing --><ref name="r869">"{{cite news |title='Dove' coming to Mall Cinema |newspaper=[[The Syracuse Post-Standard]] |date=December 1, 1974 |page=96 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-standard-dove-coming-to-mall/147656396/ 'Dove' coming to Mall Cinema]", ''The Syracuse Post|access-Standard''date=August (December 19, 1974), Theater, p. 6.2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1974
| data-sort-value="Towering Inferno, The" | ''[[The Towering Inferno]]''
| SFFD Deputy Chief 1
|<ref name="inferno"/>
|-
| 1974
| ''Black Fist''
| Heineken
|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1975
| ''[[Bite the Bullet (film)|Bite the Bullet]]''
| Jack Parker
| <ref> name="p768">{{cite web |title=Richard Brooks' 'Bite the Bullet' |last1=Johnson |first=Malcolm L. |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=July 23, 1975 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-richard-brooks-bite-t/147657052/ Richard Brooks' 'Bite the|access-date=August Bullet']"9, ''Hartford Courant'' (July 23, 1975), p. 60.2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1975
| data-sort-value="Other Side of the Mountain, The" | ''[[The Other Side of the Mountain]]''
| Dave McCoy
|<ref name="f853">{{cite webnews |last=Canby |first=Vincent |title=Screen: 'Other Side of the Mountain' |websitenewspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 15, 1975 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/15/archives/screen-other-side-of-the-mountain.html |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Midway (1976 film)|Midway]]''
| Captain Murray Arnold
|<ref name="Marilll953">{{cite book |title last=RobertParish Mitchum| onfirst=James the ScreenRobert |page title=228The Great Combat Pictures |last publisher=Marill[[Scarecrow Press]] |first publication-place=AlvinMetuchen, H.New Jersey |year date=19781990 | isbn=9789060072059978-0-8108-2315-0 | page=282}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1977
| ''[[Viva Knievel!]]''
| Ralph Thompson
|<ref name="x672">{{cite book |last=Willis |first=John |title=Screen World 1978 |publisher=[[Crown Publishers]] |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-517-53451-9 |page=125}}</ref>
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Rolling Thunder (film)|Rolling Thunder]]''
| Maxwell
|<ref name="z963">{{cite webnews |last=Canby |first=Vincent |title='Rolling Thunder' Film, Few Claps |websitenewspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 15, 1977 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/10/15/archives/rolling-thunder-film-few-claps.html |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
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|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1980
| ''[[Nothing Personal (1980 film)|Nothing Personal]]''
| Dickerson
|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[How to Beat the High Cost of Living]]''
| Jack Heintzel
|<ref name="y909">{{cite web |title=HOWHow TOto BEATBeat THEthe HIGHHigh COSTCost OFof LIVINGLiving (1980) |website=AFI[[American Film Institute]] |date=July 11, 1980 |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/56439 |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Melvin and Howard]]''
| Judge Keith Hayes
|<ref name="h269">{{cite web |title=MELVINMelvin ANDand HOWARDHoward (1980) |website=AFI[[American Film Institute]] |date=September 26, 1980 |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56463-MELVIN-AND-HOWARD |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[9 to 5 (film)|9 to 5]]''
| Franklin M. Hart, Jr.
|<ref name="av"/><ref name="r579"/>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Pray TV (1980 film)|Pray TV]]''
| Marvin Fleece
|<ref name="i774">{{cite web |title=Five Comedy Cult Classics from MGM |website=Reviews by David Nusair |url=https://www.reelfilm.com/mgmcult.htm |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]''
| Dr. Bill Ray
|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Modern Problems]]''
| Mark Winslow
|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| ''[[Young Doctors in Love]]''
| Dr. Joseph Prang
|<ref name="v445">{{cite webnews |last=Maslin |first=Janet |title=Young Doctors in Love |websitenewspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 17, 1982 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/17/movies/young-doctors-in-love.html |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Tootsie]]''
| Ron Carlisle
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|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| data-sort-value="Muppets Take Manhattan, The" | ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''
| Martin Price / Murray Plotsky
|<ref name="muppets"/>
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Cloak & Dagger (1984 film)|Cloak & Dagger]]''
| Jack Flack / Hal Osborne
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| data-sort-value="Man with One Red Shoe, The" | ''[[The Man with One Red Shoe]]''
| Burton Cooper
|<ref name="b459">{{cite web |last=Lealos |first=Shawn S. |title=The 80s: Every Movie Tom Hanks Starred In (In Chronological Order) |website=[[ScreenRant]] |date=July 23, 2020 |url=https://screenrant.com/every-1980s-tom-hanks-movie-chronological-order/ |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
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| ''[[Hot to Trot]]''
| Walter Sawyer
|<ref name="CNG">{{cite webencyclopedia |title=Dabney Coleman |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/coleman-dabney-1932 |publisher=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818001533/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/coleman-dabney-1932 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1990
| ''[[Where the Heart Is (1990 film)|Where the Heart Is]]''
| Stewart McBain
|<ref name="heart">{{cite web |title=Catalog |website=AFI[[American Film Institute]] |date=February 23, 1990 |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58733 |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Short Time]]'' ▼
| 1990
▲| ''[[Short Time]]''
| Burt Simpson
|<ref name="shorttime"/>
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Meet the Applegates]]''
| Aunt Bea
|<ref name="d044">{{cite web |last=Rainer |first=Peternews |title=Movie Review: 'Applegates': All-American Alien Invasion |website=Los Angeles Times |date=February 1, 1991 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-01-ca-190-story.html |url-accessnewspaper=limited[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=MayFebruary 201, 20241991 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520014624/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-01-ca-190-story.html |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Rainer |first1=Peter |url-access=limited |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1992
| ''[[There Goes the Neighborhood (film)|There Goes the Neighborhood]]''
| Jeffrey Babitt
|<ref name="d852">{{cite web |title=There Goes the Neighborhood (1992) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/There-Goes-the-Neighborhood#tab=cast-and-crew |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
| ''[[Amos & Andrew]]''
| Police Chief Cecil Tolliver
|<ref name="u885">{{cite news |title=Walking on thin ice: Courageous comedy tackles race and wins |worknewspaper=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |last=Kehr |first=Dave |agency=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 9, 1993-03-09 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-walking-on-thin-i/147889496/ |access-date=2024-05-May 22, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1993
| data-sort-value="Beverly Hillbillies, The" | ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]''
| Milburn Drysdale
|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''[[Clifford (film)|Clifford]]''
| Gerald Ellis
|<ref name="av"/>
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Judicial Consent]]''
| Charles Mayron
|<ref>{{Citecite webmagazine |last=Levy |first=Emanuel |date=1994-10-October 31, 1994 |title=Judicial Consent |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/judicial-consent-1200409141/ |access-date=2024-05-May 22, 2024 |websitemagazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Witch Way Love]]''
| Joel Andrews
|<ref name="k114">{{cite webmagazine |last=Nesselson |first=Lisa |title=Witch Way Love |websitemagazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=April 13, 1997 |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/witch-way-love-1200449624/ |access-date=May 19, 2024}}</ref><!-- Variety story only says "Joel". -->
|-
| 1998
| ''[[You've Got Mail]]''
| Nelson Fox
|<ref name="t126">{{cite web |last=Apatoff |first=Alex |title=You've Got Mail Turns 23 Today! Where Is the Cast Now? |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=December 18, 2019 |url=https://people.com/movies/youve-got-mail-where-are-they-now/ |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=August 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831182518/https://people.com/movies/youve-got-mail-where-are-they-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''[[Inspector Gadget (film)|Inspector Gadget]]''
| Police Chief Quimby
|<ref name="o123"/>
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]''
| Dr. Beechwood
|<ref name="stuart">{{cite book | last1=Shyamalan | first1=M. Night | last2=Brooker |first2=Greg |last3=Sunshine |first3=Linda |title=Stuart Little: The Art, the Artists, and the Story Behind the Amazing Movie (Pictorial Moviebook) |page=48 |quote=Dabney Coleman as Dr. Beechwood}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Recess: School's Out]]''
| Principal Peter Prickly
| Voice<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Dabney Coleman (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Dabney-Coleman/ |access-date=November 20, 2023 |publisherwebsite=Behind The Voice Actors |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120221107/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Dabney-Coleman/ |url-status=live }}<!-- A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information. --></ref>
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Recess (TV series)#Films|Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street]]''
| Principal Peter Prickly
| Voice<ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| data-sort-value="Climb, The" | ''[[The Climb (2002 film)|The Climb]]''
| Mack Leonard
|<ref name="s411">{{cite webnews |title=Movie Review: The Climb |website=The Austin Chronicle |date=February 22, 2002 |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2002-02-22/142015/ |lastnewspaper=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |date=February 22, 2002 |last1=Ingman |firstfirst1=Marrit |access-date=May 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Moonlight Mile (film)|Moonlight Mile]]''
| Mike Mulcahey
|<ref name="l892">{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Moonlight Mile movie review & film summary (2002) |website=rogerebert[[RogerEbert.com]] |date=September 27, 2002 |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/moonlight-mile-2002 |access-date=May 19, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| ''[[Where the Red Fern Grows (2003 film)|Where the Red Fern Grows]]''
| Grandpa
|<ref name="v803">{{cite webnews |title=Pat's Picks: Cody was right: 'Where the Red Fern Grows' is a winner |websitenewspaper=[[Great Falls Tribune]] |date=June 4, 2014 |url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/06/03/pats-picks-cody-right-red-fern-grows-winner/9941829/ |access-date=May 19, 2024}}</ref>
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| 2003
| ''[[Recess (TV series)#Films|Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade]]''
| Principal Peter Prickly
| Voice<ref name="btva" />
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| 2003
| ''[[Recess (TV series)#Films|Recess: All Growed Down]]''
| Principal Peter Prickly
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| Drake Bishop
|<ref name="av"/>
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| 2009
| ''Char·ac·ter''
| Himself
|<ref name="character"/>
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| 2016
| ''[[Rules Don't Apply]]''
| Raymond Holliday
| <ref name="rules"/><ref name="r925">{{cite webnews |last=Szadkowski |first=Joseph |title=Blu-ray reviews: 'Jackie' and 'Rules Don't Apply' |websitenewspaper=[[The Washington Times]] |date=2017-03-March 10, 2017 |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/10/blu-ray-reviews-jackie-and-rules-dont-apply/ |access-date=2024-05-May 20, 2024}}</ref>
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| ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]''
| William Gunther
| Episode: "The Threatening Eye"<ref name="o265">{{cite news |title=Pat O'Brien Co-Stars In TV Thriller |worknewspaper=[[The News Tribune]] |date=March 8, 1964-03-08 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-pat-obrien-co-stars-in/148770125/ |access-date=June 5, 2024-06-05}}</ref>
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| 1966–1967
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| ''[[Bright Promise]]''
| Dr. Tracy Graham
| Recurring role<ref>{{Citecite web |date=2024-05-May 17, 2024 |title=RIP: Dabney Coleman — the Late Actor Urged Eric Braeden to Meet with Y&R |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rip-dabney-coleman-actor-urged-215751878.html |access-date=2024-05-May 22, 2024 |website=[[Yahoo Entertainment]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| 1973–1991
| ''[[Columbo]]''
| Detective Murray / Hugh Creighton
| 2 episodes<ref name="j873">{{cite web |title=COLUMBOColumbo: DOUBLEDouble SHOCKShock {SECONDSecond SEASONSeason FINALEFinale} (TV) |website=[[Paley Center]] |date=2024-05-May 20, 2024 |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=B:60801 |access-date=2024-05-May 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name="r034">{{cite webnews |title='Columbo' still works after all these years |worknewspaper=[[The Courier-News]] |last=Zuckerman |first=Faye |page=11 |date=1991-04-April 29, 1991 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-columbo-still-works-a/147769844/ |access-date=2024-05-May 20, 2024}}</ref>
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| 1975
| ''[[Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan]]''
| Paul Mathison
| Television film<ref name="filmactorspitts"/>
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| 1976–1977
| ''[[Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman]]''
| Merle Jeeter
| Recurring role, later main cast<ref name=<ref name="r037">{{cite news |title=No one will be voting for Jeeter |work=The Miami News |last=Scheuer |first=Steven H. |date=1977-05-07 |page=49 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-no-one-will-be-voting-for/148055040/ |date=May 7, 1977 |newspaper=[[The Miami News]] |last1=Scheuer |first1=Steven H. |page=49 |access-date=2024-05-May 25, 2024}}</ref>
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| 1977
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| Main cast<ref name="people"/>
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| rowspan="2" | 1986
| ''[[Fresno (miniseries)|Fresno]]''
| Tyler Cane
| Main cast<ref name="h591">{{cite webnews |title=TV VIEW; 'Fresno'- A Comedy That Must Read Better Than It Plays |websitenewspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=O'Connor |first=John J. |date=November 16, 1986 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/16/arts/tv-view-fresno-a-comedy-that-must-read-better-than-it-plays.html |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
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| 1986
| ''[[Murrow (film)|Murrow]]''
| CBS President [[William S. Paley]]
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| ''[[Baby M#In popular culture|Baby M]]''
| Gary Skoloff
|Two-part movie<ref name="y667">{{cite news |title=Baby M controversy |agency=[[Associated Press]] |worknewspaper=The Evening Sun |last=Venezia |first=Joyce A. |date=1988-02-February 18, 1988 |page=13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-baby-m-controversy/147769160/ |access-date=2024-05-May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Never Forget (1991 film)|Never Forget]]''
| William Cox
| Television film<ref name="y490">{{cite news |title=Untypical Holocaust story touches its star, Nimoy |worknewspaper=[[Clarion-Ledger]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |last=Williams |first=Scott |page=34 |date=April 8, 1991-04-08 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-untypical-holocaust-story/147948300/ |access-date=2024-05-May 23, 2024}}</ref>
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| 1991–1992
| ''[[Drexell's Class]]''
| Otis Drexell
| Main cast<ref name="z575">{{cite news |title=From 'Pros' to 'FBI', new series flunk |worknewspaper=[[The Miami Herald]] |last=Boedeker |first=Hal |page=62 |date=September 26, 1991 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-from-pros-to-fbi-n/147719339/ |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1994–1995
| ''[[Madman of the People]]''
| Jack "Madman" Buckner
| Main cast<ref name="g785">{{cite news |title=Time slots will save 'Friends', 'Madman' |worknewspaper=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |last=Lomartire |first=Paul |page=51 |date=September 22, 1994 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-time-slots-will-save/147720470/ |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
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| 1997
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| Voice, main cast<ref name="btva" />
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| rowspan="2" | 1998
| ''[[My Date with the President's Daughter]]''
| President Richmond
| Television film<ref name="courant">{{Citecite news |date=April 19, 1998 |title=A Wild Night with the President's Daughter |worknewspaper=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-04-19-9804160113-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220811063141/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-04-19-9804160113-story.html |archive-date=August 11, 2022}}</ref>
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| 1998
| ''[[Exiled: A Law & Order Movie]]''
| Lieutenant Dennis Stolper
| Television film<ref name="e855">{{cite news |title=As an author, Chris Noth brings back his old character in new film |worknewspaper=[[The Monitor (Texas)|The Monitor]] |agency=[[Chicago Tribune]] |last=Johnson |first=Allan |date=November 5, 1998-11-05 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-monitor-as-an-author-chris-noth-bri/147888357/ |access-date=2024-05-May 22, 2024}}</ref>
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| 2001–2004
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| ''[[Courting Alex]]''
| Bill Rose
| Main cast<ref name="t998">{{cite news |title=CBS showcases the 'long, tall talents' of Jenna Elfman, backed by Dabney Coleman |work=Great Falls Tribune |agency=Knight Ridder Newspapers |last=Bark |first=Ed |date=January 22, 2006 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune-cbs-showcases-the-l/147720804/ |date=January 22, 2006 |newspaper=[[Great Falls Tribune]] |last1=Bark |first1=Ed |agency=[[Knight Ridder Newspapers]] |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>
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| 2010–2011
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| ''[[Ray Donovan]]''
| Ronnie Price
| Episode: "Federal Boobie Inspector"<ref>{{Citecite web |last=Tallerico |first=Brian |date=2016-07-17 |title=Ray Donovan Recap: We've Got Tonight |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/ray-donovan-recap-season-4-episode-4.html |url-accesswebsite=limited[[Vulture (website)|access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Vulture]] |languagedate=enJuly 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525203237/https://www.vulture.com/2016/07/ray-donovan-recap-season-4-episode-4.html |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Tallerico |first1=Brian |url-access=limited |access-date=May 25, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="s657">{{cite web |title=Supporting Cast of FBI: Ray Donovan – Fikkle Fame |website=Fikkle Fame – Sometimes You're Hot... Sometimes You're Not |author=VJ |date=July 18, 2016-07-18 |url=https://fikklefame.com/supporting-cast-of-fbi-ray-donovan/ |access-date=2024-05-May 25, 2024}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2" | 2019
| ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
| John Sydney
| Episode: "The Last Link"<ref>{{Citecite webmagazine |title='NCIS' recap: Gibbs confronts a long-absent father figure |url=https://ew.com/recap/ncis-season-16-episode-12/ |access-date=2024-05-May 25, 2024 |websitemagazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]''
| John Dutton Jr.
| Episode: "Sins of the Father" (final role)<ref name="yellowstone"/>
|}
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| [[Aly & AJ]]
| Himself
| <ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Huff |first1=Lauren |title=Exclusive: Watch Aly & AJ's star-studded music video for 'Star Maps' |url=https://ew.com/music/2019/06/12/aly-aj-star-maps-music-video/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=May 20, 2024 |language=en |date=June 12, 2019}}</ref>
|}
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
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| ''[[Murrow (film)|Murrow]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref name="walkoffame">{{cite web |url=https://walkoffame.com/dabney-coleman/ |title=Dabney Coleman |publisherwebsite=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] |date=November 6, 2014 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517233807/https://walkoffame.com/dabney-coleman/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[41st Golden Globe Awards|1983]]
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| rowspan="2"| ''Buffalo Bill''
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref name="emmys">{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/dabney-coleman |title=Dabney Coleman |publisherwebsite=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201215802/https://www.emmys.com/bios/dabney-coleman |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[36th Primetime Emmy Awards|1984]]
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| rowspan="2"| ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisherwebsite=[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] |access-date=May 21, 2024 |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401161414/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/17th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2011]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards |publisherwebsite=[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]] |access-date=May 21, 2024 |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315220127/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/18th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1056}}
* {{TCMDb name|id=36748%7C34842}}
* {{IBDB name}}
* [https://texasarchive.org/2022_01359?b=54 Interview with Dabney Coleman on the set of ''Rolling Thunder''] at [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]]
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[[Category:United States Army soldiers]]
[[Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure]]
[[Category:Phi Delta Theta members]]