Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

1932-01-03 Austin, Texas, USA 90 Credits

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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 charact...

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Still Working 9 to 5

Still Working 9 to 5

2022

as Self

10.0
Acting

Examines the 40-year evolution of gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace since the 1980 release of the comedy film “9 to 5” starring Ja...

Rules Don't Apply

Rules Don't Apply

2016

as Raymond Holliday

5.7
Acting

It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Ang...

Char·ac·ter

Char·ac·ter

2012

as Self

4.0
Acting

A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark ...

Hard Four

Hard Four

2007

as Spray Loomis

4.4
Acting

When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal S...

Domino

Domino

2005

as Drake Bishop

5.9
Acting

The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Recess: All Growed Down

Recess: All Growed Down

2003

as Principal Prickley (voice)

6.5
Acting

T.J. and The Recess Gang are kidnapped by the Third Street School's kindergartners, who are in turn being bullied by a new kid in their class.

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

2003

as Principal Prickly (voice)

6.5
Acting

Everyone's favorite fourth graders have graduated! It's an all-new school year for the kids — and the gang hits the fifth grade running! But they're s...

Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

2003

as Grandpa

5.9
Acting

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...

Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile

2002

as Mike Mulcahey

6.3
Acting

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.

The Climb

The Climb

2002

as Mack

5.7
Acting

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 ...

Recess: School's Out

Recess: School's Out

2001

as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)

6.6
Acting

The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — unti...

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

2000

as John Kennedy

3.4
Acting

Three broke men try to become rich by finding rich women.

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

1999

as Dr. Beechwood

6.1
Acting

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic....

Must Be Santa

Must Be Santa

1999

3.5
Acting

When the reigning Santa is no longer fit for duty his helpers must search for a replacement. This leads to a wacky, exhausting hunt and doesn't turn u...

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

1999

as Chief Quimby

4.5
Acting

John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a labo...

Giving It Up

Giving It Up

1999

as Johnathan Gallant

4.1
Acting

A womanizing New York adman attempts to identify the causes of, and find a remedy for, his so-called addiction to sex, in order to win the love of a w...

Taken

1999

as Ethan Grover

5.0
Acting

A kidnapped businessman, finding out that no one is willing to pay the ransom to save his life, befriends his aggressor.

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

1998

as Nelson Fox

6.7
Acting

Book superstore magnate, Joe Fox and independent book shop owner, Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware...

Exiled

Exiled

1998

as Lieutenant Kevin Stolper

5.5
Acting

NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, takes on a grisly murder case. When the investigat...

My Date with the President's Daughter

My Date with the President's Daughter

1998

as President George Richmond

6.9
Acting

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,...

Target Earth

Target Earth

1998

as Senator Ben Arnold

4.2
Acting

Unlikely heroes must overcome incredible dangers to save mankind from the threat of an alien invasion.

A Witch's Way of Love

A Witch's Way of Love

1997

as Joel

5.2
Acting

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 as...

Devil's Food

1996

as Seymour Kecker

Acting

When a TV anchor woman finds her career to be hampered by her uncontrollable weight problems, she closes a deal with the devil. He lends her her ideal...

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

1995

as Arthur Milo

4.3
Acting

Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in char...

Judicial Consent

Judicial Consent

1994

as Charles Mayron

5.9
Acting

Judge Gwen Warwick becomes involved in the murder trial she has been assigned. Her marriage is on the rocks and the murder victim is an old friend, wh...

Clifford

Clifford

1994

as Gerald Ellis

5.1
Acting

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...

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

1993

as Milburn Drysdale

6.3
Acting

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 rega...

Amos & Andrew

Amos & Andrew

1993

as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver

5.4
Acting

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 ...

Lincoln

1992

as Stephen A. Douglas (voice)

6.8
Acting

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

There Goes the Neighborhood

There Goes the Neighborhood

1992

as Jeffrey Babitt

5.4
Acting

A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it. Two prisoners overh...

Never Forget

Never Forget

1991

as William Cox

4.2
Acting

Mel and Jane Mermelstein are a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. Mel is a Hungarian-born Jew, s...

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

1990

as Self

6.8
Acting

While the Muppets prepare a tribute to the late Jim Henson, they learn about the life and career of the renowned puppeteer/film maker.

Meet the Applegates

Meet the Applegates

1990

as Aunt Bea

5.5
Acting

Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the...

Short Time

Short Time

1990

as Burt Simpson

6.4
Acting

As a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a new respect for his life and loved ones but learns...

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

1990

as Stewart McBain

6.1
Acting

A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.

Maybe Baby

Maybe Baby

1988

as Hal

4.5
Acting

For a happily married man changes his life completely and he finds himself in distress when his wife decides to have a baby after several years of mar...

Hot to Trot

Hot to Trot

1988

as Walter Sawyer

5.2
Acting

Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the he...

Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite

1987

as Jesse Kiplinger

6.0
Acting

Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza.

Dragnet

Dragnet

1987

as Jerry Caesar

6.0
Acting

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 de...

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7
Acting

A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.

Sworn to Silence

Sworn to Silence

1987

as Martin Costigan

6.0
Acting

A lawyer who is defending an accused murderer, is told by his client the whereabouts of the bodies. However, being his lawyer, he is unable to reveal ...

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987

as Ed Sigel

Acting

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought tha...

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

1986

as Himself

6.2
Acting

After two attempts to kidnap a little girl Mike Hammer is hired to protect her.

Murrow

Murrow

1986

as William Paley

5.0
Acting

Follow legendary news reporter/commentator from his radio broadcasts from the rooftops of London during the Blitz to his TV documentary series "See It...

The Man with One Red Shoe

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985

as Cooper

5.7
Acting

A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0
Acting

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984

as Martin Price

6.6
Acting

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...

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger

1984

as Jack Flack / Hal Osborne

6.4
Acting

Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his...

WarGames

WarGames

1983

as McKittrick

7.1
Acting

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 unwitt...

Tootsie

Tootsie

1982

as Ron Carlisle

7.2
Acting

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, ...

Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love

1982

as Dr. Joseph Prang

5.2
Acting

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...

Modern Problems

Modern Problems

1981

as Mark Winslow

5.3
Acting

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power...

On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond

1981

as Bill Ray

7.2
Acting

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is for...

Callie & Son

Callie & Son

1981

as Randall Bordeaux

6.7
Acting

A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to weal...

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor

1980

as Rick Bessett

2.0
Acting

Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980) A police detective investigates two messy murder cases involving lovers' triangles and jealous spouses

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

1980

as Franklin M. Hart Jr.

6.9
Acting

Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.

Melvin and Howard

Melvin and Howard

1980

as Judge Keith Hayes

6.4
Acting

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

How to Beat the High Cost of Living

1980

as Jack Heintzel

5.2
Acting

In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is d...

Pray TV

Pray TV

1980

as Marvin Fleece

4.8
Acting

A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which ...

Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

1980

as Dickerson

5.7
Acting

Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.

When She Was Bad...

When She Was Bad...

1979

as Jack Wilson

5.0
Acting

Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, fami...

North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

1979

as Emmett Hunter

6.7
Acting

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.

More Than Friends

More Than Friends

1978

as Joshua 'Josh' Harrington

Acting

Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.

Maneaters Are Loose!

Maneaters Are Loose!

1978

as McCallum

Acting

Terror stalks a small California community when a broke and depressed animal owner and trainer is forced to abandon his tigers and let them fend for t...

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

1978

as George Bates

Acting

Former police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

1977

as Maxwell

6.8
Acting

A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A...

Black Fist

Black Fist

1977

as Heineken

4.3
Acting

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.

Viva Knievel!

Viva Knievel!

1977

as Ralph Thompson

3.6
Acting

The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adventure.

Midway

Midway

1976

as Captain Murray Arnold

6.6
Acting

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.

Kiss Me, Kill Me

Kiss Me, Kill Me

1976

as Capt. Logan

7.0
Acting

A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.

The Other Side of the Mountain

The Other Side of the Mountain

1975

as Dave McCoy

6.3
Acting

One year before the Olympics, Jill Kinmont, an 18-year-old skiing champion, suffers a fall during competition and is left paralyzed. With her life now...

Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

1975

as Jack Parker

6.4
Acting

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, amo...

Returning Home

Returning Home

1975

as Al Stephenson

5.0
Acting

The story of three returning World War II veterans, and how they try to cope with returning to civilian life.

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan

1975

as Paul Mathison

5.0
Acting

After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

1974

as Deputy Chief #1

7.0
Acting

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Bad Ronald

Bad Ronald

1974

as Mr. Wood

6.3
Acting

When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from t...

The Dove

The Dove

1974

as Charles Huntley

6.3
Acting

16-year-old Robin Lee Graham aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23-foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey, he meets...

House of Evil

House of Evil

1974

6.0
Acting

A missing teenager reappears and tells police she had been imprisoned by two sisters that she believes were witches.

Cinderella Liberty

Cinderella Liberty

1973

as Executive Officer

6.8
Acting

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his servi...

The President's Plane Is Missing

The President's Plane Is Missing

1973

as Sen. Bert Haines

6.2
Acting

When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchan...

Dying Room Only

Dying Room Only

1973

as Bob Mitchell

6.6
Acting

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 t...

Moving Target

Moving Target

1973

Acting

A police detective initially believed to have died in an accident is found to have been murdered, and suspicion arises the killer is a fellow officer.

Savage

Savage

1973

as Ted Seligson

5.6
Acting

A TV reporter investigates compromising photographs of a nominee to the Supreme Court.

I Love My Wife

I Love My Wife

1970

as Frank Donnelly

2.0
Acting

Young surgeon becomes bored with his wife and family, he has a very successful career, but even with having so much in life, he feels empty and goes t...

The Brotherhood of the Bell

The Brotherhood of the Bell

1970

as Agent Shepard

5.4
Acting

A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now...

Downhill Racer

Downhill Racer

1969

as Mayo

5.9
Acting

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 f...

The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

1969

as Harrison Wilby

4.7
Acting

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

1968

as Jed

6.4
Acting

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad...

This Property is Condemned

This Property is Condemned

1966

as Salesman

6.3
Acting

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds l...

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

1965

as Charlie

7.1
Acting

Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that...