Dabney Coleman
Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932 in Austin , Texas ) is an American actor .
Life
Dabney Coleman studied from 1949 at the Virginia Military Institute and then law at the University of Texas at Austin . He made his debut as an actor in the mid- 1960s and initially appeared in individual episodes of the television series Auf der Flucht , Bonanza , Invasion von der Wega and Columbo in the following years .
In the comedy Why actually ... don't we kill the boss? Coleman starred in 1980 alongside Jane Fonda , Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton in the lead male role. Then his cinema career picked up speed, a year later he was again in front of the camera with Fonda in the drama On the Golden Lake . He played the role of television director in the comedy Tootsie (1982) alongside Dustin Hoffman and in the thriller WarGames (1983) opposite Matthew Broderick Dr. McKittrick . In the comedy The Crazy With the Violin Case (1985) he appeared alongside Tom Hanks . He starred alongside Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks in the comedy Bulls Don't Bite (1987) . In the comedy Die Zeit der Bunte Vögel (1990) he played one of the leading roles alongside Uma Thurman and was seen in em @ il for you (1998) as Nelson Fox , the father of Tom Hanks' main character Joe Fox . In 2016 he had a supporting role in Warren Beatty's film Rules don't matter .
Coleman won an Emmy Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for the lead role in the television movie Damned to Silence (1987), in which he starred alongside Peter Coyote and Liam Neeson . From 2001 to 2004 he starred in the television series The Guardian as Burton Fallin and owner of Fallin Associates . He played the role of Commodore Louis Kaestner in 17 episodes of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire in 2010 and 2011 .
In November 2014, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work . 2017 he was at the Satellite Awards of the Mary Pickford Award conferred
Coleman was married to Ann Courtney Harrell from 1957 to 1959, and to actress Jean Hale from 1961 to 1983 . He has three children from his second marriage.
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1965: Voice on the phone (The Slender Thread)
- 1966: This Property Is Condemned
- 1968: With Fists of Iron (The Scalphunters)
- 1969: Schußfahrt (Downhill Racer)
- 1970: I Love My Wife
- 1974: Flammendes Inferno (The Towering Inferno)
- 1975: 700 miles west (Bite the Bullet)
- 1975: The Other Side of the Mountain
- 1976: Battle for Midway (Midway)
- 1980: Melvin and Howard (Melvin and Howard)
- 1980: Why actually ... don't we kill the boss? (Nine to Five)
- 1981: On Golden Pond (On Golden Pond)
- 1981: Honey, you shine so much! (Modern Problems)
- 1982: Tootsie
- 1983: WarGames - War Games (WarGames)
- 1984: The Muppets Take Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan)
- 1985: The Man with One Red Shoe (The Man with One Red Shoe)
- 1987: weak cops don't bite (Dragnet)
- 1987: Sworn to Silence
- 1988: Hot to Trot (Hot To Trot)
- 1990: The time of colorful birds (Where the Heart Is)
- 1990: Nothing but Trouble with the Kamikaze Cop (Short Time)
- 1991: Applejuice (Meet the Applegates)
- 1991: The shame of forgetting (Never Forget)
- 1993: The Beverly Hillbillies are on the loose! (The Beverly Hillbillies)
- 1993: Amos & Andrew - Two almost perfect chaos (Amos & Andrew)
- 1994: Clifford - The Little Monster (Clifford)
- 1997: The Bayonne Witches Club (Un amour de sorcière)
- 1998: em @ il für dich (You've Got Mail)
- 1998: You Don't Kiss President's Daughters (My Date with the President's Daughter)
- 1998: Silent Invasion (Target Earth)
- 1999: Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget)
- 2005: Domino
- 2016: Rules do not matter (Rules Do not Apply)
watch TV
- 1961: Merciless City ( Naked City ; 1 episode)
- 1964–1966: On the run ( The Fugitive ; 3 episodes)
- 1968/1969: Bonanza (2 episodes)
- 1973: Columbo - Double Shock (TV movie)
- 1973: Kojak - Operation in Manhattan ( Kojak ; episode The Bomb Layers )
- 1974/1976: Cannon (2 episodes)
- 1974: The Streets of San Francisco (2 episodes)
- 1976: Petrocelli (1 episode)
- 1977: Quincy (2 episodes)
- 1991: Columbo - Tödliche Liebe ( The Murder Of The Rock Star ; TV movie)
- 1999: Trouble with Santa Claus ( Must Be Santa ; TV movie)
- 2001-2004: The Guardian - Savior with a Heart ( The Guardian ; 67 episodes)
- 2006: Dating Alex ( Courting Alex ; 13 episodes)
- 2007: Heartland (6 episodes)
- 2009: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (consequence of dementia )
- 2010-2011: Pound Puppies - Der Pfotenclub ( Pound Puppies ; 4 episodes)
- 2010–2011: Boardwalk Empire (17 episodes)
- 2016: Ray Donovan (1 episode)
- 2019: Navy CIS (1 episode)
Web links
- Dabney Coleman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dabney Coleman on Walk of Fame
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Coleman, Dabney |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coleman, Dabney Wharton (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Austin , Texas |