
Dabney Coleman
Acting
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.
Known For

NCIS

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

Yellowstone

Columbo

Columbo

Bonanza

Bonanza

The Love Boat

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Mannix

Mannix

Boardwalk Empire

Ironside

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie

The Guardian

Ray Donovan

The Invaders

The Invaders

Recess

