AKA Dabney Wharton Coleman

Born: 3-Jan-1932
Birthplace: Austin, TX

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Moustache from 9 To 5

Military service: US Army (Special Service Division)

Dabney Coleman has shifty eyes and looks like a lying weasel, if only because he has played so many lying weasels in film and on TV. He was born in Austin, Texas, raised in Corpus Christi, and dropped out at both the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Texas law school before deciding to become an actor. He made his film debut in the 1965 suicide hotline melodrama The Slender Thread with Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft. He had small roles in many films, gradually earning "familiar faced" character actor status on the sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, where he played the notorious father of a child preacher who eventually became mayor, and as the stuffed shirt boss in the big screen comedy 9 to 5, with Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton. In films, he played the easily-fooled director in Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman, and the computer expert outsmarted by Matthew Broderick in War Games.

On his best remembered TV show, he played Buffalo Bill, an obnoxious and insensitive local talk show host who bristled at his co-workers Max Wright and Geena Davis. Critically acclaimed but low-rated, the show lasted barely two seasons. Coleman has a long list of other TV credits, dating back to That Girl with Marlo Thomas (he played her married neighbor). On The Guardian, he played the title character's wise but grumpy father. His other series include another soap opera spoof, Fresno with Carol Burnett, and sitcoms The Slap Maxwell Story with Susan Anspach, and Madman Of The People.

Wife: Ann Courtney Harrell (m. 1957, div. 1959)
Wife: Jean Hale (actress, m. 1961, div. 1983, three children)
Daughter: Quincy (musician, b. 1972)
Girlfriend: Sharlyn Brooner (1996)

    University: Virginia Military Institute (dropped out)
    University: University of Texas at Austin (dropped out)

    Friends of George Allen
    Phi Delta Theta Fraternity

    TELEVISION
    Heartland Dr. Bart Jacobs (2007)
    Recess Principal Peter Prickly (voice, 1997-2001)
    Drexell's Class Otis Drexell (1991-92)
    The Slap Maxwell Story Slap Maxwell (1987-88)
    Buffalo Bill Bill Bittinger (1983-84)
    Forever Fernwood Merle Jeeter (1977-78)
    Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Merle Jeeter (1976-78)
    Bright Promise Dr. Tracy Graham (1971-72)
    That Girl Dr. Leon Bessemer (1966-67)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Domino (25-Sep-2005)
    Where the Red Fern Grows (3-May-2003)
    Moonlight Mile (9-Sep-2002)
    The Climb (22-Feb-2002)
    Kiss My Act (23-Apr-2001)
    Recess: School's Out (10-Feb-2001) [VOICE]
    How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale (20-Dec-2000)
    Stuart Little (5-Dec-1999)
    Inspector Gadget (18-Jul-1999)
    Giving It Up (17-Jan-1999)
    You've Got Mail (18-Dec-1998)
    Exiled (8-Nov-1998)
    My Date with the President's Daughter (19-Apr-1998)
    Target Earth (5-Feb-1998)
    Un Amour de Sorcière (19-Mar-1997)
    Clifford (1-Apr-1994)
    Judicial Consent (1994)
    The Beverly Hillbillies (15-Oct-1993)
    Amos & Andrew (5-Mar-1993)
    There Goes the Neighborhood (30-Oct-1992)
    Meet the Applegates (1-Feb-1991)
    Short Time (04-May-1990)
    Where the Heart Is (23-Feb-1990)
    Hot to Trot (26-Aug-1988)
    Dragnet (26-Jun-1987)
    Fresno (16-Nov-1986)
    The Man with One Red Shoe (19-Jul-1985)
    The Muppets Take Manhattan (13-Jul-1984)
    Cloak & Dagger (1984)
    WarGames (3-Jun-1983)
    Tootsie (17-Dec-1982)
    Young Doctors in Love (16-Jul-1982)
    Modern Problems (25-Dec-1981)
    On Golden Pond (4-Dec-1981)
    How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (21-Aug-1981)
    Nine to Five (19-Dec-1980)
    Melvin and Howard (19-Sep-1980)
    North Dallas Forty (3-Aug-1979)
    Rolling Thunder (14-Oct-1977)
    Viva Knievel! (15-Jul-1977)
    Midway (1976)
    The Other Side of the Mountain (14-Nov-1975)
    Bite the Bullet (20-Jun-1975)
    The Towering Inferno (10-Dec-1974)
    Bad Ronald (23-Oct-1974)
    Cinderella Liberty (7-Apr-1974)
    The Dove (1974)
    I Love My Wife (21-Dec-1970)
    The Brotherhood of the Bell (17-Sep-1970)
    Downhill Racer (6-Nov-1969)
    The Trouble with Girls (3-Sep-1969)
    The Scalphunters (2-Apr-1968)
    This Property Is Condemned (03-Aug-1966)
    The Slender Thread (23-Dec-1965)

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