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Acting

Dabney Coleman

Career: Active from 1968 to 2006, busiest in 1980 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 32
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: Tootsie
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 124 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dabney Coleman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Melancholy
3.7, average 4.7
Psychological
4.5, average 5.5
Violence
3.1, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 5
Character-Driven Comedy 4
Cult Classic 4
Workplace Comedy 3
Lighthearted Humor 3
Ensemble Cast 3
Romantic Comedy 3
Mistaken Identity 3
Situational Humor 3
Physical Comedy 3
Family-Friendly 3
Character-Driven 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

160

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20

as Franklin M. Hart Jr (archive footage)

2010s

6 titles · average score 64

Yellowstone

68

TV show · as John Dutton Sr.

For the People

68

TV show · as Donald

Rules Don't Apply

54

as Raymond Holliday

Ray Donovan

76

TV show · as Mr. Price

Boardwalk Empire

83

TV show · as Commodore Louis Kaestner

Pound Puppies

38

TV show · as Mayor (voice)

2000s

16 titles · average score 57

Heartland

47

TV show · as Dr. Bart Jacobs

Courting Alex

34

TV show · as Jack Atwell

Domino

42

as Drake Bishop

Recess: All Growed Down

56

as Principal Prickley (voice)

NCIS

64

TV show · as John Sydney

Where the Red Fern Grows

65

as Grandpa

The Climb

64

as Mack

Moonlight Mile

64

as Mike Mulcahey

The Guardian

68

TV show · as Burton Fallin

Kiss My Act

59

as Henry

The Zeta Project

72

TV show

Recess: School's Out

57

as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)

1990s

28 titles · average score 52

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Frank Hager

Giving It Up

34

as Johnathan Gallant

My Date with the President's Daughter

62

as George Richmond

Exiled

58

as Lieutenant Kevin Stolper

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

53

as Arthur Milo

Madman of the People

TV show · as Jack 'Madman' Buckner

Clifford

39

as Gerald Ellis

Amos & Andrew

33

as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver

Never Forget

60

as William Cox

Short Time

45

as Burt Simpson

Where the Heart Is

34

as Stewart McBain

Meet the Applegates

31

as Aunt Bea

1980s

27 titles · average score 59

Hot to Trot

22

as Walter Sawyer

The Slap Maxwell Story

TV show · as 'Slap' Maxwell

Fresno

73

TV show · as Tyler Cane

The Man with One Red Shoe

44

as Cooper

Cloak & Dagger

63

as Jack Flack / Hal Osborne

WarGames

78

as McKittrick

Buffalo Bill

76

TV show · as Bill Bittinger

Tootsie

82

as Ron Carlisle

Modern Problems

36

as Mark Winslow

On Golden Pond

78

as Bill Ray

Callie & Son

60

as Randall Bordeaux

Nine to Five

65

as Franklin M. Hart Jr.

1970s

48 titles · average score 64

Apple Pie

TV show · as Fast Eddie Murtaugh

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Van Milner

Rolling Thunder

72

as Maxwell

Kiss Me... Kill Me

as Capt. Logan

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show · as Dr. Burt Travers / Officer Peter O'Neil

Bite the Bullet

56

as Jack Parker

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

74

TV show · as Paul Mathison

The Other Side of the Mountain

68

as Dave McCoy

Returning Home

as Al Stephenson

Bad Ronald

64

as Mr. Wood

Columbo

83

TV show · as Detective Murray / Hugh Creighton

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

85

TV show · as Congressman Phil Whitman

1960s

31 titles · average score 65

Downhill Racer

74

as Mayo

The Scalphunters

66

as Jed

Ironside

45

TV show · as Daniel Leary

Mannix

71

TV show · as Howard Graham / Ralph Stoner

The Invaders

49

TV show · as John Carter / Capt. Mitchell Ross

That Girl

45

TV show · as Dr. Leon Bessemer

I Dream of Jeannie

72

TV show · as George Webb / Captain Yardley

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Steve / Floyd

The Outer Limits

78

TV show · as James Custer / Dr. Williams

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Sgt. Lou Snyder / Tom Esterow

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Dr. David Kirkson

Hazel

70

TV show · as Les Swanton

1950s

3 titles · average score 62

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Clyde / Ivar Peterson

The Donna Reed Show

46

TV show · as Rallye Master

Naked City

69

TV show · as Resident