1. Dabney Coleman was recognized for his roles portraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic performances.
37 Facts About Dabney Coleman
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Dabney Coleman's final role was an appearance on Yellowstone.
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Dabney Coleman won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations.
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Dabney Coleman was born the youngest of four children in Austin, Texas, on January 3,1932, to Randolph and Mary Johns Coleman.
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Dabney Coleman's father died from pneumonia when Dabney was four years old.
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Dabney Coleman attended Corpus Christi High School, where he excelled at tennis and became nationally ranked as a junior tennis player.
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Dabney Coleman later recalled that he did not pass many courses and that he was "too busy playing Ping-Pong at the Phi Delta Theta house and calling girls".
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Dabney Coleman was drafted into the United States Army in 1953 and served in West Germany in the Army's Special Services for two years.
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Dabney Coleman was not doing well in law school, and it seemed unlikely that he would become a lawyer.
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In 1957, while still in law school, Dabney Coleman married Ann Courtney Harrell.
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Once in New York City, Dabney Coleman started applying to acting schools.
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Dabney Coleman enrolled in the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, training with Sanford Meisner, and studied there from 1958 to 1960.
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Dabney Coleman followed that with summer stock performances on the east coast.
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Dabney Coleman soon signed a contract with Universal and started work in television, appearing as a guest on various shows starting in the early 1960s.
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For example, in a 1964 episode of the anthology series Kraft Suspense Theatre titled "The Threatening Eye", Dabney Coleman played private investigator William Gunther.
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Dabney Coleman portrayed an FBI agent in Attack on Terror: The FBI vs the Ku Klux Klan.
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Dabney Coleman first grew the mustache that would be associated with many of his roles in 1973.
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Dabney Coleman landed the role of primary antagonist Franklin Hart Jr.
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Dabney Coleman portrayed a con artist Broadway producer in The Muppets Take Manhattan, played the nefarious raisin tycoon Tyler Cane in the satirical miniseries Fresno, and evoked Hugh Hefner as a lisping magazine mogul in the comedy Dragnet.
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Dabney Coleman appeared in the feature film On Golden Pond, playing the sympathetic fiance of Chelsea Thayer Wayne.
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Dabney Coleman played an aging cop who thinks he is terminally ill in the 1990 comedy Short Time.
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Dabney Coleman received his first Emmy Award nomination for his lead role as a skilled but self-centered TV host in Buffalo Bill.
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Later that year, Dabney Coleman starred in The Slap Maxwell Story, playing a cantankerous sportswriter.
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From 1997 to 2001, Dabney Coleman provided the voice of Principal Prickly on the animated series Recess and several films based on the series.
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Dabney Coleman played a philandering father in You've Got Mail, and a police chief in Inspector Gadget.
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Dabney Coleman appeared as a casino owner in 2005's Domino.
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For two seasons, from 2010 to 2011, Dabney Coleman was a series regular on HBO's Boardwalk Empire, sharing two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
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On November 6,2014, Dabney Coleman received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was honored with the 2017 Mary Pickford Award for his contributions to the entertainment industry.
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Dabney Coleman was married to Ann Courtney Harrell from 1957 to 1959 and Jean Hale from 1961 to 1983.
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Dabney Coleman had four children, Meghan, Kelly, Randy, and Quincy.
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Dabney Coleman was a tennis player, winning celebrity and charity tournaments.
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Dabney Coleman played mainly at the Riviera Country Club as well as in local tournaments.
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Dabney Coleman was known for being a regular at Dan Tana's restaurant in West Hollywood, where a large New York Steak is named after him.
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When Dabney Coleman received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, an after party was held at Dan Tana's to celebrate the occasion.
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Dabney Coleman was described as a "lean and impossibly fit-looking 62 years old" by The New York Times in 1994.
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In 2011, Dabney Coleman started treatment for throat cancer, which sometimes affected his ability to speak.
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Dabney Coleman died at his home in Santa Monica, California, on May 16,2024, at age 92, of cardiac arrest due to dysphagia and heart failure.