Dabbs Greer
Dabbs Greer | |
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Greer in an episode of TV's Superman (1954) | |
Born |
Robert William Greer April 2, 1917 Fairview, Missouri, United States |
Died |
April 28, 2007 90) Pasadena, California, United States | (aged
Resting place | Peace Valley Cemetery, Anderson, Missouri, United States |
Years active | 1949–2003 |
Robert William "Dabbs" Greer (April 2, 1917 – April 28, 2007)[1] was an American actor who performed many diverse supporting roles in film and television for over 50 years. One of his most remembered roles was his portrayal of the Reverend Robert Alden in NBC's Little House on the Prairie. Earlier, Greer had a recurring role as Coach Ossie Weiss in the NBC sitcom Hank.
Early life
Greer was born in Fairview, Missouri, the son of Bernice Irene (née Dabbs), a speech teacher, and Randall Alexander Greer, a druggist.[2] Greer moved to Anderson as an infant with his family. At the age of eight, he began acting in children's theater productions. He attended Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, where he was a member of Theta Kappa Nu.
Career
Greer made his film debut as an extra in the 1938 film Jesse James, which was filmed mainly around Pineville, Missouri. He told the Neosho Daily News in 2002, "They were paying $5 a day – a day! – to local people for being extras. That was really good money in those days, more money than we had seen in a long time." Greer was recognizable to fans of Adventures of Superman, as he appeared in three episodes of that series, including the inaugural entry, "Superman on Earth" (1952), in which he was cast as the first person ever to be saved by Superman. He was the major guest star, as a man framed for murder in "Five Minutes to Doom" (1954), and as an eccentric millionaire in "The Superman Silver Mine" (1958).
Greer made hundreds of appearances in nearly 200 different television series, including the role of the marshal in the two-part "King of the Dakotas" (1955) and as Ray in "Paper Gunman" of the NBC western anthology series Frontier. In the 1956 movie Hot Rod Girl he played the auto repair shop owner Mr. Fry.
In 1957, he appeared in the episode "Revenge" of the syndicated crime drama Sheriff of Cochise and as Sanders in the episode "My Horse Ajax" of NBC's children's western series Fury, starring Peter Graves and Bobby Diamond. At that time, he starred in three episodes as Mr. Blandish in the syndicated romantic comedy series How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959) with Barbara Eden and Merry Anders. He guest-starred about this time on the syndicated adventure series Whirlybirds, starring Kenneth Tobey and Rescue 8, starring Jim Davis and Lang Jeffries. He joined David Janssen in an episode of Richard Diamond, Private Detective.
Greer was cast on the syndicated western series Pony Express, starring Grant Sullivan. Greer guest-starred as well on three CBS western series, Steve McQueen's Wanted: Dead or Alive, Trackdown starring Robert Culp, and Don Durant's Johnny Ringo. Thereafter, he appeared in the NBC modern western series Empire, and he also guest-starred on Jack Lord's drama series about the rodeo circuit, Stoney Burke.
Greer appeared in the 1957 episode "Ambush at Gila Gulch" of ABC's Tombstone Territory, the 1957 episode "Rebel Christmas" of the Tod Andrews syndicated series The Gray Ghost, and as Ed Grimes on the 1958 episode "312 Vertical" of Rod Cameron's syndicated series State Trooper. He appeared too in It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958).
Other appearances in 1959 included the episode "Peligroso" on NBC's western series The Restless Gun and episodes of the syndicated Man Without a Gun. In addition, he had a recurring role as storekeeper Mr. Jonas and in one episode as Chester's uncle on Gunsmoke. He also acted with Keenan Wynn and Bob Mathias in the NBC adventure series The Troubleshooters. In 1960 he appeared in the episode "The Proud Man" in the role of Willie Medford on the syndicated western series Two Faces West and in the episode "Dark Fear" of CBS's anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
He was cast in The Twilight Zone in the 1962 episode titled "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" and the 1963 episode "Valley of the Shadow", and in a 1963 segment of Jack Palance's ABC circus drama The Greatest Show on Earth. In 1967, Greer appeared in the series finale entitled "Elizabeth's Odyssey" of Barry Sullivan's NBC western series The Road West.
The 1960s brought Greer several more recurring roles in popular series, such as track coach Ossie Weiss in Hank and Sheriff Norris "Norrie" Coolidge in The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. Greer also made many appearances on the very popular series The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford, playing both good-guy and bad-guy characters.
In 1962, on the ABC/WB western series Lawman, in an episode titled "The Unmasked," starring John Russell and Peter Brown, Greer was cast in an entirely fictitious portrayal of Boston Corbett, the Union Army soldier who shot and mortally wounded John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. In that episode, Corbett is given the name "Joe Brockway" and depicted as a hotel owner in Laramie, Wyoming. In the storyline, two former Confederates from Georgia, played by Barry Atwater and Charles Maxwell, arrive in Laramie in search of Brockway, the key, they claim, to the settlement of an estate to which they are all a party. Jack Albertson is cast with Greer in the episode as a traveling elixir salesman named "Doc" Peters.[3]
In 1963, Greer was cast as Jack Tabor in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Skeleton's Closet." He guest-starred in seven other Perry Mason episodes. He portrayed, for example, a drunkard in "The Case of the Left-Handed Liar"; a murderer in two other episodes, "The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor" and "The Case of the Lavender Lipstick"; and a murder victim in "The Case of the Fugitive Nurse." Greer can also be seen alongside other guest actors (Dewey Martin, Patricia Crowley, Ray Danton, Andrew Duggan, Walter Burke, David Carradine, and Dick Wessel) in a 1964 episode of Arrest and Trial titled "The Black Flower," portraying a store owner wounded in a robbery. That same year he performed in an episode of The Outer Limits, "The Children of Spider County," in which he is the protective father of a country girl who is enamored with the son of an extraterrestrial. Later, in 1967, Greer, then played an alien himself, posing as a Catholic priest in "The Experiment," an episode of The Invaders.
Greer had a prominent continuing role as Reverend Alden in the NBC series Little House on the Prairie from 1974 to 1983. Often cast as a minister, he performed the marriages of Rob and Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mike and Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch; and from 1992 to 1996 he tended to the spiritual needs of the townfolk in fictional Rome, Wisconsin, as Reverend Henry Novotny in Picket Fences. He also had a guest appearance on an episode of Scott Baio's Charles in Charge in the role of Buzz Powell.
In the May 9, 1991, episode of L.A. Law titled "On the Toad Again," he played a character addicted to a "high" produced by licking the skin secretions of psychoactive toads. In the 1997 film Con Air, Greer appeared as the old man discovered hiding under a pickup truck at "Lerner Field" by Nicolas Cage's character Cameron Poe.
Greer's last feature film was a prominent role as the 108-year-old version of the character played by Tom Hanks in 1999's The Green Mile, 61 years after Greer was an extra in the 1938 film Jesse James. Greer's last television performance was in a 2003 episode of Lizzie McGuire. Most of Greer's work was in supporting roles, but he told the Albany Times Union in 2000 that "every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead."
Death
Greer, a resident of Pasadena, California, from 1943, died in 2007 at Pasadena's Huntington Hospital after a battle with renal failure and heart disease.[4] His body was transported back to his native state of Missouri, where it was buried in Peace Valley Cemetery in the town of Anderson.[5]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1949 | Reign of Terror | Bridge Guard | Uncredited |
1950 | Devil's Doorway | Spud Keith | Uncredited |
1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Reporter | Uncredited |
1950 | Trial Without Jury | Jack, Police Radio Room Dispatcher | Uncredited |
1950 | California Passage | Dealer | Uncredited |
1951 | Storm Warning | Courtroom Cop | Uncredited |
1951 | Call Me Mister | Corporal Aide to Colonel | Uncredited |
1951 | Under the Gun | Stoner | Uncredited |
1951 | Father's Little Dividend | Green Taxicab's Driver | Uncredited |
1951 | The Lady from Texas | Bailiff | Uncredited |
1951 | The Unknown Man | Ambulance Interne Driver | Uncredited |
1951 | Two Tickets to Broadway | Soldier in Nightclub | Uncredited |
1951 | Week-End with Father | Minor Role | Uncredited |
1952 | Room for One More | Scoutmaster | Uncredited |
1952 | Monkey Business | Cabbie | Uncredited |
1952 | Deadline – U.S.A. | Day Reporter | Uncredited |
1952 | Young Man with Ideas | Telephone Man | Uncredited |
1952 | Diplomatic Courier | Intelligence Clerk | Uncredited |
1952 | Scarlet Angel | Man Robbed by Roxy | Uncredited |
1952 | Sally and Saint Anne | Mr. Parker | Uncredited |
1952 | We're Not Married! | Beauty Contest Spectator | Uncredited |
1952 | My Man and I | Court Clerk | Uncredited |
1952 | Because You're Mine | Sergeant | Uncredited |
1952 | Million Dollar Mermaid | Movie Set Engineer | Uncredited |
1952 | Because of You | Mexican Shop Owner | Uncredited |
1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Studio Lighting Technician | Uncredited |
1952 | Above and Beyond | Steve Haddock | Uncredited |
1953 | House of Wax | Sgt. Jim Shane | |
1953 | Julius Caesar | Citizen of Rome | Uncredited |
1953 | Remains to Be Seen | Julius | Uncredited |
1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Father Peterson | |
1953 | A Slight Case of Larceny | Eddie - 1st Gas Man | Uncredited |
1953 | Affair with a Stranger | Happy Murray | |
1953 | Take the High Ground! | Shorty | Uncredited |
1953 | Dream Wife | Night Elevator Operator | Uncredited |
1953 | Mission Over Korea | Pilot | Uncredited |
1953 | Half a Hero | George Payson | |
1953 | Mister Scoutmaster | Fireman | Uncredited |
1953 | China Venture | Galuppo | |
1954 | Riot in Cell Block 11 | Schuyler | |
1954 | The Seven Little Foys | Tutor | Uncredited |
1954 | Bitter Creek | Sheriff | |
1954 | Rose Marie | Charity Dance Cashier | Uncredited |
1954 | Lucky Me | Eddie Szczepanski | Uncredited |
1954 | The Desperado | U.S. Marshal Jim Langley | |
1954 | Living It Up | Head Boy Ranger | Uncredited |
1954 | Private Hell 36 | Sam Marvin, Bartender | |
1955 | The Seven Little Foys | Tutor | Uncredited |
1955 | Hit the Deck | Eddie | Uncredited |
1955 | Stranger on Horseback | Hotel Clerk | Uncredited |
1955 | Seven Angry Men | Doctor | |
1955 | An Annapolis Story | Cmdr. Halleck | Uncredited |
1955 | Foxfire | Bus Driver | Uncredited |
1955 | The Scarlet Coat | Capt. Brewster | Uncredited |
1955 | The McConnell Story | Pilot Instructor | Uncredited |
1955 | At Gunpoint | Preacher at Funeral | Uncredited |
1956 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Mac Lomax | |
1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Mr. Smith-Johnson | Uncredited |
1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June | Cpl. Atkinson | Uncredited |
1956 | The First Texan | Delegate Potter | Uncredited |
1956 | Hot Rod Girl | Henry Frye | |
1956 | Away All Boats | Lt. Cmdr. Harrison | Uncredited |
1956 | The Young Guns | Fred | Uncredited |
1956 | Hot Cars | Det. Davenport | |
1956 | Tension at Table Rock | Doctor | Uncredited |
1957 | Chain of Evidence | Dr. Ainsley | |
1957 | All Mine to Give | Clendenning | Uncredited |
1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Goldsborough | Uncredited |
1957 | The Vampire | Dr. Will Beaumont | |
1957 | Johnny Tremain | Nat Lorne | Uncredited |
1957 | Pawnee | John Brewster | |
1957 | My Man Godfrey | Lieutenant O'Connor | |
1957 | Young and Dangerous | Mr. John Clinton | |
1957 | Baby Face Nelson | FBI Agent Charles Bonner | |
1958 | It! The Terror from Beyond Space | Eric Royce | |
1958 | I Want to Live! | San Quentin Captain | |
1959 | Lone Texan | Doc Jansen | |
1959 | Last Train from Gun Hill | Deputy Andy | Uncredited |
1959 | Day of the Outlaw | Doc Langer, Veterinarian | |
1959 | Edge of Eternity | Gas Station Attendant | |
1960 | Cash McCall | Bronson | Uncredited |
1963 | Showdown | Express Man | |
1963 | Palm Springs Weekend | Boys' Club Leader | Uncredited |
1963 | Wives and Lovers | Sardi's Waiter | Uncredited |
1964 | Roustabout | Arthur Nielsen | |
1965 | Shenandoah | Abernathy | |
1970 | The Cheyenne Social Club | Jedediah W. Willowby | |
1972 | Rage | Dr. Thompson | |
1973 | White Lightning | Pa McKlusky | |
1977 | Evil Town | Lyle Phelps | |
1981 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash | Wally | |
1988 | Two Moon Junction | Kyle | |
1989 | Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Otto | |
1990 | Pacific Heights | Mr. Thayer | |
1992 | House IV | Dad | |
1994 | Little Giants | Wilbur | |
1997 | Con Air | Man Under Truck | |
1999 | The Green Mile | Old Paul Edgecomb | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1950 | Dick Tracy | Shaky | 2 episodes |
1950–1954 | Fireside Theatre | Various characters | 14 episodes |
1951 | Space Patrol | Paul Marin | Episode: "The Lost City of the Carnacans" |
1952 | The Doctor | Pierson | Episode: "No Gods to Serve" |
1952 | The Lone Ranger | Toby Durbin | Episode: "Through the Wall" |
1952–1954 | Cavalcade of America | Mark Wilson / Johann / John Adams | 3 episodes |
1952–1955 | Big Town | Sgt. Jim Ward | 4 episodes |
1952–1958 | Adventures of Superman | Episode 1- Played 2 people. Mr. Pebbles and Dan Dobey / Episode 2 - Joe Winters / Episode 3 - Man Saved from Dirigible Fall | 3 episodes |
1953–1955 | Big Town | Colonel Venable / Dave / General Charles S. Venable | 3 episodes |
1954 | Waterfront | Phil Harvey | Episode: "Stand by All Stations" |
1954 | Topper | Jack | Episode: "Preparations for Europe" |
1954 | The Lone Wolf | Sheriff Ketton | Episode: "The Wife Story" |
1954 | Climax! | Adams | Episode: "The After House" |
1954 | Your Favorite Story | Unknown character | Episode: "The Waltz" |
1954–1960 | Letter to Loretta | Various characters | 9 episodes |
1954–1965 | Lassie | Casey Howell / Joe Baker | 3 episodes |
1955 | Father Knows Best | Mr. Collins | Episode: "Father Delivers the Papers" |
1955 | The Man Behind the Badge | Detective Merrick | Episode: "The Case of the Capital Crime" |
1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Marshal Crawford | Episode: "Wyatt Earp Becomes a Marshal" |
1955 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Charlie | Episode: "A Gift of Life" |
1955 | Frontier | Marshal / Ray | 2 episodes |
1955 | General Electric Theater | Tom | Episode: "Prosper's Old Mother" |
1955 | Navy Log | Mr. Sayres | Episode: "Navy Corpsman" |
1955–1956 | Science Fiction Theatre | Prof. Horst Reimers / MacNamara / Arthur Kern | 3 episodes |
1955–1956 | Lux Video Theatre | Shammy / Macguire | 4 episodes |
1955–1957 | Fireside Theatre | Boggs / Germie / Henry Blaine / Jeremy | 2 episodes |
1956 | The Man Called X | Josef | Episode: "For External Use Only" |
1956 | The Star and the Story | Dr. Carlson | Episode: "Payment in Kind" |
1956 | NBC Matinee Theater | Various characters | 2 episodes |
1956 | The Millionaire | Stoolie | Episode: "The Ed Murdock Story" |
1956 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | The Sheriff / Theodore the Milkman | 2 episodes |
1956 | TV Reader's Digest | Captain Larsen / Paul Diamond / Dr. Rayborn / Tad Duncan Sr. / Dr. Petrie | 5 episodes |
1956 | Chevron Hall of Stars | John | Episode: "Family Affair" |
1956 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Dr. J.L. Hendricks / Bert Keith | 2 episodes |
1956 | The Joseph Cotten Show | Mr. Erwin | Episode: "We Who Love Her" |
1956 | Studio 57 | Sheriff Barton | Episode: "Swing Your Partner, Hector" |
1956–1961 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Various characters | 6 episodes |
1956–1974 | Gunsmoke | Various characters | 43 episodes |
1957 | The New Adventures of Charlie Chan | Zac West | Episode: "The Lost Face" |
1957 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Mr. Blandish | 3 episodes |
1957 | Broken Arrow | Joe Randolph | Episode: "Legacy of a Hero" |
1957 | Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal | Tom Denby / Pete Maxwell | 2 episodes |
1957 | Fury | Sanders | Episode: "My Horse Ajax" |
1957 | Sheriff of Cochise | Charlie Jackson | Episode: "Revenge" |
1957 | The West Point Story | Tom Nolan | 2 episodes |
1957 | Code 3 | Louis Johnson / Bill Rockwell | 2 episodes |
1957 | The Web | Unknown character | Episode: "Man with a Choice" |
1957 | The Gray Ghost | Cooper | Episode: "Rebel Christmas" |
1957 | Tombstone Territory | Jim Edwards, Sr. | Episode: "Ambush at Gila Gulch" |
1957, 1958 | Whirlybirds | Jim Burdette / Dan Malloy | 2 episodes |
1957–1958 | Trackdown | Mike Kilroy / Sheriff Chet Farrow / Ward Barrett / Ethan Phelps | 4 episodes |
1958 | Official Detective | James | Episode: "The Cover-Up" |
1958 | The Court of Last Resort | Sheriff Cass Baker | Episode: "The Joel Sheldon Case" |
1958 | State Trooper | Ed Grimes | Episode: "312 Vertical" |
1958 | Target | Kirby | Episode: "Backfire" |
1958 | Westinghouse Studio One | Lewis | Episode: "Image of Fear" |
1958 | The Restless Gun | Roy Stanton | Episode: "Peligroso" |
1958–1959 | Wanted Dead or Alive | Bartender / Elder Luke Boone / Tom Wade | 3 episodes |
1958–1959 | Walt Disney Presents | Will / Fort Supplier | 2 episodes |
1958–1966 | Perry Mason | Various characters | 8 episodes |
1959 | Pony Express | Sheriff Barnett | Episode: "Wrong Rope" |
1959 | Steve Canyon | Ben Moore | Episode: "The Bomb" |
1959 | Playhouse 90 | Clayton Beard | Episode: "The Day Before Atlanta" |
1959 | The Thin Man | Amboy - Hotel Clerk | Episode: "Anonymity Anyone?" |
1959 | The Rough Riders | Sheriff Jenkins | Episode: "Paradise Gap" |
1959 | Alcoa Theatre | Policeman | Episode: "Christabel" |
1959 | Man Without a Gun | Ben McLaren | Episode: "Hangtree Inn" |
1959 | The Troubleshooters | Lepage | Episode: "The Law and the Profits" |
1959 | Tightrope! | Skeet | Episode: "Thousand Dollar Bill" |
1959 | Bat Masterson | Will | Episode: "Wanted: Dead" |
1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Wesley | Episode: The Hostiles" |
1959 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Scooter Jaffee | Episode: "The Adjuster" |
1959 | The Rifleman | Brett Conway | Episode: "Panic" |
1959 | Wichita Town | John Matthews | Episode: "The Devil's Choice" |
1959, 1960 | Black Saddle | Owen Edwards / Denver Pollock | 2 episodes |
1959, 1960 | Goodyear Theatre | Matty Burton / Policeman | 2 episodes |
1959–1965 | Wagon Train | Hiram Snow / Mr. Finley / Tanner | 3 episodes |
1960 | Rescue 8 | Harvey | Episode: "Quicksand" |
1960 | Johnny Ringo | Sam | Episode: "Killer, Choose a Card" |
1960 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Mr. Walter Gilroy | 2 episodes |
1960 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Dr. Meeker | Episode: "Dark Fear" |
1960 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Samuel | Episode: "The Reluctant Dragon" |
1960 | Klondike | Piano Delivery Man | Episode: "Keys to Trouble" |
1960 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Ben Wilson | Episode: "The Bride and the Bandit" |
1960 | Two Faces West | Willie Medford | Episode: "The Proud Man" |
1960, 1961 | Death Valley Days | Slim Newell / Leo Harris | 2 episodes |
1960–1962 | Laramie | Elmo Regis / Mr. Colby / Samuel Clemens | 3 episodes |
1961 | Shotgun Slade | Ed Brandon | Episode: "A Gun and a Prayer" |
1961 | The Law and Mr. Jones | Unknown character | Episode: "Indian War" |
1961 | The Jack Benny Program | 1st Desk Clerk | Episode: "Jack Goes to Las Vegas" |
1961 | Stagecoach West | Foster / Reider | 2 episodes |
1961 | The Asphalt Jungle | Al Stehl | Episode: "The Friendly Gesture" |
1961 | The Aquanauts | Oscar / Haber | 2 episodes |
1961 | Adventures in Paradise | Reverend Forbes | Episode: "Errand of Mercy" |
1961 | Hawaiian Eye | Harry Wilson | Episode: "Thomas Jefferson Chu" |
1961 | Cain's Hundred | Willie Beal | Episode: "The Penitent: Louis Strode" |
1961 | Dr. Kildare | Mr. Willis | Episode: "Holiday Weekend" |
1961 | Bus Stop | Jefty | Episode: "A Lion Walks Among Us" |
1961 | Ichabod and Me | Mr. Halliday | Episode: "Teenage Journalist" |
1961, 1962 | Checkmate | Hokey / Henry Creasy | 2 episodes |
1961, 1962 | Lawman | Joe Brockway / Les Courtney | 2 episodes |
1961–1963 | The Untouchables | Brower / Agent Ned Ferber / Thomas B. Randall | 3 episodes |
1961–1962 | The Detectives | Ed Foster / Mr. Blane / Todd Adams / Helm Merriwether | 4 episodes |
1961–1964 | Rawhide | Sheriff / Jebidiah Haddlebird / Townsman | 3 episodes |
1961–1965 | The Andy Griffith Show | Mr. Sims / Naylor / Sales Clerk / Councilman Dobbs | 4 episodes |
1961–1971 | Bonanza | Various characters | 8 episodes |
1962 | Have Gun – Will Travel | Doc Halop | Episode: "Lazarus" |
1962 | Surfside 6 | Finney Tate | Episode: "The Surfside Swindle" |
1962 | Follow the Sun | Fulton | Episode: "Marine of the Month" |
1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Herb Raymond | Episode: "The Very Custom Special" |
1962 | The Dick Powell Theatre | Gavin | Episode: "Pericles on 31st Street" |
1962 | Don't Call Me Charlie | Dr. Martin | Episode: "Vive Judson McKay" |
1962 | The Eleventh Hour | Ed Crain | Episode: "Angie, You Made My Heart Stop" |
1962 | Saints and Sinners | Walter Hines | Episode: "A Night of Horns and Bells" |
1962–1963 | The Twilight Zone | Evans / Scanlan | 2 episodes |
1962–1965 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Mr. Brumley / Mr. Waring / Chaplain Berger | 4 episodes |
1963 | Empire | Joseph Williams | Episode: "End of an Image" |
1963 | Stoney Burke | Dr. John Banner | Episode: "Image of Glory" |
1963 | Make Room for Daddy | Impatient Postal Customer | Episode: "Rusty's Birthday" |
1963 | I'm Dickens, He's Fenster | Charlie Piedmont | Episode: "Senior Citizen Charlie" |
1963 | Temple Houston | Marshal Cloud | Episode: "Gallows in Galilee" |
1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Newton Yort | Episode: "A Hero for Our Times" |
1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown character | Episode: "Lady in Limbo" |
1963–1967 | The Fugitive | Various characters | 6 episodes |
1964 | Grindl | Sladowski | Episode: "Grindl, Private Eye" |
1964 | Destry | Dr. Forbes | Episode: "Destry Had a Little Lamb" |
1964 | Arrest and Trial | J.H. Salomon | Episode: "The Black Flower" |
1964 | The Rogues | Madigan | Episode: "The Personal Touch" |
1964 | The Outer Limits | E.F. Larkin / Mr. Bishop | 2 episodes |
1965 | Wendy and Me | Orville Beaumont | Episode: "A Bouquet for Mr. Bundy" |
1965 | The Bill Dana Show | Mr. Clark | Episode: "The Court Jester" |
1965 | The Cara Williams Show | Fuliner | Episode: "Pawn Ticket for a Ticker" |
1965 | Peyton Place | Parole Officer / E.J. Taggart | 2 episodes |
1965 | Profiles in Courage | Taylor / Dr. Fenner | 2 episodes |
1965–1966 | Hank | Coach Ossie Weiss | 21 episodes |
1965, 1967 | The Virginian | Ed Harger / Doc | 2 episodes |
1965, 1967 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Policeman / Harper Caldwell | 2 episodes |
1966 | Laredo | Ira | Episode: "Road to San Remo" |
1966–1973 | The F.B.I. | Various characters | 10 episodes |
1967 | The Invaders | The Minister | Episode: "The Experiment" |
1967 | Rango | Unknown character | Episode: "Gunfight at the K.O. Saloon" |
1967 | The Road West | Thomas Grimmer | Episode: "Elizabeth's Odyssey" |
1967 | Cimarron Strip | Judge Quayle | Episode: "Nobody" |
1967 | The Big Valley | Matt Carson | Episode: "Night of the Executioner" |
1967–1969 | Mannix | Mr. Coombs / Petey O'Grady / Dan Turpin | 3 episodes |
1968 | The Second Hundred Years | General Craven | Episode: "For Whom the Drums Beat" |
1968 | Petticoat Junction | Mr. Peck | Episode: "Ring-A-Ding-Ding" |
1968 | The Wild Wild West | Captain Lyman Butler / Senator Seth Buckley | 2 episodes |
1968, 1969 | Judd, for the Defense | Dr. Fred Zellmer / Mr. LeBow | 2 episodes |
1968–1969 | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | Norrie Coolidge | 6 episodes |
1969 | The Brady Bunch | Minister | Episode: "The Honeymoon" |
1969 | Lancer | Sheriff | Episode: "The Kid" |
1969–1973 | Ironside | Old Librarian / Mr. Carew / Thomas Gibbs | 3 episodes |
1970 | The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | Stilts | Television film |
1970 | Bracken's World | Man on Bus | Episode: "Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon" |
1970 | The Name of the Game | Victor Bychek | Episode: "Echo of a Nightmare" |
1970 | The Interns | Edgar Jarvis | Episode: "Death Wish" |
1970 | The Young Lawyers | Jacobi | Episode: "MacGillicuddy Always Was a Pain in the Neck" |
1971 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Casey | Episode: "Angry Man" |
1971 | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Billy Jack | Episode: "Operation: Moonshine" |
1972 | Nichols | Harrigan | Episode: "Sleight of Hand" |
1972 | The Mod Squad | Store Owner | Episode: "Taps, Play It Louder" |
1972, 1973 | The Rookies | Billy Levinson / Studio Guard | 2 episodes |
1973 | Ghost Story | Harry Bell | Episode: "Earth, Air, Fire and Water" |
1973 | Winesburg, Ohio | Parcival | Television film |
1973 | Barnaby Jones | Andy Spake | Episode: "Murder-Go-Round" |
1973 | Adam-12 | Dave Carlson | Episode: "Murder-Go-Round" |
1973, 1974 | Cannon | Walt Fox / Windom Salter | 2 episodes |
1974 | Chopper One | Motel Manager | Episode: "Strain of Innocence" |
1974 | Chase | Parino | Episode: "Out of Gas" |
1974 | The Greatest Gift | Deacon Hurd | Television film |
1974 | Paper Moon | Unknown character | Episode: "Bonnie and Clyde" |
1974 | The Manhunter | Harry Bell | Episode: "The Lodester Ambush" |
1974–1983 | Little House on the Prairie | Reverend Alden | 76 episodes |
1975 | Shazam! | Seldom Seen Slim | Episode: "Fool's Gold" |
1975 | Saturday Night Live | Man at Veterinary Clinic | Episode: "Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips" |
1976 | The Rockford Files | Peter Preli | Episode: "Where's Houston?" |
1976 | The Streets of San Francisco | Watchman | Episode: "Dead or Alive" |
1977 | Green Eyes | Mr. Cousins | Television film |
1977 | Emergency! | Dr. Hubert Nippert | Episode: "Upward and Onward" |
1978 | The Incredible Hulk | Dr. Malone | Episode: "The Beast Within" |
1978 | The Winds of Kitty Hawk | Ace Hutchin | Television film |
1981 | Charlie's Angels | Bluford Catlin | Episode: "Moonshinin' Angels" |
1982 | The Greatest American Hero | Supervisor | Episode: "Train of Thought" |
1982 | Matt Houston | Henry | Episode: "Who Would Kill Ramona?" |
1986 | Starman | Ralph Wollery | Episode: "Fever" |
1987 | Werewolf | Russell | Episode: "Friendly Haven" |
1988 | Charles in Charge | 'Buzz' Powell | Episode: "Poppa, the Sailor Man" |
1988 | Bonanza: The Next Generation | Sills | Television film |
1988 | First Impressions | Milt | Episode: "Pilot" |
1989 | Roseanne | Joe | Episode: "Lobocop" |
1989 | Ann Jillian | Unknown character | Episode: "Buddy System" |
1990 | The Bradys | Minister | Episode: "The Brady 500" |
1990, 1991 | In the Heat of the Night | J.L. Lambry | 2 episodes |
1991 | L.A. Law | Chester Mead | Episode: "On the Toad Again" |
1991 | Empty Nest | Mr. Sobel | Episode: "Almost Like Being in Love" |
1992 | The Secret of Lost Creek | Henry "Grandpa" Fogel | Unknown episodes |
1992–1996 | Picket Fences | Rev. Henry Novotny | 20 episodes |
1994 | Rebel Highway | Gary | Episode: "Runaway Daughters" |
1997 | George and Leo | Uncle Dick | Episode: "The Thanksgiving Show" |
1998 | Ally McBeal | Vincent Robbins | Episode: "Alone Again" |
2000 | Spin City | Dr. Marsh Laughlin, DDS | Episode: "Smile" |
2001 | Diagnosis: Murder | Danny McNamara | 2 episodes |
2001 | Family Law | Frank Watson | Episode: "The Gay Divorcee" |
2001–2002 | Maybe It's Me | Grandpa Fred Stage | 21 episodes |
2003 | Lizzie McGuire | Moe | Episode: "My Fair Larry" |
References
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- ↑ "Dabbs Greer Biography (1917–)". Filmreference.com. 1917-04-02. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ↑ ""The Unmasked", Lawman, June 17, 1962". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Character actor Dabbs Greer dies at 90". Usatoday.Com. 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ↑ "Dabbs Greer," Find a Grave; memorial (19168286) created May 1, 2017, including a biographical profile on Greer and photographs. Retrieved April 8, 2017.