Dabney Coleman Dies at 92

[JamesG]

Dabney Coleman Dies: Tootsie, 9 to 5 & Buffalo Bill Actor was 92
by Tom Tapp, Erik Pedersen
May 17, 2024


Dabney Coleman, an Emmy winner whose six-decade career included a sterling run of 1980s hit movies such as 9 to 5, On Golden Pond, WarGames and Tootsie and whose TV work included ranged from "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and "Buffalo Bill" to "The Guardian" and "Boardwalk Empire" has died, according to TMZ.

He was 92.




He earned six Primetime Emmy nominations, including two for Lead Actor in the acclaimed but short-lived NBC sitcom "Buffalo Bill". He won for his supporting role in the 1987 telefilm Sworn to Silence.

His big break came with Norman Lear’s "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" in 1976, in which he recurred as Merle Jeeter in dozens of episodes, also appearing on spinoffs "Fernwood Tonight" and "Forever Fernwood".

The character was introduced as the con-artist father of a child evangelist and went on to become the sleazy mayor of the show’s setting, Fernwood, Ohio.



In his final screen role, Coleman played the father of Kevin Costner’s John Dutton’s in a "Yellowstone" flashback during Season 2 in 2019.

https://deadline.com/2024/05/dabney-...ie-1235921436/

[TheLittleFaerie]

Very sorry to hear this! He was always good at playing those shady characters who had a tragic story. And was a Raymond Bailey look-alike.... They couldn't have found a better Mr Drysdale for the Beverly Hillbillies 1994 movie