For decades, Dabney Coleman has often appeared as a smarmy, selfish, nervous person, often with money, who is mostly out for himself. He did such a good job in this type of part that he's made a career of it in film. Dabney Wharton Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, to Mary Wharton , both 1999. Coleman is still very active.
Parents are Melvin Randolph and Mary Wharton Coleman.
Attended the University of Texas at Austin in the early 1950s.
Was a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute as a member of the Class of 1953... left after two years.
Entered VMI (the prestigious Virginia Military Institute) in 1949 but wound up studying law at the University of Texas and then theater in New York.
Served for two years in the United States Armys Special Services Division.
Diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) but took part in a clinical trial which remedied his sight from 20-400 to 20-40 in just a week.
Is a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity from the Texas Beta Chapter at the University of Texas.
Biography in: "Whos Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 112-113. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
Father of Quincy Coleman (born 1972), Randy Coleman and Kelly Johns, with ex-wife Jean Hale, and of Meghan Coleman.
His daughter, Quincy, released her first CD on September 30, 2003 called "Also Known As Mary".
A very good tennis player, Dabney gave tennis lessons in the 1960s.
Auditioned for the role of Professor Roy Hinkley on "Gilligans Island" , which went to Russell Johnson.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6141 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 6, 2014.
He starred in his own television series, Buffalo Bill, during 1983-84, in which he played an egotistical, chauvinistic talk show host.
He has English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, German, and Swiss-German ancestry.
Hes from the same city as Ethan Hawke and Steve Austin.
Didnt have a successful TV series until he was 69.
Best known by the public for his starring role as Burton Fallin in "The Guardian" .
Acting mentor and friend of Simon Baker.
Barry Kemp had originally written the role of Coach Hayden Fox for Coleman on "Coach" , after the two of them worked on the miniseries "Fresno". Coleman, however became unavailable when Kemp pitched the show to distributor Universal and network ABC, and the role went to Craig T. Nelson instead.
But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not contributing to the humor of this thing. And I had to do something. .
