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Season 1
Boardwalk Empire
The Ivory Tower
Broadway Limited
Anastasia
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21
Ourselves Alone
A Dangerous Maid
What Does the Bee Do?
Gimcrack & Bunkum
The Age of Reason
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Resolution
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Bone for Tuna
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You'd Be Surprised
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New York Sour
Resignation
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{{Actor infobox | Title=Dabney Coleman | Image=Dabney_Coleman.jpg | Name=Dabney Coleman | Character=[[Commodore Louis Kaestner]] | Birthplace=Austin, Texas, U.S. | Birthdate= January 3, 1932 | IMDB = 0001056 }} '''Dabney Coleman''' stars as [[Commodore Louis Kaestner]] in the [[Season 1|first]] and [[Season 2|second]] seasons. ==Biography== For twenty years Dabney Coleman has appeared mostly in one type of role: a smarmy selfish, nervous person mostly with money that is out for himself, mostly. The fact is he did such a good job in this type of part he has made a career of it in film. This is quite a departure for a person that once entered the Virginia Military Institute, and once studied law in Texas. The actor has a well deserved reputation as a fine character actor, and a reliable presence for almost any role in TV and movies. Dabney Coleman's early appearances in the cinema were in ''The Slender Thread'' (1965) and ''Downhill Racer'' (1969). On TV he starred in "''That Girl''" (1966). As the 1970s approached he became a well-known character actor in television and movies, appearing in ''The Towering Inferno'' (1974), ''Midway'' (1976), and ''Cinderella Liberty'' (1973). Television seemed Dabney Coleman's forum in the 1970s as Coleman played the role of Merle Jeeter in "''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman''" (1976) and "''Fernwood Tonight''" (1977). Coleman made appearances in the popular ''North Dallas Forty'' (1979) and the Oscar-winning ''Melvin and Howard'' (1980). Dabney Coleman also became known for some satirical movies, starring in the comedy ''How to Beat the High Co$t of Living'' (1980) and snatched a lead role for the TV movie ''Pray TV'' (1980). Coleman's part as a world class prick became cemented in 1980 as the boss to Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in ''Nine to Five'' (1980). The next year Coleman was in very good company working with legends Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in ''On Golden Pond'' (1981). Coleman's hit streak would not end there. In 1982 Coleman landed a key role in the classic ''Tootsie'' (1982), further cementing his role as an unlikable wealthy boss in some capacity. In 1983 Coleman starred in the Cold War classic ''WarGames'' (1983). During this period he also found many parts in lesser known movies like ''Young Doctors in Love'' (1982) and ''Callie & Son'' (1981) (TV). In 1984 he starred in ''The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984) and in 1985 he starred with Tom Hanks in ''The Man with One Red Shoe'' (1985). In 1987 the actor won an Emmy for ''Sworn to Silence'' (1987) (TV). In 1990 Coleman took two lead roles, one in the disastrous ''Where the Heart Is'' (1990), and the other in the quirky comedy ''Short Time'' (1990). In 1993 Coleman starred in the slapstick comedy ''Amos & Andrew'' (1993) (a very funny part) and in a remake of the TV show ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1993) as Milburn Drysdale. Coleman took an extensive line of TV movies, such films as Texan, ''In the Line of Duty'', among others. Coleman took an unusual part in the ABC cartoon, ''Recess'', and then starred in a couple of big money grossers, the Tom Hanks comedy, ''You've Got Mail'' (1998), as Chief Quimby in ''Inspector Gadget'' (1999), and in ''Stuart Little'' (1999), both 1999. Coleman is still very active, and his future still seems ever brighter as he is starring in a couple of high profile movies in the near future that should do very well. ==Appearances== {{Season One Appearances | 1 = yes | 2 = yes | 4 = yes | 5 = yes | 7 = yes | 9 = yes | 11 = yes | 12 = yes }} {{Season Two Appearances | 1 = yes | 2 = yes | 3 = yes | 4 = yes | 6 = yes | 8 = yes | 10 = yes | 11 = yes }} ==Credits== '''Star''' {{Season one credits | 1 = yes | 2 = yes | 3 = yes | 4 = yes | 5 = yes | 6 = yes | 7 = yes | 8 = yes | 9 = yes | 10 = yes | 11 = yes | 12 = yes }} {{Season two credits | 1 = yes | 2 = yes | 3 = yes | 4 = yes | 5 = yes | 6 = yes | 7 = yes | 8 = yes | 9 = yes | 10 = yes | 11 = yes | 12 = yes }} [[Category:Actors]] [[es:Dabney Coleman]]
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