One of the most prolific of the "Who IS that?"school of character actors, Dabbs Greer has been playing small-town doctors, bankers, merchants, druggists, mayors and ministers since at least 1950. His purse-lipped countenance and Midwestern twang was equally effective in taciturn villainous roles. Essentially a bit player in films of the 1950s (Diplomatic Courier, Deadline USA, Living It Up), Greer was given more screen time than usual as a New York detective in House of Wax (1953), while his surface normality served as excellent contrast to the extraterrestrial goings-on in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and It! The Terror from Beyond Space. A television actor since the dawn of the cathode-tube era, Greer has shown up in hundreds of TV supporting roles, including the "origin" episode of the original Superman series, in which he played the dangling dirigible worker rescued in mid-air by the Man of Steel. Greer also played the recurring roles of storekeeper Mr. Jones on Gunsmoke (1955-60) and Reverend Robert Alden on Little House on the Prairie (1974-83). Showing no signs of slowing down, Dabbs Greer continued accepting roles in such films as Two Moon Junction (1988) and Pacific Heights (1990) into the '90s. He died following a battle with kidney and heart disease, on April 28, 2007, not quite a month after his 90th birthday.
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The Green Mile
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1999 | |||
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Ally McBeal: Alone Again
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1998 | |||
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Little Giants
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1994 | |||
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Runaway Daughters
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1994 | |||
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Pacific Heights
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1990 | |||
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Sundown
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1990 | |||
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Roseanne: Lobocop
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1989 | |||
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Two Moon Junction
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1988 | |||
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Evil Town
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1987 | |||
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The Winds of Kitty Hawk
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God Bless Dr. Shagetz
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The Greatest Gift
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1974 | |||
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Adam-12: Venice Division
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1973 | |||
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The F.B.I.: Sweet Evil
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1973 | |||
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White Lightning
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1973 | |||
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Rage
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1972 | |||
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Bonanza: Terror at 2:00
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The Cheyenne Social Club
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Ironside: Puzzlelock
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The F.B.I.: The Runaways
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The F.B.I.: The Hostage
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Shenandoah
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Roustabout
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Showdown
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Bonanza: Broken Ballad
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Cash McCall
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Day of the Outlaw
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1959 | |||
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Edge of Eternity
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1959 | |||
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Last Train From Gun Hill
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1959 | |||
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The Lone Texan
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1959 | |||
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I Want to Live!
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Baby Face Nelson
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1957 | |||
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Chain of Evidence
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1957 | |||
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My Man Godfrey
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1957 | |||
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Pawnee
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1957 | |||
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The Spirit of St. Louis
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1957 | |||
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The Vampire
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1957 | |||
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Young and Dangerous
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1957 | |||
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D-Day, the Sixth of June
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1956 | |||
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Gunsmoke: Prairie Happy
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1956 | |||
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Gunsmoke: The Killer
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1956 | |||
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Hot Cars
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1956 | |||
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Hot Rod Girl
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1956 | |||
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Foxfire
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1955 | |||
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Gunsmoke: Season 01
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1955 | |||
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Seven Angry Men
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1955 | |||
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The McConnell Story
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1955 | |||
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The Scarlet Coat
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1955 | |||
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The Seven Little Foys
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1955 | |||
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Bitter Creek
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1954 | |||
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Living It Up
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1954 | |||
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Private Hell 36
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1954 | |||
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Riot in Cell Block 11
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1954 | |||
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Rose Marie
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1954 | |||
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The Desperado
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1954 | |||
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Affair with a Stranger
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1953 | |||
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China Venture
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1953 | |||
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Dream Wife
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1953 | |||
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Half a Hero
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1953 | |||
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House of Wax
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1953 | |||
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Mr. Scoutmaster
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1953 | |||
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Remains to Be Seen
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1953 | |||
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Trouble Along the Way
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1953 | |||
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Above and Beyond
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1952 | |||
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Diplomatic Courier
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1952 | |||
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Monkey Business
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1952 | |||
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Room for One More
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1952 | |||
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Scarlet Angel
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1952 | |||
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She Couldn't Say No
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1952 | |||
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We're Not Married
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1952 | |||
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Call Me Mister
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1951 | |||
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Father's Little Dividend
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1951 | |||
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The Unknown Man
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1951 | |||
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California Passage
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1950 | |||
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Storm Warning
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1950 | |||
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The Damned Don't Cry
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Try and Get Me
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