Dabbs Greer

Robert William "Dabbs" Greer (April 2, 1917 – April 28, 2007) was an American character actor who performed many diverse supporting roles in film and television for over 60 years. With nearly 100 movie roles and appearances in nearly 600 television episodes of various series, Greer may be best remembered as series regular Coach Ossie Weiss in the sitcom Hank and as series regular Reverend Robert Alden in Little House on the Prairie. Greer may be better known to later audiences as the 108-year-old version of the character played by Tom Hanks in 1999's The Green Mile.

Dabbs Greer
Greer in an episode of TV's Superman (1954)
Born	Robert William Greer April 2, 1917 Fairview, Missouri, United States
Died	April 28, 2007 (aged 90) Pasadena, California, United States
Resting place	Peace Valley Cemetery, Anderson, Missouri, United States
Years active	1938–2003

Early life

Greer was born in Fairview, Missouri, the son of Bernice Irene (née Dabbs), a speech teacher, and Randall Alexander Greer, a druggist.[1][2] Not long after, the family moved to the larger Anderson, Missouri, 30 miles (48 km) southwest when Greer was an infant.[3] 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.[1]

Career

Greer moved to Pasadena, California in 1943, where he was an administrator and acting instructor at the Pasadena Playhouse.[1]

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. 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 Bat Masterson and the syndicated Man Without a Gun.

From 1956 until 1974, Greer had a recurring role as storekeeper Mr. Jonas, on the long-running TV series "Gunsmoke". He appeared in 42 episodes of the series. Occasionally he would play someone other than Mr. Jonas, and in one episode as Chester's uncle on Gunsmoke.[4]

In 1960 he appeared 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.

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 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 three other episodes, "The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor", "The Case of the Lavender Lipstick" and "The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands" 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. In 1969, Greer was cast as the minister who officiated the wedding of Mike and Carol Brady in the first episode of The Brady Bunch.

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 nearly 100 movie roles and appearances in nearly 600 television episodes of various series had been in supporting roles,[1] but he told the Albany Times Union in 2000 that "every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead".

Death

Greer, who had moved to Pasadena, California in 1943,[1] died on April 28, 2007,[5] at Pasadena's Huntington Hospital, after a battle with kidney failure and heart disease, not quite a month after his 90th birthday.[3] He never married and had no children. He is buried in his childhood hometown of Anderson, Missouri.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1949	Reign of Terror	Bridge Guard	Uncredited
1950	The Damned Don't Cry	Reporter	Uncredited
1950	Trial Without Jury	Jack, Police Radio Room Dispatcher	Uncredited
1950	Devil's Doorway	Spud Keith	Uncredited
1950	California Passage	Dealer	Uncredited
1951	Storm Warning	Courtroom Cop	Uncredited
1951	Call Me Mister	Corporal Aide to Colonel	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
1951	Under the Gun	Stoner	Uncredited
1952	Room for One More	Scoutmaster	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	We're Not Married!	Beauty Contest Spectator	Uncredited
1952	Sally and Saint Anne	Mr. Parker	Uncredited
1952	Monkey Business	Cabbie	Uncredited
1952	My Man and I	Court Clerk	Uncredited
1952	Because You're Mine	Sergeant	Uncredited
1952	Because of You	Mexican Shop Owner	Uncredited
1952	Million Dollar Mermaid	Movie Set Engineer	Uncredited
1952	The Bad and the Beautiful	Studio Lighting Technician	Uncredited
1952	Above and Beyond	Steve Haddock	Uncredited
1952	She Couldn't Say No	Dick Jordan	Uncredited
1953	Trouble Along the Way	Father Peterson
1953	House of Wax	Sgt. Jim Shane
1953	Julius Caesar	Citizen of Rome	Uncredited
1953	Remains to Be Seen	Julius	Uncredited
1953	Dream Wife	Night Elevator Operator	Uncredited
1953	A Slight Case of Larceny	Eddie - 1st Gas Man	Uncredited
1953	Affair with a Stranger	Happy Murray
1953	Mister Scoutmaster	Fireman	Uncredited
1953	Mission Over Korea	Pilot	Uncredited
1953	Half a Hero	George Payson
1953	China Venture	Galuppo
1953	Take the High Ground!	Shorty	Uncredited
1954	Riot in Cell Block 11	Schuyler
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	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	The Seven Little Foys	Tutor	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	Tension at Table Rock	Doctor	Uncredited
1956	Hot Cars	Det. Davenport
1957	Chain of Evidence	Dr. Ainsley
1957	The Spirit of St. Louis	Goldsborough	Uncredited
1957	All Mine to Give	Clendenning	Uncredited
1957	Johnny Tremain	Nat Lorne	Uncredited
1957	The Vampire	Dr. Will Beaumont
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	Day of the Outlaw	Doc Langer, Veterinarian
1959	Last Train from Gun Hill	Deputy Andy	Uncredited
1959	Edge of Eternity	Gas Station Attendant
1960	Cash McCall	Bronson	Uncredited
1963	Showdown	Express Man
1963	Wives and Lovers	Sardi's Waiter	Uncredited
1963	Palm Springs Weekend	Boys' Club Leader	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	Final film role

Television

Year		Title	Role	Notes
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		The Rifleman	Finny	Episode "The Wyoming Story: Part 1" & "The Wyoming Story: Part 2"
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" (final acting role)

References

1. Nelson, Valerie J. (May 1, 2007). "Dabbs Greer, 90; busy actor played everyman-type roles". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. "Dabbs Greer Biography (1917–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
3. "Character actor Dabbs Greer dies at 90". USA Today. Associated Press. May 1, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047736/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_50
5. Brad Ferguson (April 30, 2007). "Dabbs Greer, 1917–2007 – alt.obituaries | Google Groups". Retrieved October 15, 2010.
6. "Dabbs Greer". Find a Grave.

External links

• Dabbs Greer at IMDb 
• Dabbs Greer at AllMovie
• Dabbs Greer at the TCM Movie Database
• Dabbs Greer at Find a Grave