Dabbs Greer

Highest Rated: 100% Shenandoah (1965)

Lowest Rated: 0% Two Moon Junction (1988)

Birthday: Apr 2, 1917

Birthplace: Not Available

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.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
78%	The Green Mile	Old Paul	—	1999
56%	Con Air	Old Man Under Truck	—	1997
36%	Little Giants	Wilbur	—	1994
No Score Yet	Runaway Daughters	Gary	—	1994
No Score Yet	House IV (House 4: The Repossession) (House IV: Home Deadly Home)	Dad	—	1991
50%	Pacific Heights	Mr. Thayer	—	1990
No Score Yet	Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat	Actor	—	1990
0%	Two Moon Junction	Kyle	—	1988
No Score Yet	Evil Town	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	Chu Chu and the Philly Flash	Wally	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Winds Of Kitty Hawk	Ace Hutchin	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Greatest Gift	Actor	—	1974
86%	White Lightning	Pa McKlusky	—	1973
No Score Yet	Rage	Dr. Thompson	—	1972
No Score Yet	The Cheyenne Social Club	Willowby	—	1970
100%	Shenandoah	Abernathy	—	1965
56%	Roustabout	Arthur Nielsen	—	1964
No Score Yet	Showdown	Express Man	—	1963
No Score Yet	Cash McCall	Bronson - Austen's Business Manager (uncredited)	—	1960
No Score Yet	Edge of Eternity	Gas Station Attendant	—	1959
100%	Day of the Outlaw	Doc Langer	—	1959
83%	Last Train from Gun Hill	Andy	—	1959
69%	It! The Terror From Beyond Space	Eric Royce	—	1958
93%	I Want to Live!	San Quentin Captain	—	1958
No Score Yet	My Man Godfrey	Lt. O'Connor	—	1957
No Score Yet	Pawnee (Pale Arrow)	John Brewster	—	1957
85%	The Spirit of St. Louis	Goldsborough	—	1957
No Score Yet	Chain of Evidence	Dr. Ainsley	—	1957
No Score Yet	Mark Of The Vampire	Actor	—	1957
No Score Yet	The Vampire	Dr. Will Beaumont	—	1957
No Score Yet	Baby Face Nelson	Bonner	—	1957
No Score Yet	D-Day: The Sixth of June	Arkinson	—	1956
98%	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Mac	—	1956
No Score Yet	Hot Rod Girl	Henry	—	1956
No Score Yet	The Seven Little Foys	Tutor	—	1955
No Score Yet	Foxfire	Bus Driver	—	1955
No Score Yet	The Scarlet Coat	Capt. Brewster	—	1955
No Score Yet	The McConnell Story	Pilot Instructor	—	1955
No Score Yet	Private Hell 36	Bartender	—	1954
No Score Yet	Living It Up	Head Ranger	—	1954
100%	Riot in Cell Block 11	Schuyler	—	1954
No Score Yet	She Couldn't Say No	Dick Jordan	—	1954
No Score Yet	Rose Marie	Committeeman	—	1954
No Score Yet	Affair With a Stranger	Happy Murray	—	1953
95%	House of Wax	Sgt. Jim Shane	—	1953
No Score Yet	Trouble Along the Way	Father Mahoney	—	1953
79%	The Bad and the Beautiful	Studio Lighting Technician	—	1953
No Score Yet	Dream Wife	Elevator Boy	—	1953
No Score Yet	Mr. Scoutmaster	Fireman	—	1953
No Score Yet	Above and Beyond	Haddock	—	1952
88%	Monkey Business	Cab Driver	—	1952
No Score Yet	We're Not Married	Man at Miss Mississippi Contest	—	1952
No Score Yet	Diplomatic Courier	Intelligence clerk	—	1952
No Score Yet	Room for One More	Scoutmaster	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Unknown Man	Driver	—	1951
No Score Yet	Storm Warning	Attendant	—	1951
No Score Yet	Call Me Mister	Aide to Colonel	—	1951
100%	Father's Little Dividend	Taxi Driver	—	1951
No Score Yet	The Sound of Fury (Try and Get Me!)	Mike	—	1950
No Score Yet	The Damned Don't Cry	Reporter	—	1950

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Little House on the Prairie 1974-1983	Rev. Robert Alden Reverend Alden Dr. Baker Rev Alden Rev. Alden Reverend Robert Alden Dr. Hiram Baker Rev. ALden	2020 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974
100%	Lizzie McGuire 2001-2004	Moe	2003 2002
88%	Maybe It's Me 2001-2002	Fred Fred Stage	2002 2001
No Score Yet	Diagnosis Murder 1993-2001	Old Danny	2001
No Score Yet	Family Law 1999-2002	Frank Gordon	2001 2000
66%	Spin City 1996-2002	Dr. Laughlin	2000
61%	Ally McBeal 1997-2002	Vincent Robbins	1998
82%	Picket Fences 1992-1996	Rev. Novotny Novotny Minister Novotny Minister	1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
No Score Yet	Empty Nest 1988-1995	Mr. Sobel	1991
No Score Yet	In the Heat of the Night 1988-1995	Lambry	1990
76%	Roseanne 1988-2018	Joe	1989
No Score Yet	Charlie's Angels 1976-1981	Bluford	1981
No Score Yet	The Incredible Hulk 1978-1982	Dr. Malone	1979 1978
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Preli	1976
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Watchman	1976
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Joe Bean Mr. Jonas Mr. Jonus Mr. Jones Jonas Chester's Uncle	1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Thomas Gibbs Carew Librarian	1973 1970 1969
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Prosecuting Attorney Hub Dawes Cass Doc Tasker Dunkatt Mercantile Owner Leon Sam Judge	1971 1970 1969 1967 1966 1963 1961
No Score Yet	The Wild Wild West 1965-1969	Buckley Butler	1968
No Score Yet	The Fugitive 1963-1967	Thomas Jensen Sheriff Fletcher Det. Fairfield Mayor Duncan	1967 1966 1965 1963
No Score Yet	Perry Mason 1957-1966	Hal Kirkwood Larsen Charles Knudsen Buzz Farrell Jack Tabor Kirby Cotton Dodson	1966 1965 1964 1963 1961 1960 1958
No Score Yet	The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961-1966	Mr. Brumley Chaplain Mr. Berger Writer	1965 1962
No Score Yet	The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1968	Naylor Dobbs Harry Sims Hardware Clerk	1965 1964 1962 1961
No Score Yet	Rawhide 1959-1965	Haddlebird	1963
82%	The Twilight Zone 1959-1964	Scanlon Evans	1963 1962 1960
No Score Yet	The Adventures of Superman 1952-1958	Mr. Pebbles Joe Winters Man Rescue by Superman	1958 1956 1953 1952
No Score Yet	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-1962	Sheriff Milkman	1956
No Score Yet	Father Knows Best 1954-1960	Mrs. Collins	1955
No Score Yet	Charles in Charge 1984-1990	Buzz Powell

Quotes from Dabbs Greer's Characters

Paul Edgecomb (elderly):

And I think about all of us walking our own green mile... ...each in our own time.

Paul Edgecomb (elderly):	We each owe a Death,There are no exceptions, But Oh God, Sometimes, the green mile seems so long.
Paul Edgecomb (elderly):	We each owe a Death. There are no exceptions, but oh god, sometimes, the green mile seems so long.

Paul Edgecomb (elderly):	We each owe a death - there are no exceptions - but, oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long.
Paul Edgecomb (elderly):	We each owe a death, there are no exceptions, but oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long.

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Dabbs Greer

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

TV

Quotes from Dabbs Greer's Characters