Dabbs Greer

Dabbs Greer

American actor (1917−2007)

Robert William "Dabbs" Greer was an American character actor in film and television for over 60 years. Greer appeared in nearly 100 film roles and in nearly 600 television episodes of various series. He played Mr. Jonas in Gunsmoke, Coach Ossie Weiss in the sitcom Hank, and Reverend Robert Alden in Little House on the Prairie. Greer's final film role was as the 108-year-old Paul Edgecomb, the character played by Tom Hanks in 1999's The Green Mile.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 17 films (1951–1974) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1974 Little House On The Prairie National Broadcasting Company, Inc 96 min Color sound
1965 Shenandoah. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 100 min 35mm Color sound
1964 Roustabout John Rich 101 min 16mm Color
1959 Edge Of Eternity Ideal Pictures Inc 80 min 16mm sound
1957 MY MAN GODFREY. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 92 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 Young And Dangerous. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 78 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 D-Day, The Sixth Of June. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 106 min 35mm Color sound
1956 Invasion of the body snatchers National Telefilm 80 16mm B&W sound
1956 Tension At Table Rock Ideal Pictures Inc 93 min 16mm Color sound
1954 Riot in Cell Block 11 Don Siegel 80 B&W
1954 The desperado. Allied Artists Pictures Corp. 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Affair With A Stranger Roy Rowland 87 B&W
1953 China Venture. Columbia Pictures Corp. 83 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Monkey Business Howard Hawks 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
1951 CALL ME MISTER ▶ National Archives and Records Administration 96 min 16mm/video file Color
1951 Call me Mister Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. (Publisher) 1:36:00 16mm Color sound
1951 Call Me Mister. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 95 min. 35mm Color sound