Dabbs Greer

Dabbs Greer

Actor 56 · 1951 – 2006 · 🎬 53 📺 3 · 🇺🇸 United States

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.

All · 56 🎬 Movies · 53 📺 TV · 3

Drama Comedy Western Romance Crime

Highlights

Family

2006

Maybe It's Me

Maybe It's Me

2001

The Green Mile

The Green Mile

1999

Frequent Collaborators

Michael Landon

Michael Landon

5 shared

Victor French

Victor French

4 shared

Frank Ferguson

Frank Ferguson

4 shared

James Anderson

James Anderson

4 shared

Kevin Hagen

Kevin Hagen

4 shared

Melville Shavelson

Melville Shavelson

4 shared

All decades 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

🎬 Movies

Family

actor

2006

The Green Mile

The Green Mile

actor

1999

Little Giants

Little Giants

actor

1994

Runaway Daughters

Runaway Daughters

actor

1994

House IV

House IV

actor

1992

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

actor

1991

Two Moon Junction

Two Moon Junction

actor

1988

Evil Town

Evil Town

actor

1987

Little House: The Last Farewell

Little House: The Last Farewell

actor

1984

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday

actor

1983

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

actor

1981

White Lightning

White Lightning

actor

1973

Rage

Rage

actor

1972

The Cheyenne Social Club

The Cheyenne Social Club

actor

1970

Shenandoah

Shenandoah

actor

1965

Roustabout

Roustabout

actor

1964

Palm Springs Weekend

Palm Springs Weekend

actor

1963

Showdown

Showdown

actor

1963

Cash McCall

Cash McCall

actor

1960

Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill

actor

1959

Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw

actor

1959

I Want to Live!

I Want to Live!

actor

1958

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

actor

1958

All Mine to Give

All Mine to Give

actor

1957

Young and Dangerous

Young and Dangerous

actor

1957

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

actor

1957

Pawnee

Pawnee

actor

1957

Johnny Tremain

Johnny Tremain

actor

1957

The Vampire

The Vampire

actor

1957

The Giant Claw

The Giant Claw

actor

1957

Chain of Evidence

Chain of Evidence

actor

1957

Tension at Table Rock

Tension at Table Rock

actor

1956

The Young Guns

The Young Guns

actor

1956

D-Day the Sixth of June

D-Day the Sixth of June

actor

1956

At Gunpoint

At Gunpoint

actor

1955

The Seven Little Foys

The Seven Little Foys

actor

1955

The Scarlet Coat

The Scarlet Coat

actor

1955

Stranger on Horseback

Stranger on Horseback

actor

1955

Private Hell 36

Private Hell 36

actor

1954

Lucky Me

Lucky Me

actor

1954

Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

actor

1954

She Couldn't Say No

She Couldn't Say No

actor

1954

Take the High Ground!

Take the High Ground!

actor

1953

China Venture

China Venture

actor

1953

Affair with a Stranger

Affair with a Stranger

actor

1953

A Slight Case of Larceny

A Slight Case of Larceny

actor

1953

House of Wax

House of Wax

actor

1953

Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way

actor

1953

Sally and Saint Anne

Sally and Saint Anne

actor

1952

Scarlet Angel

Scarlet Angel

actor

1952

Room for One More

Room for One More

actor

1952

Week-End with Father

Week-End with Father

actor

1951

Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend

actor

1951

📺 TV Shows

Maybe It's Me

Maybe It's Me

actor

2001

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

actor

1974

Hank

Hank

actor

1965

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