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Dakin Matthews

Melvin Richard "Dakin" Matthews (born November 7, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and theatrical scholar. Best known as Herb Kelcher in ‘’My Two Dads’’ (1987-1989), Hamlin Charleston in ‘’Gilmore Girls’’ (2000-2007), and as Reverend Sikes in ‘’Desperate Housewives’’ (2004-2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dakin Matthews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Oakland, California, USA, 1940-11-07

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1987	Like Father Like Son	Old Man Morrison	57
2	1987	Nuts	Judge Lawrence Block	63
3	1988	The Silence at Bethany	Sam Mitgang	0
4	1988	Permanent Record		63
5	1988	Sunset	William Singer	56
6	1988	Funny Farm	Marion Corey Jr.	62
7	1988	Clean and Sober	Bob	63
8	1988	Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami	Catlett	60
9	1989	Naked Lie	Adam Berger	48
10	1989	Out on the Edge	Dr. Cutler	43
11	1989	Wired	Washington Post Editor	34
12	1989	The Fabulous Baker Boys	Charlie	66
13	1989	My Brother's Wife	Charles Rusher	0
14	1990	Ghost Dad	Mr. Seymour	51
15	1991	Under Cover	Director Waugh	0
16	1991	The Whereabouts of Jenny	Cox	60
17	1991	The Perfect Tribute	Dr. Thomas	60
18	1991	White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd	D.A. Buron Fitts	60
19	1991	Jailbirds	Sheriff	100
20	1991	Child's Play 3	Colonel Cochrane	59
21	1991	In a Stranger's Hand	Francis Haynes	58
22	1992	For Richer, for Poorer	Larry	55
23	1992	Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive	Attorney	46
24	1992	Revolver	Tom McCall	0
25	1992	Criminal Behavior	Albee Ferguson	71
26	1993	The Temp	Dr. Feldman	46
27	1993	Rising Sun	Professor Sanders	61
28	1993	Rio Shannon		0
29	1993	Undercover Blues	Police Captain	60
30	1993	And the Band Played On	Congressman Phil Burton	65
31	1993	Hart to Hart Returns	Ted Avery	64
32	1993	Staying Afloat	Henry Ashley	0
33	1994	White Mile	Andy Thornell	56
34	1994	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills	Dean Barrow	61
35	1994	The Enemy Within	Vice President Walter Kelly	57
36	1994	The Swan Princess	King William (voice)	66
37	1995	Stuart Saves His Family	Intervention Counselor	52
38	1995	Virus	Dr. Dubcheck	46
39	1997	Bean	Passenger Tucker	65
40	1997	Flubber	Minister	57
41	1998	Best Friends for Life	Mr. Burnham	0
42	1998	The Siege	Senator Wright	63
43	1998	The Siege	Congressman Marshall	63
44	1999	The Muse	Dr. Jacobson	52
45	2000	An Extremely Goofy Movie	Judge (voice) (uncredited)	64
46	2000	Thirteen Days	Arthur Lundahl	70
47	2002	The Big Time		35
48	2003	The Fighting Temptations	Mr. Fairchild	58
49	2010	True Grit	Col. Stonehill	73
50	2011	The Eagle	Claudius Marcellus	62
51	2012	Lincoln	John Usher	69
52	2013	Zero Charisma	Greg Goran	62
53	2015	Bridge of Spies	Judge Byers	72
54	2023	Waitress: The Musical	Joe	77
55	2024	Doc of Chucky	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	Dallas	Detective Kane	69
2	1982	Remington Steele	Michael Fleming	71
3	1984	Brothers	J. Thomas Briggs	72
4	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Dennis Moylan	75
5	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Neal Gillen	75
6	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Buford Hazlitt	75
7	1986	L.A. Law	Marshall Hygate	71
8	1986	Fresno	Prosecutor	64
9	1988	Aaron's Way		50
10	1988	Baby M	Judge Sorkow	50
11	1988	Dear John	David Hennessey	57
12	1988	Dear John	David	57
13	1988	TV 101	Tanner	50
14	1989	Coach	William Thornton	68
15	1989	Doctor Doctor		78
16	1989	Cross of Fire	Hiram Evans	65
17	1989	Christine Cromwell		73
18	1990	Capital News		60
19	1990	Down Home	Walt McCrorey	60
20	1991	Herman's Head	Mr. Brooks	66
21	1991	Drexell's Class		55
22	1992	Love & War		62
23	1993	Cutters	Harry Polachek	0
24	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Elton Malone	71
25	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Monsignor D'Amico	71
26	1993	The Nanny	Dean Sterrett	81
27	1994	Touched by an Angel	The Colonel	72
28	1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Admiral Patterson	78
29	1995	The Office	Frank Gerard	0
30	1995	The Jeff Foxworthy Show	Elliot	87
31	1996	EZ Streets		64
32	1997	The Practice	Judge William Aldrich	77
33	1997	The Practice	Judge Lander	77
34	1997	Just Shoot Me!	Les	66
35	1997	Soul Man	Bishop Peter Jerome	63
36	1997	Rough Riders	Wadsworth, Sr.	62
37	1997	Stargate SG-1	Maz'rai	83
38	1997	Ally McBeal	Mr. Stark	66
39	1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Dr. Floyd Thompson	81
40	1998	The King of Queens	Joe Heffernan	71
41	1998	Charmed	Angel of Destiny	82
42	1999	Family Law		82
43	1999	The West Wing	Simon Blye	83
44	2000	Gilmore Girls	Hanlin Charleston	79
45	2000	The Michael Richards Show	Steve	45
46	2002	Leap of Faith		90
47	2003	Two and a Half Men	Father Shaunassey	75
48	2004	Jack & Bobby	Merle Horstradt	70
49	2004	Desperate Housewives	Reverend Sikes	79
50	2004	House	Marvin	86
51	2005	Medium	Arthur Brock	75
52	2005	The Closer	Mr. Mitchell	79
53	2006	Dexter	Dr. Pittman	82
54	2007	The Big Bang Theory	Santa Claus	79
55	2008	Eli Stone	Banker	68
56	2008	True Blood	Dr. Robideaux	76
57	2008	The Mentalist	Christo Papadakis	84
58	2009	Castle	Dave Dunne	80
59	2009	Better Off Ted	Arthur Wells	76
60	2009	Parks and Recreation	David	80
61	2009	The Good Wife	Dr. David Zarevich	76
62	2012	Veep	Balloon Salesman	74
63	2012	Elementary	James Connaughton	76
64	2013	Devious Maids	Alfred Pettigrove	71
65	2014	Madam Secretary	Ambassador Roy Curtis	70
66	2015	Chicago Med	Art Hubbard	83
67	2016	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Hanlin Charleston	73
68	2018	The Resident	Howie Green	84
69	2019	Evil	Father Augustus	78
70	2022	The Gilded Age	Joshua Winterton	78