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		64
5	1988	Sunset	William Singer	56
6	1988	Baby M	Judge Sorkow	60
7	1988	Funny Farm	Marion Corey Jr.	62
8	1988	Clean and Sober	Bob	63
9	1989	Naked Lie	Adam Berger	20
10	1989	Out on the Edge	Dr. Cutler	35
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	72
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	73
26	1993	The Temp	Dr. Feldman	46
27	1993	Rising Sun	Professor Sanders	62
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	57
34	1994	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills	Dean Barrow	57
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	56
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		0
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	63
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	68
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	58
12	1988	Dear John	David Hennessey	58
13	1988	TV 101	Tanner	50
14	1989	Coach	William Thornton	69
15	1989	Doctor Doctor		78
16	1989	Cross of Fire	Hiram Evans	65
17	1990	Capital News		60
18	1990	Down Home	Walt McCrorey	60
19	1991	Herman's Head	Mr. Brooks	66
20	1991	Drexell's Class		55
21	1992	Love & War		62
22	1993	Cutters	Harry Polachek	0
23	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Elton Malone	71
24	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Monsignor D'Amico	71
25	1993	The Nanny	Dean Sterrett	81
26	1994	Touched by an Angel	The Colonel	72
27	1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Admiral Patterson	78
28	1995	The Office	Frank Gerard	0
29	1995	The Jeff Foxworthy Show	Elliot	87
30	1996	EZ Streets		64
31	1997	The Practice	Judge Lander	77
32	1997	The Practice	Judge William Aldrich	77
33	1997	Just Shoot Me!	Les	67
34	1997	Soul Man	Bishop Peter Jerome	65
35	1997	Rough Riders	Wadsworth, Sr.	62
36	1997	Stargate SG-1	Maz'rai	83
37	1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Dr. Floyd Thompson	82
38	1998	The King of Queens	Joe Heffernan	71
39	1998	Charmed	Angel of Destiny	82
40	1999	Family Law		82
41	1999	The West Wing	Simon Blye	82
42	2000	Gilmore Girls	Hanlin Charleston	79
43	2000	The Michael Richards Show	Steve	45
44	2002	Leap of Faith		90
45	2003	Two and a Half Men	Father Shaunassey	75
46	2004	Jack & Bobby	Merle Horstradt	67
47	2004	Desperate Housewives	Reverend Sikes	79
48	2004	House	Marvin	86
49	2005	Medium	Arthur Brock	75
50	2005	The Closer	Mr. Mitchell	79
51	2006	Dexter	Dr. Pittman	82
52	2007	The Big Bang Theory	Santa Claus	79
53	2008	True Blood	Dr. Robideaux	76
54	2008	The Mentalist	Christo Papadakis	84
55	2009	Castle	Dave Dunne	80
56	2009	Better Off Ted	Arthur Wells	76
57	2009	Parks and Recreation	David	80
58	2009	The Good Wife	Dr. David Zarevich	76
59	2012	Veep	Balloon Salesman	74
60	2012	Elementary	James Connaughton	76
61	2013	Devious Maids	Alfred Pettigrove	71
62	2015	Chicago Med	Art Hubbard	83
63	2016	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Hanlin Charleston	73
64	2018	The Resident	Howie Green	84
65	2019	Evil	Father Augustus	78
66	2022	The Gilded Age	Joshua Winterton	78