Dabbs Greer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert William "Dabbs" Greer (April 2, 1917 – April 28, 2007) was an American actor who performed many diverse supporting roles in film and television for over 50 years. His distinctive voice and southern accent was a good fit for shows featuring rustic characters, especially westerns. He also was portrayed on other shows as a minister, and is probably best remembered as the Reverend Robert Alden in NBC's Little House on the Prairie. Earlier, Greer had a recurring role as Coach Ossie Weiss in the NBC sitcom Hank.

Known For: Acting

Born: Fairview, Missouri, USA, 1917-04-02

Died: 2007-04-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Reign of Terror	Bridge Guard (uncredited)	69
2	1950	The Damned Don't Cry	Reporter (uncredited)	71
3	1950	California Passage	Dealer (uncredited)	40
4	1951	Storm Warning	Courtroom Cop (uncredited)	66
5	1951	Father's Little Dividend	Green Taxicab's Driver (uncredited)	64
6	1951	The Unknown Man		48
7	1951	Week-End with Father	Minor Role (uncredited)	58
8	1952	Room for One More	Scoutmaster (uncredited)	63
9	1952	Deadline - U.S.A.	Reporter (uncredited)	68
10	1952	Young Man with Ideas	Telephone Man (uncredited)	47
11	1952	Scarlet Angel	Robbery Victim	51
12	1952	Sally and Saint Anne	Mr. Parker	80
13	1952	We're Not Married!	Beauty Contest Spectator (uncredited)	59
14	1952	Monkey Business	Cabbie (uncredited)	67
15	1952	The Bad and the Beautiful	Studio Lighting Technician (uncredited)	73
16	1953	Trouble Along the Way	Father Peterson	58
17	1953	House of Wax	Shane	69
18	1953	Half a Hero	George Payson	55
19	1953	Remains to Be Seen	Julius (uncredited)	57
20	1953	A Slight Case of Larceny	Eddie	40
21	1953	Affair with a Stranger	Happy Murray	43
22	1953	Mission Over Korea	Pilot	30
23	1953	Mister Scoutmaster	Fireman (uncredited)	65
24	1953	China Venture	Galuppo	75
25	1953	Take the High Ground!	Shorty (uncredited)	57
26	1954	She Couldn't Say No	Dick Jordan	56
27	1954	Riot in Cell Block 11	Schuyler	69
28	1954	Bitter Creek	Sheriff	63
29	1954	Lucky Me	Eddie Szczepanski (uncredited)	67
30	1954	The Desperado	U.S. Marshal Jim Langley	66
31	1954	Living It Up	Scouts Leader (uncredited)	64
32	1954	Private Hell 36	Sam Marvin (uncredited)	62
33	1955	An Annapolis Story	Cmdr. Halleck (uncredited)	33
34	1955	Foxfire	Bus Driver (uncredited)	60
35	1955	The Scarlet Coat	Capt. Brewster	64
36	1955	The Seven Little Foys	Tutor	60
37	1955	At Gunpoint	Funeral Minister	63
38	1956	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Mack Lomax	75
39	1956	Meet Me in Las Vegas	Mr. Smith-Johnson (uncredited)	47
40	1956	D-Day the Sixth of June	Driver	53
41	1956	The Young Guns	Fred	68
42	1956	Tension at Table Rock	Doctor (uncredited)	58
43	1956	Hot Cars	Det. Davenport	57
44	1957	Chain of Evidence	Dr. Ainsley - Psychiatrist	48
45	1957	The Spirit of St. Louis	Goldsborough (uncredited)	66
46	1957	The Giant Claw	Fighter Pilot, (archive footage) (uncredited)	48
47	1957	The Vampire	Dr. Will Beaumont	62
48	1957	Johnny Tremain	Nat Lorne	58
49	1957	Pawnee	John Brewster	64
50	1957	The Hired Man	Bill Rockwell	0
51	1957	My Man Godfrey	Lieutenant O'Connor	63
52	1957	Young and Dangerous	Mr. John Clinton	60
53	1957	All Mine to Give	Clendenning	62
54	1957	Baby Face Nelson	FBI Agent Charles Bonner	58
55	1958	It! The Terror from Beyond Space	Eric Royce	59
56	1958	I Want to Live!	San Quentin Capt.	69
57	1959	Lone Texan	Doc Jansen	50
58	1959	Day of the Outlaw	Doc Langer, Veterinarian	68
59	1959	Last Train from Gun Hill	Deputy Andy	71
60	1959	Edge of Eternity	Gas Station Attendant	65
61	1960	Cash McCall	Bronson (uncredited)	60
62	1962	Pericles on 31st Street	Gavin	0
63	1963	Showdown	Express Man	59
64	1963	Palm Springs Weekend	Boys' Club Leader (uncredited)	50
65	1964	Roustabout	Arthur Nielsen	59
66	1965	Shenandoah	Abernathy	69
67	1970	The Cheyenne Social Club	Jedediah W. Willowby	64
68	1970	The Boy Who Stole the Elephant	Stilts	40
69	1972	Rage	Dr. Thompson	67
70	1973	White Lightning	Pa McKlusky	61
71	1974	The Greatest Gift	Deacon Hurd	20
72	1975	Dr. Shagetz	Lyle Phelps	0
73	1977	Green Eyes	Mr. Cousins	0
74	1978	The Winds of Kitty Hawk	Ace Hutchin	0
75	1981	Chu Chu and the Philly Flash	Wally	55
76	1987	Evil Town	Lyle Phelps	40
77	1988	Bonanza: The Next Generation	Sills	75
78	1988	Two Moon Junction	Kyle	61
79	1989	Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat	Otto	61
80	1990	Pacific Heights	Mr. Thayer	62
81	1992	House IV	Dad	47
82	1994	Runaway Daughters	Gary	60
83	1994	Little Giants	Wilbur	65
84	1997	Con Air	Old Man Under Truck	67
85	1999	The Green Mile	Old Paul Edgecomb	85
86	2000	Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile	Self (uncredited)	70
87	2006	Family	Another Great-Grandfather	0
88	2014	Walking the Mile	Self (voice) (archive footage)	50

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Dick Tracy	Shaky	60
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	MacGuire	60
3	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Charlie	70
4	1952	Adventures of Superman		67
5	1952	Adventures of Superman	Joe Winters	67
6	1952	Cavalcade of America	John Adams	35
7	1952	Cavalcade of America	Johann	35
8	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
9	1953	Letter to Loretta	Dewey Mason	62
10	1953	Letter to Loretta	Walter Harrison	62
11	1953	Letter to Loretta	Dr. Baker	62
12	1953	Letter to Loretta	Fred Blanchard	62
13	1953	Letter to Loretta	Dr. Merrill	62
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	Chester Ives	62
15	1953	Letter to Loretta	Dentist	62
16	1953	Letter to Loretta	Les Shaw	62
17	1953	Topper	Jack	63
18	1953	The Man Behind the Badge		55
19	1954	The Lone Wolf	Sheriff Ketton	70
20	1954	Lassie		61
21	1954	Studio 57	Sheriff Barton	0
22	1954	Father Knows Best		66
23	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Will (uncredited)	76
24	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Fort Supplier (uncredited)	76
25	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Stilts	76
26	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Marshal Crawford	67
27	1955	Gunsmoke	Jonas	66
28	1955	Gunsmoke	Uncle Wesley	66
29	1955	Gunsmoke	Joe Bean	66
30	1955	Navy Log		45
31	1955	Frontier	Ray	50
32	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	The Sheriff	78
33	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Theodore the Milkman	78
34	1955	Matinee Theater		46
35	1956	State Trooper		50
36	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Sam	55
37	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Simon Marsh	55
38	1957	Official Detective		0
39	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Scooter Jaffee	62
40	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
41	1957	The Thin Man		76
42	1957	Perry Mason	Dave Kirby	77
43	1957	Perry Mason	Bill Cotton	77
44	1957	Perry Mason	Hal Kirkwood	77
45	1957	Perry Mason	Buzz Farrell	77
46	1957	Perry Mason	Jack Tabor	77
47	1957	Perry Mason	Larsen Halstead	77
48	1957	Perry Mason	Dodson	77
49	1957	Trackdown	Ward Barrett	64
50	1957	Trackdown	Mike Kilroy	64
51	1957	Trackdown	Sheriff Chet Farrow	64
52	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Tom Wade	69
53	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Elder Luke Boone	69
54	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Bartender	69
55	1958	The Rifleman		71
56	1958	The Rifleman	Marcus Trimble	71
57	1958	Lawman	Les Courtney	54
58	1958	Bat Masterson	Will	63
59	1959	Rawhide	Jebidiah Haddlebird	72
60	1959	Rawhide	Sheriff	72
61	1959	Black Saddle	Owen Edwards	60
62	1959	Black Saddle	Denver Pollock	60
63	1959	Tightrope	Skeet	55
64	1959	Bonanza	Doc Tasker Dunkatt	75
65	1959	Bonanza	Mercantile Owner	75
66	1959	Bonanza	Judge	75
67	1959	Bonanza	Sam	75
68	1959	Bonanza	Hub Dawes	75
69	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Dr. Meeker	63
70	1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis		59
71	1959	Wichita Town		42
72	1959	Law of the Plainsman	Wesley	60
73	1959	The Twilight Zone	Scanlan	84
74	1959	The Twilight Zone	Evans	84
75	1959	Johnny Ringo	Sam	57
76	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Reverend Forbes	57
77	1959	The Untouchables	Thomas B. Randall	79
78	1959	The Untouchables	Brower	79
79	1959	The Untouchables	Agent Ned Ferber	79
80	1959	The Detectives		56
81	1959	The Detectives	The Man	56
82	1960	Checkmate	Hokey	41
83	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Naylor	76
84	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Greendale Councilman Dobbs	76
85	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Sales Clerk	76
86	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Mr. Sims	76
87	1960	Surfside 6	Finney Tate	50
88	1961	Cain's Hundred	Willie Beal	47
89	1961	Ichabod and Me		50
90	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Chaplain Berger	74
91	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Mr. Berger	74
92	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Mr. Waring	74
93	1962	Saints and Sinners	Walter Hines	60
94	1962	The Virginian	Doc	64
95	1962	The Virginian	Ed Harger	64
96	1962	Stoney Burke		57
97	1963	Arrest and Trial	J. H. Salomon	70
98	1963	The Outer Limits	Mr. Bishop	78
99	1963	The Outer Limits	E. F. Larkin	78
100	1963	The Fugitive	Mayor Duncan	72
101	1963	The Fugitive	Sheriff Claypool	72
102	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth		50
103	1963	The Fugitive	Jensen	72
104	1963	The Fugitive	Charlie Fletcher	72
105	1963	The Fugitive	Hotel Clerk Thomas	72
106	1963	The Fugitive	Sgt. Fairfield (uncredited)	72
107	1963	Petticoat Junction	Mr. Peck	59
108	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Newton Yort	53
109	1964	Wendy and Me		0
110	1964	The Cara Williams Show		50
111	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.		71
112	1964	Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.	Harper Caldwell	71
113	1965	The Big Valley	Matt Carson	61
114	1965	Laredo		63
115	1965	The Wild Wild West		76
116	1965	The F.B.I.	Paul Leonard	56
117	1965	The F.B.I.	Van Doyle	56
118	1965	The F.B.I.	Alvin Van Doyle	56
119	1965	The F.B.I.	Harry Porter	56
120	1965	The F.B.I.	Orkin	56
121	1965	The F.B.I.	Patrick Owens	56
122	1965	The F.B.I.	Arlie Sessions	56
123	1965	The F.B.I.	Howard Deal	56
124	1965	The F.B.I.	Sal Cleary	56
125	1965	The F.B.I.	Kelsey Waller	56
126	1965	Hank	Coach Ossie Weiss	35
127	1967	The Invaders	The Minister	68
128	1967	Rango		0
129	1967	Ironside		69
130	1967	Mannix		67
131	1967	Mannix	Petey O'Grady (uncredited)	67
132	1967	Mannix	Dan Turpin	67
133	1968	Adam-12	Dave Carson	71
134	1968	Lancer		47
135	1969	The Brady Bunch	Minister	67
136	1971	Cannon		65
137	1971	Nichols	Harrigan	50
138	1972	The Rookies		69
139	1972	Ghost Story	Harry Bell	71
140	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Watchman	70
141	1973	Barnaby Jones	Andy Spake	70
142	1974	The Manhunter		50
143	1974	Little House on the Prairie	Reverend Alden	80
144	1974	Little House on the Prairie	Rev. Robert Alden	80
145	1974	Paper Moon		63
146	1974	The Rockford Files	Peter Preli	75
147	1976	Charlie's Angels	Bluford Catlin	66
148	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Dr. Malone	72
149	1982	Matt Houston		62
150	1984	Charles in Charge	'Buzz' Powell	61
151	1986	L.A. Law	Chester Mead	71
152	1988	Roseanne		68
153	1990	The Bradys		40
154	1991	The Secret of Lost Creek	Henry Fogel	0
155	1992	The Secret Of Lost Creek		100
156	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Danny McNamara	71
157	1996	Spin City	Dr. Marsh Laughlin, DDS	70
158	1997	Ally McBeal		66
159	1997	George & Leo		0
160	1999	Family Law	Frank Watson	82
161	2001	Lizzie McGuire	Moe	72
162	2001	Maybe It's Me	Fred Stage	60