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Dabney Coleman
Actor 1932 - 2024

Dabney Coleman

Austin, Texas, USA

Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. Coleman's best known films include 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), WarGames (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993),... Read full bio →

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Domino

Domino

Tony Scott 2005 2h 7m 6.3

A recounting of Domino Harvey's life story. The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey turned away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Howy Parkins 2003 1h 2m

Wow - fifth grade. But what good is practically being a grown-up when the teacher's a big sourpuss?

Recess: All Growed Down

Recess: All Growed Down

Howy Parkins, Brenda Piluso 2003 1h 1m

TJ and the gang has their shares of memories as kindergarteners when the kindergarteners captures them.

The Climb

The Climb

John Schmidt 2002 1h 39m 4.0

A pair of mismatched rock climbers must learn to work together to conquer one of the world's most treacherous mountains in this adventure tale. After rescuing a wealthy man, solo climbers Michael and Derrick are rewarded with a chance to summit Mount Chicanagua.

Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile

Brad Silberling 2002 1h 57m 6.4

As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.

The Guardian

The Guardian

2001 1h

Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings.

Recess: School's Out

Recess: School's Out

Chuck Sheetz 2001 1h 22m 5.0

T.J. and the gang must save summer vacation from disappearing forever.

Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street

Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street

Chuck Sheetz, Susie Dietter 2001 1h 3m

Principal Prickly gets his car stuck in a snowbank and decides that it must be the Recess gang's fault, but the teachers look back and remember all the good times they've had with T.J. and the rest of the gang.

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

Rod Daniel 2000 1h 40m

Three broke men try to become rich by finding rich women.

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

Rob Minkoff 1999 1h 24m 5.7

The adventures of a heroic and debonair stalwart mouse named Stuart Little with human qualities, who faces some comic misadventures while searching for his lost bird friend and living with a human family as their child.

Inspector Gadget

Inspector Gadget

David Kellogg 1999 1h 18m 4.4

Inspector Gadget is a remake of the popular animation series about an police investigator who is the victim of an accident and is forgotten by the world. Chirurgin Brenda builds him an array of incredible biomechanical gadgets that make him able to work again and to catch criminals easier than ever.

You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

Nora Ephron 1998 1h 59m 6.6

A remake of a 1940 film, in which two letter-writing lovers are completely unaware that their sweetheart is in fact the co-worker with whom they share a certain degree of animosity.

Clifford

Clifford

Paul Flaherty 1994 1h 29m 4.0

When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him.

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

Penelope Spheeris 1993 1h 33m 5.0

A feature adaptation of the classic TV show, when nice guy redneck Jed Clampett strikes it rich when he finds black oil, and moves he and his kin to posh Beverly Hills.

Amos & Andrew

Amos & Andrew

E. Max Frye 1993 1h 36m 6.0
Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

John Boorman 1990 1h 47m 7.0

A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.

Short Time

Short Time

Gregg Champion 1990 1h 37m

Nearing retirement, Dabney Coleman finds that he has a disease that will kill him within days. He then finds that his life insurance only pays off if he is killed in the line of duty. In order to leave something to his wife and children, Coleman becomes supercop, ignoring danger and trying his best to get killed.

Meet the Applegates

Meet the Applegates

Michael Lehmann 1990 1h 30m

Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.

Dragnet

Dragnet

Tom Mankiewicz 1987 1h 46m 5.1

They're so bad at being bad... but so much worse at being good!

The Man with One Red Shoe

The Man with One Red Shoe

Stan Dragoti 1985 1h 32m 5.0

A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.

The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Frank Oz 1984 1h 34m 7.3

The muppets make the decision to take their show to Broadway but exposure to the harshness of life in the big city strains wallets and their ability to stay together.

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger

Richard Franklin 1984 1h 41m 6.0

Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his imaginary father-figure, Jack Flack - a substitute for his real father, who is struggling with the recent death of Davey's mother.

WarGames

WarGames

John Badham 1983 1h 54m 7.2

David is a high school student with a talent for computers and gaming. His harmless intentions of hacking into the computer system to play a new unreleased video game result in a threat of a real nuclear war, after he un-intentionally connnects to a military supercomputer. An American thriller about the fear of a nuclear war from the early 1980’s.

Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love

Garry Marshall 1982 1h 35m 3.5

An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; and there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman.

Tootsie

Tootsie

Sydney Pollack 1982 1h 56m 7.6

Desperate, he took a female role and became a star. If only he could tell the woman he loves.

On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond

Mark Rydell 1981 1h 49m 7.0
Modern Problems

Modern Problems

Ken Shapiro 1981 1h 29m

Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.

Callie & Son

Callie & Son

Waris Hussein 1981 2h 22m 4.0

Callie was a teenage mother in trouble. Fresh out of the delivery room, her son was taken from her and sold on the black-market. Vowing to find him some day, this is her story.

Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

George Bloomfield 1980 1h 37m 5.0

Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.

Nine to Five

Nine to Five

Colin Higgins 1980 1h 50m 4.7

Frank Hart is a pig. He takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?

Melvin and Howard

Melvin and Howard

Jonathan Demme 1980 1h 35m 6.0

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

Viva Knievel

Viva Knievel

Gordon Douglas 1977 1h 46m 5.0

The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adventure.

Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

John Flynn 1977 1h 40m 6.8

A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.

Bogard

Bogard

Richard Kaye, Timothy Galfas 1977 1h 33m 5.0

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.

Midway

Midway

Jack Smight 1976 2h 12m 7.0

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

The Other Side of the Mountain

The Other Side of the Mountain

Larry Peerce 1975 1h 43m

A female skiing champion is paralyzed in a tragic skiing accident. Her girlfriend is taken out of competition when she contracts polio.

Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

Richard Brooks 1975 2h 12m 7.5

At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

John Guillermin 1974 2h 45m 7.1

At the opening party of a collosal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

The Dove

The Dove

Charles Jarrott 1974 1h 45m

16-year-old Robin Lee Graham aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23-foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey, he meets and falls in love with Patti Ratteree, who is also traveling around the world.

Cinderella Liberty

Cinderella Liberty

Mark Rydell 1973 1h 57m

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.

The Trouble with Girls

The Trouble with Girls

Peter Tewksbury 1969 1h 37m 5.0

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.

Downhill Racer

Downhill Racer

Michael Ritchie 1969 1h 41m 7.0

Downhill Racer was a 1969 film directed by American director Michael Ritchie in his film debut. A drama about ski racing, it starred Robert Redford and Gene Hackman.

The Scalphunters

The Scalphunters

Sydney Pollack 1968 1h 42m 6.7

Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.

This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

Sydney Pollack 1966 1h 50m 7.6

A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town's railway (town's main income). Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr. Alva and Owen then try to escape Alva's mother's (Hazel) clutches and the town's revenge.

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

Sydney Pollack 1965 1h 38m 7.0

A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller.

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