Dabbs Greer
Date of birth: 1917-04-02
Place of birth: Fairview, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Robert William "Dabbs" Greer, Dabs Greer
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
The Green Mile
1999-12-10
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses
Two Moon Junction
1988-04-29
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marri
Roustabout
1964-11-11
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his
White Lightning
1973-08-06
An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956-02-05
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless ali
We're Not Married!
1952-07-11
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958-07-31
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the resc
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954-02-18
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and
I Want to Live!
1958-11-18
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a
Trouble Along the Way
1953-04-04
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams fi
Private Hell 36
1954-09-03
In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bill
Day of the Outlaw
1959-07-01
Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outl
Green Eyes
1977-01-03
Disillusioned Vietnam veteran Lloyd Dubeck travels back to Southeast Asia in search among thousands
Week-End with Father
1951-12-01
Two single parents shock their children by falling in love.
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978-12-17
The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first succe
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1989-05-18
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A de
Chain of Evidence
1957-01-06
A police lieutenant fights to prove a boy's innocence after he's accused of murder. The fourth of fi
House of Wax
1953-04-16
A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly r
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981-08-28
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches
All Mine to Give
1957-11-13
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsi
House IV
1992-01-21
Unaware that it's plagued by a host of supernatural phenomena, a mother and her daughter, still reel
Storm Warning
1951-02-10
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Kla
Take the High Ground!
1953-10-30
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to n
Affair with a Stranger
1953-06-20
Depicts the rocky marriage of a young model and her Broadway playwright-husband.
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000-06-13
Frank Darabont explains how this new project was introduced thru a phone call from Stephen King as "
A Slight Case of Larceny
1953-06-05
Two nitwits decide to open a gas station.
Half a Hero
1953-05-11
A man moves his family from the big city to the suburbs.
Monkey Business
1952-09-03
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the
Lucky Me
1954-04-09
Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy
The Young Guns
1956-09-12
After he's continually harrassed and bullied by his town's citizens, the orphaned teenage son of a n
The Scarlet Coat
1955-07-29
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
The Unknown Man
1951-11-09
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
Remains to Be Seen
1953-05-15
A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves f
Scarlet Angel
1952-06-20
After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's
Runaway Daughters
1994-08-12
Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town l
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959-07-29
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the ra
Rage
1972-11-22
An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son.
My Man Godfrey
1957-10-11
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfre
An Annapolis Story
1955-04-10
Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer,
Johnny Tremain
1957-06-19
When an injury bars him from pursuing his trade, Revolutionary War-era silversmith's apprentice John
The Giant Claw
1957-06-01
Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird t
Young and Dangerous
1957-10-30
Tommy Price is the leader of a gang of young thugs interested in thrills, hot rods and girls. His fr
Walking the Mile
2014-12-09
Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen
Baby Face Nelson
1957-12-11
Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful m
Cash McCall
1960-01-20
Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them int
Sally and Saint Anne
1952-07-01
An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.
Father's Little Dividend
1951-04-05
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father t
Foxfire
1955-07-13
A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
The Hired Man
1957-09-10
The LA County sheriff's department is on the hunt for a man who approaches his victims as a prospect
Edge of Eternity
1959-11-02
Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O'Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin wor
The Desperado
1954-06-20
"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger
Mission Over Korea
1953-08-01
A rookie pilot in the Korean War wants to avenge his brother's death.
Little Giants
1994-10-14
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides
Mister Scoutmaster
1953-09-02
Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that'
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956-03-09
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds h
Room for One More
1952-01-10
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innoce
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957-04-01
Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Pa
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970-06-12
Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.
The Vampire
1957-06-14
A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats whic
The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
California Passage
1950-12-15
A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his part
Dr. Shagetz
1975-01-01
Passing through a small town, two young hippie couples stumble upon a town where the old folks all a
Evil Town
1987-06-02
A mad scientist seeks eternal youth by developing a drug derived from human pituitary glands, aided
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988-03-22
This is the continuing saga of the Cartwrights, only none of the original Cartwrights are here anymo
Hot Cars
1956-11-02
Story of a salesman lured into the "hot car" racket.
Bitter Creek
1954-02-21
"Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds hims
Pawnee
1957-09-07
Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching
Lone Texan
1959-03-01
After the Civil War, a Texan who served in the Union army comes back home to find himself ostracized
Showdown
1963-05-03
A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gan
Palm Springs Weekend
1963-11-05
Set in Palm Springs during a long, fun-filled weekend where several Los Angeles college students flo
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952-03-14
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
Tension at Table Rock
1956-10-03
When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.
She Couldn't Say No
1954-02-15
An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
Shenandoah
1965-06-03
Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of th
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant
1970-09-20
A frontier huckster, Colonel Ryder, and a young orphan, Davey, operate a travelling tent show. They
Reign of Terror
1949-10-15
The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacob
Young Man with Ideas
1952-05-02
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
Pacific Heights
1990-09-28
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately
The Greatest Gift
1974-11-04
Reverend Holvak, a weak rural preacher from the 1940s, fights stiff-necked church deacons along with
The Seven Little Foys
1955-09-30
Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with a
At Gunpoint
1955-12-25
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
D-Day the Sixth of June
1956-05-29
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances
Con Air
1997-06-05
Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard
China Venture
1953-09-07
American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in
Family
2006-11-03
This is unknown animated movie about family.
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
1983-12-12
Albert Quinn Ingalls wants to be a doctor. But soon he discovers that he is fatally ill. He decides
Because of You
1952-12-04
A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952-03-14
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
Devil's Doorway
1950-08-18
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
Living It Up
1954-08-04
Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he fi
Julius Caesar
1953-06-04
The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic conseq