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.

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The Green Mile (1999)

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A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Darabont
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Michael Clarke Duncan  •  Bonnie Hunt  •  David Morse

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Darabont
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Michael Clarke Duncan  •  Bonnie Hunt  •  David Morse

Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Donna Reed  •  Chuck Connors  •  Charles Coburn

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Donna Reed  •  Chuck Connors  •  Charles Coburn

House of Wax (1953)

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A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  Frank Lovejoy  •  Phyllis Kirk  •  Carolyn Jones

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  Frank Lovejoy  •  Phyllis Kirk  •  Carolyn Jones

I Want to Live! (1958)

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Susan Hayward  •  Simon Oakland  •  Virginia Vincent  •  Theodore Bikel

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Susan Hayward  •  Simon Oakland  •  Virginia Vincent  •  Theodore Bikel

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Kevin McCarthy  •  Dana Wynter  •  Larry Gates  •  King Donovan

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Kevin McCarthy  •  Dana Wynter  •  Larry Gates  •  King Donovan

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward L. Cahn
CAST:  Marshall Thompson  •  Shirley Patterson  •  Kim Spalding  •  Ann Doran

In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward L. Cahn
CAST:  Marshall Thompson  •  Shirley Patterson  •  Kim Spalding  •  Ann Doran

Little Giants (1994)

When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Duwayne Dunham
CAST:  Rick Moranis  •  Ed O'Neill  •  Devon Sawa  •  Shawna Waldron

When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Duwayne Dunham
CAST:  Rick Moranis  •  Ed O'Neill  •  Devon Sawa  •  Shawna Waldron

Private Hell 36 (1954)

In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lili ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Ida Lupino  •  Steve Cochran  •  Howard Duff  •  Dean Jagger

In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lili ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Ida Lupino  •  Steve Cochran  •  Howard Duff  •  Dean Jagger

Shenandoah (1965)

Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Doug McClure  •  Glenn Corbett  •  Patrick Wayne

Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Doug McClure  •  Glenn Corbett  •  Patrick Wayne

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  Kirk Douglas  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Dick Powell

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  Kirk Douglas  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Dick Powell

The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Kelly
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Henry Fonda  •  Shirley Jones  •  Sue Ane Langdon

Two cowboys inherit a "social club" specializing in satisfying men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Kelly
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Henry Fonda  •  Shirley Jones  •  Sue Ane Langdon

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Murray Hamilton  •  Patricia Smith  •  Bartlett Robinson

Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Murray Hamilton  •  Patricia Smith  •  Bartlett Robinson

The Unknown Man (1951)

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Walter Pidgeon  •  Ann Harding  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Keefe Brasselle

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Walter Pidgeon  •  Ann Harding  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Keefe Brasselle

Two Moon Junction (1988)

A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zalman King
CAST:  Sherilyn Fenn  •  Richard Tyson  •  Louise Fletcher  •  Burl Ives

A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zalman King
CAST:  Sherilyn Fenn  •  Richard Tyson  •  Louise Fletcher  •  Burl Ives

Pacific Heights (1990)

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  Matthew Modine  •  Michael Keaton  •  Mako

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  Matthew Modine  •  Michael Keaton  •  Mako

A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)

Two nitwits decide to open a gas station.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Eddie Bracken  •  Elaine Stewart  •  Douglas Fowley

Two nitwits decide to open a gas station.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Eddie Bracken  •  Elaine Stewart  •  Douglas Fowley

Half a Hero (1953)

A man moves his family from the big city to the suburbs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Jean Hagen  •  Mary Wickes  •  Frank Cady

A man moves his family from the big city to the suburbs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Jean Hagen  •  Mary Wickes  •  Frank Cady

Remains to Be Seen (1953)

A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  June Allyson  •  Van Johnson  •  Louis Calhern  •  Angela Lansbury

A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  June Allyson  •  Van Johnson  •  Louis Calhern  •  Angela Lansbury

Mister Scoutmaster (1953)

Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Scout leader in an effort to "get in touch." Overnight hikes and other adventures follow, all centered around one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  Clifton Webb  •  Edmund Gwenn  •  George Winslow  •  Frances Dee

Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Scout leader in an effort to "get in touch." Overnight hikes and other adventures follow, all centered around one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  Clifton Webb  •  Edmund Gwenn  •  George Winslow  •  Frances Dee

Young Man with Ideas (1952)

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Ruth Roman  •  Denise Darcel  •  Donna Corcoran

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Ruth Roman  •  Denise Darcel  •  Donna Corcoran
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