Dabbs Greer
Dabbs Greer in 1954
Birth name	Robert William Greer
Born	April 2, 1917(1917-04-02) Fairview, Missouri, U.S.
Died	April 28, 2007 (aged 90) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Years active	1949-2003

Robert William "Dabbs" Greer (April 2, 1917 — April 28, 2007) [1]) was an American character actor who performed many diverse supporting roles in film and television for about 50 years. Greer, a Missouri native, died April 28, 2007 at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena California after a battle with kidney and heart disease. He was, in accordance with his will, buried in a Dracula costume. [ www.dabbsbedead.com ] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Fairview is a town located in Newton County, Missouri. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

Greer was born in Fairview, Missouri and attended Drury University, where he was a member of Theta Kappa Nu. His Southern voice fitted well in shows featuring rustic characters, such as Westerns. Fairview is a town located in Newton County, Missouri. ... Drury University is a private liberal arts college in Springfield, Missouri. ... ΛΧΑ (Lambda Chi Alpha), headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the largest mens general fraternities in North America with more than 250,000 initiated members and chapters (called Zetas) at more than 300 universities. ... Broncho Billy Anderson, from The Great Train Robbery The Western movie is one of the classic American film genres. ...

Dabbs Greer in 1999

He was recognizable to fans of The Adventures of Superman, as he appeared in three separate episodes on that show, including the series' inaugural entry, Superman on Earth (1952). He was the major guest star, as a man framed for capital murder in Five Minutes to Doom (1954 - see photo on right), and as an eccentric millionaire in The Superman Silver Mine (1958). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The cast of Adventures of Superman from 1953 to 1957. ... See also: 1951 in television, other events of 1952, 1953 in television and the list of years in television. // Events February 15 - The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK. August 1 - First TV broadcast in the Dominican Republic by La Voz Dominicana, a TV station based... Murder is the illegal killing of one human being by another. ... The year 1954 in television involved some significant events. ... For other uses, see Millionaire (disambiguation). ... The year 1958 in television involved some significant events. ...

Greer had a prominent continuing role in the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie as Reverend Alden from 1974 to 1983. Often cast as a minister, he performed the marriages of Rob and Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and of Mike and Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch, and he tended to the spiritual needs of the townfolk in fictional Rome, Wisconsin, as Reverend Henry Novotny in Picket Fences. The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Little House On The Prairie was an American one-hour dramatic television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11, 1974 to March 21, 1983. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... The Dick Van Dyke Show was an American television situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to September 7, 1966. ... Bold text The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... Picket Fences is a 60-minute drama which initially ran from September 18, 1992 to June 26, 1996 on the CBS television network in the United States. ...

In the 1958 film I Want to Live! he played the San Quentin captain who finished strapping down Barbara Graham in the gas chamber prior to her execution and was the last person to speak to her. He had a similar role in the 1999 film The Green Mile, in which he played the elderly version of Tom Hanks' Death Row officer Paul Edgecomb. // Events February 16- In the Money is released on this date. ... I Want to Live! is a 1958 film which tells the true story of a woman, Barbara Graham, accused of murder, who faces execution. ... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | US geography stubs | Prisons in California ... Barbara Graham (1923-1955) was an American criminal and murderess who was executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin in 1955 along with two accomplices. ... A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. ... The year 1999 in film involved some significant events. ... The Green Mile is an Academy Award-nominated 1999 drama film, directed by Frank Darabont and adapted by him from the Stephen King novel The Green Mile. ... This article is about the actor. ...

In the May 9, 1991, episode of L.A. Law called "On the Toad Again", he played a character who was addicted to a "high" produced by licking the skin secretions of psychoactive toads. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Psychoactive toad is a name used for toads from which psychoactive substances from the family of bufotoxins can be derived. ...

External links

• Dabbs Greer at the Internet Movie Database