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| Born | Robert William Greer April 2, 1917 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. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Fairview is a city in Newton County, Missouri, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Pasadena ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A character actor is an Actor who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic His southern voice fit well in shows featuring rustic characters, such as Westerns. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts.
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Biography
Personal life
Greer was born in Fairview, Missouri, the son of Bernice Irene (née Dabbs), a speech teacher, and Randall Alexander Greer, a druggist. Fairview is a city in Newton County, Missouri, United States. [2] He attended Drury University, where he was a member of Theta Kappa Nu. Drury University is a private Liberal arts college in Springfield Missouri. Lambda Chi Alpha ( ΛΧΑ) headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana, is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC and one of the largest Greer died April 28, 2007 at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena California after a battle with kidney and heart disease. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Greer never married and had no survivors. [3]
Career
Greer 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). Adventures of Superman is an American Television series based on Comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel The year 1952 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 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). Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries The year 1954 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1954. The year 1958 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1958.
Greer had a prominent continuing role in the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie as Reverend Alden from 1974 to 1983. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Little House on the Prairie is an American one-hour dramatic Television program that aired on the NBC network from September 11 1974 to 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 Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television Situation comedy which initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to The Brady Bunch is an American Television Situation comedy based around a large blended family. Picket Fences is a 60-minute television drama centering around the residents of the fictional community of Rome Wisconsin.
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. The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William I Want to Live! ( 1958) is a drama Film noir directed by Robert Wise which tells the "true" story of a woman Barbara San Quentin State Prison is located on 432 acres (17 km² on Point San Quentin in Marin County, California, United States, north of San Francisco Barbara Graham, née Barbara Elaine Wood ( June 26, 1923 in Oakland California &ndash June 3, 1955 at San Quentin A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing consisting of a sealed chamber into which a Poisonous or Asphyxiant gas is introduced 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. The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s The Green Mile is a 1999 American Drama film, directed by Frank Darabont and adapted by him from the 1996 Stephen Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director
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. LA Law is an American television Legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. Psychoactive toad is a name used for Toads from which Psychoactive substances from the family of Bufotoxins can be derived