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Dabbs Greer

Robert William 'Dabbs' Greer had a screen career that spanned seven decades and brought him into the homes of millions. Though he worked prolifically throughout his career, he may be best remembered for his role as Reverend Alden in the classic Little House on the Prairie in the 1970s and '80s.

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  • Born In Fairview, Missouri, USA
  • Born April 2, 1917
  • Died April 28, 2007
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The Green Mile

1999
as Old Paul Edgecomb

Foxfire

1955
as Tour Bus Driver

The Little House Years

1979
as Rev. Robert Alden

Shenandoah

1965
as Abernathy

Trial Without Jury

1950
as Jack--Police Radio Room Dispatcher

Lone Texan

1959
as Doc Jansen

Little House: The Last Farewell

1984
as Rev. Robert Alden

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952
as Reporter

Palm Springs Weekend

1963
as Leader of Rock-Hunting Club

Living It Up

1954
as Scouts Leader

House IV

1992
as Dad

Private Hell 36

1954
as Sam Marvin, bartender

The Winds of Kitty Hawk

1978
as Ace Hutchin

Day of the Outlaw

1959
as Doc Langer, Veterinarian

My Man Godfrey

1957
as Lt. O'Connor

Pawnee

1957
as John Brewster

Little Giants

1994
as Wilbur

Chain of Evidence

1957
as Dr. Ainsley - Psychiatrist

Affair With A Stranger

1953
as Happy Murray

Hot Cars

1956
as Det. Davenport

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970
as Jedediah W. Willowby

Evil Town

1977
as Lyle Phelps

Cash McCall

1960
as Bronson

Johnny Tremain

1957
as Nat Lorne

Bitter Creek

1954
as Sheriff

House of Wax

1953
as Shane

I Want to Live!

1958
as San Quentin Capt.

Roustabout

1964
as Arthur Nielsen

Half a Hero

1953
as George Payson

Rage

1972
as Dr. Thompson

The Vampire

1957
as Dr. Will Beaumont

Edge of Eternity

1959
as Gas Station Attendant

Trouble Along the Way

1953
as Father Peterson

White Lightning

1973
as Pa McKlusky

Guest Star

Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Positive Negative
1966
Episode Gunsmoke
Fingered
1957
Episode Adventures of Superman
Five Minutes to Doom
1953
Episode Petticoat Junction
Ring-a-Ding-Ding
1968
Episode The Invaders
The Experiment
1967
Episode Gunsmoke
Caleb
1964
Episode Wagon Train
The Wanda Snow Story
1965
Episode Gunsmoke
Melinda Miles
1961
Episode Black Saddle
The Killer
1960
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
One Hundred Terrible Hours
1965
Episode Johnny Ringo
Killer, Choose A Card
1960
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Prize Boat
1967
Episode The Fugitive
Corner of Hell
1965
Episode Gunsmoke
Quint Asper Comes Home
1962
Episode Gunsmoke
The Bad One
1963
Episode Cannon
He Who Digs a Grave (2)
1973
Episode The Rifleman
Outlaw's Inheritance
1959
Episode Rawhide
Incident of the Married Widow
1963
Episode Adventures of Superman
Superman on Earth
1952
Episode Ironside
Puzzlelock
1969
Episode Bat Masterson
Wanted... Dead
1959
Episode Gunsmoke
Cows and Cribs
1957
Episode Ironside
House of Terror
1973
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Checkmate
1959
Episode Charlie's Angels
Moonshinin' Angels
1981
Episode The Restless Gun
Peligroso
1958
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
1958
Episode The Rogues
The Personal Touch
1964
Episode The Rifleman
Boomerang
1959
Episode Tombstone Territory
Ambush at Gila Gulch
1957
Episode Something Is Out There
The Keeper
1989
Episode Picket Fences
Pageantry
1992
Episode Little House on the Prairie
Going Home
1976
Episode Space Patrol
The Lost City of the Carnacans
1951
Episode Lizzie McGuire
My Fair Larry
2003
Episode Picket Fences
The Autumn of Rome
1992
Episode Ironside
Warrior's Return
1970
Episode The Rifleman
The Jailbird
1960
Episode Rawhide
Incident of the Big Blowout
1961
Episode Empty Nest
Almost Like Being in Love
1991
Episode SurfSide 6
The Surfside Swindle
1962
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands
1964
Episode Gunsmoke
Mr. and Mrs. Amber
1956
Episode The Fugitive
Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet
1965
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Sad Sicilian
1965
Episode Destry
Destry Had A Little Lamb
1964
Episode Checkmate
Tight As a Drum
1961
Episode Saints and Sinners
A Night of Horns and Bells
1962
Episode Mannix
Turn Every Stone
1967
Episode Gunsmoke
Hill Girl
1968
Episode The F.B.I.
By Force and Violence (1)
1967
Episode O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
Operation: Moonshine
1971
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
There Was an Old Woman
1956
Episode Wagon Train
The Jose Maria Moran Story
1959
Episode Checkmate
The Heart is a Handout
1962
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Barney Fife, Realtor
1965
Episode Gunsmoke
Bless Me Till I Die
1961
Episode The F.B.I.
The Hostage
1967
Episode The Rifleman
Panic
1959
Episode Adventures of Superman
The Superman Silver Mine
1958
Episode Ally McBeal
Alone Again
1998
Episode The Untouchables
Globe of Death
1963
Episode Gunsmoke
Byline
1966
Episode Spin City
Smile
2000
Episode Law of the Plainsman
The Hostiles
1959
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor
1960
Episode The F.B.I.
The Divided Man
1966
Episode Werewolf
A World of Difference (2)
1987
Episode Gunsmoke
Wagon Girls
1962
Episode The Twilight Zone
Valley of the Shadow
1963
Episode The Streets of San Francisco
Dead or Alive
1976
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Attempted Marriage
1962
Episode Family Law
The Gay Divorcee
2001
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Home on the Range
1965
Episode George & Leo
The Thanksgiving Show
1997
Episode Stagecoach West
Blind Man's Bluff
1961
Episode The Rockford Files
Where's Houston?
1976
Episode Gunsmoke
Old Yellow Boots
1961
Episode The Rifleman
The Stand-In
1961
Episode The F.B.I.
The Runaways
1968
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
The Bed Jacket
1962
Episode The F.B.I.
The Ninth Man
1968
Episode The Lone Ranger
Through the Wall
1952
Episode Rawhide
No Dogs or Drovers
1964
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Muletown Gold Strike
1956
Episode The Lone Wolf
The Wife Story
1970
Episode Mannix
Last Rites for Miss Emma
1969
Episode The Incredible Hulk
The Beast Within
1978
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
Drop to Drink
1958
Episode Little House on the Prairie
The Preacher Takes A Wife
1979
Episode Lawman
The Unmasked
1962
Episode The Wild Wild West
The Night of the Simian Terror
1968
Episode The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Real James Gatley
1968
Episode Gunsmoke
The Hunger
1962
Episode The Outer Limits
The Inheritors Part I
1964
Episode Gunsmoke
Prairie Happy
1956
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Martin Poster
1958
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work
1965
Episode The Untouchables
The Canada Run
1962
Episode The Fugitive
The Shattered Silence
1967
Episode Gunsmoke
The Prisoner
1962
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Lazarus
1962
Episode The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Captain Gregg's Whiz-Bang
1968
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Andy's Vacation
1964
Episode Gunsmoke
Miss Kitty
1961
Episode The F.B.I.
By Force and Violence (2)
1967
Episode Gunsmoke
Abe Blocker
1962
Episode Stagecoach West
Image of a Man
1961
Episode The June Allyson Show
Dark Fear
1960
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Left-Handed Liar
1961
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Sheriff Barney
1961
Episode Manhunter
Lodestar Ambush
1974
Episode Gunsmoke
Marshal Proudfoot
1959
Episode The Brady Bunch
The Honeymoon
1969
Episode Broken Arrow
Legacy of a Hero
1957
Episode Gunsmoke
The Boys
1962
Episode The Greatest Show on Earth
Lady in Limbo
1963
Episode The Fugitive
Extended Pilot With Commentary By Walter Grauman Produced By Chris Soldo
1970
Episode Roseanne
Lobocop
1989
Episode The Fugitive
Fear in a Desert City
1963
Episode Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Adjuster
1959
Episode The Eleventh Hour
Angie, You Made My Heart Stop
1962
Episode The F.B.I.
Dynasty of Hate
1971
Episode The Outer Limits
The Children of Spider County
1964
Episode The Rifleman
The Wyoming Story (1)
1961
Episode Lawman
The Frame-Up
1961
Episode Picket Fences
Sacred Hearts
1992
Episode Steve Canyon
The Bomb
1959
Episode The Rifleman
The Promoter
1960
Episode The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal
1955
Episode Dr. Kildare
Holiday Weekend
1961
Episode Gunsmoke
Kitty's Outlaw
1957
Episode The Fugitive
Wine Is a Traitor
1966
Episode The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Buried on Page One
1969
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
One Angry Man
1962
Episode The Fugitive
A Taste of Tomorrow
1966
Episode The Wild Wild West
The Night of Fire and Brimstone
1968
Episode Gunsmoke
Old Dan
1962
Episode Gunsmoke
Jesse
1957
Episode The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Jonathan Tells it Like it Was
1969
Episode Gunsmoke
Chester's Dilemma
1961
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Pressure Point
1958
Episode Gunsmoke
Uncle Sunday
1962
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Skeleton's Closet
1963
Episode Cain's Hundred
Penitent
1961
Episode Cimarron Strip
Nobody
1967
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse
1959
Episode Gunsmoke
The Killer
1956
Episode Zane Grey Theater
A Handful Of Ashes
1958
Episode In the Heat of the Night
A Problem Too Personal
1990
Episode Barnaby Jones
Murder-Go-Round
1973
Episode The Untouchables
The Lily Dallas Story
1961
Episode Gunsmoke
Cowtown Hustler
1974
Episode The Twilight Zone
Hocus Pocus and Frisby
1962
Episode The Rifleman
The Wyoming Story (2)
1961
Episode Charles in Charge
Poppa, the Sailor Man
1988
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Lavender Lipstick
1960
Episode Gunsmoke
Old York
1963
Episode Wagon Train
Dr. Swift Cloud
1960
Episode Picket Fences
Picket Fences
1992
Episode Cannon
The Conspirators
1975
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Belfry
1956
Episode Stoney Burke
Image of Glory
1963
Episode State Trooper
312 Vertical
1958
Episode Gunsmoke
Daddy Went Away
1963
Episode Cannon
He Who Digs a Grave (1)
1973