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Dabney Coleman has died at the age of 92, PEOPLE confirms.

The actor died Thursday, May 16, at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his daughter Quincy Coleman told PEOPLE in a statement.

"My father crafted his time here on Earth with a curious mind, a generous heart and a soul on fire with passion, desire and humor that tickled the funny bone of humanity, Quincy said. As he lived, he moved through this final act of his life with elegance, excellence and mastery."

"A teacher, a hero and a king, Dabney Coleman is a gift and blessing in life and in death as his spirit will shine through his work, his loved ones and his legacy eternally."

He is survived by his sister, Beverly Coleman McCall; his children Meghan, Kelly, Randy, and Quincy Coleman; and grandchildren Hale and Gabe Torrance, Luie Freundl, and Kai and Coleman Biancaniello.

Coleman worked in Hollywood for over six decades, with roles in films including 9 to 5, Tootsie and You've Got Mail. On TV, he starred in shows including Buffalo Bill and Boardwalk Empire. He appeared in more than 60 film and TV projects and was best known for playing bad guys.

Coleman was born in Austin in 1932. He was one of four children, raised by a single mother after his father died of pneumonia. In a 1984 interview, he linked his affinity for playing louts to his childhood.

Since I was a kid I played that role. I was very small until I got out of college, he told The Washington Post. Until then I was a mini-person, and I think that I was a little extra aggressive to compensate. To be the brat maybe even that was to attract attention, some kind of identity."

He attended college at the Virginia Military Institute, and he was drafted into the Army in 1953.

After his return, he finished college at the University of Texas. After meeting an actor, he realized he wanted to be one too. From 1958 to 1960, he trained with Sanford Meisner at New York Citys Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.

One of his first TV roles came on 1961s Naked City. He appeared on series like The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Fugitive, I Dream of Jeannie, The Donna Reed Show, That Girl, The Flying Nun, Bonanza and The Mod Squad. His early film roles included Cinderella Liberty and The Towering Inferno.

In 1973, he grew a mustache, which he kept for the rest of his life and career.

Without the mustache, I looked too much like Richard Nixon, he told Vulture in 2010. Theres no question that when I grew that mustache, all of a sudden, everything changed. In 1975, he got attention for his role as Merle Jeeter on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

But the turning point in his career came when he was cast in 1980s 9 to 5 as Franklin Hart Jr., the diabolical boss that terrorizes the characters played by Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton.

The girls were so supportive of me, and included me in everything, he explained to Vulture. They were on a whole different level than I was at the time, but they were very sensitive about that, and made sure that I was included in every publicity shot and tour. All three of them insisted, Wheres Dabney? Get him in here! Theyre all three unique and wonderful ladies, all three of them.

Coleman would work with Tomlin again on 1993s The Beverly Hillbillies. She told PEOPLE at the time that the actor "makes me laugh. He can razz you so bad."

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RIP

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Loved him in "Cloak & Dagger" and "Short Time"

RIP

I saw this yesterday. I was born in 76 so I watched him in quite a bit of stuff consistently when I was little. I think one of the funnier movies he was in was in 1990 a movie called Short Time.

He is basically a cop that never takes any risk and has strained relationships with his partner and family. He is 8 days from retirement and do to a switching of blood tests at the hospital he is told he has a rare disease and will be dead soon. He is worried about providing for his family and finds out if he dies in the line of duty they will be provided for so he then goes crazy on the job with all the risks he can think of trying to die and turns into like super cop.

It's a pretty funny movie and I always liked him in it.

PballDepot posted...

Loved him in "Cloak & Dagger" and "Short Time"

RIP

Hell yeah. I was typing up my paragraph while you posted this. Short Time is great.

RIP He was great.

I don't mean this disrespectfully or rude in any way, but I honestly thought he already died a good while ago.

archizzy posted...

Hell yeah. I was typing up my paragraph while you posted this. Short Time is great.

Yeah it's crazy how after all these years it still one of my fav comedies ever

RIP

RIP

Happy to see Short Time mentioned so soon, loved that movie as well. I also recall enjoying Drexells Class when I was a kid, but couldnt tell you a thing about it now other than he was in it.

RIP

What a legend.

RIP Jack
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RIP. I will best know him for Principal Prickly from Recess

RIP

archizzy posted...

I saw this yesterday. I was born in 76 so I watched him in quite a bit of stuff consistently when I was little. I think one of the funnier movies he was in was in 1990 a movie called Short Time.

He is basically a cop that never takes any risk and has strained relationships with his partner and family. He is 8 days from retirement and do to a switching of blood tests at the hospital he is told he has a rare disease and will be dead soon. He is worried about providing for his family and finds out if he dies in the line of duty they will be provided for so he then goes crazy on the job with all the risks he can think of trying to die and turns into like super cop.

It's a pretty funny movie and I always liked him in it.

Short Time was fantastic although I dont think Ive seen
it in twenty years.

Cloak and Dagger was also good.