Dabney Coleman, actor who portrayed comic scoundrels, dies at 92
Dabney Coleman, a Texas-born character actor who created an acclaimed gallery of comically macho throwbacks in films including “9 to 5” and “Tootsie” and TV shows such as “The Slap
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Dabney Coleman, a Texas-born character actor who created an acclaimed gallery of comically macho throwbacks in films including “9 to 5” and “Tootsie” and TV shows such as “The Slap
With a stout frame, bushy whiskers and a weathered visage, Bernard Hill embodied men of authority facing down danger with weary stoicism.
Mr. Hill became the first actor to star in more than one film to gross over $1 billion.
Daniel R. “Dan” Burke, a many-sided man who over a long life was a vigorous presence in Dorchester as a dedicated officer and coach of youth sports programs, a civic activist in the Neponset and Pope’s Hill Neighborhood Associations, a member of the Ward 16 Democratic Committee and of the Boston School Committee (where he served as president), and an active member of St. Ann’s
"His life was marked by the many students he helped, as a teacher, coach, and mentor."