Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932) is an American actor best known for roles in the films 9 to 5, Cloak & Dagger, Tootsie, WarGames, You've Got Mail and on TV as Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner in HBO's Boardwalk Empire and the voice of Principal Prickly in the animated series Recess.

Biography

Coleman has been married twice. He was married to Ann Courtney Harrell from 1957 to 1959 and to Jean Hale from 1961 to 1984. He has four children: Meghan, Kelly, Randy, and Quincy. He resides in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles.

In 1998, Coleman worked with fellow actor Bronson Pinchot at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, to help protect local forests and helped lead a campaign to educate others of how to care for and protect forests nationwide.

Coleman is an avid tennis player, playing for the US Army while posted in Europe (he was drafted in 1953), and later winning some celebrity and charity tournaments.

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