Dabney Coleman

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1. #001

   Dabney Coleman was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but took part in a clinical trial in 2000 that improved his vision from 20/400 to 20/40 in only one week.

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2. #002

   Dabney Coleman served for two years in the United States Army's Special Services Division.

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3. #003

   A very good tennis player, Dabney Coleman gave tennis lessons in the 1960s.

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4. #004

   Barry Kemp originally wrote the role of Coach Hayden Fox for Coleman in the series Coach (1989). However, when Kemp presented the sitcom to distributor Universal and the ABC network, Coleman had become unavailable, and the role went to Craig T. Nelson instead.

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5. #005

   On November 6, 2014, Dabney Coleman was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6141 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Directors Dennis Klein and Mark Rydell were guest speakers at the ceremony.

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6. #006

   Dabney Coleman did not have a successful series until he was 69 years old.

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7. #007

   Dabney Coleman auditioned for the role of Professor Roy Hinkley on Gilligan's Island (1964), but the part went to Russell Johnson.

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8. #008

   Dabney Coleman was a student at the Virginia Military Institute as a member of the Class of 1953… he left two years later.

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9. #009

   In the early 1950s, Dabney Coleman attended the University of Texas at Austin.

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10. #010

    Dabney Coleman was Simon Baker's mentor and friend.

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11. #011

    Dabney Coleman was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Texas Beta Chapter, at the University of Texas.

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12. #012

    Dabney Coleman was of English, German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Swiss-German descent.

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13. #013

    In 1949, Dabney Coleman entered VMI (the prestigious Virginia Military Institute), but he studied law at the University of Texas and then theater in New York.

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14. #014

    Dabney Coleman came from the same city as Ethan Hawke and Steve Austin.

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15. #015

    Dabney Coleman's first wife, Courtney, died in 2006, and his second wife, Jean, died in 2021.

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16. #016

    Dabney Coleman is best known to the public for his role as Burton Fallin in the film The Guardian (2001).

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