2007 TV News Archives

Dabbs Greer

May 1, 2007: RIP Dabbs Greer (April 2, 1917 - April 28, 2007)

Dabbs Greer, a character actor who often was cast as television's everyman, and who was best known for playing the Rev. Robert Alden on "Little House on the Prairie," has died. He was 90.

Greer, who had been battling kidney and heart disease, died Saturday at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, said his neighbor Bill Klukken.

His career spanned more than a half-century and included roles in almost 100 films and about 600 television episodes.

On "The Adventures of Superman," Greer dangled from a dirigible and appeared to be rescued midair by the Man of Steel in the 1952 pilot episode.

Greer never married and had no survivors. Of a career built mainly on supporting parts, Greer told the Albany, N.Y., Times Union in 2000: "Every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead."

You can read the full report on the life and death of this great actor at the Los Angeles Times.

Thanks to Carl Glass from Glass House Presents for the image.



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