Actor Dabney Coleman of “9 to 5” and “On Golden Pond” fame passed away at the age of 92.

TFD – Veteran actor Dabney Coleman, best known for his roles in “9 to 5” and “Tootsie,” has passed away at the age of 92. His daughter Quincy Coleman confirmed that he died at his Santa Monica home, leaving behind a remarkable legacy in film.

Veteran actor Dabney Coleman, best known for his work in “9 to 5,” “Boardwalk Empire,” and “Tootsie,” has passed away. He was ninety-two.

According to a statement from his daughter Quincy Coleman, which the late actor’s manager Jeff Goldberg gave to CNN, Coleman passed away on Thursday at his Santa Monica home.

“With an inquisitive mind, a giving heart, and a soul aflame with ardor, desire, and humor that delighted everyone’s sense of humor, my father skillfully crafted his time on this planet.” According to Quincy Coleman’s statement, “As he lived, he moved through this final act of his life with elegance, excellence, and mastery.” “Dabney Coleman was a teacher, a hero, and a king. His spirit will shine through his work, his loved ones, and his legacy… forever. He is a gift and blessing in life and in death.”

According to a biography, Coleman, a native of Austin, Texas, studied law and was in the US Army before deciding to become an actor. His Hollywood career spanned several decades, starting in the early 1960s and ending in 2019 with an appearance on an episode of “Yellowstone,” which served as his final credit.

A gifted comedic actor who moved between movies and television, Coleman was often cast as a bad guy or at best, a lovable jerk. That included roles in the Academy Award-winning film “On Golden Pond,” the sci-fi drama feature “WarGames” and perhaps most famously as the firmly pre-#MeToo, highly lecherous boss in the movie “9 to 5,” in which he starred opposite Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Coleman had a busy schedule on television, frequently landing guest spots before being cast in the soap opera parody “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” In the middle of the 1960s, he had a recurring role on the sitcom “That Girl,” but it took him another ten years to get the part of Merle Jeter on “Hartman” in 1976. Coleman would later refer to this as “the turning point in my career” in an interview.

In reference to some of his well-known parts, such as those in “9 to 5,” he told the AV Club, “That’s kind of where it all started, as far as people’s belief that I could do comedy, particularly that negative, caustic, cynical kind of guy.”

Coleman’s breakthrough came in the 1980s, though, when he starred in two critically acclaimed, albeit brief-lived, TV series: “Buffalo Bill” and “The Slap Maxwell Story.” Coleman also had supporting roles in the Oscar-winning comedy “Tootsie,” which he costarred in with Dustin Hoffman, and “The Muppets Take Manhattan.

Coleman was nominated for Emmys for both of those shows, but his one and only Emmy came from the 1987 dramatic TV film “Sworn to Silence” (of which he was nominated for six). Coleman’s performance in “Slap Maxwell” earned him a Golden Globe in 1988 as well.

Together with his most recent appearance in the popular drama “Yellowstone,” he has also portrayed Mr. Drysdale in the film adaptation of “The Beverly Hillbillies” and the cunning Commodore in the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire.

“It has been a great privilege to have represented Dabney and to be able to call him my friend,” Goldberg continued on Friday. He will be sorely missed.

Coleman is survived by his children Meghan, Kelly, Randy, and Quincy, and grandchildren Hale and Gabe Torrance, Luie Freundl, and Kai and Coleman Biancaniello, according to his manager.

Ben Stiller, an actor, stated on X on Friday that “the great Dabney Coleman literally created, or defined, really – in a uniquely singular way — an archetype as a character actor.” “It is difficult to imagine the last 40 years‘ worth of television and film without him because he was so good at what he did.

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