Dabbs Greer

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Dabbs Greer
Greer as Coach Ossie Weiss in Hank, c. 1966
Born	Robert William Greer (1917-04-02)April 2, 1917 Fairview, Missouri, U.S.
Died	April 28, 2007(2007-04-28) (aged 90) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Resting place	Peace Valley Cemetery McDonald County, Missouri
Alma mater	Drury University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938–2003

Robert William "Dabbs" Greer (April 2, 1917 – April 28, 2007)^[1] was an American character actor in film and television for over 60 years. With nearly 100 film roles and appearances in nearly 600 television episodes of various series, Greer may be best remembered as series regular Mr. Jonas in Gunsmoke, as Coach Ossie Weiss in the sitcom Hank, and as series regular Reverend Robert Alden in Little House on the Prairie. Greer's final film role as the 108-year-old Paul Edgecomb, the character played by Tom Hanks in 1999's The Green Mile.