Dabbs Greer

Dabbs Greer
Birth name	Robert William Greer
Born	April 2, 1917 in Fairview, Missouri, USA
Died	April 28, 2007 in Pasadena, California, USA from renal failure and heart disease
Sometimes credited as	Dabs Greer
Notable Roles	Rev. Robert Alden in Little House on the Prairie
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Dabbs Greer was an American actor.

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Hank	Ossie Weiss	1965–1966	1
Maybe It's Me	Fred Stage	2001–2002	1

Recurring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Little House on the Prairie	Rev. Robert Alden	1974–1983	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Father Knows Best	Mr. Collins	1x24 - Father Delivers the Papers	March 13, 1955
General Electric Theater	Tom	4x08 - Prosper's Old Mother	November 20, 1955
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	1x28 - The Killer	May 26, 1956
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	1x33 - Prairie Happy	July 7, 1956
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	1x37 - Mr. and Mrs. Amber	August 4, 1956
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	3x04 - Kitty's Outlaw	October 5, 1957
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	3x06 - Jesse	October 19, 1957
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	3x11 - Fingered	November 23, 1957
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	3x13 - Cows and Cribs	December 7, 1957
Perry Mason	Dave Kirby	1x22 - The Case of the Fugitive Nurse	February 15, 1958
Trackdown	Sheriff Chet Farrow	1x30 - The End of the World	May 9, 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive	Tom Wade	1x01 - The Martin Poster	September 6, 1958
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	4x03 - Gunsmuggler	September 27, 1958
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	4x09 - Land Deal	November 8, 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive	Elder Boone	1x17 - Drop to Drink	December 27, 1958
Gunsmoke	Uncle Wesley	4x18 - Marshal Proudfoot	January 10, 1959
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	4x19 - Passive Resistance	January 17, 1959
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	4x28 - Wind	March 21, 1959
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	4x30 - Renegade White	April 11, 1959
The Rifleman	Marcus Trimble	1x38 - Outlaw's Inheritance	June 16, 1959
The Rifleman	Sam Elder	1x39 - Boomerang	June 23, 1959
Bat Masterson	Will	2x02 - Wanted--Dead	October 15, 1959
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	5x09 - Brother Whelp	November 7, 1959
The Rifleman	Brett Conway	2x07 - Panic	November 10, 1959
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	5x11 - Odd Man Out	November 21, 1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive	Bartender	2x12 - Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse	November 21, 1959
Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Scooter Jaffee	4x10 - The Adjustor	December 7, 1959
Perry Mason	Hal Kirkwood	3x14 - The Case of the Prudent Prosecutor	January 30, 1960
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	5x22 - Doc Judge	February 6, 1960
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	5x27 - Where'd They Go	March 12, 1960
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	5x29 - Colleen So Green	April 2, 1960
The Rifleman	Farley	2x33 - The Jailbird	May 10, 1960
Wagon Train	Mr. Finley	3x33 - Dr. Swift McCloud	May 25, 1960
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	6x04 - Say Uncle	October 1, 1960
Perry Mason	Charles Knudsen	4x05 - The Case of the Lavender Lipstick	October 15, 1960
The Rifleman	Jack Tully	3x11 - The Promoter	December 6, 1960
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	6x16 - Brother Love	December 31, 1960
Lawman	Les Courtney	3x18 - The Frame-Up	January 15, 1961
The Detectives	Helm Merriwether	2x17 - Kinfolk	January 20, 1961
The Rifleman	Finny	3x20 - The Wyoming Story (1)	February 7, 1961
The Rifleman	Finny	3x21 - The Wyoming Story (2)	February 14, 1961
The Untouchables	Thomas B. Randall	2x21 - The Lily Dallas Story	March 16, 1961
The Jack Benny Program	1st Desk Clerk	11x22 - Las Vegas Show	March 19, 1961
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	6x31 - Bless Me Till I Die	April 22, 1961
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	6x35 - Chester's Dilemma	May 20, 1961
Adventures in Paradise	Reverend Forbes	2x32 - Errand of Mercy	May 29, 1961
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	6x37 - Melinda Miles	June 3, 1961
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	7x02 - Old Yellow Boots	October 7, 1961
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	7x03 - Miss Kitty	October 14, 1961
The Rifleman	Bert Taylor	4x04 - The Stand-In	October 23, 1961
The Detectives	Mr. Blane	3x04 - A Barrel Full of Monkeys	October 27, 1961
Bonanza	Will Cass	3x06 - Broken Ballad	October 29, 1961
Cain's Hundred	Willie Beal	1x07 - Penitent	October 31, 1961
Dr. Kildare	Mr. Willis	1x08 - Holiday Weekend	November 16, 1961
Perry Mason	Buzz Farrell	5x11 - The Case of the Left-Handed Liar	November 25, 1961
The Untouchables	Agent Ned Ferber	3x11 - Canada Run	January 4, 1962
Have Gun - Will Travel	Doc Halsop	5x17 - Lazarus	January 6, 1962
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	7x18 - Old Dan	January 27, 1962
Surfside 6	Finney Tate	2x20 - The Surfside Swindle	February 5, 1962
The Detectives	Ed Foster	3x18 - The Outsider	February 16, 1962
Follow the Sun	Fulton	1x25 - Marine of the Month	March 4, 1962
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	7x27 - Wagon Girls	April 7, 1962
The Twilight Zone	Scanlan	3x30 - Hocus-Pocus and Frisby	April 13, 1962
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	7x33 - The Prisoner	May 19, 1962
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	7x34 - The Boys	May 26, 1962
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	8x03 - Quint Asper Comes Home	September 29, 1962
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	8x10 - The Hunger	November 17, 1962
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	8x11 - Abe Blocker	November 24, 1962
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	8x14 - Uncle Sunday	December 15, 1962
Empire	Joseph Williams	1x16 - End of an Image	January 15, 1963
The Twilight Zone	Evans	4x03 - Valley of the Shadow	January 17, 1963
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	8x20 - The Bad One	January 26, 1963
Stoney Burke	Doctor	1x18 - Image of Glory	February 4, 1963
The Untouchables	Brower	4x18 - Globe of Death	February 5, 1963
I'm Dickens ... He's Fenster	Charlie Piedmont	1x22 - Senior Citizen Charlie	February 22, 1963
Rawhide	Jebidiah Hadelbert	5x21 - Incident of the Married Widow	March 1, 1963
Bonanza	Leon Henshaw	4x29 - Five into the Wind	April 21, 1963
Perry Mason	Jack Taber	6x26 - The Case of the Skeleton's Closet	May 2, 1963
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	8x34 - Old York	May 4, 1963
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	8x35 - Daddy Went Away	May 11, 1963
Perry Mason	Larsen Halstead	7x16 - The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands	January 23, 1964
The Outer Limits	Bishop	1x21 - The Children of Spider County	February 17, 1964
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	9x26 - Caleb	March 28, 1964
The Outer Limits	E. F. Larkin	2x10 - The Inheritors (1)	November 21, 1964
Rawhide	sheriff	7x12 - No Dogs or Drovers	December 18, 1964
The Fugitive	Mayor Duncan	2x18 - Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet	January 19, 1965
The Fugitive	Sheriff	2x21 - Corner of Hell	February 9, 1965
Perry Mason	Dodson	8x22 - The Case of the Sad Sicilian	March 11, 1965
Peyton Place	Patrol Officer	1x58 - Episode 58	April 6, 1965
The F.B.I.	Paul Leonard	1x25 - The Divided Man	March 20, 1966
Gunsmoke	Mr. Jonas	11x28 - By Line	April 9, 1966
The Fugitive	Charlie Fletcher	3x28 - A Taste of Tomorrow	April 12, 1966
Perry Mason	Bill Cotton	9x28 - The Case of the Positive Negative	May 1, 1966
The Fugitive	Thomas	4x08 - Wine Is a Traitor	November 1, 1966
Laredo	Ira	2x10 - Road to San Remo	November 25, 1966
Bonanza	Sam	8x15 - A Christmas Story	December 25, 1966
The F.B.I.	Harry Porter	2x22 - The Hostage	February 19, 1967
The Fugitive	Jensen	4x28 - The Shattered Silence	April 11, 1967
Bonanza	Prosecuting Attorney Dawes	9x04 - Judgment at Olympus	October 8, 1967
The F.B.I.	Van Doyle	3x05 - By Force and Violence (1)	October 22, 1967
The F.B.I.	Van Doyle	3x06 - By Force and Violence (2)	October 29, 1967
Mannix	Dan Turpin	1x12 - Turn Every Stone	December 9, 1967
Gunsmoke	Wilbur Jonas	13x20 - Hill Girl	January 29, 1968
The Wild Wild West	Senator Seth Buckley	3x23 - The Night of the Simian Terror	February 16, 1968
The F.B.I.	Patrick Owens	3x23 - The Ninth Man	March 24, 1968
The F.B.I.	Orkin	4x04 - The Runaways	October 13, 1968
The Wild Wild West	Captain Lyman Butler	4x09 - The Night of Fire and Brimstone	November 22, 1968
Judd for the Defense	Mr. LeBow	2x13 - The Crystal Maze	January 3, 1969
Bonanza	Dr. Dunkatt	10x21 - The Lady and the Mountain Lion	February 23, 1969
Mannix	Mr. Coombs	2x22 - Last Rites for Miss Emma	March 8, 1969
Ironside	Thomas Gibbs	2x23 - Puzzlelock	March 13, 1969
The Brady Bunch	Minister	1x01 - The Honeymoon	September 26, 1969
The F.B.I.	Arlie Sessions	5x14 - Journey Into Night	December 14, 1969
Ironside	Mr. Carew	3x22 - Warrior's Return	March 5, 1970
Bonanza	Judge	11x27 - What Are Pardners For?	April 12, 1970
The F.B.I.	Howard Deal	6x04 - The Architect	October 11, 1970
Bonanza	Sam Dawson	12x23 - Terror at 2:00	March 7, 1971
The F.B.I.	Sal Cleary	7x05 - Dynasty of Hate	October 10, 1971
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury	Billy Jack	1x13 - Operation: Moonshine	December 17, 1971
The Rookies (credited as Dabs Greer)	Studio Guard	1x04 - The Commitment	October 2, 1972
The F.B.I.	Kelsey Waller	8x23 - Sweet Evil	March 4, 1973
Barnaby Jones	Andy Spake	1x10 - Murder-Go-Round	April 15, 1973
Cannon	Windom Salter	3x01 - He Who Digs a Grave (1)	September 12, 1973
Cannon	Windom Salter	3x02 - He Who Digs a Grave (2)	September 12, 1973
Ironside	Old Librarian	7x06 - House of Terror	October 25, 1973
Gunsmoke	Joe Bean	19x22 - Cowtown Hustler	March 11, 1974
Cannon	Walt Fox	4x14 - The Conspirators	January 1, 1975
The Rockford Files	Peter Preli	2x20 - Where's Houston?	February 20, 1976
The Streets of San Francisco	Watchman	5x03 - Dead or Alive	October 21, 1976
Emergency!	Dr. Hubert Nippert	6x22 - Upward and Onward	April 2, 1977
The Incredible Hulk	Dr. Malone	1x02 - The Beast Within	March 17, 1978
Charlie's Angels	Bluford Catlin	5x08 - Moonshinin' Angels	January 24, 1981
Roseanne	Joe	2x11 - Lobocop	December 5, 1989
In the Heat of the Night	J.L. Lambry	4x09 - A Problem Too Personal	November 20, 1990
L.A. Law	Chester Mead	5x21 - On the Toad Again	May 9, 1991
Empty Nest	Man	4x02 - Almost Like Being in Love	September 28, 1991
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	1x01 - Pilot	September 18, 1992
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	1x04 - The Autumn of Rome	October 16, 1992
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	1x08 - Sacred Hearts	November 6, 1992
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	1x11 - Pageantry	December 11, 1992
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	2x02 - Duty Free Rome	October 28, 1993
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	2x07 - Cross Examination	December 3, 1993
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	2x14 - Supreme Courting	February 4, 1994
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	2x15 - Divine Recall	February 11, 1994
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	2x21 - Frosted Flakes	May 6, 1994
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	2x22 - Howard's End	May 13, 1994
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	3x01 - Survival of the Fittest	September 23, 1994
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	3x03 - The Bus Stops Here (1)	October 7, 1994
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	3x10 - Away in the Manger	December 16, 1994
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	3x12 - Frogman Returns	January 13, 1995
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	3x15 - When in Rome	February 24, 1995
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	3x17 - Changing of the Guard	March 10, 1995
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	3x20 - Saint Zach	April 28, 1995
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	3x22 - The Song of Rome	May 12, 1995
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	4x17 - Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey	April 24, 1996
Picket Fences	Reverend Henry Novotny	4x22 - Liver Let Die	June 26, 1996
Ally McBeal	Vincent Robbins	1x22 - Alone Again	May 11, 1998
Spin City	Dr. Laughlin	5x02 - Smile	October 25, 2000
Diagnosis Murder	Danny McNamara	8x12 - Sins of the Father (1)	February 2, 2001
Diagnosis Murder	Danny McNamara	8x13 - Sins of the Father (2)	February 9, 2001
Family Law	Frank Watson	2x19 - The Gay Divorcee	April 9, 2001

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Look Back to Yesterday	Rev. Alden	December 12, 1983	Little House on the Prairie
The Last Farewell	Rev. Alden	February 6, 1984	Little House on the Prairie