Dabney Wharton Coleman was born in Austin on Jan. 3, 1932. He was the youngest of four children and was 4 when his father, a businessman and cotton farmer, died of pneumonia at 39 amid the Depression.

Dabney Coleman, one of the best-known character actors of the late 20th century, has died at the age of 92. The news of his death has been confirmed by IndieWire. In a statement obtained from his ...