Dabbs Greer

13 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K10 in HD

Robert William "Dabbs" Greer (April 2, 1917 – April 28, 2007) was an American actor who performed many diverse supporting roles in film and television for over 50 years. His distinctive voice and southern accent was a good fit for shows featuring rustic characters, especially westerns. He also was portrayed on other shows as a minister, and is probably best remembered as the Reverend Robert Alden in NBC's Little House on the Prairie. Earlier, Greer had a recurring role as Coach Ossie Weiss in the NBC sitcom Hank.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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List

House of Wax (1953)

Supporting role · Director: André de Toth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray

3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray

3.5

The Green Mile (1999)

Small role · Director: Frank Darabont

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

4.3

Room for One More (1952)

Small role · Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Father's Little Dividend (1951)

Small role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Small role · Director: Don Siegel

4K · Disappointing

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray or 2018 Olive Films/BFI or 2012 Olive Films/Italy Sinister Films Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

All three are not ideal.

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has frozen grain, sharpening, lots of debris, and handles lesser materials. The supposed non-Superscope version is false advertising. It merely reveals more picture information.

Criterion CAV LaserDisc is the most consistent due to a lack of image processing.

Best Audio:

1992 Republic Pictures LaserDisc PCM Mono

Additional Info:

Criterion LaserDisc has exclusive commentary. Olive Films Signature Blu-ray and BFI Blu-ray each have exclusive extras. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has exclusive commentary.

3.8