生于马萨诸塞州斯旺普史特。青年时代学工程，但却选了表演作为职业。最初是在杂耍剧团和固定剧团当演 员。1923年，他到好莱坞，由于刻苦努力、善于扮演各种角色，终于成为好莱坞一位优秀而有成就的性格演员，他演出的影片达一百部以上。他曾三获奥斯卡最佳男配角金...
American character actor specializing in tough guys and heavies. A native of Yonkers, New York, he worked on the Broadway stage and then became an increasingly familiar figure in Westerns and crime dramas after World War II. Although almost as familiar a presence in films as his contemporaries Warren Oates, Robert J. Wilke, and Leo Gordon, for some reason Lambert never became as well-known as these, even by film buffs, despite having appeared in a great number of similar roles and films. His credits are often confused with those of the Scots actor of the same name, Jack Lambert.
玛丽·安德森的弟弟詹姆斯·安德森也是一位知名的西部片演员，曾参演过《杀死一只知更鸟》、《小人物》等作品，1969年去世。
Dabbs Greer was a very familiar face in films and especially on TV. He was a sort of "everyman" in his roles and played merchants, preachers, businessmen, and other "pillars of the community" types as well as assorted villains. With his plain looking face, wavy hair and mellow, distinctive voice he was a solid supporting actor.
