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Dallas (1978 TV Series, Season 12)
The twelfth season of the television series ''Dallas'' aired on CBS during the 1988–89 TV season. Cast Starring In alphabetical order: * Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow (20 episodes) * Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing (26 episodes) * Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing (26 episodes) * Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing (26 episodes) * Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs (5 episodes) * Howard Keel as Clayton Farlow (22 episodes) * Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (25 episodes) * Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing Cooper (20 episodes) * Sheree J. Wilson as April Stevens (24 episodes) Also Starring * George Kennedy as Carter McKay (26 episodes) * Cathy Podewell as Cally Harper Ewing (21 episodes) * Beth Toussaint as Tracey Lawton (16 episodes) * Ian McShane as Don Lockwood (13 episodes) * William Smithers as Jeremy Wendell (8 episodes) * Andrew Stevens as Casey Denault (7 episodes) * Audrey Landers as Afton Cooper Van Buren (5 episodes) * Leigh Taylor-Young as Kimberly Cryder (1 episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas (1978 TV Series, Season 11)
The eleventh season of the television series ''Dallas'' aired on CBS during the 1987–88 TV season. Cast Starring In alphabetical order: * Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow (30 episodes) * Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing (30 episodes) * Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing (30 episodes) * Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing (30 episodes) * Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs (30 episodes) * Howard Keel as Clayton Farlow (30 episodes) * Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (30 episodes) * Priscilla Beaulieu Presley as Jenna Wade Krebbs (27 episodes) Also Starring * Jack Scalia as Nicholas Pearce (28 episodes) * Sheree J. Wilson as April Stevens (28 episodes) * Andrew Stevens as Casey Denault (26 episodes) * Leigh Taylor-Young as Kimberly Cryder (19 episodes), billed under "Special Guest Star" status for her first three episodes * Bert Remsen as Harrison "Dandy" Dandridge (10 episodes) * Karen Kopins as Kay Lloyd (9 episodes), billed under "Guest Star" status for her first three episodes * Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlene Tilton
Charlene L. Tilton (born December 1, 1958) is an American actress and singer. She is widely known for playing Lucy Ewing, the niece of brothers J. R. Ewing and Bobby Ewing (played by Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy), on the television series ''Dallas''. Career Tilton had early roles on such television series such ''Happy Days'' and ''Eight Is Enough''. She made her first film appearance alongside Jodie Foster in ''Freaky Friday'' (1976). In 1978, Tilton made a cameo appearance in the John Milius film ''Big Wednesday''. The same year, she made her big break by landing the role of Lucy Ewing, the sly, vixenish, frequently frustrated granddaughter of John "Jock" Ewing Sr. and the former Eleanor "Ellie" Southworth on the television series ''Dallas'', alongside actors Jim Davis, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Larry Hagman, from 1978 to 1985 and from 1988 to 1990. She also appeared on one episode of the series' spin-off ''Knots Landing'' in 1980. At the height of her ''Dallas'' fame, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afton Cooper
Afton Cooper (formerly Van Buren) is a fictional character from the popular American television series ''Dallas'', played by Audrey Landers. Joining the cast during season 4 and remaining until the first episode of season 8, Landers returned at the end of season 12 for five episodes and reprised her role one more time in the 1996 TV movie, '' Dallas: J.R. Returns''. In 2013, Afton returned in season 2 of the new 2012 series, ''Dallas''. Storylines Afton is the sister of Mitch Cooper, the husband of Lucy Ewing. J.R. Ewing is immediately attracted to Afton and they wind up in bed. J.R. gets her a singing job in a bar where she meets Cliff Barnes. Afton and Cliff become romantically involved but it doesn't last long because Afton thinks Cliff is a loser. Unlike her brother Mitch, Afton is fond of money. When Cliff Barnes has a case against J.R. concerning the counter revolution in South East Asia, Afton plots with J.R. to drug Cliff so J.R. can get his hands on the evidence that con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Landers
Audrey Landers (born Audrey Hamburg; July 18, 1956) is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Afton Cooper on the television series ''Dallas'' and her role as Val Clarke in the film version of ''A Chorus Line'' (1985). Early years Landers was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Landers began her acting career at the age of 9, when she starred in her first community theater musical, and continued acting and singing in community theater shows in New York State. In January 1970, she performed in ''Oh Dad, Poor Dad...'' at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack, NY. Landers was first noticed with a country song that she wrote and performed at the age of twelve, which led to a Nashville recording contract with Epic Records, a performance on ''The Merv Griffin Show'', and a year-long role on the daytime drama, ''The Secret Storm''. During her teen years, she acted on the daytime drama ''Somerset'' and studied music at the Juilliard School in New York City, while majoring in ps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Stevens
Herman Andrew Stevens (born June 10, 1955) is an American executive, film producer, director and actor. Early life Stevens was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the only child of actress Stella Stevens and her former husband Noble Herman Stephens. Career Prior to his producing career, Stevens was a writer, director, and actor. He had a bit role in ''Shampoo'' (1975), and went on to appear in cult thrillers such as '' Massacre at Central High'' (1976), ''Vigilante Force'' (1976) and ''Day of the Animals'' (1977), as well as the cult horror film '' The Fury'' (1978) starring Kirk Douglas. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in ''The Boys in Company C'' (1978), and later starred with Charles Bronson in two films, ''Death Hunt'' (1981) and ''10 to Midnight'' (1983). In 1975 he auditioned for the role of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars which eventually went to Mark Hamill. He appeared in the miniseries '' Once an Eagle'' (1976) and played 17-year-old Andrew Thorpe o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Smithers
William Smithers (born July 10, 1927) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jeremy Wendell in the television series ''Dallas''. He appeared in the series in 1981 and from 1984 to 1989. Early life and career Smithers was born on July 10, 1927, in Richmond, Virginia, the son of systems engineer Marion Wilkinson Smithers and Marion Albany Smithers (née Thompson). He attended Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. After his freshman year, he was chosen to play the leading role of Thomas Jefferson in the first production of Paul Green's ''The Common Glory'', presented at Williamsburg, Virginia. NY Times critic Brooks Atkinson called him "worth encouraging." In 1951, he made his Broadway debut as Tybalt in the Dwight Deere Wiman production of ''Romeo and Juliet'', starring Olivia de Havilland; for this performance he received a Theater World Award. In 1952, he was accepted as a life member of Actors Studio, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McShane
Ian David McShane (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor, producer and director. He is known for his television performances, particularly as the title role in the BBC series ''Lovejoy'' (1986–1994), Al Swearengen in '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and its 2019 film continuation, as well as Mr. Wednesday in ''American Gods'' (2017–2021). For the original series of ''Deadwood'', McShane won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series; for the film, he (as producer) was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. His film roles include Harry Brown in ''The Wild and the Willing'' (1962), Charlie Cartwright in ''If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium'' (1969), Wolfe Lissner in ''Villain'' (1971), Teddy Bass in ''Sexy Beast'' (2000), Frank Powell in ''Hot Rod'' (2007), Captain Hook in ''Shrek the Third'' (2007), Tai Lung in ''Kun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Toussaint
Elizabeth Toussaint (born September 25, 1962) is an American former actress and model. She is best known for her television performances. Life and career Before television roles, Toussaint worked as a model, and appeared in the 1984 music video for Bon Jovi's song " She Don't Know Me", Bob Seger's 1986 song "Like a Rock", and in the 1987 music video for SAGA's song "Only Time Will Tell". Additionally she appeared in the 1987 music video for the song "Big Mistake" by Peter Cetera. From 1988 to 1989, she was a recurring cast member in the CBS primetime soap opera ''Dallas'' as Tracey Lawton, and from 1996 to 1997 in The WB primetime soap opera ''Savannah''. Toussaint also appeared in ''Cheers'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (as Ishara Yar in the episode "Legacy", 1990), ''Melrose Place'', '' Matlock'', ''Babylon 5'' (episode " Revelations", 1994) and ''Martial Law''. In July 2006, she appeared on ''The Young and the Restless'' playing Hope Wilson Hope Wilson is a fictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cally Harper Ewing
Calpurnia Elizabeth "Cally" Harper Ewing is a fictional character in the popular American television series ''Dallas'', played by Cathy Podewell from 1988 to 1991. Cally was the second wife of J.R. Ewing. Podewell reprised her role as Cally Harper for J.R.'s funeral episode in the second season of the new ''Dallas'' in 2013. Storylines Cally is a waitress at a hotel in Haleyville, Alabama. J.R. meets her while on a hunting trip with his brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and their sons. J.R. gets Cally into bed, but when J.R. is discovered by her crazed brothers, he is arrested and convicted of rape. After Cally's brothers break J.R. out of prison, Cally lies that she is pregnant, and her brothers force J.R. into a shotgun wedding. J.R. eventually escapes from Haleyville and returns to Dallas, but Cally follows him. She intends to make their marriage work, but finds that J.R. wants nothing to do with her. Seeking the help of J.R.'s first wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), Cally tricks J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathy Podewell
Catherine Ann Podewell (born January 27, 1964) is an American actress known for playing the role of Cally Harper Ewing on ''Dallas'' from 1988 to 1991, 2013. Early life and education Podewell was born in Evanston, Illinois. She moved to Walnut Creek, California and was raised there by her father, a teacher, and her mother, a real estate agent. Her paternal grandparents, Lester Podewell and Beverly Younger, were also actors. She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where she studied theater arts and dancing. Career Podewell is best known for playing Cally Harper Ewing, the second wife of the character J.R. Ewing, on ''Dallas'' from 1988 to 1991. Podewell also appeared in the 1988 horror film '' Night of the Demons'' and the 1989 comedy film ''Beverly Hills Brats''. She also had guest appearances on television series, including ''Valerie'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''Paradise'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' and ''Growing Pains ''Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carter McKay
Carter McKay is a fictional character that appeared in the later seasons of the popular American television series ''Dallas'', played by George Kennedy from 1988 to 1991. The character reappeared in the reunion movies '' Dallas: J.R. Returns'' (1996) and '' Dallas: War of the Ewings'' (1998), again played by Kennedy. Storylines Original series Carter McKay, a rancher from Colorado, arrives in Dallas and buys Ray Krebbs's ranch, where he lives with his much younger wife, Rose ( Jeri Gaile). Carter quickly makes enemies of the Ewing family when, during a severe drought, he dams up the river that runs through Southfork, claiming he cannot afford to import water for his livestock, whereas the Ewings can. When Miss Ellie has Clayton, Bobby and Ray blow up the dam, Carter hires mercenaries to protect himself and to scare the Ewings off. Meanwhile, Carter tries to find his daughter, who is coincidentally Bobby's new romance, Tracey Lawton ( Beth Toussaint). Tracey wants nothing to do w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Kennedy
George Harris Kennedy Jr. (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" opposite Paul Newman in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, corresponding Golden Globe. He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in ''Airport (1970 film), Airport'' (1970). Among the notable films he had a significant role in are ''Cool Hand Luke'', ''Charade (1963 film), Charade'', ''Strait-Jacket'', ''McHale's Navy (1964 film), McHale's Navy'', ''Shenandoah (film), Shenandoah'', ''The Sons of Katie Elder'', ''The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film), The Flight of the Phoenix'', ''The Dirty Dozen'', ''The Boston Strangler (film), The Boston Strangler'', ''Guns of the Magnificent Seven'', ''Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'', ''The Good Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
