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Dallas (1978 TV Series) (season 2)
The second season of the television series '' Dallas'' aired on CBS during the 1978–79 TV season. Cast Starring In alphabetical order: * Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing (24 episodes) * Jim Davis as Jock Ewing (24 episodes) * Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing (24 episodes) * Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing (24 episodes) * Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing (24 episodes) * Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs (14 episodes) * Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing (24 episodes) * Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing (24 episodes) Also starring * Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (14 episodes) * Tina Louise as Julie Grey (2 episodes), billed under "Guest Star" status in her first appearance Special guest stars * David Wayne as Willard "Digger" Barnes (2 episodes) * John McIntire as Sam Culver (1 episode) Notable guest stars Several long running ''Dallas'' cast members debut during the second season. Most notably Susan Howard, who became a series regular in Season 5, made her first appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas (1978 TV Series, Season 1)
The television show ''Dallas'' originally aired as a five-episode miniseries starting on the first Sunday of April 1978. These five episodes were originally intended to be the show's pilot but by the time they aired, it was thought that no further episodes would be made. However, the popularity of the miniseries led to the creation of an additional thirteen full seasons, ending after the fourteenth. Production The original miniseries was shot over six weeks during the winter of 1977, on location in Dallas, Texas. The Cloyce Box Ranch served as the first 'South Fork Ranch' exterior, and a Swiss Avenue building was used for the interior stage sets. Cast Starring In alphabetical order: * Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing (5 episodes) * Jim Davis as Jock Ewing (5 episodes) * Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing (5 episodes) * Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing (5 episodes) * Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing (5 episodes) * Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing (5 episodes) Also starrin ... [...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] |
Paul Sorensen
Paul Sorensen (February 16, 1926 – July 17, 2008) was an American film, theater and television actor who appeared in hundreds of roles during his career, including ''The Brady Bunch'' and ''Dallas''. He was frequently cast in westerns or as a police officer. Early years Sorenson was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He moved to Hollywood, California, in 1945 and enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse, from which he graduated two years later. Sorenson served 15 months with the U.S. Army's 25th Division during the Korean War. Career Sorensen returned to California after the war and resumed acting. His professional stage debut came in ''Born Yesterday'' at the Sartu Theater. A talent agent signed Sorenson after watching him perform in a theater production of '' Born Yesterday''. He was cast in his first television role as the deputy-turned-bandit Billy Stiles in the 1954-1955 syndicated '' Stories of the Century'', a western series starring and narrated by Jim Davis. One of So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fern Fitzgerald
Fern Fitzgerald (born January 7, 1947 in Valley Stream, New York) is an American actress, best known for her recurring role as oil cartel businesswoman Marilee Stone in the CBS primetime soap opera ''Dallas'' from 1979 to 1989. She guest-starred in the number of other television series, like '' Archie Bunker's Place'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Hotel'', '' Who's the Boss?'', '' Life Goes On'', and '' Seinfeld''. In film, Fitzgerald appeared in ''The Beach Girls'' (1982). She also appeared in the original productions of ''Chicago'' and ''A Chorus Line'' on Broadway. Filmography *'' All My Children'' (1978) *''A Cry for Love'' as Barbara (1980) *''Too Close for Comfort'' as Masseuse (1 episode, 1980) *''Hart to Hart'' as Female Passenger (1 episode, 1981) *''The Beach Girls'' as Julie (1982) *''Madame's Place'' as Rhoda Royale (1 episode, 1982) *'' Archie Bunker's Place'' as Pat McBride (3 episodes, 1983) *''Hill Street Blues'' (1 episode, 1983) *''Silver Spoons'' as Corinne Taylor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Starr
Donald Starr (September 20, 1917 – July 11, 1995) was an American actor who became known for his recurring role as oil baron Jordan Lee in the CBS-TV primetime soap opera series ''Dallas''. Life and career Starr was born and raised in Riverside, California; he studied acting in 1938–39 under scholarship at the Pasadena (Calif.) Community Playhouse. He served as an officer and a medical administrator with the U.S. Army from 1945–48 and earned an associate degree in 1950 at the University of Texas. The next year, he took a job as an assistant administrator at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas. He came to Tucson in 1956 to accept a position as business manager of the Tucson Clinic, retiring from that job in 1977. During his time living in Tucson, he served as a volunteer in several capacities, including president and board member of the Tucson Association for Child Care – a group he helped found. He would also serve as president of the United Community Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Culver
Donna Culver Krebbs is a fictional character in the popular American television series ''Dallas'', played by Susan Howard from 1979 to 1987. Casting and creation Susan Howard was cast in the series in 1979. For the second and third seasons, she appeared in a recurring capacity; during the fourth season, she became a regular cast member. In 1986, Howard won Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role on a Primetime Serial for role. In 1987, the show's producers opted not to renew her contract, stating that her character had run its course. Howard has claimed this decision was connected to her opposition of what she saw as pro-abortion storylines involving her character. Storylines Donna was an intelligent, ambitious and well-regarded politician's wife, married to much older Sam Culver, a former governor of Texas and Speaker of the House who is an old friend and former business partner of Jock Ewing. Sam Culver is most likely based on longtime Texas Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Howard
Jeri Lynn Mooney (born January 28, 1944), better known as Susan Howard, is an American actress, writer, and political activist. She portrayed Donna Culver Krebbs on ''Dallas'' (1979–1987) and co-starred on ''Petrocelli'' (1974–1976). She is also a screenwriter and member of the Writers Guild of America. Biography Jeri Lynn Mooney was born on January 28, 1944, in Marshall, Texas, to parents Cassell C. and Melba Ruth "Peg" Mooney. She had an older brother, James. Her family is of Irish ancestry from Cork. Mooney was recognized for her acting talent while growing up in Marshall. She won a University Interscholastic League award for Best Actress while in high school. Upon graduating from Marshall High School in 1960, she attended the University of Texas for two years, where she studied drama and was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, before leaving for Los Angeles to become an acting student at the Los Angeles Repertory Company. She later took the stage name Susan Howard as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McIntire
John Herrick McIntire (June 27, 1907 – January 30, 1991) was an American character actor who appeared in 65 theatrical films and many television series. McIntire is well known for having replaced Ward Bond, upon Bond's sudden death in November 1960, as the star of NBC's ''Wagon Train''. He played Christopher Hale, the leader of the wagon train (and successor to Bond's character, Seth Adams) from early 1961 to the series' end in 1965. He also replaced Charles Bickford, upon Bickford's death in 1967, as ranch owner Clay Grainger (brother of Bickford's character) on NBC's '' The Virginian'' for four seasons. Early years John McIntire was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Byron Jean McIntire and Chastine Uretta Herrick McIntire. He was of Irish descent. He grew up primarily in Eureka, Montana around ranchers, an experience that later inspired his performances in dozens of film and television westerns. Later, he lived in Santa Monica, California. McIntire studied at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard "Digger" Barnes
Willard "Digger" Barnes is a fictional character in the popular American television series ''Dallas'' created by David Jacobs. Digger was played by actors David Wayne and Keenan Wynn in the show's first three seasons from 1978 to 1980, and as a young man by David Marshall Grant in the made-for-TV movie prequel '' The Early Years'' in 1986. As the patriarch of the Barnes family, Digger was the father of Cliff Barnes and step-father of Pam Ewing. Digger shocked Pamela on his deathbed by revealing that Hutch McKinney was her father but that he had always loved her as though she were his own. Character biography Willard Barnes' father, Henry Barnes, was best friends with Aaron Southworth, the father of Ellie Southworth. In fact, Henry saved Aaron's life so Aaron took care of young Willard throughout much of his adolescence. Willard first started dating Ellie in 1930, when Ellie was fifteen years old. However, after being caught with Ellie by her brother, Garrison, Willard decided to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wayne
David Wayne (born Wayne James McMeekan, January 30, 1914 – February 9, 1995) was an American stage and screen actor with a career spanning over 50 years. Early life and career Wayne was born in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of Helen Matilda (née Mason) and John David McMeekan. His mother died when he was four. He grew up in Bloomingdale, Michigan. Wayne attended Western Michigan University for two years and then went to work as a statistician in Cleveland. He began acting with Cleveland's Shakesperean repertory theatre in 1936. When World War II began, Wayne volunteered as an ambulance driver with the British Army in North Africa. When the United States entered the war he joined the United States Army. Wayne's first major Broadway role was Og the leprechaun in '' Finian's Rainbow'', for which he won the Theatre World Award and the first ever Tony for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Musical). While appearing in the play, he and co-star Albert Sharpe were recruited b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Louise
Tina Louise ( Blacker; born February 11, 1934) is an American actress widely known for her role as movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy ''Gilligan's Island''. With the death of Dawn Wells in 2020, Louise became the last surviving cast member of the TV series. She began her career on stage in the mid-1950s before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film ''God's Little Acre'' for which she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. Louise had starring roles in '' The Trap'', '' The Hangman'', ''Day of the Outlaw'', and '' For Those Who Think Young''. She also appeared in '' The Wrecking Crew'', ''The Happy Ending'', and ''The Stepford Wives'' (1975). Early life Born Tina Blacker on February 11, 1934 in New York City, by the time she was four years old her parents had divorced. She was an only child and was raised by her mother Sylvia (née Horn), later Myers, a fashion model. Tina's father, Joseph Blacker, was a candy store own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
