The seventh season of the television series ''
Dallas'' aired on
CBS during the
1983–84 TV season.
Cast
Starring
In alphabetical order:
*
Barbara Bel Geddes
Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American stage and screen actress, artist, and children's author whose career spanned almost five decades. She was best known for her starring role as Miss Ellie Ewing in the t ...
as
Miss Ellie Ewing
Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing Farlow (maiden name Southworth) is a fictional character from the primetime CBS television series ''Dallas'', a long-running serial centered on the lives of the wealthy Ewing family of Dallas, Texas. Created by writer ...
(19 episodes)
*
Patrick Duffy as
Bobby Ewing (30 episodes)
*
Linda Gray as
Sue Ellen Ewing
Sue Ellen Ewing is a fictional character and one of the female leads in the CBS primetime soap opera ''Dallas''. Sue Ellen was portrayed by Linda Gray and appeared on the show since its pilot episode, first broadcast on April 2, 1978. ''Dallas' ...
(30 episodes)
*
Larry Hagman
Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap opera, ''Dal ...
as
J.R. Ewing
John Ross "J.R." Ewing Jr. is a fictional character in the American television series ''Dallas'' (1978–1991) and its spin-offs, including the revived ''Dallas'' series (2012–2014). The character was portrayed by Larry Hagman from the serie ...
(30 episodes)
*
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 ...
as
Donna Culver Krebbs (28 episodes)
*
Steve Kanaly
Steven Francis Kanaly (; born March 14, 1946) is an American actor, best known for his role as Ray Krebbs on the CBS primetime soap opera ''Dallas''.
Early life and career
Kanaly was born in Burbank, California, and grew up in the San Fernando ...
as
Ray Krebbs (28 episodes)
*
Ken Kercheval as
Cliff Barnes (30 episodes)
*
Victoria Principal as
Pamela Barnes Ewing
Pamela Jean "Pam" Barnes Ewing is a fictional character from the CBS primetime soap opera ''Dallas (1978 TV series), Dallas''. Pamela is portrayed by actress Victoria Principal, first appearing on the show in the Dallas (1978 TV series) (seaso ...
(30 episodes)
*
Charlene Tilton as
Lucy Ewing Cooper
Lucy Ann Ewing is a fictional character in the popular American television series '' Dallas''. The character is played by Charlene Tilton and first appeared in the series premiere on April 2, 1978. Tilton left the show at the end of season 8 in ...
(29 episodes)
Also Starring
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Morgan Brittany as
Katherine Wentworth (29 episodes)
*
John Beck as Mark Graison (26 episodes)
*
Audrey Landers as
Afton Cooper (25 episodes)
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Priscilla Beaulieu Presley as
Jenna Wade (24 episodes), billed under "Guest Star" status for her first seven episodes
*
Howard Keel as
Clayton Farlow (22 episodes)
*
Timothy Patrick Murphy
Timothy Patrick Murphy (November 3, 1959 – December 6, 1988) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Mickey Trotter on the popular CBS prime time soap opera '' Dallas'' from 1982–83.
Career
Murphy started his acting c ...
as Mickey Trotter (6 episodes)
Special Guest Star
*
Christopher Atkins as Peter Richards (27 episodes)
*
Barry Corbin as Sheriff Fenton Washburn (1 episode)
Notable guest stars
Omri Katz joins the supporting cast as the second actor to play
John Ross Ewing III, and
Alexis Smith
Margaret Alexis Fitzsimmons-Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was a Canadian-born American actress and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s, winning a Tony Awar ...
(Lady Jessica Montford),
Glenn Corbett (Paul Morgan),
Barry Jenner (Dr. Jerry Kenderson),
Martin E. Brooks
Martin E. Brooks (born Martin Baum; November 30, 1925 – December 7, 2015) was an American character actor known for playing scientist Rudy Wells in the television series ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' and its spin-off, ''The Bionic Woman'', fr ...
(Edgar Randolph),
Daniel Pilon (Naldo Marchetta), Bill Morey (Leo Wakefield),
Shalane McCall (Charlie Wade), Pat Colbert (Oil Baron's Club hostess Dora Mae), Marina Rice (Pam's maid Angela), and Tony Garcia (the longest serving actor to portray Southfork servant Raoul) are also added.
Crew
The number of writers employed on this season is dramatically decreased from previously, with only three active writers throughout the season:
showrunner
A showrunner (or colloquially a helmer) is the top-level executive producer of a television series production who has creative and management authority through combining the responsibilities of employer and, in comedy or dramas, typically also th ...
Leonard Katzman, and longtime ''Dallas'' writers
Arthur Bernard Lewis and
David Paulsen David Paulsen may refer to:
*David Paulsen (producer), American screenwriter.
*David L. Paulsen (born 1936), American philosopher
*Dave Paulsen
Dave Paulsen (born September 14, 1964) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the h ...
.
The production team remains the same for the third consecutive year:
Philip Capice serves as executive producer, Katzman as producer, Cliff Fenneman as associate producer, and writer Arthur Bernard Lewis as supervising producer. Additionally, writer David Paulsen continues as story editor.
DVD release
''Dallas season seven was released by
Warner Bros. Home Video
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. (formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution division of Warner Bros.
It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video ...
, on a Region 1 DVD box set of five double-sided DVDs, on July 31, 2007. In addition to the 30 episodes, it also includes the featurette "The Music of Dallas".
TVshowsonDVD.com: Dallas Season 7
Episodes
References
General references
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External links
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1983 American television seasons
1984 American television seasons
Dallas (1978 TV series) seasons