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Christopher Ewing
Christopher Ewing is a fictional character from the American prime time drama series ''Dallas'' and the continuation series. The character was first written into the series in the episode " Starting Over", which first aired on December 11, 1981. The role was portrayed by Joshua Harris from 1985 until the conclusion of the original series in 1991. In the continuation series, the role is portrayed by Jesse Metcalfe. Christopher is the adopted son of Bobby and the late Pam Ewing and the biological son of Kristin Shepard (Sue Ellen Ewing's sister) and Jeff Farraday. The continuation series opens with Christopher's wedding to Rebecca Sutter. The series also focuses on Christopher's feud with John Ross as they disagree on how to revive the family's former glory. Tension also stems from John Ross's romance with Christopher's ex-fiancée, Elena Ramos. Christopher does his best to emulate his adoptive father's noble ways and the Ewing family name. However, John Ross's underhanded tactic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Harris (actor)
Joshua Harris (born November 27, 1978) is an American former child actor, former baseball player, and television producer. He is known for playing Christopher Ewing on the primetime soap opera ''Dallas'' from 1985 to 1991. Overview Harris began acting at the age of six and appeared on television from 1984 to 1993. As Bobby and Pam Ewing's adopted son Christopher Ewing, he was a regular cast member on ''Dallas'' from 1985 through 1991. He guest starred on other series including ''Falcon Crest'', ''Twin Peaks'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and ''The Commish''. He also appeared in several television movie roles based on true stories. The first was ''A Death in California'' (1985), in which he played the youngest child of Cheryl Ladd's character. His best known movie role was playing a boy dying of AIDS in the made-for-TV film ''Go Toward the Light'' (1988). He again appeared with Cheryl Ladd in ''Locked Up: A Mother's Rage'' (1991). At the age of 15, Harris began playing b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Farlow
Clayton Farlow is a fictional character in the popular American television series ''Dallas'', played by Howard Keel from 1981 to 1991. Background Clayton Farlow, along with his sister Jessica (Alexis Smith), was raised on the Southern Cross Ranch (Co-ordinates: 32°43'N 96°30'W) in San Angelo, Texas. Clayton and Jessica's father was described as a "big man that liked the oil business, but ranching was his real love". Clayton's father took him to his first cattle auction when he was six years old and began teaching him ranching and the oil business. Like his father, Clayton became a successful oilman and rancher. Jessica was wild in her teenage years and developed a serious violent mental condition. She gave birth to a son Steven "Dusty" Farlow (Jared Martin) in London, England. Clayton and his new wife, Amy, became Steven's legal parents when they listed themselves on Steven's birth certificate, while Jessica married an English lord and remained in England. Clayton and Amy retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenna Wade
Jenna Krebbs (maiden name Wade; formerly Marchetta) is a fictional character on the popular American television series ''Dallas'', played, most notably, by Priscilla Presley from 1983 to 1988. Jenna was also briefly played by Morgan Fairchild in 1978 and Francine Tacker in 1980. Casting The character of Jenna Wade was originally portrayed by Morgan Fairchild for one episode in 1978; Jenna was then portrayed by Francine Tacker for two episodes in 1980. When the character was brought back in 1983, the part was recast for the second time, this time with Jenna being portrayed by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley; she would be the third and final actress to portray the character. Before her debut, Priscilla Presley described the character: "Jenna is her own woman. She's extremely self-reliant, she has lived in Europe and has a child. Just like me. Except that she's a bit more sophisticated than me. She has a lot of integrity, she's totally honest. I like her. How could I help but identify with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Culver Krebbs
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 Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Cunningham
Abby Fairgate (formerly Cunningham, Ewing and Sumner) is a fictional character from the CBS prime time soap opera ''Knots Landing'', a long-running serial about middle class life on the fictional cul-de-sac known as Seaview Circle in Los Angeles, California. She was played by actress Donna Mills between 1980 and 1989. Abby was created by producer David Jacobs as one of ''Knots Landing'' earliest characters. She debuted in the first episode of the second season. Mills remained a principal actor in the series until she left in its tenth season. She returned for the two-part series finale in 1993, and made her last appearance in 1997 when she appeared in the reunion miniseries '' Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac''. Prior to being cast on ''Knots Landing'', Mills was predominantly known for playing "damsel in distress" roles, which is why the producers didn't initially consider her. Abby's storylines focused on business dealings, affairs and family troubles. Introduced as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valene Ewing
Valene "Val" Ewing (maiden name Clements, formerly Gibson, Waleska), portrayed by Joan Van Ark, is a fictional character in the CBS primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing'', a spin-off from the long-running series ''Dallas'', in which she also appeared. The character originated on ''Dallas'' in 1978 as the mother of Lucy Ewing and ex-wife of Gary Ewing (the second son of oil baron Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing). Van Ark made several guest appearances on ''Dallas'' before becoming one of the main stars of the spin-off ''Knots Landing'' in December 1979, though she continued to make small appearances in ''Dallas'' for the next several years. Van Ark played Valene in ''Knots Landing'' for thirteen of its fourteen seasons, which made her one of the show's longest running stars. The character made her last ''Knots Landing'' appearance in 1997, when she appeared in the reunion miniseries '' Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac''. In 2013, Van Ark reprised her character for the new, updated ... [...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] |
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'' followed the trials of the wealthy Ewing family in the city of Dallas, Texas, into which Sue Ellen married when she wed J.R. Ewing. Gray played Sue Ellen until the twelfth season of ''Dallas'', when her character finally leaves Texas after beating J.R. at his own game in the 1989 episode " Reel Life". Gray returned for the 1991 series finale " Conundrum" and the subsequent ''Dallas'' telemovies ('' J.R. Returns'' in 1996 and '' War of the Ewings'' in 1998). She reprised the role for the 2012 continuation series of ''Dallas'', which ran until 2014. Sue Ellen's storylines in the season 2 focused on the character's bout with alcohol and her slowly deteriorating relationship with her husband. The final episode of the season focused on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Barnes
Clifford Barnes, played by Ken Kercheval, is a fictional character from the popular American television series ''Dallas (1978 TV series), Dallas''. The Barnes family are competitors and sometimes enemies of the Ewing family (Dallas), Ewing family. Cliff is the son of Willard "Digger" Barnes and Rebecca Barnes Wentworth, Rebecca Barnes, the brother of Pam Ewing, Pamela Barnes Ewing, and half-brother of Katherine Wentworth. J. R. Ewing, J.R. Ewing was Cliff's personal nemesis, with J.R. and Cliff continuing on the bitter feud that started with their fathers, Jock Ewing and Digger, from their oil Wildcatter, wildcatting days during the Great Depression. J.R. and Cliff were the only two characters to appear throughout the entire run of the series. A running gag on the series is Cliff's fondness for Chinese take-out. History Original series During the show's conception, the character of Cliff was modeled on the late Robert F. Kennedy. However, he soon evolved into a bumbling sad sack w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Krebbs
Ray Krebbs is a fictional character in the American television series ''Dallas'', played by Steve Kanaly from 1978 to 1989. Ray Krebbs is the illegitimate son of Texas oil baron Jock Ewing. He later appeared in the reunion movie '' Dallas: War of the Ewings'' (1998) and made guest star appearances in the 2012 continuation of ''Dallas''. Background Ray Krebbs was born on October 18, 1945, in Emporia, Kansas. His alleged father, Amos Krebbs, left his mother, Margaret Hunter Krebbs, when Ray was 3 years old. At age 15, Ray was sent to the Southfork Ranch in Dallas with a letter from his recently deceased mother asking Jock Ewing to help Ray out. Ray's mother, a United States Army Air Corps nurse, was a woman with whom Jock had an affair during World War II. At the time when Ray arrived on Southfork. Both Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing knew that Ray was the son of the same woman with whom Jock had an affair in Britain during the war, but they did not yet know that Ray was Jock's son. Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Ewing
Garrison "Gary" Arthur Ewing is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera, ''Knots Landing'', a spin-off of ''Dallas''. The character of Gary Ewing was first played by actor David Ackroyd in a 2-part ''Dallas'' season two episode "Reunion" in 1978. Gary Ewing was the middle son of oil baron Jock and Miss Ellie Ewing, the father of Lucy Ewing and the ex-husband of Valene Ewing. Over a year later, the part of Gary Ewing was recast for the spin-off ''Knots Landing'' with actor Ted Shackelford in the role, and Gary became one of the main stars of the series in 1979. Shackelford played Gary Ewing in ''Knots Landing'' for its entire fourteen seasons (1979–1993), while continuing to make occasional appearances in ''Dallas'' during that time. The character of Gary made his last ''Knots Landing'' appearance in 1997 in the reunion series '' Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac''. Shackelford reprised his character for the new, updated version of ''Dallas'' in 2013. Development C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
This is a list of characters appearing on the 1978–1991 American television series ''Dallas''. During its 14 seasons on air, the show featured 21 regular cast members, portraying twenty characters (as the character of Miss Ellie was recast for season eight). Additionally, hundreds of guest actors portrayed supporting characters, this list includes the most noteworthy among them. Main characters ;Notes Supporting characters Ewing relatives Gary Ewing Garrison Arthur "Gary" Ewing (David Ackroyd in season 2, Ted Shackelford thereafter) was the middle son of Jock ( Jim Davis) and Miss Ellie Ewing ( Barbara Bel Geddes), husband of Valene (Joan Van Ark) and father of Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton). He appeared occasionally between season 2 and season 6, once in season 9, and the series finale in season 14. The character made 11 appearances on the show, Ackroyd for the first two and Shackelford for the remaining nine. Gary was the middle child, being born after J.R. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
