List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters
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Here 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.
Main cast timeline
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Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow | Barbara Bel Geddes | Main | Main | ||||||||||||
Donna Reed | M[a] | ||||||||||||||
Jock Ewing | Jim Davis | Main | |||||||||||||
Bobby Ewing | Patrick Duffy | Main | G[b] | Main | |||||||||||
J.R. Ewing | Larry Hagman | Main | |||||||||||||
Pamela Barnes Ewing | Victoria Principal | Main | [c] | G[d] | |||||||||||
Lucy Ewing | Charlene Tilton | Main | G | Main | |||||||||||
Sue Ellen Ewing | Linda Gray | R | Main | G[e] | |||||||||||
Ray Krebbs | Steve Kanaly | R | Main[f] | G[e] | |||||||||||
Cliff Barnes | Ken Kercheval | R | Main | ||||||||||||
Donna Culver Krebbs | Susan Howard | G | R | Main | |||||||||||
Clayton Farlow | Howard Keel | G | Recurring | Main | |||||||||||
Jenna Wade | Priscilla Beaulieu Presley | G[g] | R | Main | |||||||||||
Jack Ewing | Dack Rambo | R | M[h] | ||||||||||||
April Stevens Ewing | Sheree J. Wilson | R | Main | ||||||||||||
Michelle Stevens | Kimberly Foster[i] | Main | |||||||||||||
Carter McKay | George Kennedy | R | Main | ||||||||||||
Cally Harper Ewing | Cathy Podewell | R | Main | ||||||||||||
James Beaumont | Sasha Mitchell | Main | |||||||||||||
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Lesley-Anne Down | M[j] | |||||||||||||
Liz Adams | Barbara Stock[k] | R | M |
- Cast notes
- ^ Reed first appears as Ellie in "Homecoming" (ep. 8.7). She is added to the opening credits from "Oil Baron's Ball III" (ep. 8.8).
- ^ Credited as "_______".
- ^ Stand-in.
- ^ Margaret Michaels takes over the role in "Carousel" (ep. 12.1), before appearing as Pam's look-a-like Jeanne O'Brien in season 13.
- ^ a b Gray and Kanaly return in "Conundrum" (ep. 14.22), the series finale set in an alternate universe in which J.R. had never been born. They appear in the opening credits alongside guest stars Mary Crosby (Kristin Shepard), Joel Grey (Adam), Jack Scalia (Nicholas Pearce), Ted Shackelford (Gary Ewing) and Joan Van Ark (Valene Wallace).
- ^ Kanaly departs in "The Fat Lady Singeth" (ep. 11.30). He returns to the opening credits from "War and Love and the Whole Damned Thing" (ep. 12.6) to "The Sting" (ep. 12.10).
- ^ Jenna is played by Morgan Fairchild in "Old Acquaintance" (ep. 2.3), and Francine Tacker in "Jenna's Return" (ep. 3.18) and "Sue Ellen's Choice" (ep. 3.19).
- ^ Rambo departs in "Bar-B-Cued" (ep. 10.13). He returns to the opening credits for "Some Good, Some Bad" (ep. 10.24) and "War and Peace" (ep. 10.25).
- ^ Foster also plays an unnamed girl in bed with Jack Scalia (Nicholas) in "Tough Love" (ep. 11.6).
- ^ Down is added to the opening credits from "Unchain My Heart" (ep. 13.15) to "Three, Three, Three" (ep. 13.27).
- ^ Stock previously played Heather Wilson in "The Split" (ep. 5.8) and "Head of the Family" (ep. 5.15).
Supporting characters
Ewing relatives
Gary Ewing
Garrison Arthur "Gary" Ewing (
Gary was the middle child, being born after
Bobby and Pam convinced Gary to return to Southfork, reconciling with Lucy, who engineered a meeting between him and Valene. For a brief while, the three cohabited at Southfork as a family under Jock and Miss Ellie's eyes, but Gary soon felt trapped by Jock's expectations and J.R.'s resentment. Realising that this would send him back to alcoholism, Gary abandoned his family and Southfork. Valene followed, and the two eventually reconciled again and married in
Gary remained in California, free from the pressures of his family, although he returned to Dallas on several occasions: to visit J.R. in hospital after
Gary and Valene's backstories and lives in California were the basis of Dallas spin-off series Knots Landing. The couple also appeared for brief story arcs in the revival series.
Valene Clements Ewing
Valene "Val" Ewing (also Clements, Gibson and Waleska; credited as Valene Wallace in the
At 15, Valene was working as a waitress in a restaurant when she met 17-year-old Gary and fell in love with him. They married after three days, and Valene quickly fell pregnant with their child. Valene eventually persuaded Gary to take her on a visit to
In 1978, Valene gets a job at a diner near Lucy's school and the two begin to meet without Lucy's family knowing. They succeed in doing so, which leads to Lucy engineering a reconciliation between Valene and Gary when her uncle
Valene preferred to remain safely in California, far away from J.R., returning only once after her marriage, for Lucy's wedding to Mitch Cooper (Leigh McCloskey). After this, Valene did not return to Dallas but appeared twice more: once with Gary after Jock's death, discussing what to expect from his will, and in an alternate reality during the series finale, in which J.R. was never born: without J.R. to intimidate him, Gary never ran away and married Valene, and thus never produced Lucy. Instead, the pair didn't meet until in their middle-age, when Valene - who had married a Mr Wallace and been widowed - asked Gary to seek an inheritance left to her by her husband. The alternate reality also hinted that, regardless of J.R.'s interference, Gary and Valene were always destined to end up together.
Valene and Gary's backstories lives in California were the basis of Dallas spin-off Knots Landing. The couple also appeared for brief story arcs in the revival series.
Garrison Southworth
Garrison Southworth (
Garrison was Miss Ellie's only sibling, and the two had a close relationship throughout their childhoods and into their marriages; Garrison's to Cherie Simmons (
During
In 1979, Garrison was told that he was suffering from terminal
During his visit, Garrison seems friendly with Ewing rival Digger Barnes (David Wayne/Keenan Wynn), and seems to agree with him that Jock cheated him and his family out of a fortune.
In
Garrison also appeared in the Dallas prequel Dallas: The Early Years, portrayed by actor Matt Mulhern, which featured his backstory, his deployment in the war and his marriage to Cherie.
Kristin Shepard
Kristin Marie Shepard
Kristin visited Southfork with her mother upon learning that Sue Ellen was pregnant with her first child, and were warmly welcomed by the
Kristin later returned claiming to have borne J.R.'s child, and demands more money from J.R.. However, soon after her return, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) finds Kristin's corpse floating in the Southfork pool, with J.R. staring down at it from the balcony. Although J.R. was initially suspected of her murder, it was later revealed that Kristin had taken angel dust and had tripped, hit her head and fallen from the balcony while under the influence of drugs. After her death, Bobby and his wife Pam (Victoria Principal) bought her baby, Christopher (Eric Farlow/Joshua Harris), from a man called Jeff Farraday (Art Hindle), who claimed to be Kristin's boyfriend at the time of her death. After some help from legal professionals, Bobby and Pam legally adopt Christopher, and discover that Christopher was not actually J.R.'s baby - Kristin had miscarried the child shortly after leaving Dallas. Upon finding out, she had married Jeff and had his child, in order to continue exploiting J.R. for money.
Kristin reappears in the series finale, in an
Kristin also appeared in the second season of Dallas spin-off Knots Landing, being bailed out of prison by J.R.'s brother Gary (Ted Shackelford) and his wife Valene (Joan Van Ark).
Patricia Shepard
Patricia Shepard (
Patricia was a protective and snobbish woman, abandoned by her
Following Kristin's death in 1981, Sue Ellen and Patricia grew closer, attending the funeral together in Albuquerque. Following Kristin's death, Patricia moves to Europe.
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Dusty Farlow
Steven "Dusty" Farlow (
Dusty was the son of Jessica Farlow (Alexis Smith) and Atticus Ward (John Larch), the result of an affair between the two. To avoid the scandal of an unwed teenage pregnancy, Jessica gave the baby to her brother Clayton and his wife Amy, before moving to England and marrying a member of the aristocracy, Lord Montford. Dusty grew up on the Southern Cross Ranch, believing he was Clayton and Amy's natural child.
Dusty first meets Sue Ellen at a rodeo hosted on
Sue Ellen, Dusty and Dusty's father Clayton quickly settle into life at the Southern Cross with John Ross, although J.R. continues to harass them from Southfork, visiting the Southern Cross via helicopter to try and get John Ross back. Eventually, having had enough, Dusty hires armed guards to monitor the ranch and to observe J.R. during his visits, making sure he doesn't try to kidnap John Ross. J.R. gets round this by bringing his mother,
Dusty reappears a few years later, divorced from Linda and looking for a reconciliation with Sue Ellen. Her second marriage to J.R. has hit a rocky patch, and the
Dusty returns several years later. In the elapsing time, J.R. has tried to buy Jessica Montford's share of WestStar stock, in order to overthrow business enemy Carter McKay (George Kennedy). Jessica has been institutionalised for her unstable mental health, following a killing spree after the death of Atticus Ward, and J.R. has posed as a mental patient to infiltrate the asylums and get her signature. His ploy failed, however; his wife Cally (Cathy Podewell) and son James Beaumont (Sasha Mitchell) had arranged for him to be permanently institutionalised, and Jessica had been moved to a different location soon afterward. Upon getting his release, J.R. learnt that Dusty had controlling interest in Jessica's shares while she was institutionalised, and Dusty had sold her shares to Carter, as revenge for J.R.'s previous treatment of Sue Ellen. His actions meant that J.R. lost his chance to be majority shareholder at WestStar, and this - combined with the collapse of Ewing Oil and his family abandoning him - led to his considering suicide.
Amanda Lewis Ewing
Amanda Lewis Ewing (
Jock and Amanda married in 1927, shortly before Jock, his brother Jason and
The Ewings visited Amanda at the hospital twice. The first time, Jock and Miss Ellie visited with their son
Amanda also appeared in the prequel movie Dallas: The Early Years, played by Diane Franklin, which gave more detail onto her background than was explained in the parent programme.
John Ross Ewing III
John Ross Ewing III (uncredited babies in
). The character was born in season 2 and appeared frequently from there, totalling 190 appearances: 38 by Banks, and 152 by Katz.The birth of John Ross - named after his grandfather
Throughout his childhood, John Ross had to survive, among other issues, being kidnapped by grieving mother Priscilla Duncan (Sheila Larken); the constant on-off relationship and custody between his parents; rivalry with his cousin Christopher (Eric Farlow/Joshua Harris); being kidnapped again, by terrorist B.D. Calhoun (Hunter von Leer); his father's remarriage to a much younger woman, Cally (Cathy Podewell); moving to England with his mother and new stepfather, Don Lockwood (Ian McShane), and travelling back and forth between London and Texas; and the sudden arrival of his elder half-brother, James (Sasha Mitchell).
John Ross had a bigger role in the revival series, wherein he and Christopher stepped into the role previously held by their fathers, J.R. and Bobby (Patrick Duffy).
Mitch Cooper
Dr. Mitchell "Mitch" Cooper,
Mitch met Lucy through mutual friend
A few years later, Mitch returns to Dallas on a training course and meets Lucy again. They rekindle their romance, and Mitch reveals that he and Evelyn didn't last long after their divorce. Lucy had by now matured, and was attracted to the lifestyle that Mitch could offer her; Mitch in turn was attracted by Lucy's newfound maturity and practicality. They remarried at
Lucy returned in
) sensed that something was wrong in Atlanta. Lucy revealed that she and Mitch were going through another rough patch, and she had walked out on him. Mitch arrived at Southfork shortly afterwards, wanting to talk to Lucy and work things out, but she told him that their marriage was over and sent him back to Atlanta. They later divorced.Amos Krebbs
Amos Krebbs (
Amos married Ray's mother, Margaret Hunter, toward the end of World War II and after Margaret's affair with Jock Ewing (Jim Davis). Margaret's affair had left her pregnant with Ray, but she didn't tell Amos about the pregnancy until after the wedding, in order to make him believe that the baby was his. The couple settled down in Margaret's hometown of Emporia, Kansas, where Amos quickly became known as the town drunkard. Ray was born shortly afterwards, and when he was three years old, Amos abandoned his family. When Ray was fifteen, Margaret became terminally ill with cancer; to try and create a stable future for Ray, Margaret sent him to Southfork Ranch with a note for Jock explaining the circumstances of his arrival. Both Jock and his wife, Miss Ellie (Barbara Bel Geddes/Donna Reed), knew that Ray was the son of the woman Jock had an affair with in the war, but agreed not to say anything.
In 1980, Amos tracked Ray down to Dallas and turned up outside his house. Ray is upset to see him and wants nothing to do with him, but Amos hangs around and eventually Ray and his wife Donna (Susan Howard) ask Amos what he wants. Amos reveals that, upon Margaret's death, he inherited her diaries, and upon reading them learnt of Ray's true parentage; the only person who had known up to then, apart from Margaret, was Margaret's sister Lil Trotter (Kate Reid). At first, Ray refused to believe Amos, but is convinced when Amos produces the diaries. To keep silent about the truth, and save Ray and the Ewings from scandal, Amos blackmails Ray and Donna for $1,000 before leaving.
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Lillian Trotter
Lillian May Trotter (née Hunter), known colloquially as "Aunt Lil" (
Lil's sister Margaret married Amos Krebbs (William Windom) and bore him a son, Ray, although she confided in Lil that Ray's biological father might be Jock Ewing (Jim Davis), an airman she had met at a military hospital in England during World War II. Lil agreed to keep Margaret's affair a secret, although she did not know Jock was Ray's father until Ray and his wife Donna (Susan Howard) arrived in Ray's hometown, Emporia, Kansas, for Amos' funeral. A few years before his death, Amos had visited Ray in Dallas and given him Margaret's diaries, which revealed that Ray was Jock's son.
It had been some time since Ray last visited Lil in Kansas, and in the meantime she had been left a widow with a delinquent teenage son,
Lil found it hard watching Mickey struggle to adapt with his newfound paralysis, but was hopeful when he seemed to be accepting of the situation. However, when a cardiac arrest put him in another coma, Lil decided to let Mickey
During
Mickey Trotter
Michael "Mickey" Trotter (
Mickey was raised by his widowed mother in
Mickey accompanies Ray and Donna back to Dallas and is made a hand at
Ray, Donna, Lil and Lucy kept a vigil at Mickey's bedside, watching as Mickey grew more frustrated at his inability to move. Mickey disliked feeling like a burden to people, and offered Lucy a chance to leave him, but she refused; however, he ended their relationship shortly afterwards when Lucy kept discussing marriage. However, Mickey soon suffered a cardiac arrest and fell back into a coma. Upset by this setback, Lil decided that Mickey was past saving and opted to end his life with some dignity by unplugging the
Ray took the blame for turning off the machines in order to spare Lil anymore upset, and was subsequently charged with Mickey's murder; however, a sympathetic judge only handed him a suspended sentence. For years afterward, Ray felt guilty for Mickey's death, believing that if he had never brought Mickey back to Southfork, he would not have died.
Christopher Ewing
Christopher Ewing (uncredited babies in
Initially believed to be the result of an affair between Kristin and Bobby's brother
During his childhood, Christopher had to survive his parents' divorce and subsequent remarriage, rivalry with John Ross, discovering he was adopted, discovering that Jenna Wade's son Lucas is his half-brother, being abandoned by Pam following her car accident, a custody battle between Bobby and Christopher's biological aunt Lisa Alden (Amy Stoch), and the murder of his stepmother April (Sheree J. Wilson).
Christopher had a bigger role in the revival series, where he (Jesse Metcalfe) and John Ross stepped into the roles previously held by their fathers, Bobby and J.R..
Lady Jessica Montford
Lady Jessica Montford (née Farlow) (
While still a teenager, Jessica embarked on a relationship with Atticus Ward (John Larch), a friend of Clayton's, and fell pregnant; afraid of what Clayton would do to Atticus if he found out, Jessica claimed not to know who the father was, and handed the child over to Clayton and his wife Amy after it was born. To avoid the scandal of an unwed teenage pregnancy, Jessica was shipped off to England, where she married into the aristocracy. She frequently returned to the Farlow homestead, the Southern Cross Ranch, in order to see Dusty; however, she quickly became jealous of the relationship between Dusty and Amy. When Amy was bedridden by flu, Jessica visited to care for her. She waited until Clayton and Dusty were busy ranching and then set the ranch alight. Amy died in the fire, and the origins of the fire remained undiscovered for many years, with Clayton blaming himself for it. Shortly after the fire, Jessica returned to England.
When Clayton was preparing to marry
Several years later, Atticus Ward is presumed dead when his
Several months later, J.R. begins plotting a takeover bid for WestStar Oil, and begins accumulating shares. To gather enough shares, he arranges to have himself institutionalised in the same asylum as Jessica, and convince her to sign her shares over before getting himself removed. While J.R. meets Jessica and begins his preparations to have her sign her shares over, she is moved to a different location before he can get her signature. He tries to get himself removed, but his vengeful son James Beaumont (Sasha Mitchell) arranges to have J.R. permanently committed there. By the time J.R. manages to escape, with help from his estranged wife Cally (Cathy Podewell), he learns that Carter McKay had already bought Jessica's shares from Dusty, who has controlling interest in them while she is institutionalised. By missing out on Jessica's shares, J.R. lost his chance to overthrow WestStar. Shortly afterward, J.R. was tricked into selling his stake in Ewing Oil to Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), and this - coupled with his family abandoning him - led to him considering suicide.
Jamie Ewing
Jamie Ewing Barnes (
Jamie and her brother Jack were raised by Jason after the death of their mother, Nancy. The three eventually settled in
When Jamie presented her evidence that Ewing Oil was split equally between the three original founders, she started receiving attention from Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), the brother of her cousin Bobby's (Patrick Duffy) ex-wife Pam (Victoria Principal). Cliff was initially taken with Jamie, and his feelings were reinforced when he realised that they stood a better chance of gaining Ewing Oil ownership as a couple. With that in mind, he proposed, and he and Jamie married soon afterward. J.R. was horrified at the idea of another marriage between the Ewings and Barneses, especially as it was Cliff who married into the Ewing family. Frustrated with J.R.'s constant critiques of Cliff, as well as his adamant claim that Ewing Oil was solely Jock's, Jamie and Cliff launched a court case over the Ewing Oil ownership, with Pam on their side. Jamie was thrilled when Jack arrived in Dallas after the trial began, but it was Jack's arrival that caused Cliff and Jamie to lose the case: Jack had proof that Jock had bought Jason and Digger out of the company shortly after it was formed. Jack walked away with 10% of Ewing Oil - J.R. and Bobby gave him 5% each, as a token of thanks - while Jamie realised that Cliff's chief motivation for marrying her was the Ewing Oil ownership, which strained their marriage, and they both started considering divorce.
In
Jamie has the notoriety of being the only Dallas character to be killed off twice: first via the bomb in the Dream Season, and again - albeit off-screen - in season 10.
Japhet and Boaz Harper
Japhet Harper (
Japhet and Boaz were significantly older than Cally, and had raised her following the deaths of their parents when Cally was still a child. The siblings lived on the family farm in Haleyville,
After Cally tracks J.R. to Southfork Ranch she occasionally suggests that Japhet and Boaz visit them, an idea vetoed by J.R. even after he falls in love with her.
Debra Lynn Beaumont
Debra Lynn Beaumont (née Warren) (
James and Debra Lynn married when they were still teenagers, and below the
James is shocked that his marriage to Debra Lynn was never annulled, but is thrilled that he is a father and heaps adoration onto Jimmy. He finds himself torn between Michelle and Debra Lynn, and is pressured by both into picking one or the other. Although he tries to make his relationship with Michelle work, Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval), who wants to romance Michelle in order to get control of Ewing Oil, tells James that the most important thing in a man's life is his son. Acting on this advice, James decides to pick Debra Lynn. Together with Jimmy they leave Southfork for Debra Lynn's hometown, telling J.R. that he was always welcome in their house.
Jimmy Beaumont
James Richard "Jimmy" Beaumont Jr. (Chuckie and Kenny Gravino) was the son of
Jimmy's parents married while very young, and separated soon afterwards. Initially, Debra Lynn's parents planned to annul the marriage after James left her, but upon finding out she was pregnant decided not to do so. James did not know of Jimmy's existence until Debra Lynn tracked him down to Dallas and got in contact with his father, Jimmy's grandfather,
Eventually, James decided that his marriage to Michelle wasn't going anywhere, and decided to reconcile with Debra Lynn after Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval) told him of the importance of having a son. Jimmy moved with his parents to Debra Lynn's hometown. His departure saddened J.R., who had grown attached to Jimmy and was reluctant to see him go, although James and Debra Lynn told him that he would always be welcome at their house.
Barnes relatives
Digger Barnes
Willard "Digger" Barnes (
An oil wildcatter with a nose for drilling, longtime alcoholic, and rival of
Jimmy Monahan
Jimmy Monahan (James Canning in
Jimmy attended the Ewing family barbecue with his uncle Digger Barnes (David Wayne/Keenan Wynn) and cousins, wherein he had a brief encounter with Lucy Ewing (Charlene Tilton), before helping remove his drunken uncle from creating a scene. Following this, and a brief appearance in the second-season premiere, Jimmy disappeared from the show and was not referred to again, by either his cousins or his mother.
Maggie Monahan
Margaret "Maggie" Monahan (née Barnes) (
Following Digger's descent into alcoholism, and his separation from wife Rebecca (Priscilla Pointer), widowed Maggie became the central mother figure in Cliff and Pam's upbringing, moving into Digger's house and taking over domestic duties. She shared a house with Digger until his death, whereupon she moved to Corpus Christi, and maintained frequent contact with Pam through letters. When Cliff and his then-girlfriend Mandy Winger (Deborah Shelton) visited her, it had been some time since she and Cliff had seen each other.
In the first two seasons, Maggie had a son, Jimmy (James Canning and Philip Levien). Following the second-season premiere, the Jimmy character was forgotten and not referred to again. In the second-season episodes "Double Wedding", Maggie mention's rushing off to help cousin Rose who is never referred to again either.
Ed Haynes
Edison Faraday "Ed" Haynes' (Robin Clarke) was a man whom
When on a tournament as a
Ed returned to Texas many years later, having spent decades detained in a Vietnamese prison camp, and tracked Pam down to The Store, where she was working. He was unaware that his marriage to Pam had been annulled. In the meantime, Pam had happily remarried to Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) and assumed Ed had died in action. His return caused friction between Pam and Bobby, as well as threatening the future of Bobby's construction business, because Ed claimed the marriage was never annulled, a claim strengthened by the fact that nobody knew what had happened to the documents. Despite searching Digger's house, neither Pam nor Maggie could find the paperwork; it was eventually found, after Bobby urged his brother J.R. (Larry Hagman) to intervene with government officials. When confronted with the paperwork, Ed left Dallas.
Hutch McKinney
Hutchinson "Hutch" McKinney (
Hutch was the ranch foreman at Southfork Ranch, and while working there began an affair with Rebecca, who was married to Digger Barnes (David Wayne/Keenan Wynn). During their affair, Rebecca became pregnant. Barnes was the enemy of Hutch's employer Jock Ewing (Jim Davis). Jock discovered Hutch had been stealing and selling calves and padding the feed bills, Jock fired Hutch and ordered him off Southfork. Hutch stole Jock's gun before leaving the ranch, and later that night visited Rebecca, convincing her to leave Digger and start a new life with him, Cliff, and their unborn child. Before they could leave, Digger returned and caught them together. He and Hutch began to fight, but the fight ended with Digger losing his temper and killing Hutch with Jock's gun. In a panic, Digger buried Hutch's body on Southfork land, and moved to Corpus Christi with Rebecca. Rebecca gave birth to a daughter, Pamela, and passed the child off as Digger's.
Almost thirty years later, Hutch's skeleton and Jock's gun are found when Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly) is given the land and digs it over, planning to build a house. The skeleton is identified, and Jock is arrested and put on trial for Hutch's murder when it is discovered he was shot. At the same time, Digger's decades of alcoholism are catching up with him, and he is on his deathbed. Before dying, Digger gathers the Barnes and Ewing family - and Jock's legal team - together, and confesses the circumstances of Hutch's death and Pam's paternity before dying.
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (née Blake; also Burke) (
At 17, illiterate Rebecca married Digger Barnes after falling pregnant with their eldest child, Tyler, who died six months later of
The reconciliation lasted only a year, before Rebecca walked out on Digger again. Believing her to be dead, Digger brought in his sister Maggie Monahan (Sarah Cunningham) to raise Cliff and Pam, who were also told that Rebecca had died. Now free of Digger, Rebecca changed her name to Burke, developed her reading and writing skills, and became secretary for Herbert Wentworth. They fell in love, married (despite Rebecca not divorcing Digger, though the marriage may well have been dissolved after her desertion and presumptive death), and had a daughter of their own, Katherine. Rebecca made sure to keep her previous family a secret, which she did until Herbert's death in 1981. Shortly before his death, Pam tracked Rebecca down and tried at a reconciliation, but Rebecca brushed her off and lied to Herbert about Pam's identity.
Herbert's death shortly afterward meant Rebecca inherited his company, Wentworth Tool & Die, and she became a major shareholder in the larger Wentworth Industries. She then allowed herself to build a relationship with Pam. Rebecca eventually became the mother that Pam and Cliff had yearned for, introducing them to their half-sister Katherine and delighting in becoming a grandmother for Christopher (Eric Farlow), Pam and Bobby Ewing's (Patrick Duffy) adopted son. The relationship between Rebecca and her abandoned children became so strong that she divided Wentworth Tool & Die equally between Cliff, Pam and Katherine in her will - something that did not sit well with Katherine.
In 1982,
In 1983, Cliff and J.R. were in competition again, fighting over an oil well in the Middle East. When Cliff was suddenly prevented from flying to the oil well, Rebecca volunteered to go in his place, knowing that she would defeat J.R. by acting as Cliff's proxy buyer. However, Rebecca's plane collided during take-off with an incoming plane; although Rebecca was taken to hospital, she died from her injuries after seeing Cliff, Pam and Katherine for a final time. In her will, she left Pam and Katherine her shares and seats on the board at Wentworth Industries, and left Cliff sole ownership of Barnes-Wentworth Oil. Her death triggered the breakdown of Pam and Bobby's marriage, and led to their eventual divorce.
In the revival series, Rebecca's will was revisited, confirming the division of her estate, and also that a third of the Barnes Global company passed to Christopher following Pam's death in 1989. However, this does not align with events seen on the original series as Rebecca had nothing to do with Barnes Global, which was a new company Cliff formed sometime after he took over Ewing Oil in 1991. Bobby took over Pam's shares in Wentworth Industries following her car accident and subsequent disappearance in 1987, and would undoubtedly have given these to Christopher once he became of age.
Herbert Wentworth
Herbert Wentworth (John L. Martin) was the second husband of
After leaving husband Digger Barnes (David Wayne/Keenan Wynn) and her children, Cliff (Ken Kercheval) and Pamela (Victoria Principal), Rebecca became secretary to Herbert at his company, Wentworth Tool & Die. They eventually fell in love, married, and started a family of their own. Rebecca never told Herbert about her previous family, and when he died in 1981, Rebecca inherited the entire company.
His death meant that Rebecca, no longer needing to lie to him about her previous life, allowed herself to rebuild a relationship with Cliff and Pam.
Afton Cooper
Afton Cooper Van Buren (
Afton was an aspiring singer, later achieving notoriety by gaining a regular spot in a nightclub. She had a brief affair with her sister-in-law's uncle,
). After realising that Cliff was reluctant to make a long-term commitment to her, she left him and became internationally famous as a singer.At the time she left Cliff, she was pregnant with his child, and gave birth to a daughter some months afterwards, naming her Pamela Rebecca after Cliff's sister and mother, respectively. When she and Cliff met again in 1989, she denied that Cliff was the father. After rekindling their relationship, Cliff did some research and found out that Pamela Rebecca was his daughter' when he went to confront Afton with the discovery, he found that she had discovered his investigation and fled Dallas with the girl. This time, Cliff was especially hurt by her disappearance, as he had fallen in love with Afton and had planned on proposing.
Afton returned in the revival series, visiting Pamela Rebecca in hospital and attending J.R.'s funeral.
Katherine Wentworth
Katherine Wentworth (
Katherine was a
From there, Katherine arranged to have Jenna framed for the murder of her ex-husband
After Pam is involved in a serious car explosion, Katherine visits her bedside and confesses her jealousy over Pam's stable life and relationship with Bobby. Bobby catches Katherine visiting, and Katherine makes a final desperate plea for Bobby to love her. He rejects her, and threatens to turn her over to the police if he ever sees her again. Katherine returns to Europe.
In the revival series, it is revealed that Katherine had died, in Europe, between 1988 and 2012.
Pamela Rebecca Cooper
Pamela Rebecca "Pammy" Barnes (Jenna Pangburn) was the daughter of
Pamela Rebecca was born in 1985, named for her paternal aunt Pamela Barnes Ewing (Victoria Principal) and grandmother Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (Priscilla Pointer). She was raised by Afton and a series of nannies while Afton toured the world as a lounge singer. Cliff was unaware of her existence until the time Pamela Rebecca was four, and Afton returned to Dallas on tour. Afton didn't want Cliff to be a part of the child's life, and claimed that she was fathered by another man; Cliff, unconvinced, did some investigating and found that Pamela Rebecca was his child. However, when he went to confront Afton with the information, he discovered that Afton had discovered his investigation and fled Dallas, leaving no forwarding address.
Pamela Rebecca - under the name "Rebecca Sutter" - played a bigger role in the revival series, where she marries her adoptive cousin Christopher (Jesse Metcalfe) in order to take down the Ewing empire on behalf of her father.
Other
Name | Portrayed by | 1st episode | Season(s) | Episode count |
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Julie Grey | Tina Louise | 1x01 | 1–2 | 5 |
Secretary to J.R. Ewing who leaked important papers on Sen. "Wild Bill" Orloff to Cliff Barnes and ruined Orloff's career. Returned to town the following year to get revenge on J.R., striking up a close relationship with her former boss, Jock Ewing. Killed by a fall from her apartment building, after being cornered by Jeb Ames and Willie Joe Garr, who knew she was going to give the Ewing Red File to Cliff Barnes. | ||||
Connie Brasher | Donna Bullock & Ann Ford & Nancy Bleier & Jeanna Michaels | 1x01 | 1 & 2 & 2 and 2–4 | 42 (3 & 2 & 5 & 32) |
Bobby's first secretary. | ||||
Susan | Lisa LeMole | 1x05 | 1–2 | 4 |
J.R.'s second secretary. | ||||
Liz Craig | Barbara Babcock | 2x04 | 2–5 | 16 |
Pam's boss at The Store. | ||||
Dr. Harlen Danvers | Dan Ammerman and John Zaremba | 2x04 | 2 & 2–3, 5–10 | 14 (1 & 13) |
The Ewing family physician. | ||||
Jeb Ames | Ed Nelson & Sandy Ward | 1x01 | 2 and 2–3 | 6 (1 & 5) |
A ruthless businessman alongside his colleague Willie Joe Garr, who both work as a double act alongside the Cartel. Ames and Garr often do uneasy business with J.R., and they are both anxious to drill on oil rich Southfork land once Jock Ewing passes away. Ames and Garr are later involved in the death of Julie Grey, who was J.R. and Jock's old secretary at Ewing Oil. | ||||
Willie Joe Garr | John Ashton | 1x01 | 2–3 | 6 |
A ruthless businessman alongside his colleague Jeb Ames, who both work as a double act alongside the Cartel. Ames and Garr often do uneasy business with J.R., and they are both anxious to drill on oil rich Southfork land once Jock Ewing passes away. Ames and Garr are later involved in the death of Julie Grey, who was J.R. and Jock's old secretary at Ewing Oil. | ||||
Louella Caraway Lee | Meg Gallagher | 2x08 | 2–4 | 37 |
Secretary at Ewing Oil. Spied on J.R. Ewing while Bobby served as president of the company. Slept with J.R. and later fired by him in 1981.
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Jordan Lee | Don Starr | 2x08 | 2–14 | 89 |
Texas oilman and associate of J.R. Ewing. Longtime cartel member and associate of Cliff Barnes. Slept with Kristin Shepard and was later blackmailed by her. Killed in Paris by Sheila Foley/Hillary Taylor and her thugs. | ||||
Wade Luce | Robert Ackerman | 2x08 | 2–6 | 13 |
Oilman of Jock Ewing's generation. Cartel member with Seth Stone, Andy Bradley and Jordan Lee. | ||||
Marilee Hurst Stone | Fern Fitzgerald | 2x15 | 2–13 | 73 |
Sophisticate and shrewd wife of a cartel associate of J.R. Ewing .
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Detective Harry McSween | James Brown | 2x17 | 2–12 | 41 |
Dallas police detective who frequently helps J.R. with legal matters. | ||||
Andy Bradley | Paul Sorensen | 2x20 | 2–10 | 33 |
A member of the cartel. | ||||
Jackie Dugan | Sherril Lynn Rettino | 2x23 | 2–5, 7–14 | 186 |
Pam's co-worker at The Store, later Cliff's secretary at Barnes-Wentworth Oil, eventually James's secretary at Ewing Oil. | ||||
Muriel Gillis | Karlene Crockett | 2x24 | 2–6 | 12 |
Lucy Ewing's best friend. | ||||
Alan Beam | Randolph Powell | 3x01 | 3–4 | 18 |
Smooth-talking, ambitious lawyer from Chicago who works for J.R. and was briefly engaged to Lucy. | ||||
Harv Smithfield | George O. Petrie |
3x01 | 3–14 | 54 |
The Ewing family's lawyer. | ||||
Vaughn Leland | Dennis Patrick | 3x02 | 3, 5, 7–8 | 19 |
A banker, specializing in loans. Initially an executive of the Cattleman's Bank in Dallas, before later joining a bank in Houston. | ||||
Dr. Simon Ellby | Jeff Cooper | 3x07 | 3–4 | 19 |
Sue Ellen's psychiatrist. | ||||
Eugene Bullock | E. J. André | 3x14 | 3–4, 6 | 6 |
Elderly international shipping tycoon who frequently transports the Ewings' oil. | ||||
Sheriff Fenton Washburn | Barry Corbin | 3x15 | 3, 5–7 | 9 |
The Braddock County sheriff. | ||||
Serena Wald | Stephanie Blackmore | 3x16 | 3, 5–8, 11, 13 | 20 |
A prostitute who is frequently visited by J.R. | ||||
Scotty Demarest | Stephen Elliott | 3x23 | 3, 8, 10 | 14 |
The Ewing family's criminal attorney. | ||||
Franklin Horner | Laurence Haddon | 4x03 | 4–6, 9–10 | 17 |
A Cattlemen's Bank executive and J.R. Ewing's banker. | ||||
Marvin "Punk" Anderson | Morgan Woodward | 4x06 | 4–11 | 55 |
Oil man and longtime friend to Jock and Miss Ellie. | ||||
Jeremy Wendell | William Smithers | 4x10 | 4–5, 8–12 | 50 |
Head of the powerful WestStar Oil and proverbial thorn in J.R.'s side. | ||||
Clint Ogden | Monte Markham | 4x12 | 4 | 9 |
Sue Ellen's first love. | ||||
Leslie Stewart | Susan Flannery | 4x13 | 4 | 11 |
Public relations agent, who worked with Ewing Oil, and secretly taped her conversations with J.R.; also had affairs with J.R. and his political rival. | ||||
Phyllis Wapner | Deborah Tranelli | 4x13 | 4–14 | 147 |
Bobby's second secretary. | ||||
Sylvia "Sly" Lovegren | Deborah Rennard | 5x02 | 5–14 | 188 |
J.R.'s fourth and most devoted secretary. | ||||
Roger Larson | Dennis Redfield | 5x12 | 5 | 12 |
A photographer who became infatuated with Lucy to the extent of building a shrine to her. After they had two one-night stands, Lucy called the relationship off and started avoiding Roger out of fear of his intensity and his growing obsession with her. Roger later kidnapped and raped Lucy, before she was rescued by Bobby and Pam. Lucy later discovered she was pregnant with Roger's child and had an abortion. | ||||
Cassie | Anne C. Lucas | 5x12 | 5–10 | 53 |
Waitress at the Oil Baron's Club. | ||||
Holly Harwood | Lois Chiles | 6x01 | 6–7 | 25 |
Oil heiress who becomes involved in a complex scheme with J.R. and causes Sue Ellen to drink again after discovering her affair with J.R. Pursued a romance with Bobby. | ||||
Kendall Chapman | Danone Simpson | 6x01 | 6–14 | 103 |
Ewing Oil receptionist. | ||||
Teresa | Roseanna Christiansen | 6x01 | 6–14 | 119 |
Southfork maid. Played by uncredited extras during season 2–5. | ||||
Raoul | Charles Escamilla & Tony Garcia & William Marquez | 6x01 | 6 & 7–12 & 14 | 28 (3 & 22 & 3) |
Southfork servant. Played by uncredited extras during season 1–5. | ||||
Mavis Anderson | Alice Hirson | 6x02 | 6–7, 10–11 | 26 |
Punk's wife and Miss Ellie's best friend. | ||||
Frank Crutcher | Dale Robertson | 6x04 | 6 | 5 |
A man Ellie befriended after Jock's death. | ||||
Thornton McLeish | Kenneth Kimmins | 6x05 | 6–7 | 11 |
A Canadian business partner of Bobby. | ||||
Walt Driscoll | Ben Piazza | 6x06 | 6 | 11 |
Former head of the Office of Land Management (OLM). After being blackmailed by J.R. Ewing into giving J.R. a variance to pump out oil at full capacity, Driscoll went on a long holiday to avoid the political fallout, during which the OLM was disbanded and replaced with the Texas Energy Commission (TEC). Driscoll later reemerged as a shipping tycoon involved in the illegal shipping of oil to Cuba, a scheme which J.R. went on to join. After the biggest shipment of oil to Cuba was thwarted by Bobby and Ray, a disastrous chain of events followed, resulting in Driscoll committing suicide after a failed attempt to kill J.R. instead resulted in the paralysis from the neck down of Mickey Trotter. | ||||
Mark Graison | John Beck | 6x14 | 6–7, 9 | 67 |
Pamela's boyfriend/fiancé after her first divorce from Bobby, whom Pam vows to marry due to his contraction of a rare type of leukemia which leaves him with months to live. Before Mark can die from the leukemia, he apparently commits suicide via a plane crash. Mark returned during the dream season after Bobby's "death", claiming to have faked his own death in the plane crash in order to enter clinics in a bid to find a cure for his leukemia. He claimed that while he didn't find a cure for his leukemia, he was in remission. He also got engaged to Pam again and married her in the last episode of the dream season. Also in Season 9, J.R. had discovered that while in university, Mark was involved in a fraternity hazing incident that resulted in the accidental death of a student. Mark's father intervened and prevented Mark from being criminally charged for his involvement. Both storylines, however, were later abandoned as if they had never happened, when the whole of season 9 was explained away as being Pam's dream. His wedding to Pam gave his name as "Mark Thomas Graison".[2] | ||||
Louise | Mary Armstrong | 6x19 | 6–8 | 17 |
Pamela's nanny for Christopher while separated from Bobby. | ||||
Doris | Delores Cantú | 6x26 | 6–7, 9 | 3 |
Relief receptionist at Ewing Oil. | ||||
Peter Richards | Christopher Atkins | 7x03 | 7 | 27 |
Twenty-year-old lover of Sue Ellen and mentor to little John Ross. He was forced to move to New York by J.R. after he rekindled his sexual relationship with Sue Ellen. | ||||
Paul Morgan | Glenn Corbett | 7x04 | 7, 9–11 | 18 |
A hot shot attorney, representing the Ewings in some of their most difficult legal cases. | ||||
Edgar Randolph | Martin E. Brooks | 7x12 | 7–8 | 10 |
Government official blackmailed by J.R. until he suffers a mental breakdown. | ||||
Dora Mae | Pat Colbert | 7x12 | 7–14 | 70 |
Hostess at the Oil Baron's Club. | ||||
Angela | Marina Rice | 7x12 | 7–8, 10 | 12 |
Pam's maid while separated from Bobby. | ||||
Dr. Jerry Kenderson | Barry Jenner | 7x17 | 7–9 | 25 |
College friend of Mark Graison and the doctor who treats him for his blood condition. | ||||
Leo Wakefield | Bill Morey | 7x17 | 7–8, 11 | 11 |
An important stock controller of Barnes-Wentworth Oil | ||||
Mandy Winger | Deborah Shelton | 8x03 | 8–10 | 63 |
A model, initially the girlfriend of J.R. Ewing , becoming one of a small number of mistresses to get into J.R.'s heart. She later became an actress.
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Betty | Kathleen York | 8x04 | 8 | 10 |
Eddie Cronin's girlfriend, who worked as a waitress at The Hot Biscuit diner with Lucy Ewing, developing a feud with Lucy over Eddie. | ||||
Eddie Cronin | Fredric Lehne | 8x05 | 8 | 19 |
Started an affair with Lucy Ewing and got involved in a construction business with Lucy, while continuing to have a relationship with his girlfriend Betty behind Lucy's back. | ||||
Angelica Nero | Barbara Carrera | 9x07 | 9 | 25 |
Beautiful, exotic business associate to J.R. Ewing, trying to get J.R. and Jack involved in a deal with Marinos Shipping so that she could kill them off in the public eye, which would result in Angelica taking over as the head of Marinos Shipping from the dying/dead Dimitri Marinos, who had an uncanny resemblance to Jack Ewing. (dream season only) | ||||
Grace Van Owen | Merete Van Kamp | 9x08 | 9 | 17 |
Angelica Nero's right-hand woman in Angelica's plot to take over Marinos Shipping. During the latter part of the mission, Grace fell in love with Jack Ewing and she gave Jack and J.R. forewarning of Angelica's intentions. Grace later stopped Angelica from shooting dead J.R. and Jack. Grace was later killed by Angelica while still on the island of Martinique. (dream season only) | ||||
Nicholas | George Chakiris | 9x11 | 9 | 11 |
Angelica Nero's assistant in Angelica's plot to take over Marinos Shipping, Nicholas turned informant against Angelica to attain his freedom, but was later killed by Angelica in a Zurich hotel room. (dream season only) | ||||
Matt Cantrell | Marc Singer | 9x15 | 9 | 12 |
An old friend of Bobby's who continues to search for emerald mines in South America, arriving in Dallas just to find out that Bobby is dead. Pam takes over in investing in Matt's emerald mine (dream season only) | ||||
Alex Garrett | William Prince | 9x21 | 9 | 5 |
An old acquaintance of Dimitri Marinos and Angelica Nero. (dream season only) | ||||
Ben Stivers | Steve Forrest | 9x29 | 9 | 3 |
A man who came to work on Southfork Ranch, giving Miss Ellie and Punk Anderson the feeling that they had met him before. (dream season only) | ||||
Wes Parmalee | Steve Forrest | 10x02 | 10 | 12 |
A man who came to work on Southfork Ranch. When Miss Ellie discovered Jock Ewing's possessions in his room, Wes claimed that they had always been his possessions and that he was Jock. Jock had been declared legally dead for several years at the time. | ||||
Oswald Valentine | Derek McGrath | 10x03 | 10–11 | 15 |
Rather eccentric partner of Sue Ellen, in the lingerie business. | ||||
B.D. Calhoun | Hunter von Leer | 10x06 | 10 | 10 |
Crazed mercenary, hired for $1,000,000 by J.R. for a job of blowing up Saudi oil fields, in order to force up the market price of oil in the USA. When a CIA agent informs J.R. of their close tracking of Calhoun and his terrorist activities, J.R. calls Calhoun to try to call off their deal, but Calhoun refuses. J.R. then decides to do a deal with the CIA to foil Calhoun's Saudi activities. Calhoun is enraged and comes after J.R. with a vengeance. Calhoun is eventually shot dead by Bobby and Ray in California. | ||||
Bruce Harvey | Jonathan Goldsmith | 10x10 | 10, 12 | 16 |
A Hollywood producer, helping Sue Ellen and Don Lockwood to produce their movie about J.R. | ||||
Nicholas Pearce | Jack Scalia | 11x02 | 11, 14 | 29 |
Stockbroker who becomes infatuated with Sue Ellen. He was thrown off a balcony by J.R. | ||||
Harrison "Dandy" Dandridge | Bert Remsen | 11x02 | 11 | 10 |
Drunk befriended by Cliff. | ||||
Carswell "Casey" Denault Jr. | Andrew Stevens | 11x03 | 11–12 | 33 |
Oil business understudy from Oklahoma who was in league with J.R. and wooed his secretary Sly. Also wooed Lucy in an attempt to get to her money; and wooed Marilee Stone for J.R. Ewing. | ||||
Kimberly Cryder | Leigh Taylor-Young | 11x09 | 11–12 | 20 |
Beautiful young wife of an influential Texas oilman. Had an affair with J.R. | ||||
Kelly | Kehly Sloane | 11x12 | 11–12 | 19 |
Sue Ellen's secretary. | ||||
Dr. Herbert Styles | John Anderson | 11x14 | 11 | 7 |
Kimberly Cryder's father and a major stockholder in Westar. | ||||
Laurel Ellis | Annabel Schofield | 11x15 | 11 | 11 |
A young woman Miss Ellie suspects is having an affair Clayton. | ||||
Kay Lloyd | Karen Kopins | 11x20 | 11, 13 | 12 |
A PR agent who is Bobby's first love interest after losing Pam. | ||||
Debbie | Deborah Marie Taylor | 11x23 | 11–14 | 37 |
Waitress at the Oil Baron's Club. | ||||
Rose Daniels McKay | Jeri Gaile | 12x03 | 12–14 | 20 |
Carter McKay's young wife who is manipulated into having an affair with Cliff Barnes. | ||||
Tracey Lawton | Beth Toussaint | 12x05 | 12–13 | 17 |
Carter McKay's daughter who becomes involved with Bobby. | ||||
Detective Ratagan | John Hoge | 12x09 | 12–14 | 14 |
A dirty cop who replaces McSween as J.R.'s contact within the police force. | ||||
Tommy McKay | J. Eddie Peck | 12x14 | 12–13 | 13 |
Carter McKay's son, a drug dealer. | ||||
Hillary Taylor | Susan Lucci | 14x01 | 14 | 6 |
Psychotic kidnapper who causes April's death at April's and Bobby's honeymoon in Paris. | ||||
LeeAnn De La Vega | Barbara Eden | 14x08 | 14 | 5 |
South American entrepreneur and a woman from J.R.'s past who came back for revenge. Daughter of a Baptist schoolteacher. Met J.R. at the University of Texas, became involved with him, and was unable to have children because of the "botched abortion" she had when he abandoned her. Inherited her husband's company in 1983. Based in Venezuela before coming to Dallas after meeting Michelle Stevens at a resort in the Bahamas and learning what J.R. was doing after all these years. |