"Dallas" (1978) TV series 1978-1991

Creator:

David Jacobs
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | unknown

Release Date:

2 April 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The soapy, backstabbing machinations of Dallas oil magnate J.R. Ewing and his family.

Plot Keywords:

Oil | Texas | Ranch | Soap Opera | Alcoholism

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 45 wins & 80 nominations

Cast

Larry Hagman	...	J.R. Ewing (356 episodes, 1978-1991)
Ken Kercheval	...	Cliff Barnes (334 episodes, 1978-1991)
Patrick Duffy	...	Bobby Ewing (326 episodes, 1978-1991)
Linda Gray	...	Sue Ellen Ewing (308 episodes, 1978-1991)
Barbara Bel Geddes	...	Miss Ellie Ewing / ... (299 episodes, 1978-1990)
Steve Kanaly	...	Ray Krebbs (285 episodes, 1978-1991)
Victoria Principal	...	Pamela Barnes Ewing / ... (251 episodes, 1978-1987)
Howard Keel	...	Clayton Farlow (246 episodes, 1981-1991)
Charlene Tilton	...	Lucy Ewing Cooper / ... (233 episodes, 1978-1990)
Susan Howard	...	Donna Culver Krebbs / ... (198 episodes, 1979-1987)
Deborah Rennard	...	Sly Lovegren (180 episodes, 1981-1991)
Sherril Lynn Rettino	...	Jackie Dugan / ... (167 episodes, 1979-1991)
Priscilla Presley	...	Jenna Wade (143 episodes, 1983-1988)

Series Directed by
Leonard Katzman		(65 episodes, 1979-1991)
Michael Preece		(62 episodes, 1981-1991)
Irving J. Moore		(52 episodes, 1978-1991)
Larry Hagman		(32 episodes, 1979-1991)
Patrick Duffy		(29 episodes, 1981-1991)
Nick Havinga		(20 episodes, 1983-1991)
Corey Allen		(6 episodes, 1978-1986)
Gunnar Hellström		(6 episodes, 1979-1983)
Gwen Arner		(6 episodes, 1984)
Linda Gray		(5 episodes, 1986-1989)
Jerry Jameson		(5 episodes, 1986-1987)
Dwight Adair		(5 episodes, 1987-1991)
Cliff Fenneman		(5 episodes, 1988-1990)
Leslie H. Martinson		(4 episodes, 1979-1980)
David Paulsen		(4 episodes, 1983-1988)
Linda Day		(4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Robert Day		(3 episodes, 1978)
Alexander Singer		(3 episodes, 1979-1985)
Robert Becker		(3 episodes, 1985-1986)
Bruce Bilson		(3 episodes, 1986)
Steve Kanaly		(3 episodes, 1987-1989)
Russ Mayberry		(3 episodes, 1988)
Barry Crane		(2 episodes, 1978)
Lawrence Dobkin		(2 episodes, 1978)
Vincent McEveety		(2 episodes, 1978)
Harry Harris		(2 episodes, 1980-1982)
Bill Duke		(2 episodes, 1983)
Ken Kercheval		(2 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Writing credits
David Jacobs		(356 episodes, 1978-1991)
Leonard Katzman		(71 episodes, 1978-1991)
Arthur Bernard Lewis		(69 episodes, 1978-1991)
David Paulsen		(45 episodes, 1981-1988)
Howard Lakin		(24 episodes, 1980-1991)
Mitchell Wayne Katzman		(20 episodes, 1986-1991)
Leah Markus		(14 episodes, 1980-1988)
Lisa Seidman		(13 episodes, 1989-1991)
Camille Marchetta		(12 episodes, 1978-1980)
Peter Dunne		(11 episodes, 1985-1986)
Joel J. Feigenbaum		(10 episodes, 1985-1986)
Will Lorin		(9 episodes, 1982-1985)
Rena Down		(8 episodes, 1978-1981)
Linda Elstad		(7 episodes, 1980-1983)
Louella Lee Caraway		(7 episodes, 1987-1991)
Stephanie Garman		(6 episodes, 1985-1986)
Hollace White		(6 episodes, 1985-1986)
Calvin Clements Jr.		(6 episodes, 1986-1987)
Loraine Despres		(3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robert J. Shaw		(3 episodes, 1980-1981)
D.C. Fontana		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Richard Fontana		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Worley Thorne		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Susan Howard		(2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Bill Taub		(2 episodes, 1986)
Kenneth Horton		(2 episodes, 1990-1991)

Series Produced by
Cliff Fenneman	....	associate producer / producer / ... (343 episodes, 1978-1991)
Leonard Katzman	....	producer / executive producer (324 episodes, 1978-1991)
Philip Capice	....	executive producer (222 episodes, 1978-1986)
Arthur Bernard Lewis	....	supervising producer (170 episodes, 1981-1989)
Larry Hagman	....	executive producer (74 episodes, 1988-1991)
Mitchell Wayne Katzman	....	co-producer (74 episodes, 1988-1991)
Howard Lakin	....	supervising producer / producer (61 episodes, 1989-1991)
David Paulsen	....	producer (59 episodes, 1986-1988)
Lee Rich	....	executive producer (54 episodes, 1978-1980)
Frank Katzman	....	associate producer (48 episodes, 1989-1991)
John Rettino	....	associate producer (48 episodes, 1989-1991)
James H. Brown	....	producer (31 episodes, 1985-1986)
Peter Dunne	....	supervising producer (31 episodes, 1985-1986)
Calvin Clements Jr.	....	supervising producer (29 episodes, 1986-1987)
Ken Horton	....	co-executive producer (27 episodes, 1989-1990)

Series Original Music by
Richard Lewis Warren		(94 episodes, 1978-1991)
John Carl Parker		(59 episodes, 1978-1991)
Jerrold Immel		(55 episodes, 1978-1991)
Lance Rubin		(55 episodes, 1982-1991)
Bruce Broughton		(52 episodes, 1979-1985)
Angela Morley		(25 episodes, 1985-1990)

Series Cinematography by
Robert Caramico		(123 episodes, 1984-1988)
Edward R. Plante		(81 episodes, 1978-1983)
Rick F. Gunter		(74 episodes, 1988-1991)
Allen M. Davey		(36 episodes, 1979-1980)
Bradford May		(27 episodes, 1983-1984)
Robert C. Jessup		(15 episodes, 1978-1979)
William Mendenhall		(6 episodes, 1978)
Robert F. Sparks		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Fred W. Berger		(146 episodes, 1978-1991)
John Arthur Davies		(139 episodes, 1978-1991)
Lloyd L. Richardson		(69 episodes, 1979-1989)
Sean-Michael Connor		(5 episodes, 1991)
Irving Rosenblum		(3 episodes, 1978)
Ed Brennan		(2 episodes, 1987)

Series Casting by
Irene Mariano		(355 episodes, 1978-1991)

Series Art Direction by
Kim Swados		(94 episodes, 1982-1985)
David Marshall		(90 episodes, 1986-1990)
Charles Zacha Jr.		(72 episodes, 1978-1981)
Walter M. Jefferies		(44 episodes, 1985-1986)
Les Gobruegge		(26 episodes, 1981-1982)
Archie J. Bacon		(22 episodes, 1990-1991)
W. Stewart Campbell		(9 episodes, 1990)
Carl Braunger		(3 episodes, 1978)
Ed Graves		(2 episodes, 1978)

Series Set Decoration by
Chuck Rutherford		(116 episodes, 1985-1989)
Bryan Thetford		(82 episodes, 1982-1985)
Philip Leonard		(61 episodes, 1980-1982)
Phil Snyder		(49 episodes, 1989-1991)
Travis Nixon		(25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Robin Royce		(17 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jack Marty		(13 episodes, 1978-1979)
James Hassinger		(5 episodes, 1978)
Robert Gould		(2 episodes, 1978)

Series Costume Design by
Travilla		(61 episodes, 1984-1986)

Series Makeup Department
Jerry Gugliemotto	....	hair stylist (272 episodes, 1981-1991)
Joe Hailey	....	makeup artist / makeup department head (216 episodes, 1983-1991)
Lola 'Skip' McNalley	....	hair stylist (120 episodes, 1984-1990)
Gregg Mitchell	....	hair stylist (113 episodes, 1980-1984)
Susan A. Cabral	....	makeup artist (109 episodes, 1981-1985)
Ralph Gulko	....	makeup artist (90 episodes, 1985-1988)
Cheri Minns	....	makeup artist (65 episodes, 1978-1981)
Kathy Agron	....	makeup artist (54 episodes, 1981-1983)
Bob Jermain	....	makeup artist (53 episodes, 1988-1990)
Linda Leiter Sharp	....	hair stylist (35 episodes, 1979-1981)
Diane Pepper	....	hair stylist (31 episodes, 1985-1986)
Georgina Williams	....	hair stylist (21 episodes, 1990-1991)
Judith Silverman	....	makeup artist (18 episodes, 1981)
Norman T. Leavitt	....	makeup artist (15 episodes, 1990-1991)
Travis Dixon	....	hair stylist (14 episodes, 1978-1979)
Alan Fama	....	makeup artist (10 episodes, 1978-1981)
Rebecca De Morrio	....	hair stylist (8 episodes, 1985-1989)
William Lyon MacKenzie	....	makeup artist (8 episodes, 1991)
Carolyn Ferguson	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 1978)
Jerry O'Dell	....	makeup artist (7 episodes, 1978)
Lee Crawford	....	hair stylist (7 episodes, 1986)
Don Angier	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 1991)
Jim Kail	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1978)
Bren Plaistowe	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1978)
Julia L. Walker	....	hair stylist (5 episodes, 1989)
Holly Hoffman	....	hair stylist (3 episodes, 1978)

Series Production Management
Wayne A. Farlow	....	unit production manager (351 episodes, 1978-1991)
Edward O. Denault	....	executive production supervisor (258 episodes, 1978-1987)
Mitch Ackerman	....	production supervisor (188 episodes, 1978-1985)
R. Robert Rosenbaum	....	executive in charge of production (93 episodes, 1987-1991)
Neil T. Maffeo	....	executive in charge of production (5 episodes, 1978)
Barry Stern	....	unit production manager (5 episodes, 1978)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Katzman	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (129 episodes, 1983-1989)
Fred Stromsoe	....	first assistant director (112 episodes, 1980-1988)
Rick Johnson	....	first assistant director / second assistant director (109 episodes, 1986-1991)
Alan Brimfeld	....	first assistant director (99 episodes, 1978-1986)
Paul Snider	....	second assistant director (54 episodes, 1981-1983)
Amy Rosenbaum Jacobson	....	second assistant director / first assistant director (51 episodes, 1988-1991)
John G. Behm	....	first assistant director / second assistant director (35 episodes, 1978-1991)
James M. Freitag	....	second assistant director (25 episodes, 1979-1980)
Glen Sanford	....	second assistant director (23 episodes, 1980-1981)
Keri L. McIntyre	....	second assistant director (15 episodes, 1990)
W. Alexander Ellis	....	second assistant director (12 episodes, 1989)
Nicholas Batchelor	....	second assistant director (11 episodes, 1979)
David Menteer	....	first assistant director (11 episodes, 1980-1981)
Claude Lawrence Jr.	....	second assistant director (10 episodes, 1978)
Cary Gordon	....	second assistant director (9 episodes, 1990-1991)
Joanne Keene Hall	....	dga trainee (8 episodes, 1990)
Michael J. Kane	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 1978)
Robert Brooks Mendel	....	dga trainee (5 episodes, 1986)
Lorraine Raglin	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1986)
Gere LaDue	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 1988)
Carl Lawrence Ludwig	....	second assistant director: Austria (4 episodes, 1989)
Edward Ledding	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1978-1980)
Wayne A. Farlow	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 1978)
To Chee Kan	....	first assistant director: Hong Kong (3 episodes, 1985)
Jim Inch	....	second assistant director (2 episodes, 1978)
Ronald Chong	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes, 1988)

Series Art Department
John Rettino	....	property master (187 episodes, 1983-1989)
Anthony C. Thorpe	....	property master (86 episodes, 1979-1982)
Kerri Knerr	....	property master (49 episodes, 1989-1991)
Bob McLing	....	property master (29 episodes, 1978-1979)
David L. McGuire	....	leadman (24 episodes, 1978-1979)
Randy Severino	....	set dresser (21 episodes, 1988)
Ray Jeffers	....	property master (11 episodes, 1982-1983)
Robert J. Visciglia Sr.	....	property master (7 episodes, 1978)
Gaston G. Gray	....	property master (5 episodes, 1978)
Margaret Mazzola	....	assistant props (4 episodes, 1983)
Mychael Bates	....	assistant property master (unknown episodes)
Kirk S. Heinlen	....	property master (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
James Bailey	....	foley artist (333 episodes, 1978-1990)
Victor Guarnier	....	sound effects supervisor (161 episodes, 1978-1984)
Doug Grindstaff	....	sound supervisor / supervising sound editor / ... (150 episodes, 1984-1989)
Thomas Burke	....	sound effects supervisor / sound effects editor / ... (135 episodes, 1981-1989)
Steve Cantamessa	....	boom operator (118 episodes, 1980-1984)
Bob Sheridan	....	production sound mixer (117 episodes, 1978-1989)
Clark King	....	production sound mixer (91 episodes, 1980-1983)
Duncan McEwan	....	sound recordist (76 episodes, 1978-1982)
Daniel P. Church	....	boom operator (75 episodes, 1988-1991)
Alfred T. Ferrante	....	sound recordist (68 episodes, 1981-1989)
Vanessa Theme Ament	....	foley artist (62 episodes, 1981-1984)
Dennis Kirkpatrick	....	boom operator (60 episodes, 1983-1985)
Ron Curfman	....	production sound mixer (49 episodes, 1979-1985)
Andrew Gilmore	....	production sound mixer (49 episodes, 1989-1991)
John Sheridan	....	boom operator (30 episodes, 1987-1988)
Rich Steven	....	sound effects editor (27 episodes, 1979-1982)
Lee Dragu	....	post production sound (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
Catt LeBaigue	....	prelay sound / post-production sound / ... (21 episodes, 1989-1991)
Kimberly Harris	....	post-production sound (21 episodes, 1989-1990)
Anthony Zero	....	sound effects editor (20 episodes, 1980-1982)
Tony Garber	....	sound effects editor (20 episodes, 1984-1986)
Thomas Causey	....	production sound mixer (17 episodes, 1978-1979)
Michael Hilkene	....	sound editor (17 episodes, 1978-1979)
Richard Friedman	....	sound effects editor (16 episodes, 1984-1986)
Michael O'Corrigan	....	sound effects editor (10 episodes, 1982-1983)
Alan L. Nineberg	....	sound effects editor (10 episodes, 1983-1984)
Stephen Purvis	....	sound effects editor (9 episodes, 1980-1981)
Bruce Bell	....	sound effects editor (9 episodes, 1982-1983)
George Ronconi	....	production sound mixer (9 episodes, 1985)
Richard Bryce Goodman	....	production sound mixer (8 episodes, 1979)
Larry Porche	....	prelay sound / post-production sound / ... (8 episodes, 1989-1990)
Robert Wald	....	production sound mixer (7 episodes, 1978)
Don Higgins	....	sound effects editor (6 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paul Fontana	....	prelay sound (6 episodes, 1990)
Avram D. Gold	....	sound effects editor (5 episodes, 1979-1980)
Vince Garcia	....	production sound mixer (5 episodes, 1985)
Edward Barton	....	prelay sound (5 episodes, 1990-1991)
Bud Alper	....	production sound mixer (4 episodes, 1978)
John Leveque	....	sound effects editor (4 episodes, 1979)
Nick Kypros	....	prelay sound (4 episodes, 1991)
Michael F. Pignataro	....	sound effects editor (3 episodes, 1986)
Alfred J. Carranza	....	assistant sound editor (unknown episodes)
Marty Church	....	adr mixer / sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Albert Ibbotson	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Randy E. Moore	....	weapons master / special effects coordinator (5 episodes, 1988-1989)
Bradley W. Taylor	....	firearms assistant (4 episodes, 1988-1989)

Series Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1978)
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 1983-1988)
Marco Paul	....	utility stunts (2 episodes, 1991)
Fritz Ford	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Janet Gunn	....	stunt double: Susan Howard (unknown episodes)
Tom Morga	....	stunt double (unknown episodes)
Greg Walker	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Greenberg	....	electrician (278 episodes, 1979-1989)
Jim McConocha	....	electrician (92 episodes, 1984-1986)
Earl C. Williman	....	gaffer (90 episodes, 1984-1987)
Steve Randolph	....	camera operator (87 episodes, 1987-1991)
Bob Stradling	....	assistant camera (54 episodes, 1981-1983)
Billy Craft	....	electrician (22 episodes, 1990-1991)
Harry Langdon	....	photographer: Miss Tilton (6 episodes, 1982)
Robert C. Jessup	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1978)
Don Nygren	....	electrical gaffer (5 episodes, 1978)
Thomas P. Powell	....	lighting technician (5 episodes, 1978)
Wes Tansey	....	key grip (5 episodes, 1978)
David Roth	....	second assistant camera (3 episodes, 1984)
Peter McEvoy	....	assistant camera (3 episodes, 1985)
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator (unknown episodes, 1979)
Missy Boswell	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Robert Driskell	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (unknown episodes)
To Lee	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Robert Schoenhut	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Philip Sloan	....	dolly grip (unknown episodes)
Henry Tirl	....	additional first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Monty Woodard	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Barbara Miller	....	executive in charge of casting (356 episodes, 1978-1991)
Rody Kent	....	location casting (108 episodes, 1980-1989)
Bianca Cioffi-Zaring	....	casting assistant (31 episodes, 1987-1988)
Liz Keigley	....	location casting (12 episodes, 1978)
Shari Rhodes	....	location casting (12 episodes, 1978)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jack Bear	....	costumer (278 episodes, 1979-1989)
Lyn Paolo	....	costume supervisor / set costumer / ... (75 episodes, 1988-1991)
Violet N. Cane	....	costumer (61 episodes, 1979-1982)
Nancy Renard	....	costumer (59 episodes, 1986-1988)
Kathy Monderine	....	costumer (51 episodes, 1984-1986)
Ann Gray Lambert	....	costumer (30 episodes, 1983-1984)
Yvonne Kubis	....	costumer (28 episodes, 1982-1983)
Laurie Riley	....	costumer (27 episodes, 1989-1990)
Nanrose Buchman	....	costumer (26 episodes, 1988-1989)
Ed Johnson	....	costumer (16 episodes, 1990-1991)
Meschelle Ravare	....	costumer (13 episodes, 1979)
Lee Peters	....	costumer (10 episodes, 1986)
Bob E. Horn	....	head costumer (8 episodes, 1978)
Ray Birdwell	....	costumer (7 episodes, 1978)
Sharlene Williams	....	costumer: women (6 episodes, 1978)
Ed Johnson	....	costumer (6 episodes, 1990-1991)
Richard Mahoney	....	costumer: men (5 episodes, 1978)
Jeanne Malone	....	costume supervisor (5 episodes, 1978)
Henry Salley	....	costumer (5 episodes, 1978)
Bretly W.R. Baughn	....	costumer: men (5 episodes, 1979)
Sharon Thober	....	costumer: women (5 episodes, 1979)
Kathy O'Rear	....	costumer (3 episodes, 1978)
Donna Roberts	....	costumer (2 episodes, 1978)

Series Editorial Department
Sean-Michael Connor	....	assistant editor (126 episodes, 1978-1983)
Neal Krone	....	apprentice film editor (unknown episodes)
Linda Renaud	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Jerrold Immel	....	composer: theme music (324 episodes, 1978-1991)
Patricia Peck	....	music editor (243 episodes, 1982-1991)
Richard Berres	....	music supervisor (112 episodes, 1986-1990)
David Franco	....	music supervisor (83 episodes, 1983-1986)
George Probert	....	music editor (74 episodes, 1979-1982)
Greg Sill	....	music supervisor (31 episodes, 1990-1991)
Jack Lowry	....	music editor (24 episodes, 1978-1979)
David Cates	....	music editor (9 episodes, 1986)
Ken Runyon	....	music editor (5 episodes, 1978)
Don Nemitz	....	orchestrator (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Linda Cipperley	....	transportation (25 episodes, 1979)
Jim Russell	....	transportation captain (7 episodes, 1978)
Glenn Carter	....	transportation captain (5 episodes, 1978)
Mitch Friedman	....	driver (5 episodes, 1989-1991)

Series Other crew
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer: main titles / title designer: main title (306 episodes, 1978-1989)
David Paulsen	....	story editor / executive story editor (88 episodes, 1982-1985)
Louella Lee Caraway	....	executive coordinator / assistant to producer (82 episodes, 1978-1991)
Arthur Bernard Lewis	....	executive story editor (72 episodes, 1978-1981)
Mitchell Wayne Katzman	....	story editor (59 episodes, 1986-1988)
Leah Markus	....	story consultant (59 episodes, 1986-1988)
Camille Marchetta	....	story editor (57 episodes, 1978-1981)
Melissa J.L. Smith	....	director of operations (56 episodes, 1987-1989)
Geoffrey Ryan	....	location manager: Los Angeles (54 episodes, 1981-1983)
Ken Latka	....	film transfer (51 episodes, 1986-1991)
Cliff Fenneman	....	title designer: main titles (49 episodes, 1989-1991)
Lisa Seidman	....	executive story consultant (48 episodes, 1989-1991)
Joel J. Feigenbaum	....	executive story consultant (31 episodes, 1985-1986)
Stephanie Garman	....	story editor (24 episodes, 1985-1986)
Hollace White	....	story editor (24 episodes, 1985-1986)
David Jacobs	....	creative consultant / executive script consultant (20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Faye Brenner	....	script supervisor (17 episodes, 1978-1979)
Leonard Katzman	....	creative consultant (17 episodes, 1985-1986)
Michael Filerman	....	executive program supervisor / executive supervisor (12 episodes, 1978)
Joseph Gannon	....	script supervisor (12 episodes, 1978)
John MacLean	....	location manager (12 episodes, 1978)
Robert J. Shaw	....	story editor (11 episodes, 1981)
Rena Down	....	story editor (10 episodes, 1980-1981)
Wade Duncan	....	location manager (7 episodes, 1978)
Candis Waters	....	production coordinator (7 episodes, 1978)
Linda Elstad	....	story editor (7 episodes, 1982)
Andy Ackerman	....	production coordinator (6 episodes, 1978)
Vicki Ogonowski	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 1978)
Michael Phillips	....	location manager (5 episodes, 1978)
Glen Sanford	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 1978)
Dominique Piat	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1990)
Dale M. Robbins	....	craft service (unknown episodes, 1984-1985)
Bruce Rand Berman	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Nanette Farlow	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Bill Sheehan	....	first aid nurse (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Jim Davis	....	in memory of (1 episode, 1982)

Production Companies

• Lorimar Productions
• Lorimar Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1978-1991) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) (1979-1984) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (1987) (Greece) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (1989-199?) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL4)
• Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (USA)
• Warner Home Video (2004-) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004-) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 2 and 3)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 4 and 5)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 6)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (complete first & second seasons)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (complete third season)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (complete fourth & fifth seasons)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (complete seventh season)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (complete sixth season)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (complete eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh seasons)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD) (complete twelfth season)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD) (season 13)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (USA) (DVD) (complete fourteenth season)
• Worldvision Enterprises (UK)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios  filmed at
• Metrocolor  color by
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (356 episodes) | Argentina:60 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Iceland:12 (some episodes) | Iceland:L | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

1181 Anna Cade Rd, Rockwall, Texas, USA

Company:

Lorimar Productions

Trivia:

Several actors including Charlene Tilton and Jim Davis were filmed firing the gun that shot J.R before it was decided who would be the shooter. The gun is on display at the real Southfork Ranch site in Dallas.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
JR Ewing:You wouldn't be trying to blackmail old J.R., would you?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Bart vs. Australia (#6.16)" (1995)

"Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer!" (J.R Ewing)

Dallas has to be one of the greatest ever TV shows, because it had all of the attributes for entertainment. It had great characters, good writers and story lines that ranged from the ridiculous to the sublime. Oh how easy it was to run an an oil company! Watching Dallas was pure fantasy, it's simply what makes TV fun and relaxing, take out an hour from the real world and enjoy, for people who saw the show they know what I mean!

So there we were introduced to the Ewing's who were in a bitter feud with the Barnes. However it was the biggest mismatch since George Foreman pounded Joe Frazier into the canvas 6 times in two rounds in the 1973 heavyweight title fight. The Ewing's led by JR body-slammed Cliff Barnes around for the first two seasons. In reality it was not a fair contest, a multimillion dollar family with connections up against a small town lawyer were always going to come out on top! However, that was to change as the series progressed. Of course the show quickly centered on JR (played by Larry Hagman) and the writers created a character that people would really hate; he had no problem playing fast and lose with other peoples lives.

So what did JR do that upset so many people! Swindled and cheated the cartel on more than one occasion, blackmailed politician's and government officials into helping him with his crooked deals, had the police set people up on phony charges as he had much of Braddock and Dallas police dept in his payroll. However JR wasn't satisfied with just tormenting the powerful, his family were not spared either, he was instrumental in trying to break up both Bobby, Garry and his mothers marriage's on numerous occasions. Cheated on his wife so many times that he turned her into an alcoholic and had her committed to a sanitarium. Government regulations were also no obstacle to his ambitions. He defied a State department embargo and illegally sold oil to Cuba, instigated a military coup in some oil rich country in Asia and risked a middle east war by hiring mercenaries to blow up Saudi Arabian oil fields to jack up the price of oil, and finally had a run in with the CIA and the Justice Department.

It was not just Cliff Barnes he wreaked havoc on, other people were fair game too. He betrayed, conned and left many of his subordinates, business associates and former lovers twisting in the wind, either in jail, broke or on the run from the police. As a consequence of his meddling, reputations were ruined family relationships were left in tatters and ambitions shattered as he turned his back or double crossed some of his closest confidants. It doesn't get any better than this! Not surprisingly the phrase "I'll get you JR if it's the last thing I'll do" or "you'll pay for this JR" both became fairly regular clichés as they all vowed revenge! As I write this I can count at least 5 attempts on JR's life as they tried to get even.

Many would say that the golden years of Dallas were the 1978-82 seasons. That's probably true, all the characters were developed through those seasons and I think Dallas had it's highest ratings. However my personal favorites were the 1987-1990 (the last series was poor)! In 1986 with the series tottering on the edge, the writers took a chance and despite ridicule brought back the character Bobby by making the previous season all a dream. It was a risk but they resuscitated a series by binning the most boring and tired looking season in 1985/86 (and that's according to Larry Hagman too) as never happening and therefore having a fresh start to the series.

To start with not everything went JRs way he lost Ewing oil, Sue Ellen started to get her act together and fight back on equal terms, Pam left the series and Bobby became a more aggressive character without her. It was a brave attempt by the creators to revive the series and they certainly pulled it off, Dallas never would have lasted as long if they had not done it! They filmed in locations such as Austria, France , Russia and gave a higher profile to the skin crawling Jeremy Wendell head of Weststar and after his exit he was followed by the lager than life Carter Mackay, who kept up the pressure on JR and the Ewing's far more than the cartel.

Some of the story lines introduced scenarios from movies such as COOL HAND Luke when JR was sentenced to hard time on a chain gang , or ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST when JR in bizarre scheme bribed a judge to commit him into a puzzle house to find out information from Clayton's mentally ill sister. Even Bobby was not spared, on his trip to Paris his wife April was kidnapped very much a story similar to the 1987 movie FRANTIC.

With the proliferation of satellite and cable TV the major networks sensitive to their advertising revenue delved into trash TV and the half hour sitcoms which are cheap to make. Just over the horizon audience participation shows i.e. Opra, Rikki Lake and Springer and dopey half hour sit-come's were awaiting and if you were to fast forward looming ahead were the so called reality TV shows of the late 1990's.

Dallas was the first of the glam soaps and the second last to be canceled (1991). Was it all more entertaining than what's on today, well you be the judge!