Patrick Duffy
Patrick Duffy | |
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| Born | Patrick G. Duffy |
| Spouse | Carlyn Duffy (February 15 1974 - present) |
Patrick G. Duffy (born March 17, 1949 is an American television actor, who appeared primarily in soap operas and television. He is best known as Bobby Ewing, on the CBS series Dallas, and as Suzanne Somers's husband, Frank Lambert, on the ABC television sitcom Step by Step.
In 1976, Duffy landed the role of Mark Harris in the short-lived television series Man from Atlantis. Following the cancellation of the series, he got his big break in the role of Bobby Ewing on the TV series, Dallas, a role he played until 1991 (with the exception of the 1985-86 season). During this time, he continued to hold a variety of roles in various TV specials.
On November 18, 1986, Duffy's parents, Terrance and Marie Duffy, were murdered by Kenneth Miller who was accompanied by Sean Wentz during the robbery of a Montana bar owned by Duffy's parents. Wentz and Miller, who were teenagers at the time, were convicted of the murders and sentenced to 75 years in prison apiece. Wentz is currently serving his sentence with the Montana Department of Corrections, while Miller is on parole, according to the Montana DOC website's inmate locator.
By the end of Dallas' run in 1991, Duffy switched to another popular television role, as the head of the Lambert family (alongside TV wife Suzanne Somers) on the family sitcom, Step by Step, a role which ran until the show's cancellation in 1998. During that time, he also starred in the Dallas reunion movies "JR Returns" and "War of the Ewings", which he also co-produced. In an interview on the UK's Mrs Merton chat show in the late 1990s, Duffy stated that he and Larry Hagman were planning one more Dallas TV movie, but this project failed to materialise - possibly due to the disappointing ratings of the previous movie.
Duffy continues to act in the occasional guest or voice acting appearance, including the shows Family Guy (in which he appeared in a live action scene with Victoria Principal as they spoofed the infamous Dallas shower scene), as well as Justice League and Touched by an Angel.
Recently Duffy has starred in television movies Falling in Love With the Girl Next Door and Desolation Canyon. In 2006, Duffy began a limited run on the daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful and the Hallmark Channel miniseries Broken Trail.
Trivia
- He practices Nichiren Buddhism.
- He is the uncle of San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito.
- He attended the University of Washington in Seattle.
- He also attended Cascade High School in Everett, Washington and was in its first graduation class.
- In the American South Park episode "Volcano", the monster on the mountain Scuzzlebutt has Patrick Duffy for a leg.
- He played the part of Baron Hardup in the Pantomime "Cinderella" at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking, UK during December 2006/Jan 2007
- In a deleted scene from the 2006 movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Ricky reveals to Cal that Patrick Duffy lives in his basement.
- In Attack of the Man Eating Giraffes Simon wants to make the world's largest wooden statue of Patrick.
- He is a fan of George Galloway.
- He was a member of the USA team in the 2005 and 2006 editions of the celebrity golf tournament, the All*Star Cup.
- The infamous shower/dream season storyline that marked his return to Dallas in 1986 was apparently his wife's idea which was embraced by the show's producers.
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