Dallas (1978 TV series) season 4
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| Dallas (season 4) | |
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_Season_4_DVD_cover.jpg) Dallas: The complete fourth season DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | November 7, 1980 – May 1, 1981 |
| Season chronology | |
The fourth season of the television series Dallas aired on during the 1980–81 TV season.
Cast
Starring
In alphabetical order:
- Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing (23 episodes)
- Jim Davis as Jock Ewing (21 episodes)
- Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing (23 episodes)
- Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing (23 episodes)
- Larry Hagman as J. R. Ewing (23 episodes)
- Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs (23 episodes)
- Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (23 episodes)
- Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing (23 episodes)
- Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing Cooper (23 episodes)
Also starring
- Leigh McCloskey as Mitch Cooper (21 episodes)
- Susan Howard as Donna Culver Krebbs (19 episodes)
- Susan Flannery as Leslie Stewart (11 episodes)
- Mary Crosby as Kristin Shepard (7 episodes)
- Randolph Powell as Alan Beam (1 episode)
Special guest stars
- Monte Markham as Clint Ogden (9 episodes)
- William Smithers as Jeremy Wendell (8 episodes)
- Priscilla Pointer as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (6 episodes)
- Anne Francis as Arliss Cooper (4 episodes)
- E. J. André as Eugene Bullock (2 episodes)
- Joanna Cassidy as Sally Bullock (2 episodes)
- Howard Keel as Clayton Farlow (2 episodes)
- John Lehne as Kyle Bennett (2 episodes)
- William Windom as Amos Krebbs (1 episode)
Notable guest stars
Jared Martin returns as Steven "Dusty" Farlow, and long-running supporting actors Morgan Woodward (Punk Anderson), Tyler Banks (John Ross Ewing III), Audrey Landers (Afton Cooper), Deborah Tranelli (Phyllis Wapner) and Laurence Haddon (Franklin Horner) all appear for the first time. Additionally, William Windom appears in one episode as Amos Krebbs who knows the truth about Ray's real father. Joel Fabiani (Alex Ward) appears in several episodes, but won't return for subsequent seasons, and Christopher Stone (Dave Stratton) appear in four episodes and will later return for season 8. Ted Shackelford and Joan Van Ark (Gary and Valene Ewing) cross over from Dallas spinoff Knots Landing for three and two episodes, respectively.
Crew
The season's episode writers include showrunner Leonard Katzman, the returning Arthur Bernard Lewis, Linda B. Elstad, Loraine Despres, and Rena Down, and as well as new additions Robert J. Shaw, Leah Markus, Howard Lakin, Louis Elias, and David Paulsen. Philip Capice continues to serve as sole executive producer, as Lee Rich, left the show after the previous season. Katzman serves as producer, and Cliff Fenneman as associate producer. Arthur Bernard Lewis continues as executive story editor, with Camille Marchetta, Rena Down, and Robert J. Shaw serving as story editors.
DVD release
Dallas season four was released by Warner Bros. Home Video, on a Region 1 DVD box set of four double-sided DVDs, on January 24, 2006. In addition to the 23 episodes, it also includes the cast reunion special The Return to Southfork, which originally aired on CBS on November 7, 2004.[1]
Knots Landing
The Dallas cast continued to make occasional appearance in spinoff series Knots Landing, which was on its second year: J.R. (Larry Hagman) appeared in A Family Matter (airing on January 22, 1981) and Designs (March 26, 1981); Bobby (Patrick Duffy) in The Loudest Word (February 19, 1981); and Kristen (Mary Crosby) in Kristen (December 18, 1980, her only Knots Landing appearance).
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. original air date | UK original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 1 | "No More Mister Nice Guy, Part I" | Leonard Katzman | Arthur Bernard Lewis | November 7, 1980 | November 9, 1980 |
| 56 | 2 | "No More Mister Nice Guy, Part II" | Leonard Katzman | Arthur Bernard Lewis | November 9, 1980 | November 15, 1980 |
| 57 | 3 | "Nightmare" | Irving J. Moore | Linda B. Elstad | November 14, 1980 | November 21, 1980 |
| 58 | 4 | "Who Done It" | Leonard Katzman | Loraine Despres | November 21, 1980 | November 22, 1980 |
| 59 | 5 | "Taste of Success" | Leonard Katzman | Robert J. Shaw | November 28, 1980 | November 29, 1980 |
| 60 | 6 | "The Venezuelan Connection" | Leonard Katzman | Leah Markus | December 5, 1980 | December 6, 1980 |
| 61 | 7 | "The Fourth Son" | Irving J. Moore | Howard Lakin | December 12, 1980 | December 20, 1980 |
| 62 | 8 | "Trouble at Ewing 23" | Leonard Katzman | Louis Elias | December 19, 1980 | TBA |
| 63 | 9 | "The Prodigal Mother" | Irving J. Moore | David Paulsen | January 2, 1981 | TBA |
| 64 | 10 | "Executive Wife" | Leonard Katzman | Rena Down | January 9, 1981 | TBA |
| 65 | 11 | "End of the Road, Part I" | Irving J. Moore | Leonard Katzman | January 16, 1981 | TBA |
| 66 | 12 | "End of the Road, Part II" | Irving J. Moore | Leonard Katzman | January 23, 1981 | TBA |
| 67 | 13 | "Making of a President" | Gunnar Hellström | Arthur Bernard Lewis | January 30, 1981 | TBA |
| 68 | 14 | "Start the Revolution With Me" | Larry Hagman | Rena Down | February 6, 1981 | TBA |
| 69 | 15 | "The Quest" | Gunnar Hellström | Robert J. Shaw | February 13, 1981 | TBA |
| 70 | 16 | "Lover, Come Back" | Irving J. Moore | Leonard Katzman | February 20, 1981 | TBA |
| 71 | 17 | "The New Mrs. Ewing" | Patrick Duffy | Linda B. Elstad | February 27, 1981 | TBA |
| 72 | 18 | "Mark of Cain" | Larry Hagman | Leah Markus | March 13, 1981 | TBA |
| 73 | 19 | "The Gathering Storm" | Michael Preece | Robert J. Shaw | March 27, 1981 | TBA |
| 74 | 20 | "Ewing vs. Ewing" | Irving J. Moore | Leah Markus | April 3, 1981 | TBA |
| 75 | 21 | "New Beginnings" | Irving J. Moore | Arthur Bernard Lewis | April 10, 1981 | TBA |
| 76 | 22 | "Full Circle" | Michael Preece | Arthur Bernard Lewis | April 17, 1981 | TBA |
| 77 | 23 | "Ewing-Gate" | Leonard Katzman | Leonard Katzman | May 1, 1981 | TBA |
References
- ^ Lambert, David (October 18, 2005). "'Dallas' DVD news: Who Shot J.R.? Find Out When Dallas: Season 4 Arrives In January!". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
External links
- List of Dallas season 4 episodes at the Internet Movie Database
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