List of Dallas (1978 TV series) characters

This article is about the characters of the TV series that started in 1978. For the characters of the 2012 TV series, see List of Dallas (2012 TV series) characters.

This is a list of characters appearing on the 1978–1991 US 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

	Main character
	Supporting character
	Not appearing

Name	Portrayed by	First episode	Episode count	Seasons
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow	Barbara Bel Geddes	1x01	284
	Donna Reed	8x07	24
Jock Ewing	Jim Davis	1x01	78
Bobby Ewing	Patrick Duffy	1x01	327
J.R. Ewing	Larry Hagman	1x01	357
Pamela Barnes Ewing	Victoria Principal	1x01	252
Lucy Ewing	Charlene Tilton	1x01	246
Sue Ellen Ewing	Linda Gray	1x01	308
Ray Krebbs	Steve Kanaly	1x01	286
Cliff Barnes	Ken Kercheval	1x01	344
Jenna Wade	Priscilla Beaulieu Presley	2x03	147
Donna Culver Krebbs	Susan Howard	2x22	198
Clayton Farlow	Howard Keel	4x16	266
Jack Ewing	Dack Rambo	8x26	51
April Stevens Ewing	Sheree J. Wilson	10x06	128
Carter McKay	George Kennedy	12x01	76
Cally Harper Ewing	Cathy Podewell	12x03	71
Michelle Stevens	Kimberly Foster	13x01	50
James Beaumont	Sasha Mitchell	13x05	46
Stephanie Rogers	Lesley-Anne Down	13x15	13
Liz Adams	Barbara Stock	13x25	26

Notes

Supporting characters

Ewing and Barnes relatives

See also: Ewing family and Barnes family

Name	Portrayed by	1st episode	Season(s)	Episode count
Willard "Digger" Barnes	David Wayne and Keenan Wynn	1x01	1–2 and 3	14 (4 and 10)
Father of Cliff and legal father of Pam. An oil wildcatter with a nose for drilling, longtime alcoholic, rival of Jock Ewing and former boyfriend of Ellie Southworth. Signed partnership agreement with Jock in 1939 concerning Ewing 23, and later fell out with Jock over the profits of Ewing 6, causing a long running feud which lasted many decades. Married Rebecca in the 1940s, and had 4 children (2 of whom died in infancy). Killed Hutch McKinney in a temper in 1952, who had been having an affair with his wife. Confessed to the murder on his deathbed, also telling his daughter, Pam, that Hutch was her biological father.
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth	Priscilla Pointer	4x09	4–6	44
Mother of Cliff, Pam and Katherine.
Katherine Wentworth	Morgan Brittany	5x04	5–8, 11	56
Beautiful, brunette, conniving Barnes half-sister and pursuer of Bobby Ewing. Broadcast journalist. Shot Bobby in J.R. Ewing's office in 1984. Tried to kill Pamela Ewing but accidentally ran down Bobby at the beginning of the Dream Season, 1985. Turned up later after Pam's serious car crash.
Jimmy Monahan	James Canning and Philip Levien	1x05	1 and 2	2 (1 and 1)
Cliff and Pam's younger cousin, briefly dating Lucy. Son of Maggie Monahan.
Garrison "Gary" Ewing	David Ackroyd and Ted Shackelford	2x01	2 and 3–6, 9, 14	11 (2 and 9)
Alcoholic black sheep of the Ewing family, and Lucy's father. Moves away to California, where his life forms the basis for spinoff series Knots Landing.
Valene "Val" Clements Ewing	Joan Van Ark	2x01	2–5, 14	8
Gary's wife and Lucy's mother, a central character on Knots Landing.
Maggie Monahan	Sarah Cunningham	2x02	2–3, 8	5
Digger's sister. Cliff and Pam's aunt, who acted as their mother-figure while they were growing up. She also had a son, Jimmy.
Charlotte "Charlie" Wade	Laurie Lynn Myers and Shalane McCall	2x03	2 and 7–11	103 (1 and 102)
Jenna Wade's daughter.
Eddison "Ed" Haynes	Robin Clarke	2x06	2	1
Vietnam War veteran whom Pamela Barnes married and divorced quickly as a teen, who showed up in Dallas in 1978 to try to get her back.
Garrison Southworth	Gene Evans	2x14	2	1
Ellie's long lost brother who is afflicted with a terminal illness and returns to Southfork to live out the rest of his life. Gary Ewing is named after him.
Kristin Shepard	Colleen Camp and Mary Crosby	2x15	2 and 3–4, 14	30 (2 and 28)
Ambitious, slinky, conniving female with long brown hair who had affairs with Rudy Millington, Alan Beam, Vaughn Leland, Jordan Lee and J.R. Ewing. USC student with an interest in architecture, which she used to her advantage as she pursued Bobby Ewing. Shot by J.R. Ewing in 1980. Her body was found floating in the Southfork pool.
Patricia Shepard	Martha Scott	2x15	2–3, 9	10
Protective and snobbish mother of Sue Ellen Ewing and Kristin Shepard who encouraged her daughters to latch onto rich men. Visited Dallas at the time of John Ross Ewing's birth, then returned to Dallas in 1985 when Sue Ellen was institutionalized by J.R. Ewing in the Dream Season.
Senator Dave Culver	Tom Fuccello	3x15	3–6, 8, 10–11, 13–14	35
Donna's stepson, the son of Sam Culver.
Luanne Culver	Alba Francesca	3x18	3	1
Dave's wife.
Governor Sam Culver	John McIntire	2x22	2	1
Donna's first husband, an old friend of Jock, and a former governor of Texas.
Steven "Dusty" Farlow	Jared Martin	3x08	3–6, 8–9, 14	34
Cowboy and rodeo drifter who loved Sue Ellen Ewing and was a rival to J.R. Ewing. Assumed dead in a plane crash in 1980. Returned and provided sanctuary to Sue Ellen at the Southern Cross ranch when J.R. fought her for custody of John Ross Ewing. Came to Sue Ellen's aid again when she was institutionalized by J.R. in the Dream Season, 1985.
Hutchinson "Hutch" McKinney	William Watson	3x23	3	1
Biological father of Pam. Digger shot him dead in a temper, as seen in flashbacks, and buried his body on Southfork land.
Herbert Wentworth	John Martin	4x09	4	1
Rebecca's wealthy second husband, father of Katherine.
Amanda Lewis Ewing	Lesley Woods and Susan French	3x24	3 and 8	2 (1 and 1)
Institutionalized first wife of Jock Ewing, visited by the Ewings at various times.
John Ross Ewing III	Tyler Banks and Omri Katz	4x01	4–6 & 7–14	190 (38 and 152)
J.R. and Sue Ellen's son. Originally played by uncredited babies during seasons 2 and 3.
Mitch Cooper	Leigh McCloskey	4x02	4–5, 8, 12	46
Med-school student, and later doctor, who was proud of his humble beginnings. Reunited with ex-wife Lucy Ewing in 1985. Separated from her, then returned to Dallas to take her back to Atlanta in November 1988.
Amos Krebbs	William Windom	4x06	4	2
Ray's estranged alcoholic stepfather.
Afton Cooper Van Buren	Audrey Landers	4x11	4–8, 12–13	84
Mitch's sister. An aspiring singer who becomes Cliff's longtime girlfriend, after a brief affair with J.R., and later mother of Cliff's daughter Pamela Rebecca Cooper.
Arliss Cooper	Anne Francis	4x11	4	4
Mother of Mitch and Afton, Lucy's mother-in-law.
Jeff Faraday	Art Hindle	5x05	5	11
Drug-dealing biological father of Christopher Ewing, who sold his son to Bobby.
Lillian "Lil" Trotter	Kate Reid	6x03	6–7, 9	17
Ray's aunt and mother figure.
Michael "Mickey" Trotter	Timothy Patrick Murphy	6x04	6–7	26
Ray's rebellious younger cousin who becomes romantically involved with Lucy. Son of Aunt Lil.
Linda Farlow	Melody Anderson	6x04	6	1
Dusty's wife.
Christopher Ewing	Eric Farlow and Joshua Harris	6x27	6–8 and 9–14	156 (44 and 112)
Intelligent, handsome boy then young man who helped his father out on Southfork.
Renaldo Marchetta	Daniel Pilon	7x20	7–8	9
Jenna's abusive ex-husband and Charlie's father.
Lady Jessica Montford	Alexis Smith	7x24	7, 13	11
European royalty and vengeful woman who had an affair with Atticus Ward, producing her son, Dusty Farlow. Kidnapped Ellie Ewing in 1984. Institutionalized. Charmed by J.R. Ewing in the sanitarium as he pursued her voting rights to Dusty's WestStar shares.
Jamie Ewing Barnes	Jenilee Harrison	8x04	8–10	70
Naive but sincere woman with an environmental background. Befriended by Sue Ellen Ewing. Wooed by Cliff Barnes in 1985 so he could get Ewing Oil shares. Killed while living in California and doing work for Sue Ellen and Valentine Lingerie.
Senator Andrew Dowling	Jim McMullan	10x13	10	14
Donna's third husband, with whom she raised Ray's daughter Margaret.
Lisa Alden	Amy Stock	11x06	11	16
Sister of Jeff Faraday, and Christopher's biological aunt. Tried to gain custody of him after Pam's disappearance.
Japhet Harper	Sherman Howard	12x03	12	5
Hayleyville resident and troublemaker for J.R. Ewing.
Boaz Harper	Cliff Potts	12x03	12	4
Hayleyville resident and troublemaker for J.R. Ewing.
Don Lockwood	Ian McShane	12x14	12	13
Screenwriter who collaborated with Sue Ellen Ewing in 1989. Moved to Europe with her.
Pamela Rebecca Cooper	Jenna Pangburn	12x22	12	2
Daughter of Afton and Cliff - raised by Afton alone.
Vanessa Beaumont	Gayle Hunnicutt	12x23	12–14	13
J.R. Ewing's first and truest love, reunited with him briefly overseas. Came to Dallas and became engaged to J.R. in 1991.
Harrison Van Buren III	Andrew Prine	12x26	12–13	2
Afton's wealthy husband.
Arlen and Atticus Ward	John Larch	13x18	13	5
Millionaire twins, and old acquaintances of Clayton - Atticus turns out to be Dusty's biological father.
Amy Stevens	K Callan	13x19	13	4
The mother of April and Michelle.
Debra Lynn Beaumont	Deborah Tucker	14x16	14	5
James' old flame and estranged wife, who turns up at Southfork with his young son.
James "Jimmy" Beaumont Jr.	Chuckie and Kenny Gravino	14x18	14	3
Toddler son of James and Debra Lynn.

Other

Name	Portrayed by	1st episode	Season(s)	Episode count
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 Jock Ewing. Killed by a fall from her apartment building, after being cornered by Willie Joe Garr and Jeb Ames, 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.
Louella Caraway Lee	Meg Gallagher	2x08	2–4	37
J.R.'s third secretary.
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 Shepherd 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
A member of the cartel.
Marilee Stone	Fern Fitzgerald	2x15	2–13	73
Promiscuous female member of the cartel, whose husband committed suicide after losing money in a deal with J.R.
Detective Harry McSween	James Brown	2x17	2–12	41
Dallas police detective that frequently helps J.R. with legal matters.
Andy Bradley	Paul Sorensen	2x20	2–10	33
A member of the cartel.
Jackie Dugan	Sherill 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' 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 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
Cattleman's Bank executive.
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.
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 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
Cattlemen's Bank executive.
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 that, after becoming infatuated with Lucy, kidnaps and rapes her.
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. Pursued Bobby and had an affair with J.R.
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
A shipping tycoon involved with J.R. in the illegal shipping of oil to Cuba. He commits suicide after his attempts to kill J.R. result in the paralysis of Mickey Trotter instead.
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 he can die from the leukemia, he dies in 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. This whole return storyline was later abandoned as if it had never happened, when the whole of season 9 was explained away as being Pam's dream.
Louise	Mary Armstrong	6x19	6–8	17
Pamela's nanny for Christopher while separated from Bobby.
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 JR Ewing
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 that 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 who becomes one of J.R.'s many mistresses. She was previously involved romantically with Cliff Barnes. She then became an actor in movies
Betty	Kathleen York	8x04	8	10
Eddie Cronin’s girlfriend.
Eddie Cronin	Fredric Lehne	8x05	8	19
Lucy's lover.
Angelica Nero	Barbara Carrera	9x07	9	25
Beautiful, exotic business associate to J.R., trying to get him involved in a deal with Marinos Shipping she was incarcerated in prison. (dream season only)
Grace Van Owen	Merete Van Kamp	9x08	9	17
Angelica Nero's right hand and was killed by Angelica. (dream season only)
Nicholas	George Chakiris	9x11	9	11
Angelica Nero’s assistant who was killed by Angelica. (dream season only)
Matt Cantrell	Marc Singer	9x15	9	12
Old friend of Bobby's, arriving in Dallas just to find out that Bobby is dead. (dream season only)
Alex Garrett	William Prince	9x21	9	5
An old acquaintance of 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 JR.
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 he also wooed Marilee stone for JR 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.
Laurel Ellis	Annabel Schofield	11x15	11	11
A young woman Miss Ellie suspects Clayton is having an affair with.
Kay Lloyd	Karen Kopins	11x20	11, 13	12
A PR agent that 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
McKay's young wife.
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 that replaces McSween as J.R.'s contact within the police force.
Tommy McKay	J. Eddie Peck	12x14	12–13	13
Son of Carter McKay, a drug dealer.
Hillary Taylor	Susan Lucci	14x01	14	6
Psychotic kidnapper who causes April's death at April and Bobby honeymoon in Paris.
LeeAnn De La Vega	Barbara Eden	14x08	14	5
South American entrepreneur and a woman from J.R. Ewing’s past who came back from revenge. Daughter of a Baptist schoolteacher. Met J.R. at the University of Texas, became involved with him, and she 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.