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the background talent, which includes Lee Allen, Ernie Tate and Norman Palmer in particular — all the usual extras working on many "Dallas" episodes and on every other show from that era.
oh hey: maybe you know the identity of the mysterious blond mustachioed guy who pops up several times in the early years of the show, I think always in LA locations!

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he’s even in one of the early season cast and crew photos, seen below… I always figured he might have been a crew member they’d throw in there from time to time:
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a true unsung hero!
 
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oh hey: maybe you know the identity of the mysterious blond mustachioed guy who pops up several times in the early years of the show, I think always in LA locations!

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he’s even in one of the early season cast and crew photos, seen below… I always figured he might have been a crew member they’d throw in there from time to time:
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a true unsung hero!
I'm not 100 % sure because I think I only know him with shorter hair from later years, but I think that's the late Jarvais Hudson, who also was an atmosphere person on hundreds of shows in the 1970's and 1980's.
 

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I'm not 100 % sure because I think I only know him with shorter hair from later years, but I think that's the late Jarvais Hudson, who also was an atmosphere person on hundreds of shows in the 1970's and 1980's.
oh wow that may be it! I only see one Dallas credit for Jarvais Hudson on IMDB, as "Barnes Supporter" in the campy classic Power Play. In the episode, two men approach Alan Beam at the fabulous Barnes for Congress roller disco and reach for their checkbooks to make contributions, only for the devious young lawyer/campaign manager to refuse. Neither of the two are the blond mustachioed guy.

HOWEVER, there are not two but three "Barnes Supporters" in the credits, and... earlier in the episode we have our blond mustachioed man behind the bar in a red jacket serving Alan and Lucy in one of their clandestine romantic dinner getaways. He delivers the only line I can remember him having in the series: "Thank you very much, Mr. Beam.." This would explain why this is his only credited appearance out of probably at least a dozen, (This time, the place is too classy and genteel and devoid of rough and tumble Ewing men to devolve into the barroom brawl he'd had a front-row seat to previously.)

Jarvais is credited as a Gas Station Attendant in the 1978 Lily Tomlin/John Travolta vehicle Moment By Moment (not to be confused with the later sitcom starring Bobby and James Beaumont and the original, non-Jamie Ewing, "hot blonde" from Three's Company, Step By Step). The attendant is only on screen for a few seconds, barely getting into the frame, but he does have a line, "here you are", as he hands Lily her change, much as our hero handed Alan his change on Dallas.

A screengrab of the scene:

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Is that our guy?!? Sure looks like it! This may be a find on the level (for my silly curiosity, anyway) of @johnmmil10's astonishing discovery of Pam's Digger's Daughter apartment earlier in this thread!

(Amazon Prime started blocking browser screengrabs a while back, which was my method for getting Dallas images :( )

(another tangential observation: Tomlin and Travolta indulge in a younger man/wealthy older woman romance in this film, and.. from my brief sampling, wow, despite scathing reviews at the time, for my money Travolta nails the vibe of the sexy, vulnerable young heartthrob that I'm guessing was the original intention for Christopher Atkins as young Peter Richards!)

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(the speedo! the midriff!)
 
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@Taylor Bennett Jr. — although it's off topic in this location thread, here are a few more screen grabs of Jarvais Hudson to compare:

"Falcon Crest" # 082 <4.14>: in the foyer of the Banque de Crédit Standard Suisse in Geneva behind Foxworth:
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"Dynasty" # 5.22: as a servant at King Galen's winter palace in Moldavia (center):
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I have found it !!!
It was Mediterrania !!! 134 La Cienega blvd restaurant row

it also apperead in 70s tv shows

Thanks for locating the restaurant!

Small world... In "Knots Landing" # 4.03, the spot where Richard discovered the run-down restaurant was just across the street at the former location at 133 North LaCienega Boulevard in Beverly Hills, CA!
 

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Greetings from my latest stay in Paris...

The police station from # 14.02 (DVD count) / 13.02 (original count) is actually the northern part of the Gare d'Austerlitz building at 1 - 3 Place Valhubert, F-75013 Paris / France.

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We also visited the Institute du Monde Arabe yesterday. The rooftop terrace where April was killed is largely occupied by a restaurant now.
 

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Greetings from my latest stay in Paris...

The police station from # 14.02 (DVD count) / 13.02 (original count) is actually the northern part of the Gare d'Austerlitz building at 1 - 3 Place Valhubert, F-75013 Paris / France.

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We also visited the Institute du Monde Arabe yesterday. The rooftop terrace where April was killed is largely occupied by a restaurant now.
Nice find! Thank you for sharing! Enjoy your time in Paris!

I recently tracked down Ewing 23’s filming location. The sign reads “Hellman Estate Well No. 14.” I found this website that gave the coordinates for the well.
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The field is only about 30 miles from the studios in Culver City!

Side note… in the offices at Ewing 23 there are maps hanging on the wall. The map shown an area located in France — nowhere close to where the oilfield was set or where the actual filming took place! We were probably never supposed to notice that. Oh, the magic of Hollywood!
 

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When Dave Culver sends Donna to the house in Dallas to conduct research for her new book, this is the home used for the establishing shot. The home is actually located at 10431 Bellagio Road in Bel Air in California.
 

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Here's the drive up to Mark's proposal house. Could've been at a filming ranch, or even around Portrero Rd. CA obviously, as you can see the hill in the background as Pam and Mark walk.

I keep getting drawn to Sherwood Lake on Potrero Rd. Problem is new development.

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...from MATT HOUSTON, which may help. Note the water upper right. Does it come down to the road?
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just watched an episode of Mannix and look what I have recognized
 

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