Character/actor heights

Michelle Stevens

Michelle Stevens

'The Lovely Michelle'
I was always curious while watching the show at what physical height each actor/actress were. Heights in inches.

Clayton Farlow/ Howard Keel 6'3"
Punk Anderson/ Morgan Woodward 6'3"
Carter McKay/George Kennedy 6'3"
James Beaumont/ Sasha Mitchell 6'3"
"Jock" Ewing/ Jim Davis 6'2"
Bobby James Ewing/ Patrick Duffy 6'2"
Mark Grayson/ John Beck 6'2"
Mitch Cooper/ Leigh McCloskey 6'2"
Jordan Lee/Don Starr 6'2"
JR Ewing/ Larry Hagman 6'1"
Gary Ewing/ Ted Shackleford 6'1"
Ray Krebbs/ Steven Kanaly 6'1"
Jeremy Wendell/ William Smithers 5'11"
Digger Barnes #2/ Keenan Wynn 5'10"
Cliff Barnes/ Ken Kercheval 5'9"
Don Lockwood/ Ian McShane 5'9"
Sue Ellen/ Linda Gray 5'8"
Mandy Winger/ Deborah Sheldon 5'8"
April Stevens/ Sheree Wilson 5'8"
Michelle Stevens/ Kimberly Foster 5'8"
Valene Ewing/ Joan Van Ark 5'7"
Donna Culver Krebs/ Susan Howard 5'7"
Katherine Wentworth/ Morgan Brittany 5'7"
Vanessa Beaumont/ Gayle Hunnicutt 5'7"
Digger Barnes #1/ David Wayne 5'7"
Pam Ewing/ Victoria Principal 5'6"
Sly Lovegren/ Deborah Rennard 5'6"
Kristen Shepard/ Mary Crosby 5'5"
Jenna Wade #3/ Priscilla Presley 5'4"
Miss Ellie/ Barbara Bel Geddes 5'3"
Afton Cooper/ Audrey Landers 5'3"
Lucy Ewing/ Charlene Tilton 4'11"

I know I missed some characters. :confuse:
 
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Kenny Coyote

Kenny Coyote

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Nice list, Michelle. Looking at this now makes me why they cast actors to play John Ross and Christopher in TNT Dallas who were both quite a bit shorter than the actors who played Jock, JR, and Bobby. It wasn't something I don't know if I thought about at the time, but even if its subconsciously, the audience perception had to be "something in this picture doesn't look quite right."
 
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Michelle Stevens

Michelle Stevens

'The Lovely Michelle'
Taylor Bennett Jr. said:
Cool list! Where did you get the info?
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For the most part I gathered the information from online sources. If there are any errors with these heights please let me know. I do apologies for not displaying the heights in meters as well.

I knew Kimberly Foster's height going in but was a little surprised that she was the same height as Sheree Wilson. I thought April was slightly shorter.

Jordan Lee was as tall as Big Jock Ewing and Punk Anderson even taller?
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Jordan Lee was a surprise to me as well. I'll have to take note of that next time I see one of his scenes with JR or Bobby.

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I couldn't find Fern Fitzgerald (Marilee Stone) or Cathy Podewell (Cally).

At 6'2" one now knows why Tom Owens called Jock "Big Jock Ewing". :box:
 
stevew

stevew

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Kenny Coyote said:
Nice list, Michelle. Looking at this now makes me why they cast actors to play John Ross and Christopher in TNT Dallas who were both quite a bit shorter than the actors who played Jock, JR, and Bobby. It wasn't something I don't know if I thought about at the time, but even if its subconsciously, the audience perception had to be "something in this picture doesn't look quite right."
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I was ok with it, John Ross between JR and Sue Ellen in height at 5’11”. And Chris wasn’t a Ewing. Who knows how tall his biological father was. Now if they’d brought on Cally’s son, looking at her brothers, or Lucas, I’d have expected 6’+.
 
stevew

stevew

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I thought your title meant the height of character’s role in Dallas or some such. Like when did the character / actor peek. Would make for an interesting thread. Not sure if it’s been done yet.
 
Michelle Stevens

Michelle Stevens

'The Lovely Michelle'
stevew said:
I thought your title meant the height of character’s role in Dallas or some such. Like when did the character / actor peek. Would make for an interesting thread. Not sure if it’s been done yet.
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My apologies. :yikey: I should have titled it Character/Actor Physical Heights and I agree a thread on the heights of each character role would be worth a discussion.
 
Dr. Ellby's hair

Dr. Ellby's hair

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Celebheights.com and imdb.com both claims that Howard Keel was 6'4" there is even a quote "I'm 6-foot-4"

https://www.celebheights.com/s/Howard-Keel-641.html
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444476/bio?ref_=nm_ql_dyk_2#trivia

also:
Jenilee Harrison (Jamie Ewing) 5' 8"
George Petrie (Harv Smithfield) 5' 7"
Dack Rambo (Jack Ewing) 6'
James L. Brown (Harry McSween) 6' 2"
Jared Martin (Dusty Farlow) 6' 3"
Lois Chiles (Holly Harwood) 5' 7½ celebheights.com claims 5' 7¼
Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland) 5' 10½
Steve Forrest (Wes Parmalee) 6' 3" (at least he was tall enough to be a Jock Ewing)
Donna Reed (Miss Ellie #2) 5' 3½
Timothy Patrick Murphy (Mickey Trotter) 5' 9"
Tom Fuccello (Dave Culver) 5' 11"
David Ackroyd (Gary Ewing 1#) 6' 1"

sources: mostly imdb.com
 
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stevew

stevew

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Dr. Ellby's hair said:
Celebheights.com and imdb.com both claims that Howard Keel was 6'4" there is even a quote "I'm 6-foot-4"

https://www.celebheights.com/s/Howard-Keel-641.html
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444476/bio?ref_=nm_ql_dyk_2#trivia

also:
Jenilee Harrison (Jamie Ewing) 5' 8"
George Petrie (Harv Smithfield) 5' 7"
Dack Rambo (Jack Ewing) 6'
James L. Brown (Harry McSween) 6' 2"
Jared Martin (Dusty Farlow) 6' 3"
Lois Chiles (Holly Harwood) 5' 7½ celebheights.com claims 5' 7¼
Dennis Patrick (Vaughn Leland) 5' 10½
Steve Forrest (Wes Parmalee) 6' 3" (at least he was tall enough to be a Jock Ewing)
Donna Reed (Miss Ellie #2) 5' 3½
Timothy Patrick Murphy (Mickey Trotter) 5' 9"
Tom Fuccello (Dave Culver) 5' 11"

sources: mostly imdb.com
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I’m surprised Wes Parmelee was that fall. Idk why. And I thought Donna Reed was more than a 1/2 inch taller. Funny how you incision people.
 
Kenny Coyote

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stevew said:
I’m surprised Wes Parmelee was that fall. Idk why. And I thought Donna Reed was more than a 1/2 inch taller. Funny how you incision people.
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I would have guessed Steve Forrest was about 3 inches shorter than Jim Davis. Maybe someone who has screenshots could show a few pictures of Steve Forrest standing next to Larry Hagman and then Jim Davis standing next to Larry Hagman. I think Jim Davis and Patrick Duffy were probably 6 foot 3 because they look more than an inch taller than Hagman. Jim Davis was also very lean and had a different build than Forrest, more rangy and lean, while Forrest had a more compact build so I suppose it's possible that created the illusion that they were different heights but I doubt it.

Howard Keel was a huge man. 6 foot 4 and I'd guess at least 260 pounds. If he'd been into lifting weights like Patrick Duffy was, he would have been scary!

One other thing, of anyone is interested to find screenshots: Is it possible Jordan Lee was 6 foot 2? He looked considerably less tall than that to me for some reason. Is anyone else thinking the same thing? I didn't think Jordan was as tall as JR.
 
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Dr. Ellby's hair

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Kenny Coyote said:
One other thing, of anyone is interested to find screenshots: Is it possible Jordan Lee was 6 foot 2? He looked considerably less tall than that to me for some reason. Is anyone else thinking the same thing? I didn't think Jordan was as tall as JR.
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I had trouble finding good scenes but Patrick Duffy is 6'2" he is little closer to camera than Don Starr though:
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Jordan Lee and JR (Larry Hagman 6'1") :
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