Top Stars on Dallas

Ray_Krebbs

Ray_Krebbs

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If you could pick any top-billing stars who could have appeared on Dallas, who would have been your choices? One who comes to mind is Carrie Fisher as a new love interest for Bobby after Pam's departure.
 
Kenny Coyote

Kenny Coyote

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Ray_Krebbs said:
If you could pick any top-billing stars who could have appeared on Dallas, who would have been your choices? One who comes to mind is Carrie Fisher as a new love interest for Bobby after Pam's departure.
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Patrick Swayze - He should have been JR's illegitimate son from an affair he had while in college.

Michelle Pfieffer - She could have played the wife of Swayze's character
 

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Snarky Oracle!

Snarky Oracle!

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The producers of DALLAS said they "never want to be reduced to that type of stunt-casting" and preferred that the actor not be more famous than the character they played, so they avoided hiring, say, Marlon Brando to play Cuzzin Elam from Fort Worth.

DYNASTY needed to do more stunt casting than it did; DALLAS wasn't right for it -- although KNOTS got Ava Gardner! FALCON CREST did it the most by far.
 
Barbara Fan

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I would love to have seen Bette Davis on Dallas as a bitchy cousin from out of town

And I would have loved Harrison Ford in Dallas as a "love interst" for Pamelaand as he was my first love Paul Michael Glaser aka Starsky


The National Enquirer in the 80 used to have on an almost weekely basis

we can reveal that ..............................is appearing in futire Dallas

Everyone from Paul McCartney, Boy George, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Cheryl Ladd, Madonna and many more -all taken with a pinch of salt!

Priscilla Presley was a huge signing for them in 1983 and it generated so much press and coverage for the show
 
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Angela Channing

Angela Channing

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Snarky Oracle said:
The producers of DALLAS said they "never want to be reduced to that type of stunt-casting" and preferred that the actor not be more famous than the character they played
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But they didn't stick to that because they hired Howard Keel, Alexis Smith, Donna Reed, George Kennedy, Gayle Hunnicutt, George Chakiris and Mel Ferrer all of whom were high profile Hollywood actors. One could also argue that Priscilla Presley, Christopher Atkins, Barbara Carrera and Barbara Eden were all stunt casted too.
 
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DallasFanForever

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Angela Channing said:
But they didn't stick to that because they hired Howard Keel, Alexis Smith, Donna Reed, George Kennedy, Gayle Hunnicutt, George Chakiris and Mel Ferrer all of whom were high profile Hollywood actors. One could also argue that Priscilla Presley, Christopher Atkins, Barbara Carrera and Barbara Eden were all stunt casted too.
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They definitely did a lot more stunt casting than most people realize. I would argue that Susan Lucci was also stunt casting in the final season. I know she’s not on par as some of the actors you mentioned but at the time she was arguably the most recognizable day time star on the planet. I remember hearing she was coming to Dallas and thinking this has to be a ratings ploy. Actually I enjoyed having her on the show. I know most disagree but to me me she’s one of the few bright spots of that dire final season. I just wish she would’ve had some scenes with Larry. That could’ve been fun.
 
Snarky Oracle!

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Angela Channing said:
But they didn't stick to that because they hired Howard Keel, Alexis Smith, Donna Reed, George Kennedy, Gayle Hunnicutt, George Chakiris and Mel Ferrer all of whom were high profile Hollywood actors. One could also argue that Priscilla Presley, Christopher Atkins, Barbara Carrera and Barbara Eden were all stunt casted too.
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I'm not sure many of them would have qualified as "stunt casting" per se, except for Presley, Eden and Atkins.

But, yes, DALLAS eventually did a lot of things they'd once preached against.
 
Sarah

Sarah

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That was my fault and I was severely reprimanded and forced to watch Deborah Shelton movie (s) for 3 days. I didn't call her it because of her age, it was because Vanessa was so bloody boring and had no chemistry with JR whatsoever. Total snoozefest. It's no secret I strongly objected to that storyline.

I don't care what age she was, I just hated her being in Dallas.
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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I remember Richard Chamberlain being reported as going to guest star on Dallas.

I wonder if this was the Carter McKay character which went to George Kennedy.

He would've been good on Dallas. :)
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Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Laurie Marr said:
Dynasty reject that was George Peppard. He was much better suited to Dallas.
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I don't think he'd have been better suited to Dallas at all.

However, I think both Dirk Benedict and his former Battlestar Galactica co-star Richard Hatch would've been great on either Dynasty or Dallas. I know both of them turned up as guest stars on Murder, She Wrote. :)

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