The DALLAS casting rolodex: PETROCELLI

Ray&Donna

Ray&Donna

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So we all know that many of the DALLAS guest stars were on plenty of other things prior to their appearances on the show: old things like GUNSMOKE and BONANZA, or THE BIG VALLEY. Some of them seemed to do a tour of the soaps, appearing on KNOTS LANDING, FALCON CREST, or DYNASTY and THE COLBYS. But in between his stints on GUNSMOKE and DALLAS, Leonard Katzman produced the enjoyable, if short-lived, PETROCELLI. For such a brief run--forty-four episodes plus a pilot--it featured an incredible percentage of future DALLAS actors. Now that the show is on DVD, I thought it would be interesting to compile some of their images here, if for no other reason than to stimulate interest in the show...:)

Donna Culver Krebbs (Susan Howard)



Alex Garrett (William Prince)



Gil Thurman (Albert Salmi)



Jon Cypher



Vaughn Leland (Dennis Patrick)



Joseph Lombardi (Joseph Campanella)



William Windom (Amos Krebbs)



Punk Anderson (Morgan Woodward)



Anne McFadden (Rosemary Forsyth)



Jordan Lee (Don Starr)



Richard McIntyre/Dr. Herbert Styles (John Anderson)



Dr. Wexler (Harold Gould)



...And that was just within the first eight episodes! I will post more as I find them. :)

@Barbara Fan @Ray's Lady @JROG
 
Barbara Fan

Barbara Fan

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Great stuff
I watched a prog last week - happened to be flicking thro the channels and it was about Earl Hamner, creator of the Waltons
and i had forgotten that Morgan Woodward played Boone Walton and also other Dallas supporting players appeared in the show
I love spotting Dallas cast minor players in other roles
Will get round to buying Petrochelli but i will have to get the German version as its not out here
 
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Karin

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Wow! I've seen all of season one of Petrocelli and I must say I totally didn't recognize some of the actors, or maybe I recognized them but couldn't place them. So thanks for doing this. Now I know why they looked familiar. :)
 
Seaviewer

Seaviewer

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I saw Petrocelli on its first run and liked it a lot - even if it was largely a Perry Mason clone. As a matter of fact due to the similarity of her name to Susan Hayward, who was my mother's favourite actress, I had already noticed her guest appearances on series even before that so I was already very familiar with Susan Howard long before Dallas..
 
Ray&Donna

Ray&Donna

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I haven't managed to capture him yet, but Fred Stromsoe, an assistant director on DALLAS, was the stunt coordinator for PETROCELLI and wound up playing several bit roles in the series, including the murder victim in the first (non-pilot) episode.
 
Ferney

Ferney

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Producers do tend to cast people they already know or think can deliver- Many directors use the same actors a lot in their movies, it's not much different. And of course, Bryan Cranston was cast by Gilligan because he had previously worked with him and knew what he could do when it seems others were a bit perplexed at Cranston getting the role.
 
Ray&Donna

Ray&Donna

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Barbara Fan said:
keep them coming @Ray&Donna

PS hows the house progressing??
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He's making decent progress, but crime never lets up in San Remo :p

The Lovely Sue Ellen said:
I love that you notice these things
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I notice more on repeated viewings. Also, IMDB helps if I don't recognize/remember someone :)

Ferney said:
Producers do tend to cast people they already know or think can deliver- Many directors use the same actors a lot in their movies, it's not much different. And of course, Bryan Cranston was cast by Gilligan because he had previously worked with him and knew what he could do when it seems others were a bit perplexed at Cranston getting the role.
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Yes, when you see his episode of THE X-FILES, it makes complete sense.
 
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