Dennis Patrick in Emergency!

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Did you ever see this episode of NBC's hit action series Emergency!? This was a second-season one called "Virus" (OAD Saturday, Oct. 7, 1972 on NBC) that had our friend Dennis Patrick (who would later be Vaughn Leland on O-R CBS Dallas) as Mr. Hollister, father of a young lady named Jenny (played by Cathy Lee Crosby) who came down with a sort of virus that affected not just her, but several members of the Rampart and paramedic team (screenshots from Emergency! all-in-one DVD).

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I’ve never seen this particular episode but I’m sure it’s very good. I always thought Dennis was a tremendously underrated actor that was terrific in just about everything he was in.
 
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DallasFanForever said:
I’ve never seen this particular episode but I’m sure it’s very good. I always thought Dennis was a tremendously underrated actor that was terrific in just about everything he was in.
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In this, and in that fourth-season Streets of San Francisco episode "Dead Air" (alongside our other friend Larry Hagman)...

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Karin Schill said:
Interesting. I wonder if he got the part on Dallas because he'd worked with Larry previously?
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I think that could indeed be the case-- he and Larry Hagman showed what they could do together, and I think that's what led to him being Vaughn Leland on Dallas.

I remember a couple of lines of their dialogue in that hit third-season finale episode "A House Divided", from the teaser:

Vaughn: "It was crooked! And I believe you knew that. You'll regret this."
J.R.: "Is that a threat, Vaughn?"
Vaughn: "A promise."
 
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