Dallas Actors In loving Memory of Ken Kercheval 3 years on...

Barbara Fan

Barbara Fan

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Just wanted to pay tribue to one of the nicest men of Dallas who passed away 3 years ago today

Ken Kercheval was a great guy, an under rated actor and brilliant on stage. Had the pleasure of meeting him 5 times in all and he was very giving with his time.

I loved his performances on stage in White Christmas as the General and was so nice to see him on the UK stage.

Also appreciate that he took the time out to write to me with some stories of Barbara and was pleasantly surprised to hear that they were the closest of friends off screen.

RIP Ken Kercheval, you will live on in original Dallas forever. Hated what they did to your character in TNT Dallas and have deleted from my memory. Below will always be one of my favourite scenes on Dallas.

 
cws

cws

Formerly kcmimichar
Barbara Fan said:
Just wanted to pay tribue to one of the nicest men of Dallas who passed away 3 years ago today

Ken Kercheval was a great guy, an under rated actor and brilliant on stage. Had the pleasure of meeting him 5 times in all and he was very giving with his time.

I loved his performances on stage in White Christmas as the General and was so nice to see him on the UK stage.

Also appreciate that he took the time out to write to me with some stories of Barbara and was pleasantly surprised to hear that they were the closest of friends off screen.

RIP Ken Kercheval, you will live on in original Dallas forever. Hated what they did to your character in TNT Dallas and have deleted from my memory. Below will always be one of my favourite scenes on Dallas.

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I have erased what they did to Cliff out of my mind!!!
 
Toni

Toni

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Ken Kercheval will always be in my memory as one of the most gifted "Dallas" actors, and underrated at the time. What a better way to homage him than taking some time to re-watch or discover his lesser-known works. Here are a few:

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976 TV Movie)
Note: This movie is only available to watch on YouTube, not embedded here.
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In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe that the boys are innocent, and against all advice from his friends and family, sets them free, which turns the entire community against him.
Ken plays D.A. Tom Knight.

Keeping Secrets (1991 TV Movie)
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The film Autobiography of actress and entrepreneur Suzanne Somers with all the trials and tribulations that made her who she is today (*cough* *cough*).
Ken plays Suzanne Somers´ abusive dad Frank Mahoney.


Kojak (TV Series):​


Dark Sunday (1973)​

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Kojak begins sucking lollipops (lol!), after a wheel-man brags he's in on a caper which will make the NYPD more laughable than the Keystone Kops. Soon, a fellow gang member ices Artie the driver and dumps the corpse in a park. The gang member who jerked the trigger was only supposed to stash Artie out of town, so the gang leader's antsy that when Artie's body and belongings are discovered, the police will be on alert.
Ken plays a Ray Fromm. Also guest-starring is Richard Jordan, and, well, Mack Mackenzie was a regular in this, as you know...

Enjoy the movies!
 
K

Karin

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It's strange to think of that it's been three years. It feels like a long time ago in a sense, since it was before the pandemic and at the same time it feels like it was yesterday. How odd!

Ken Kercheval was great as Cliff Barnes. My one regret is not getting to talk to him properly at the Dallas 30th Anniversary BBQ in 2008. Some of my friends had their photos taken with him but I missed my chance somehow. I also don't have his autograph.
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

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Karin Schill said:
It's strange to think of that it's been three years. It feels like a long time ago in a sense, since it was before the pandemic and at the same time it feels like it was yesterday. How odd!

Ken Kercheval was great as Cliff Barnes. My one regret is not getting to talk to him properly at the Dallas 30th Anniversary BBQ in 2008. Some of my friends had their photos taken with him but I missed my chance somehow. I also don't have his autograph.
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I got my signed photograph of Ken off eBay. There's bound to be quite a few other sellers on there who have signed photo's of him. Good luck Karen. :)
 
Rove

Rove

Telly Talk Warrior
Barbara Fan said:
Hated what they did to your character in TNT Dallas
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I agree. While Ken - I suspect - relished playing the character I hated what they did to Cliff. In the clip @Barbara Fan you've chosen above that is the point Cliff settles his differences with the Ewing family. The quality of acting between Barbara Bel and Ken in this quiet scene is sublime.

I despise those behind TNT Dallas in doing such a hatched job on some of those beloved characters from my all-time favourite series but hey, at least the likes of Larry and Ken got to play out characters they thought were done and dusted.
 
Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Luke_Krebbs_Ewing

Telly Talk Champion
Rove said:
Something which cannot be undone.
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This is how I reason why Cliff turned out the way he did on the Cyntax Dallas, even though I didn't like the way they turned him into an unfeeling monster.

His sister Pam ran away from Dallas to get away from the Ewing's following the Tanker collision. According to the Cyntax Dallas Pam died of pancreatic cancer. I think when Cliff found this out it pushed him over the edge and unhinged his mind. He became a very bitter man with his hatred for the Ewing's amplified because of the death of Pam. Cliff knew as most of us on this Forum knows that Pam despite her faults was a good and kind human being. For him to find out that she had died must've been devastating for him. So let's forgive Cliff for his actions on that other Dallas show because that was a Cliff wracked with guilt and pain over losing his sister and wanting to avenge her death.
 
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