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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris2" data-source="post: 336830" data-attributes="member: 495"><p>I know when Jim Davis passed away, there was speculation that James Arness would play Jock. They would have been better off finding a more interesting character for Ellie’s second husband. No offense to Howard Keel, but Clayton was pretty dull. I wish they’d had someone who had a little more of a ”western“ flavor. Hell, maybe Ellie finds love with a cowboy or ranch foreman of more modest means, but one who doesn’t take crap from any of the Ewings. That could have been an interesting conflict. I think they liked Howard Keel and of course didn’t want any of the women to stay single on the show because they simply couldn’t survive without a man. But it really didn’t give them many story opportunities. Clayton was already rich, and didn’t have much of a family around, so where was the opportunity for conflict?</p></blockquote><p></p>