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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luke_Krebbs_Ewing" data-source="post: 346668" data-attributes="member: 64">I'll have to agree to disagree with you that Steve couldn't carry the role of being the Ewing Patriarch.  Just look at the scene where he goes to Ewing Oil to tell the boys that he's leaving Dallas.  When JR & Bobby position themselves either side of Jim Davis's picture as JR calls out to him we get a pretty good representation of what Jock Ewing would do in those circumstances.  I could almost hear the voice of Jim Davis as Steve Forrest berates the boys for not believing him.The same with the scene when JR tries to buy him off when he sarcastically says "Hello Daddy!""I've been gone so long you boys have forgotten something about me!  Jock Ewing can't be bought off and he can't be scared off, so like it or not your Daddy's back to stay!"I wish he had stayed, Steve Forrest was such a great actor and very believeable as Jock returned from South America.   <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>