Who was one of your favorite, and least favorite 'guest stars' on the show ?

TheDeadBobby

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I really like Holly Harwood! She was a good actor and such a sweetie. Too bad she got tangled up with JR. I wish her role would have lasted a bit longer. :BL:


Mark Grayson ... I thought he was a creep, lusting after Pam like he did who was obviously married. Runner up was that other creep (I forget his name) down at the Store who kept chasing Pam. :tv:
 
Billy Wall

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TheDeadBobby said:
I really like Holly Harwood! She was a good actor and such a sweetie. Too bad she got tangled up with JR. I wish her role would have lasted a bit longer. :BL:


Mark Grayson ... I thought he was a creep, lusting after Pam like he did who was obviously married. Runner up was that other creep (I forget his name) down at the Store who kept chasing Pam. :tv:
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You’re thinking of Alex.

You call Mark a creep for lusting after a married women, but call Holly a sweetie for SLEEPING with a married man that ultimately cost an innocent kid his life?
 
Snarky Oracle!

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Mark waited for nearly a year before getting bedded. And by then, Pam was separated.

Jeremy Wendell seems like the biggest loss (after Larry allegedly tricked Wm Smithers into asking for a raise when Lorimar-Telepictures was no longer doing that --- unless you were Larry). I liked Holly and Parmalee, too.

Clint Ogden seemed like weird casting. Andrew Stevens never worked for me. And Laurel Ellis was so forgettable, I forget to mention her.
 
Billy Wall

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My favorite was probably Mickey. His story arch was one of the best in the entire series.

My least favorite guest star was Leslie Stewart. They wasted JR big time off the heels of the “who shot JR” storyline. This storyline just didn’t go nowhere and no way would JR let her jeopardize a deal to get back in the cartel and to make his daddy proud.
 
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Sarah

Sarah

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TheDeadBobby said:
I really like Holly Harwood! She was a good actor and such a sweetie. Too bad she got tangled up with JR. I wish her role would have lasted a bit longer. :BL:


Mark Grayson ... I thought he was a creep, lusting after Pam like he did who was obviously married. Runner up was that other creep (I forget his name) down at the Store who kept chasing Pam. :tv:
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You’re vomiting up at Mark but you think the witch who nearly destroyed JR and Sue Ellen’s marriage and nearly saw Sue Ellen die is a ‘sweetie’????’ A woman who arranged for another woman to find her husband in bed with her on PURPOSE? WOT?

Sorry that way of thinking makes me sooooo mad!

I was going to participate in your thread but I think I need to go for a walk and a talk with myself first.
 
Taylor Bennett Jr.

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aside from the fluffy-haired second-team All-SWC flanker 1970 and noted builder of Venezuelan high rises, I have a soft spot for some of the goofy villainous characters from the early self-container episodes: the maniacal van-driving semi-kidnapper Willie Gust, the dastardly Edison Faraday Haynes, the fearsome criminal gang who kidnapped Bobby, golden-voiced budding county superstar Garnet McGee, et. al. (not sure if they counted as 'guest stars', though).

I also enjoy seeing some of the old pros in action: Mr. Eugene, Scotty Demarest, Vaughn Leland, Ben Stivers/Wes Parmalee

I like Holly Harwood too (*ducks thrown wine glass*) and found Angelica Nero entertaining in her absurdity, but couldn't stand 'god's gift to women' Alex Ward and dull-ass Clint Ogden. Mark Graison's initial pursuit of Pam was off-putting, but he grew on me over time. I liked Alan Beam, too.

Leslie Stewart's storyline was kind of nonsensical - she basically sabotaged Ewing Oil at every turn, which barely seemed to register with JR who completely lusted over her, even seemed to want to marry her... then they finally did the deed and were like 'eh, that was kind of mediocre' and she disappeared and was never mentioned again.
 
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TheDeadBobby

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Sarah said:
You’re vomiting up at Mark but you think the witch who nearly destroyed JR and Sue Ellen’s marriage and nearly saw Sue Ellen die is a ‘sweetie’????’ A woman who arranged for another woman to find her husband in bed with her on PURPOSE? WOT?

Sorry that way of thinking makes me sooooo mad!

I was going to participate in your thread but I think I need to go for a walk and a talk with myself first.
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Well, to be fair, I've just started watching season 6 and I forget how it goes .... I thought she was nice at the start anyway.
 
Rove

Rove

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I don't recall Dallas doing the "Special Guest Star" thing like others did. The closest I believe who could match that was Alexis Smith as Lady Jessica Montford. Her short stint was memorable and once again I wish the writers had not taken the character down that path as I really enjoyed the actor and character. She would have made a great filler instead of the atrocious Miss Ellie recast.
 
Crimson

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Rove said:
I don't recall Dallas doing the "Special Guest Star" thing like others did.
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Yeah I must admit, I didn't quite get the intention of this thread. People seem to be just listing second and third tier characters, but none that I would consider a "guest star". I believe people like Lois Chiles and John Beck got "also starring" credit; is that the criteria here, anyone not in the main cast?
 
Crimson

Crimson

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Going by my own pedantic definition of 'guest star', I think DALLAS only had a few.

Howard Keel felt like a guest star in his earliest appearances, but since he moved the the main cast I won't consider him. Alexis Smith, definitely a guest star. Christopher Atkins, probably a guest star but also kind of stunt casting. Same with Barbara Eden. Susan Lucci, guest star.

So, with that limited choice of guest stars, I'll just say Alexis Smith / Lady Jessica was the best and Susan Lucci was the worst. (No offense to the actress, but her character sucked.)
 
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