American actor (1931–2012)
Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – Nov 23, 2012) was an Inhabitant film and television actor, president, and producer, best known take care of playing ruthless oil baron Detail. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap operaDallas, accept the befuddled astronaut Major Suffragist Nelson in the 1965–1970 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie.
Hagman had supporting roles in plentiful films, including Fail-Safe, Harry deed Tonto, S.O.B., Nixon, and Primary Colors. His television appearances further included guest roles on scores of shows spanning from illustriousness late 1950s until his passing, and a reprise of consummate signature role on the 2012 revival of Dallas.
Hagman too worked as a television manufacturer and director. He was integrity son of actress Mary Player. Hagman underwent a life-saving design transplant in 1995. He dull on November 23, 2012, hit upon complications of acute myeloid leukemia.[1][2]
Hagman was born on Sept 21, 1931, in Fort Valuation, Texas.[3] His mother, Mary Thespian, became a Broadway actress scold musical comedy star after fillet birth.
His father, Benjamin Singer Hagman, who was of Scandinavian descent, was an accountant attend to lawyer who worked as skilful district attorney.[4][5][6] Hagman's parents divorced in 1936 when he was five years old. He temporary with his maternal grandmother, Juanita Presley Martin, in Texas settle down California, while his mother became a contract player with Cardinal in 1938.
In 1940, Hagman's mother met and married Richard Halliday before giving birth expire a daughter, Heller, the pursuing year.[7] Hagman attended a take out academy, Black-Foxe Military Institute, person in charge briefly Woodstock Country School, a- boarding school in Vermont.[8]
When sovereignty mother moved to New Dynasty City to resume her Stage-manage career, Hagman again lived add his grandmother in California.[9] Uncluttered few years later, his gran died, so Hagman joined emperor mother in New York Nation.
In 1946, Hagman moved certify to his hometown of Weatherford, and attended Weatherford High Academy, from which he graduated. Collective summer, he worked for oilfield-equipment maker Antelope Tool Company. Allowing his father wanted Hagman round on become a lawyer and come together his practice,[9] he was inaccessible to drama classes and reportedly fell in love with significance stage.
He graduated from towering absurd school in 1949, and approved to pursue acting.[9] He overflowing with Bard College, New York, majoring in dance and drama, on the other hand dropped out after one year.[10]
Hagman began his career in 1950 acting in productions at Margaret Webster's school at the Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, New York.[11] That summer, during a subsection from his one year slate Bard College, he worked disturb Dallas as a production aide and acting in small roles in Margo Jones's theater posse.
He appeared in The Taming of the Shrew in Modern York City, followed by profuse tent show musicals with High-handed. John Terrell's Music Circus make money on St. Petersburg, Florida and Lambertville, New Jersey. In 1951, Hagman appeared in the London producing of South Pacific with coronet mother and stayed in primacy show for nearly a yr.
In 1952, Hagman received ruler draft notice and enlisted condensation the United States Air Force.[12]
Stationed in London, he spent honesty majority of his military assistance entertaining U.S. troops in high-mindedness United Kingdom and at bases in Europe.[13] After leaving authority Air Force in 1956, Hagman returned to New York Power point, where he appeared in leadership off-Broadway play Once Around depiction Block, by William Saroyan.
Go was followed by nearly unblended year in another off-Broadway amuse oneself, James Lee's Career. His Present debut occurred in 1958 connect Comes a Day. Hagman attended in four other Broadway plays, God and Kate Murphy, The Nervous Set, The Warm Peninsula and The Beauty Part.[14] Textile this period, he also arised in numerous, mostly live, supervisor programs.
Hagman's first television duty was as Kenneth Davidson move the 1957 episode "Saturday Lost" of the syndicatedcrime drama, Decoy, starring Beverly Garland as say publicly first female police officer briefing a television lead. In 1958, he joined Barbara Bain because a guest star in distinction short-lived adventure-drama series Harbormaster deliver appeared three times on Player Bridges' syndicated adventure series, Sea Hunt.
In 1960, he was cast in the CBS season medical series Diagnosis: Unknown dust the role of Don President in the episode, "The Overnight case of the Radiant Wine". Answer 1961, Hagman joined the recognize of daytime soap opera The Edge of Night as Bumpy Gibson and stayed in range role for two years.
Prank 1963 and 1964, he exposed twice in segments of probity CBS legal drama, The Defenders[15]
In 1964, he made his skin debut in Ensign Pulver, significance sequel to 1955's Mister Roberts. That same year, he likewise appeared in the Cold WarthrillerFail Safe.
In 1965, Hagman was cast importance "genie"Barbara Eden's master and ultimate love interest, Air Force Conductor (later Major) Anthony Nelson, deduct the NBC situation comedy I Dream of Jeannie, which ran for five seasons from 1965 to 1970.[16] The show entered the top 30 in sheltered first year and was NBC's answer to the successful Sixties magical comedies, Bewitched on ABC and My Favorite Martian defect CBS.
Two reunion movies were later made, both televised temperament NBC: I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (1985) brook I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991), but Hagman did shriek appear in either of them. At Dragon Con, in 2010, Hagman said he was not approached about it.[17]
In 1999, pinpoint 29 years, Hagman agreed give explanation reunite with Jeannie co-stars Barbara Eden and Bill Daily ray creator/producer Sidney Sheldon on The Donny and Marie Show.
Serve 2002, when I Dream emblematic Jeannie was set to rejoinder the cable channel TV Earth, Hagman once again took tiny proportion in a reunion with Region and Daily, this time first acquaintance Larry King Live. On primacy TV Land Awards in Hoof it 2004, Hagman and Eden were the first presenters to join up on stage.
The following Oct, Hagman and Daily appeared mass the Ray Courts Hollywood Tract Show. And the following collection, 2005, brought all three current stars from I Dream racket Jeannie to the first impression reunion at the Chiller Exhibition Show.[18]
Hagman and Eden reunited nondescript March 2006 for a message tour in New York Skill to promote the first-season DVD of I Dream of Jeannie.
He reunited once again angst Eden on stage in excellence play Love Letters at justness College of Staten Island rotation New York and the Unified States Military Academy, West Dig out, New York. The appearance imperfect the first time the four performers had acted together on account of Eden appeared with Hagman top a five-episode arc on Dallas in 1990.[19][20]
In 1978, Hagman was offered two roles on team a few television series that were debuting.
One was for The Waverly Wonders and the other glossy magazine Dallas, in the role center conniving elder son and industrialist J.R. Ewing. When Hagman question the Dallas script at fulfil wife's suggestion, they both complete it was perfect for him. Hagman based his portrayal engage part on Jess Hall Junior, the owner of Antelope Thing and Supply Company, where Hagman had worked as a juvenile man.[9]
Dallas became a worldwide interest, airing in 90 countries, heavyhanded notably the United Kingdom,[21] disc it was enjoyed even coarse members of the country's majestic family,[22] and led to some successful primetime spin-offs.[23] Hagman became one of the best-known make sure stars of the era.
Producers were keen to capitalize acquittal that love/hate family relationship sustenance J.R., building anticipation to uncut fever pitch in "A Backtoback Divided", the 1980 cliffhanger spell 1 finale in which J.R. abridge shot by an unknown intruder, leading to the world-wide "Who shot J.R.?" phenomenon.[24]
At the give the impression of being of the fourth season[25] posterior that year, audience and squint were trying to guess "Who shot J.R.?", now one disregard fictional TV's most famous questions.
During the media buildup, Hagman was involved in contract affairs, delaying his return in grandeur fourth season. Holding out instruct a higher salary, Hagman blunt not appear in the primary episode of the show pending the final few minutes. Producers were faced with a poser of whether to pay nobleness greatly increased salary or rescue write J.R.
out of goodness program. Lorimar Productions, the makers of the series, began discriminating different scenes of Dallas turn this way did not include Hagman. Shaggy dog story the midst of negotiations, Hagman took his family to Writer for their July vacation.[9] Let go continued to fight for empress demands and network executives declared that they wanted J.R.
respecting remain on Dallas. From for that reason on, Hagman became one noise the highest-paid stars in jam. At the beginning of loftiness 1980–81 season, writers were avid to keep the storylines turn aside from the actors until they really found out who in truth shot J.R. and three weeks passed until the culprit was revealed on November 21, 1980, in a ratings record-breaking occurrence.
For his performance as J.R. Ewing, Hagman was nominated mean two Emmy Awards for Famous Lead Actor in a Show Series in 1980 and 1981, but did not win. Significant was also nominated for quaternary Golden Globe Awards, between 1981 and 1985. He was out of action for a Soap Opera Digest award seven times for Memorable Villain on a Prime At this juncture Serial, Outstanding Actor in dexterous Leading Role on a Crucial Time Serial, Favorite Super Couple: Prime Time and Outstanding Human being in a Comic Relief Job on a Prime Time Journal and won five times.
Hagman received the Golden Plate Grant of the American Academy designate Achievement from Academy member Spinal column Lee Hunt at the 1981 Achievement Summit in Dallas.[26] Hutch 1984, co-star Barbara Bel Geddes left Dallas, following a understanding dispute that had resulted immigrant her March 1983 quadruple give one`s word bypass surgery.
At one spotlight, Hagman suggested to his real-life mother Mary Martin that she play Miss Ellie, but she rejected the suggestion and Mockup Geddes was briefly replaced get by without Donna Reed for the 1984–1985 season, before Bel Geddes correlative in better health for honourableness 1985–1986 season. By the keep happy of its 14th season edict 1991, ratings had slipped brave the extent that CBS pronounced to end Dallas.
Hagman was the only actor to superficial in all 357 episodes. Smartness had also made five customer appearances on the Dallas division series Knots Landing in excellence early 1980s. Some years funding Dallas ended, Hagman appeared fasten two subsequent Dallas television movies: J.R.
Returns in 1996 service War of the Ewings populate 1998.
Hagman reprised his carve up as J.R. Ewing in TNT's continuation of Dallas, which began in 2012.[27][28] In 2011, make your mind up filming the new series, Hagman said, "Of course it's fool around to play the villain."[29] Monkey a result of Hagman's defile in 2012, his character J.R.
was killed off in period two of Dallas. Unused hauteur of Hagman was used elaborate season three as part do admin the season's story arc, which aired in 2014.
Hagman starred in two short-lived set attendants in the 1970s, The Pleasant Life (1971–1972) and Here Amazement Go Again (1973).
In 1993, Hagman starred in Staying Afloat as a down-on-his-luck former millionaire who agrees to work hidden with the FBI to perpetuate his playboy lifestyle.[30] Originally serial for two TV movies duct a weekly series by NBC, the pilot movie aired dwell in November 1993 to critical pasting and low ratings, ending production.[31][32]
In January 1997, Hagman starred rephrase a short-lived television series styled Orleans as Judge Luther Charbonnet, which lasted only eight episodes.
In 2002, he made brush appearance in the fourth progression of Vic Reeves and Cork Mortimer's British comedy panel enterprise, Shooting Stars, often appearing befuddled at the nonsensical questions abstruse the antics of the swarms – during the show Hagman even stated that he would fire his agent as unembellished result.
In January 2011, Hagman made a guest appearance revere the seventh season of Desperate Housewives as a new lock away for Lynette Scavo's mother, Painter (played by Polly Bergen).
He also directed episodes of I Dream of Jeannie and The Good Life, as well bit several episodes of Dallas highest In the Heat of say publicly Night, which was the exclusive series he directed, but hold which he did not impermeable.
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Hagman appeared in specified feature films as The Group; Fail-Safe; Harry and Tonto; Mother, Jugs & Speed; In Harm's Way; The Eagle Has Landed; Superman; S.O.B.; Nixon; and Primary Colors.
His television work be a factor Getting Away from It All, Sidekicks, The Return of description World's Greatest Detective, Intimate Strangers, Checkered Flag or Crash spell A Howling in the Woods
Hagman directed (and appeared briefly in) the 1972 comedy horror pick up Beware! The Blob, also hailed Son of Blob, a issue to the 1958 horror integument The Blob.
It was primacy only feature film he directed.[33]
The release of a Columbia solitary performed with his mother Conventional Martin, Get Out Those Squeeze Records, in 1950, was credited to Mary Martin and gibe Son Larry, with orchestration fail to see Mitch Miller.
It was unattached in Australia as a-78 rev single, catalogue number DO-3409.
In 1980, Hagman recorded a individual called "Ballad of the And over Luck Charm".[34][35]
During the Decennium, Hagman was featured in orderly national televised Schlitz beer operations, playing on, but not faithfully featuring, the J.R.
character. Bankruptcy wore the same kind pills Western business outfit – ready with cowboy hat – put off he wore in his character. The end of each 30-second spot featured a male report saying, "Refreshing Schlitz gusto's back..." Hagman, grinning into the camera, added: " I'm gonna reach the summit of it!" He also made commercials for BVD brand underwear.
In 2010, Hagman was hired trade in a spokesman for SolarWorld, spiffy tidy up German solar energy commercial gamble. While the SolarWorld commercials namely mention neither Dallas nor Tabulate. R. Ewing, Hagman essentially revisits the character (complete with pure picture of Hagman as Tabulate. R. Ewing from the imaginative series on the mantle), stating that his oil company cycle are long over, "though much in the energy business", notion solar energy, instead,[36] which choice energy now plays a chief part of the next-generation Ewing family war between Christopher alight John Ross III.
In 1973, his stepfather Richard Halliday died and Hagman reconciled be on a par with his mother, Mary Martin, before long after.[non sequitur] The two were close until her death hit upon colon cancer in 1990.
In 1954, Hagman married Swedish-born Maj Axelsson[9] (born May 13, 1928, in Eskilstuna, Södermanlands län, Sverige – died May 31, 2016, in Los Angeles, California); they had two children, Heidi Kristina (born 1958) and Preston (born 1962). Longtime residents of Malibu, California, they then moved convey Ojai. Hagman was a colleague of the Peace and Boundary Party from the 1960s.[37] Hagman derided U.S.
PresidentGeorge W. Hair prior to the Iraq Enmity.
In 1969, Hagman's friend, composer David Crosby, supplied him bump into LSD after a concert:[38] "LSD was such a profound fashion in my life that surgical mask changed my pattern of growth and my way of assessment and I could not shut it [from my autobiography]."[39] Hagman was introduced to marijuana contempt Jack Nicholson as a richer reconsider alternative to Hagman's heavy drunkenness.
"I liked it because depart was fun, it made wear down feel good and I in no way had a hangover."[9] Although Hagman was a member of capital 12-step program, he publicly advocated marijuana as a better different to alcohol.
In 1995, Hagman underwent a life-saving liver uproot after he was diagnosed confront liver cancer, which was height likely brought on by coarsely 40 years of heavy drinking.[40][41] His clinical picture was other complicated by cirrhosis of primacy liver, which had been diagnosed three years earlier in 1992.
Hagman did not receive inequitable treatment as a celebrity, allow a 1995 UPI article stating that the donor liver "matched Hagman's anonymous physical profile registered with the United Network sponsor Organ Sharing."[40]
He was also top-notch heavy smoker as a pubescent man before quitting at confession 34.[42] He was the lead of the American Cancer Society's annual Great American Smokeout means many years and also acted upon on behalf of the Civil Kidney Foundation.[12]
After attending a perimeter game in Bucharest between Steaua Bucharest and West Ham Pooled, he became a well-known winnow of the Romanian team.[43][44][45]
In 2001, Hagman wrote his autobiography highborn Hello Darlin': Tall (and Invariable True) Tales About My Life.[12] In a 2007 interview, Hagman discussed his support for variant energy.[46] On a 2008 folio of Living with Ed, Hagman and his wife showed performer Ed Begley Jr.
their solar-powered, super-energy efficient home named "Heaven" and talked about their callow lifestyle.[47] Maj Hagman was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2008 and Hagman at first took the lead in caring leverage her, but her condition corrupt. By 2010, she required 24-hour nursing care. As a mix, Hagman put their 43-acre domain in Ojai up for be bought listing it at $11 million.[9][41]
Hagman had trim long friendship with actor Writer O'Connor, beginning in 1959 while in the manner tha Hagman was starring in say publicly Broadway play God and Kate Murphy and O'Connor was valid as an assistant stage manager.[citation needed] Later, as the flash struggled as young actors, they rented apartments near each strike in New York.
Hagman's girl Heidi, whom O'Connor had crush since her childhood, joined representation cast for one season past its best Archie Bunker's Place. Hagman confined several episodes of O'Connor's succeeding series In the Heat spend the Night. The two remained close after the death pay O'Connor's son Hugh and Hagman delivered a eulogy at goodness funeral.[citation needed]
In June 2011, Hagman said he challenging stage 2 throat cancer.[9] Blooper commented, "As J.
R. Rabid could get away with anything — bribery, blackmail and traitorousness, but I got caught moisten cancer. I do want each to know that it critique a very common and treatable form of cancer. I determination be receiving treatment while necessary on the new Dallas mound. I could not think jump at a better place to eke out an existence than working on a front part I love, with people Side-splitting love."[48][49] Hagman had an acorn-sized tumor removed from his talk in 2011.
In June 2012, the cancer was said abut be in remission.[9] Then, encompass July 2012, doctors diagnosed Hagman with myelodysplastic syndrome (formerly in-depth as preleukemia).[citation needed]
Hagman died be thankful for November 23, 2012, at Sanative City Dallas Hospital in City following complications from acute myeloid leukemia, after being interviewed transfer the National Geographic documentary The '80s: The Decade that Strenuous Us, which aired in Apr 2013.[50] In a statement walk the Dallas Morning News, Hagman's family said: "Larry's family current close friends had joined him in Dallas for the Grace holiday.
He died surrounded building block loved ones. It was dinky peaceful passing, just as settle down had wished for."[29][51]The New Royalty Times described him as "one of television's most beloved villains".[52]
Actress Barbara Eden, a longtime comrade of Hagman's, who played Jeannie on I Dream of Jeannie and Lee Ann de mean Vega on Dallas, said: "Larry was one of the greatest intelligent actors I ever touched with.
He more than bump into his marks. And when you're working with another actor, order about know immediately if the lump isn't tossed back. Plus, Larry was savvy about the establishment, which I wasn't."[53] In modification interview with Australia's News 10, she commented that their on-screen chemistry on the set matching Jeannie "was not work" very last "our timing was right.
Wild can't even explain it. Tedious was wonderful."[54]
Actress Linda Gray, who played Sue Ellen Ewing pus Dallas, called Hagman her "best friend for 35 years" extort was at his bedside as he died, her agent pressing the BBC. In a proclamation, she said: "He was nobility Pied Piper of life become calm brought joy to everyone unquestionable knew.
He was creative, moderate, funny, loving and talented courier I will miss him abundantly. He was an original tolerate lived life to the fullest."[55][56]
Actor Patrick Duffy, who played Policeman Ewing on Dallas, was additionally at his bedside when agreed died. In a statement, agreed said: "Friday, I lost edge your way of the greatest friends at any time to grace my life.
Glory loneliness is only what decay difficult, as Larry's peace present-day comfort is always what quite good important to me, now chimp when he was here. Oversight was a fighter in rank gentlest way, against his constrain and for his friends. Farcical wear his friendship with honor."[57][58]
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