starring

KEN KERCHEVAL




Playing CLIFF BARNES, J.R.´s archrival, offered no opportunity to KEN to showcase his talent as a singer, but that was the way he started off in show business. Born on June 15, 1935, in WOLCOTTVILLE, Indiana; he moved to NEW YORK and studied at distinguished Neighborhood Playhouse.

He soon got big roles in BROADWAY musicals, like THE FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and CABARET. From then on, he also performed some dramatic parts, as well on stage as in movies. Likewise he gueststarred on single episodes of popular TV shows, like SEARCH FOR TOMORROW, THE DEFENDERS, KOJAK and, finally, DALLAS:
“I read the pilot series scripts on an airplane and sat there thinking about them, and said to myself: There´s not one redeemable character in this show except CLIFF. He is the only one with a sense of morality.”




In his free time KERCHEVAL is devoted to collect ceramics, 30´s American paintings and Packard cars. In the recent years he has overcome a lung cancer, has been father of a fourth child and co-starred in the first sequel to DALLAS: J.R. RETURNS.



“If CLIFF was something, that was a classic character: he always would dust himself off and pick himself up and start all over again. That´s uncharacteristic of a loser. If he were so, he´d have disappeared of the show.”



CAREER:
Movies:

    -Rambo IV (2007) (pre-production)

    -Blind Obsession (2001)

    -Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1997)
    ... aka Rusty: The Great Rescue (1997) (USA: video title)

    -Beretta's Island (1994)

    -California Casanova (1991)

    -Corporate Affairs (1990)

    -F.I.S.T. (1978)

    -The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)

    -Network (1976)

    -The Seven-Ups (1973)

    -Run, Rabbit, Run (1970)

    -Cover Me Babe (1970)
    ... aka Run Shadow Run

    -Pretty Poison (1968)


Television:

    -Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork (2004) Documentary

    -TV Road Trip (2002) Documentary

    -CROSSING JORDAN (2002, 4) episodes "Four Fathers" (# 1.14) and "Someone to Watch Over Me" (# 5.16)

    -Doing Dallas (2000) Documentary

    -When Shoulderpads Ruled the World (2002) Documentary

    -Dallas... The E! True Hollywood Story (2000) Documentary

    -ER (1998) episode "Day for Knight" (#5.11)

    -Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996)

    -A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994)

    -Burke's Law (1994) episode "Who Killed Romeo?" (#1.8)

    -Woman on the Ledge (1993)

    -Lovejoy (1993) episode "The Lost Colony" (# 5.14)

    -Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) episode "She'll Do to Ride the River With" (# 2.7)

    -The Golden Palace (1992) episode "A New Leash on Life" (# 1.20)

    -In the Heat of the Night (1993) episode "Judgement Day" (# 6.12)

    -Diagnosis Murder (1993, 94, 97, 2000) episodes "The 13 Million Dollar Man" (# 1.5), "Murder Most Vial" (# 2.6), "A Mime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (# 5.11) and "Too Many Cooks" (# 7.14)

    -Dangerous Curves (1992) episode "Daddy Dearest" (# 2.2)

    -Murder, She Wrote (1992) episode "Angel of Death" (# 8.20)

    -L.A. Law (1992) episode "I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz" (# 6.12)

    -I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991) -

    Keeping Secrets (1991)

    -Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990)

    -Highway to Heaven (1988) episode "Whose Trash Is It Anyway?" (# 5.1)

    -Matlock (1987) episode "The Gambler" (# 2.7)

    -Mike Hammer (1987) episode "A Blinding Fear" (# 3.20)

    -Hotel (1983, 86) episodes "Flashback" (# 1.6) and "Scapegoats" (# 3.12)

    -Calamity Jane (1984)

    -The Demon Murder Case (1983) (TV)
    ... aka The Rhode Island Murders

    -Trapper John, M.D. (1979) episodio "That Old Gang of Mine" (# 3.1)

    -The Patricia Neal Story (1981)
    ... aka An Act of Love: The Patricia Neal Story

    -The Love Boat (1981) episode "Two for 8 Julie/Aunt Hilly/The Duel" (# 4.23)

    -Walking Through the Fire (1979)

    -Too Far to Go (1979)

    -Starsky & Hutch (1979) episode "Targets Without a Badge" (#4.18 & 4.19)

    -Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)

    -DALLAS (1978-91) Series (original cast) (and co-direction)

    -CHiPs (1978) episode "High Explosive" (# 2.12)

    -Rafferty (1977) episode "Death Out of a Blue Sky" (# 1.13)

    -Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976)

    -Beacon Hill (1975) episode "The Million Dollar Gate" (# 1.8)

    -Get Christie Love (1974) episode "Market for Murder" (#1.1)

    -How to Survive a Marriage (1974) Series

    -Kojak (1973, 77, 78) episodes "Dark Sunday" (# 1.8), "Kojak's Day: Part 2" (# 4.20) and "The Halls of Terror" (# 5.18)

    -The Coming Asunder of Jimmy Bright (1971)

    -The Secret Storm (1968) Series

    -Search for Tomorrow (1967-1967, 1972-1973) Daytime Serial

    -The Trials of O'Brien (1965, 66) episodes "No Justice for the Judge" (# 1.13) and "The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole" (# 1.16)

    -The Nurses (1965) episode "The Heroine" (# 3.29)

    -The Defenders (1962, 63, 65) episodes "The Iron Man" (# 1.25), "The Tarnished Cross" (# 1.26), "The Brother Killers" (# 2.34) and "Youths and Maidens on an Evening Walk" (# 4.27)



    VICTORIA PRINCIPAL