WILLARD "DIGGER" BARNES
First Appearance: Episode 1. Last Appearance: Episode 52. Portrayers: DAVID WAYNE, Eps. 1-11. KEENAN WYNN, Eps. 32-52. DAVID MARSHALL GRANT, Dallas: The Early Years (mini-series). Introduction Scene: Cliff and Pam pick him up at a bar to tell him Pam married a Ewing. (Keenan Wynn) Arrives at the Dallas Airport from Los Angeles. (D.M.Grant) Drunk at his former Southfork oil-rich land. Exit Scene: Deathbed confession of his killing Pam´s real dad 30 years before. Birthplace: Braddock, Texas. Other Aliases: The Barnes patriarch. The man who could "smell" oil.
Creator´s Definition: "Jock had the business sense and Digger knew where to dig. Digger was totally self-destructive: a drunk." (25 YEARS OF "DALLAS", from here on "25")
VALENE "VAL" CLEMMENS EWING
First Appearance: Episode 6. Last Appearance: Episode 356. Portrayer: JOAN VAN ARK. Introduction Scene: Lucy takes his daddy to the bar where Val is waitressing. (Dallas) Arrives at the cul-de-sac with Gary and Bobby (the KL series and mini-series). Exit Scene: The gang jokes about Karen and Abby becoming grandmothers. Birthplace: Husky Corners, Tennessee. Other Aliases: "Poor Val", "the first wife".
Actor´s Definition: "Val totally depended on her husband, but she was committed and I saw her as the personification of Tammy Wynette when she sang "Stand By Your Man"."
GARRISON "GARY" ARTHUR EWING
First Appearance: Episode 6. Last Appearance: Episode 356. Portrayers: DAVID ACKROYD, Eps. 6-7. TED SHACKELFORD, Eps. 42-356, the Knots Landing series and mini-series, and, as a child, Dallas: The Early Years. Introduction Scenes: Bobby bumps into him in Vegas. (DA) Welcomes Val after her meetings with Lucy and Bobby. (TS) Arrives at the cul-de-sac with Val and Bobby (KL). Exit Scene: The gang jokes about Karen and Abby becoming grandmothers. Birthplace: Southfork Ranch, Braddock, Texas. Other Aliases: Southfork´s "black sheep".
Actor´s Definition: (TS) "Gary was a classic angry guy, and he got hooked on the booze. I think he wanted approval from his family more in all he was very excitable and passionate(...) but got carried away with some things." (Ultimate DALLAS, "UD" from here on)
JENNA WADE
First Appearance: Episode 8. Last Appearance: Episode 291. Portrayers: MORGAN FAIRCHILD, Ep. 8. FRANCINE TACKER, Eps. 47-8. PRISCILLA (BEAULIEU) PRESLEY, Eps.138-291. Introduction Scenes: Bobby gets a call from her asking him a favor. (MF) She meets him by chance at the airport, when Pam is leaving to Paris (FT). She meets him by chance, again, as she is working as a waitress at Billy Bob´s (PP). Exit Scene: She and Ray make up and decide to leave Texas for Europe. Birthplace: Wade Ranch, Braddock, Texas. Other Aliases: The girl next door, the other woman.
Actor´s Definition: (PP) "Jenna is a survivor. (...) She´s got a real strength of character.(...) She´s very passionate and very romantic. She gives a lot and expects a lot in return." (The Complete Book of DALLAS, "CB" from here on)
CHARLOTTE "CHARLIE" WADE
First Appearance: Episode 8. Last Appearance: Episode 275. Portrayers: LAURIE LYNN MYERS, Eps. 8. SHALANE McCALL, Eps. 140-275. Introduction Scenes: Pam meets her and Jenna at her work (LLM). She comes out of the Wade house to take a look at Bobby, and asks her mum about him (SMC). Exit Scene: She, Jenna and her baby brother leave for Europe, where she´ll be put in a Swiss High School. Birthplace: Rome, Italy. Other Aliases: Bobby´s emotional daughter, "Brad Pitt´s girlfriend".
Actor´s Definition: "A lot of Charlie Wade is me.(...)I see Charlie as a free-spirited, innocent, loving, sensitive girl who is a lot like her mom in the series. Jenna and Charlie have a special relationship."
PATRICIA SHEPARD
First Appearance: Episode 20. Last Appearance: Episode 204. Portrayer: MARTHA SCOTT. Introduction Scene: Calls Sue Ellen at Southfork. Exit Scene: She packs up after making up with her daughter. Birthplace: Santa Fe. Other Aliases: Mama dearest, the traveling grandma, the consummate addict.
Actor´s Definition: Patricia "was the entrepreneur...a woman who´s trying to guide her daughter´s life" (25)
KRISTIN MARIE SHEPARD
First Appearance: Episode 20. Last Appearance: Episode 356. Portrayers: COLLEEN CAMP, Eps. 20, 24. MARY (FRANCES) CROSBY, Eps. 32-78, 356. Introduction Scenes: Comes downstairs to flirt with her brother-in-law, J.R.(CC) Arrives at the airport with her mum and is welcomed by J.R. and Sue Ellen (MC). Exit Scene: Cliff finds her dead in the Southfork pool. Makes a cameo as a cunning new Kristin on Conundrum. Birthplace: Santa Fe. Other Aliases: The woman who shot J.R., Sue Ellen´s sister, the first Dallas bitch, "Bing´s daughter".
Actor´s Definition: "Kristin was really a high-class whore."
JOHN ROSS EWING III
First Appearance: Episode 28. Last Appearance: Episode 355. Portrayers: TYLER BANKS, Eps. 28-131. OMRI KATZ, Eps. 132-355, and the first Reunion Movie. Introduction Scenes: The Ewing Family look at him a few minutes after being born (TB). Bobby rescues him from his room in fire (OK). Exit Scene: Asks his dad about her mother owning Ewing Oil and what he feels about it. Birthplace: Dallas Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas. Other Aliases: Little John. J.R.´s heir. "That bastard".
STEVEN "DUSTY" FARLOW
First Appearance: Episode 37. Last Appearance: Episode 355. Portrayer: JARED MARTIN. Introduction Scene: He bumps into Sue Ellen in a café and helps her to pick up her things. Exit Scene: He gets even on J.R. giving his WestStar vote rights to J.R.´s enemy McKay. Birthplace: London, England. Other Aliases: The cowboy on a white horse, Clayton´s "son", Jessica Montford´s "nephew".
Actor´s Definition: Dusty was "a man who was crippled and impotent" but "was about to become an American sex symbol." (25)
MITCHELL "MITCH" COOPER
First Appearance: Episode 56. Last Appearance: Episode 283. Portrayer: LEIGH (J.) McCLOSKEY. Introduction Scene: He puts Lucy into a taxi when she comes out of a disco completely drunk. Exit Scene: He hesitantly agrees with Lucy to get a divorce after her running away back to Southfork. Birthplace: Biloxi, Mississippi. Other Aliases: Lucy´s greatest love, Lucy´s only husband, "that Med student."
AMOS KREBBS
First Appearance: Episode 60. Last Appearance: Episode 61. Portrayer: WILLIAM WINDOM. Introduction Scene: He looks over Jock and Ray at a Fort Worth bar. Exit Scene: He says goodbye to his presumed son Ray after getting Jock blackmailed with his late wife´s diary. Birthplace: Emporia, Kansas. Other Aliases: Ray´s long-lost "daddy", Ray´s own Digger.
Steve Kanaly´s Definition: Amos Krebbs was "perfectly seedy; a very authentic portrayal of a slippery con man." (25)
REBECCA BURKE BARNES WENTWORTH
First Appearance: Episode 63. Last Appearance: Episode 121. Portrayer: PRISCILLA POINTER. Introduction Scene: Pam and her detective spy on her when she is coming out of her Houston manor. Exit Scene: Deathbed scene at Dallas Memorial Hospital, in front of Pam, Bobby and Afton. Birthplace: San Antonio? Other Aliases: The Prodigal Mother, The Wentworth matriarch, The Woman from Houston.
AFTON COOPER
1ª aparición: Episodio 65.
First Appearance: Episode 65. Last Appearance: Episode 309 (and J.R. Returns). Portrayer: AUDREY LANDERS. Introduction Scene: She and her mama arrive from Biloxi and are welcomed by Mitch and Lucy. Exit Scene: She lets Cliff meet their daughter Pamela Rebecca, though not telling her he is her daddy. Birthplace: Biloxi, Mississippi. Other Aliases: The aspiring singer, Cliff´s greatest love, the Tart with a Heart, Lucy´s sister-in-law.
Actor´s Definition: Afton started out "as the bad girl and finally maturing realizing Cliff was not the right man for her.(...) She didn't stand up for herself, it was really against the type of character that had been developed for all those years." (UD)
CLAYTON FARLOW
First Appearance: Episode 70. Last Appearance: Episode 354. Portrayer: HOWARD KEEL. Introduction Scene: He talks with Sue Ellen about his son Dusty´s impotence. Exit Scene: He leaves Southfork for Europe with John Ross. Birthplace: Southern Cross, San Angelo, Texas. Other Aliases: Miss Ellie´s second husband, Jock´s substitute, Sue Ellen´s fan, Dusty´s "daddy", the "Dumb Ox".
Actor´s Definition: "He´s a well-educated man, a brilliant man. He´s well traveled. (...) One of the reasons he married Miss Ellie is that he acts as her adviser, helps take care of her. (...) Clayton´s strength comes from his intellect, his experience, his feelings about the land, his understanding of Miss Ellie and J.R. (...) his very presence and understanding are what give balance to many of the other characters." (CB)
KATHERINE WENTWORTH
First Appearance: Episode 81. Last Appearance: Episode 254. Portrayer: MORGAN BRITTANY (ex SUZAN CUPITO). Introduction Scene: She gets out of a taxi and Rebecca introduces her to her son Cliff. Exit Scene: Bobby tells her off at the Dallas Memorial Hospital when she returns allegedly to see her stepsister after the car crash. Birthplace: Houston, Texas. Other Aliases: The Bitch, Dallas´ Alexis, Wicked Stepsister, the Evil Witch from East, Eve Harrington Redux, the woman who "killed" Bobby.
Actor´s Definition: Katherine "was psychotic, she was one of these people that are obsessed, they will find something they want and will do anything to get it and if they can’t get what they want they will destroy the person and themselves. (...) It kind of parallels Scarlett O'Hara in a way , how she was with Ashley." (UD)
JEFFREY "JEFF" FARRADAY
First Appearance: Episode 82. Last Appearance: Episode 100. Portrayer: ART HINDLE. Introduction Scene: He calls Bobby after sending him a photo of Kristin and (their) baby. Exit Scene: Bobby finds him shot in his apartment (afterwards, he will appear in flashbacks). Birthplace: Presumedly, California. Other Aliases: Christopher´s true daddy, Kristin´s "bad influence", Lisa Alden´s brother.
CHRISTOPHER MARK EWING
First Appearance: Episode 87. Last Appearance: Episode 355 and J.R. Returns. Portrayers: ERIC FARLOW, Eps. 87-191. JOSHUA HARRIS, Eps. 192-355. CHRISTOPHER DEMETRAL, J.R. Returns. Introduction Scenes: His natural father gives him to Bobby for 15,000 $ (EF). He runs out of the house before his mum tells him "daddy is gone" (JH). He and Bobby ride to Southfork (CD). Exit Scene: Goes into the house with his dad and girlfriend Julia, leaving John Ross with J.R. Birthplace: Los Angeles Memorial Hospital, L.A., California. Other Aliases: Kristin´s baby. J.R.´s blackmailing weapon. "That bastard", too.
LILLIAN TROTTER
First Appearance: Episode 106. Last Appearance: Episode 221. Portrayer: KATE REID. Introduction Scene: She calls Ray asking him for help for his (fake) agonizing dad, Amos. Exit Scene: She testifies on Ray´s behalf about her son´s Mickey´s death. Birthplace: Emporia, Kansas. Other Aliases: Aunt Lil. Amos´s sister. The ever-grieving mother. Raymond´s Auntie.
MICHAEL TROTTER
First Appearance: Episode 107. Last Appearance: Episode 136 (and one unseen flashback). Portrayer: TIMOTHY PATRICK MURPHY. Introduction Scene: He is introduced to his cousin Ray and wife Donna. Exit Scene: He dies after his life-support system is unplugged. Birthplace: Emporia, Kansas. Other Aliases: Cousin Mickey. Lucy´s tragic love. Rebel Without A Cause.
MARK THOMAS GRAISON Jr.
First Appearance: Episode 117. Last Appearance: Episode 222. Portrayer: JOHN BECK. Introduction Scene: Pam and Miss Ellie meet him about his lawyer and Jock´s testament. Exit Scene: He marries Pam in her dream. Birthplace: Presumedly, Dallas,Texas. Other Aliases: Pam´s Mark. Mr. Moustache. Bobby´s rival.
Creator LEONARD KATZMAN´s Definition: "That´s what the audience demands for PAM (being even more perfect than BOBBY). He may be more one-dimensional than the other characters but it´s only because everyone thinks PAM deserves nothing less."(CB)
RENALDO MARCHETTA
First Appearance: Episode 151. Last Appearance: Episode 175 (and one unseen flashback). Portrayer: DANIEL PILON. Introduction Scene: Katherine meets him at Malibu Beach about Charlie´s paternity. Exit Scene: He is mysteriously murdered and Jenna is framed and arrested for it. Birthplace: A town near Rome, Italy. Other Aliases: Naldo. "That Count". "That lousy Italian". Italian Gigolo.
JESSICA MONTFORD
First Appearance: Episode 155. Last Appearance: Episode 334 (and Season 13 prior cliffhanger´s recap). Portrayer: ALEXIS SMITH. Introduction Scene: She meets the Ewing family at Southfork and makes an infamous speech. Exit Scene: She signs the WestStar papers for J.R. at the sanitarium. Birthplace: Southern Cross, San Angelo, Texas. Other Aliases: Lady Montford. Jessie. Clayton´s crazy sister. Dusty´s real mother.
Actor´s Definition: Jessica "was wealthy and titled: all the things I usually play." (25)
JAMIE EWING
First Appearance: Episode 165. Last Appearance: Episode 235. Portrayer: JENILEE HARRISON. Introduction Scene: She arrives at Southfork asking for Miss Ellie. Exit Scene: She sells her Ewing Oil share to her brother at the barbecue. Birthplace: Alaska. Other Aliases: Little Cousin Jamie. Cliff´s perfect match. Jack Ewing´s "sis". That Little Traitor.
JACK EWING
First Appearance: Episode 187. Last Appearance: Episode 247. Portrayer: DACK RAMBO. Introduction Scene: He calls J.R. and makes a business appointment with him about Cliff´s suit. Exit Scene: He regrets the verdict of the judgment for their 10% of Ewing Oil. Birthplace: Alaska. Other Aliases: Cousin Jack. Jenna´s dream mate. Jamie´s long-lost brother. April´s first husband.
Actor´s Definition: "Jack was basically a good guy, I had to work harder to make him interesting, trying to put in the character the best sides of my personality, like humor and charm.”
APRIL STEVENS EWING
First Appearance: Episode 228. Last Appearance: Episode 338 (and 2 dream sequences). Portrayer: SHEREE J. WILSON. Introduction Scene: She visits Jack as he is getting tanned at his apartment pool. Exit Scene: She is killed by mistake when a bunch of terrorists tries to kill an OPEC leader. Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio. Other Aliases: Jack´s ex. Bobby´s greatest fan. J.R.´s accomplice.
Actor´s Definition: April was originally "a real nemesis who is a thorn in (J.R.´s) side." (...) Then she went "from nemesis to Julie Andrews." (25)
ANDREW DOWLING
First Appearance: Episode 235. Last Appearance: Episode 251. Portrayer: JIM McMULLAN. Introduction Scene: He meets Donna and Dave Culver at his Senator office in Washington. Exit Scene: He is encouraged by Donna to uncover the Ewing Oil involvement with terrorist B.D. Calhoun. Birthplace: ?. Other Aliases: Donna´s Senator. Mr. Nice Guy.
LISA FARRADAY ALDEN
First Appearance: Episode 257. Last Appearance: Episode 273. Portrayer: AMY STOCK. Introduction Scene: She takes pictures of Christopher during a school trip to the Museum. Exit Scene: She says goodbye to her nephew Christopher after the custody trial. Birthplace: New Mexico. Other Aliases: The mysterious photographer. Christopher´s aunt. Farraday´s younger sister.
CALPURNIA "CALLY" HARPER
First Appearance: Episode 284. Last Appearance: Episode 357. Portrayer: CATHY PODEWELL. Introduction Scene: She meets J.R., Bobby and the kids at the Haleyville bar where she works. Exit Scene: J.R. watches her and her family in Palm Beach, Florida, as he decides to let her and their baby go. Makes a cameo as an abused country wife on Conundrum. Birthplace: Haleyville, Arkansas. Other Aliases: J.R.´s teen wife.
DONALD "DON" LOCKWOOD
First Appearance: Episode 295. Last Appearance: Episode 307 (and Season 12 prior cliffhanger´s recap). Portrayer: IAN McSHANE. Introduction Scene: He meets Sue Ellen about writing her movie about J.R. Exit Scene: He witnesses how Sue Ellen gets even with J.R. before leaving Dallas. He and Sue Ellen had previously made plans for living together in London. Birthplace: England. Other Aliases: Sue Ellen´s writer. Sue Ellen´s ultimate (?) husband. The dreadful moviemaker.
VANESSA BEAUMONT
First Appearance: Episode 304. Last Appearance: Episode 346 (and penultimate episode´s recap). Portrayer: GAYLE HUNNICUTT. Introduction Scene: She bumps into J.R. on the streets of Vienna. Exit Scene: She says goodbye to J.R. after breaking their engagement and returns to Europe. Birthplace: Supposedly, Paris, France. Other Aliases: J.R.´s very first love. James´s mother. Cally´s rival. The woman who looked like Sue Ellen.
MICHELLE "SHELLEY" STEVENS
First Appearance: Episode 257. Last Appearance: Episode 355 (and penultimate episode´s recap). Portrayer: KIMBERLY FOSTER. Introduction Scene: She in found by Bobby and April in the dark, at April´s condo. Exit Scene: She damns James and J.R. after being released from jail, at her new house. Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio. Other Aliases: The last bitch. James´s love interest. The only woman who owned Ewing Oil. Cliff´s pal. "That money-hungry bitch".
JAMES RICHARD BEAUMONT
First Appearance: Episode 312. Last Appearance: Episode 354 (and penultimate episode´s recap). Portrayer: SASHA MITCHELL. Introduction Scene: He breaks into J.R.´s office passing through Sly. Exit Scene: He leaves Southfork along with her wife Debra Lynn and their baby Jimmy. Birthplace: Presumedly, Paris, France. Other Aliases: J.R.´s own bastard. John Ross´s stepbrother. Dallas´ superhunk. Michelle´s obsession.
All the unespecified quotes have been extracted from interviews published on press and the net, sometimes in Spanish. Translation may slightly change the meaning of certain expressions.