Television Icon's Roles Included "Major Nelson" and "J.R. Ewing"
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J.R. Ewing was a business cheat, faithless husband and bottomless well of
corruption. Yet with his sparkling grin, Larry Hagman masterfully created the
charmingly loathsome oil baron — and coaxed forth a Texas-size gusher of
ratings — on television's long-running and hugely successful nighttime soap,
"Dallas."
Although he first gained fame as nice guy Capt.
Tony Nelson on the fluffy 1965-70 NBC comedy "I Dream of Jeannie,"
Hagman earned his greatest stardom with J.R. The CBS serial drama about the
Ewing family and those in their orbit aired from April 1978 to May 1991, and
broke viewing records with its "Who shot J.R.?" 1980 cliffhanger that
left unclear if Hagman's character was dead.
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