Larry Hagman
Acting • Born 1931-09-21 – Died 2012-11-23
Biography
Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. He was best known for playing ruthless oil baron J. R. Ewing in the 1978–1991 primetime television soap opera Dallas, and the befuddled astronaut Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965–1970 sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. Hagman was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of actress Mary Martin. After his parents divorced, he lived with his grandmother in Texas while his mother pursued acting roles. At age 16, Hagman followed his mother into acting and got his start in small theater productions and commercials. He began his acting career in the early 1950s, appearing in Broadway plays and television shows. He had a supporting role in the 1964 film Fail-Safe. In 1965, Hagman was cast as Major Anthony Nelson in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. The show was a huge success, and Hagman won two Golden Globe Awards for his performance. He left the show in 1970 to pursue other projects. In 1978, Hagman was cast as J. R. Ewing in the soap opera Dallas. The show was an even bigger success than I Dream of Jeannie, and Hagman won four Emmy Awards for his performance. He remained with the show until it ended in 1991. In 1995, Hagman underwent a liver transplant. He returned to Dallas in 2012 for a revival of the show. He died of complications from leukemia later that year.
Filmography
119 credits
Fail Safe
Movie • 1964
Buck
Nixon
Movie • 1995
Jack Jones
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie • 1976
Colonel Pitts
Primary Colors
Movie • 1998
Gov. Fred Picker
Stardust
Movie • 1974
Porter Lee Austin
S.O.B.
Movie • 1981
Dick Benson
Deadly Encounter
Movie • 1982
Sam Hooten
Beware! The Blob
Movie • 1972
Young Hobo
Harry and Tonto
Movie • 1974
Eddie Coombes
Ensign Pulver
Movie • 1964
Billings
In Harm's Way
Movie • 1965
Lt. J.G. Cline
Göttliche Lage
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Big Bus
Movie • 1976
Parking Lot Doctor
The Flight of the Swan
Movie • 2011
Corporate President
The Cavern
Movie • 1964
Captain Wilson
Up in the Cellar
Movie • 1970
Maurice Camber
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Checkered Flag or Crash
Movie • 1977
Bo Cochran
Hurricane
Movie • 1974
Paul Damon
Applause
Movie • 1973
Bill Sampson
Dallas: J.R. Returns
Movie • 1996
J.R. Ewing
Dallas: War of The Ewings
Movie • 1998
J.R. Ewing
No Place to Run
Movie • 1972
Jay Fox
Three's a Crowd
Movie • 1969
Jim Carson
What Are Best Friends For?
Movie • 1973
Frank Ross
Getting Away from It All
Movie • 1972
Fred Clark
Blood Sport
Movie • 1973
Coach Marshall
Sidekicks
Movie • 1974
Quince Drew
The Alpha Caper
Movie • 1973
Tudor
Staying Afloat
Movie • 1993
Alexander Hollingsworth III
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Movie • 1975
Jerry Travis
Diana
Movie • 1981
Self
South Pacific
Movie • 1952
Yeoman Herbert Quale
A Howling in the Woods
Movie • 1971
Eddie Crocker
Intimate Strangers
Movie • 1977
Mort Burns
The Group
Movie • 1966
Harald Peterson
I am Blushing
Movie • 1981
Larry Hagman
Antonio
Movie • 1973
Mark Hunter
Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
Movie • 2004
Self
Dallas: The Early Years
Movie • 1986
J.R. Ewing
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Movie • 1976
Murdoch
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
Movie • 1976
Sherman Holmes
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
Movie • 1960
Joe Smith
Bring Back... Dallas
Movie
Self
Superman
Movie • 1978
Major
The President's Mistress
Movie • 1978
Ed Murphy
A Cry For Justice
Movie • 1979
Dwight Sheppard
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Movie • 1982
Self
The Hired Hand
Movie • 1971
Sheriff (uncredited)
Last of the Good Guys
Movie • 1978
Sgt. Frank O'Malley (uncredited)
A Double Life
Movie • 1978
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
Movie • 1993
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun
Movie • 2010
Shooting Stars
TV • 1993
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Wallace Brady (voice)
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Tony Nelson
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Burt Landau
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
J.R. Ewing
Medical Center
TV • 1969
The Edge of Night
TV • 1956
Bring Back...
TV • 2005
Self - J.R. Ewing
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Sea Hunt
TV • 1958
Harry O
TV • 1974
Bernie Roth
Doctors' Hospital
TV • 1975
Police Woman
TV • 1974
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Police Story
TV • 1973
Orleans
TV • 1997
Judge Luther Charbonnet
West Point
TV • 1956
McCloud
TV • 1970
Pink Lady
TV • 1980
Larry Hagman
Here We Go Again
TV • 1973
Richard Evans
Lucas Tanner
TV • 1974
Decoy
TV • 1957
Kenneth Davidson
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Cedric Acton (segment "The Housekeeper")
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
TV Revolution
TV • 2004
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
The Heaven and Earth Show
TV • 1998
The Rogues
TV • 1964
Mark Fleming
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Jim Lewton
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Edmund Lockwood
Three for the Road
TV • 1975
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV • 1977
Dallas
TV • 2012
J.R. Ewing
McCoy
TV • 1975
Frank Darnell
The Good Life
TV • 1971
Albert Miller
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
TV • 1990
Self
The Dame Edna Experience
TV • 1987
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Vanished
TV • 1971
Jerry Freytag
The Third Twin
TV • 1997
Berrington Jones
The Rhinemann Exchange
TV • 1977
Col. Edmund Pace
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Richard Lessing
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
DuPont Show of the Month
TV • 1957
Jarvis
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Dallas
TV • 1978
J.R. Ewing
Markus Lanz
TV • 2008
Self
Menschen der Woche
TV • 2000
Self
TV total
TV • 1999
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Frank Kaminsky
Boulevard Bio
TV • 1991
Self
Musikantenstadl
TV • 1981
Self
Das Traumschiff
TV • 1981
Larry Hagman
Taff
TV • 1997
self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self