A theme of Cliff Barnes' character was social class conflict with his nemesis J.R. Ewing. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation.
'Dallas' Recap: JR Ewing's Killer Revealed in Season Two Finale In April 1986, Jamie was seen trapped in a blazing car and presumed dead. Cliff appeared in the 1996 film Dallas: J.R. Returns, wherein after 5 years at Ewing Oil, he decides he has had enough of the oil business, and looks to sell. J.R. starts to rise from his seat. Bobby becomes very.
Dallas season finale recap: J.R.'s Masterpiece Unveiled Mark pushes Pam for an answer to his marriage proposal. His desire to spite the Ewing family persists and Cliff eventually directs the bombing of a methane-extracting rig belonging to Ewing Energies, which results in the deaths of Christopher and Rebecca's two unborn children. She bought Luce Oil and renamed it Barnes-Wentworth Oil and gave it to Cliff to run it, she also gave Cliff, Pam and Katherine 1/3 each of Wentworth Tool & Die and Katherine and Pam shares and seats on the board of Wentworth Industries. depressed when he discovers that Pam has slept with Mark. While secretly maneuvering to secure the infamous ten percent of Ewing Oil, J.R. also orchestrates a meeting between April and a friendly judge who may end up being helpful to his cause. Cliff agrees to support her while she takes care of her brother. Ray is arrested for murdering Mickey and is taken to the police station where he is later visited by Donna and Bobby. When Cliff steps down, an all-out fight starts with fists and food flying and Bobby, Mark, Ray, J.R., Cliff and Peter all participating. Bobby is unable to wish Pam luck and admits to Jenna how he is torn between his feelings for Pam and his need to hold onto her and Charlie. In season four, Cliff Barnes began working with state senator Dave Culver, believing that Culver (the son of Sam Culver), a Texas and national political icon) would be destined for powerful office. Kercheval also reprised the role in the 1996 "Dallas" TV film, in the 2004 CBS reunion special, and in the 2012-14 "Dallas" reboot on TNT. [6], "With Kercheval As Cliff Barnes, Something Pops", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cliff_Barnes&oldid=1156148634, Head of the Oil Regulatory Commission (199091), Vice President of Operations, Stonehurst Oil (1982), President of Wentworth Tool & Dye (198182), Legislative Counsel to Texas State Senator, Legislative Counsel to Dave Culver (198081), Assistant District Attorney for Dallas County (1980), Head of the Office of Land Management (197980), This page was last edited on 21 May 2023, at 12:26. On his IMDb page, his last movie role is listed as 2019's "Surviving in L.A.," a comedy/drama in which he plays the business manager of a former teen sitcom star who trashed her life through drug abuse and is fresh out of rehab. Years before, he'd vowed never to have children, because he feared they could die of the disease. irritates J.R., but eventually agrees with it. Before and afterDallas, Kercheval appeared on other series likeKojak,The New Mike Hammer,Starsky & Hutch,L.A. Law, Crossing Jordan,Diagnosis: MurderandER. Christopher declines, as he thinks that Cliff just wants to antagonize the Ewings again; however, Cliff warns him not to let the Ewings destroy him like they did his adoptive mother, Pamela. Donna comes suspicious of Jessica. Cliff enjoys a seemingly open welcome to Southfork during this time, something that would have been unheard of in earlier seasons. Rebecca eventually offered him the presidency of Wentworth Tool & Die, a small subsidiary of Wentworth Industries, which made parts for oil rigs. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. His character always got trounced and humiliated by J.R. until the 14th and final season, that is. Sue Ellen and J.R. make love once more, but afterwards, J.R. complains that he is being used merely as a stud. Pam and Bobby's divorce is made final by a judge in court. But the judge still declares Ray guilty and passes sentence on him. The Cowardly Condescension of James Stewart in "Re A Seemingly Unlikely, Yet Genuine, Movie Star, Affected Acting and Activism: Morgan Fairchild. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. John Ross becomes withdrawn due to his parents fighting, the fire at SouthFork et al, and is taken to see a psychologist, which, J.R. and Katherine arrange it so that Pam sees Bobby with an attractive woman at a restaurant. They each feel While J.R. was smooth talking and charismatic, Cliff tended to speak before he thought and frequently stuck his foot in his mouth. Katherine continues to try to get a line on Jenna and is distressed when she discovers that Jenna and Bobby are intimately involved. When Bobby arrives to pick up Christopher, they talk about their relationship. (1978). sister at family cocktails. Sly discovers that Cliff had nothing to do with her brother's parole, so J.R. suggests that Sly ask Cliff for money. Cliff Barnes 4th generation Lucy Ewing (born 1962) - Daughter of Gary and Valene. He turns out to have become Vice President of the United States and at a party, learns the President has suffered a stroke and he's assumed the presidential powers and duties, as acting president. It is revealed in the season one finale that Christopher's wife known to him as Rebecca Sutter is actually Cliff's daughter Pamela, known in the original series as Pamela Rebecca Cooper. Cliff forms a grudging respect for J.R. after discovering that his adversary had gotten information on the offshore tracts. Lucy tells Mickey that she loves him despite his paralysis and will stand by him and. As an aside, no mention was ever made of the neurofibromatosis gene that Cliff carries. and Peter kiss passionately behind one of the barns.
At the Oil Baron's Ball, neither Bobby nor Pam are pleased to see each other with their respective dates. Cliff happily accepted and did extraordinarily well for a time.
Dallas TV star Ken Kercheval dies aged 83 - BBC News J.R. pays off a driller for having sabotaged Bobby's Canadian oil wells. The ensuing events result, at the end of season two, in the Ewings taking control of Barnes Global and folding it into a larger company known as Ewing Global, with Cliff sitting in a Mexican jail, charged with murdering J.R. Ewing. Cliff and J.R. were the only two characters to appear throughout the entire run of the series.
Facebook J.R.'s maneuvering and Cliff's inattention to the business due to his attempts to win back Afton ("the only woman I ever loved") soon had Cliff falling out of favor once again with the Ewings. Meanwhile in Rome, Katherine is disappointed to discover that Charlie's birth certificate names Bobby as the Pam is more upset to hear that he was with Jenna. Calhoun, whom she knows as Peter Duncan, makes contact with her in his vendetta against J.R. Calhoun "accidentally" bumps into Sue Ellen and Pam. 50 shares. Cliff was then left in prison. Mitch Cooper (twice divorced) James Richard Beaumont I. Ray's trial begins and three doctors, Lucy and Bobby testify. Donna and Ray discover Randolph unconscious from an overdose of alcohol and pills. J.R. drowns his disappointment at having lost the battle for Ewing Oil. As the year draws to a close, everything is going his way - until Cliff, depressed over being beaten by J.R. yet again, overdoses on tranquilizers. In 1968, Kercheval joinedCabaretto play the young American writer Clifford Bradshaw in the role originated by Bert Convy. The actor played the beleaguered brother-in-law to Larry Hagman 's . Pam blamed her death on Bobby and JR; as a result she and Bobby divorced for the first time. J.R.'s digging makes Clayton uncomfortable to the point he brings it up to Ellie. that cleverly maneuvers Cliff out of his office and puts the electronic bug on Cliff's phone. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. paralysed for life. His mother abandoned him when he was very little, and he grew up with his father Digger, cousin Jimmy Monahan and his half sister, Pamela Barnes Ewing, who he believed to be his full sister. Egged on by his father, Digger, and a reporter, Cliff Barnes initiates a lawsuit to be acknowledged as the father of Sue Ellen's baby. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.
Ken Kercheval - Wikipedia Bobby wants Clayton to become a greater part of the family by going into offshore drilling with him. Ellie leave Southfork.
Jamie Ewing | Dallas | Fandom Rebecca began to have a part in both of her children's lives, who were delighted to have their mother back. J.R. is furious over the news. Mark and Bobby call a tenuous truce. J.R. hires Peter to be John Ross' private counselor; at the same time, he is having his background investigated. the tension and pain of the strong feelings they still have for each other but say nothing. As time went on his hatred for the Ewings (with the exception of J.R.) dissipated, and he realized that his father was equally at fault as Jock was in regards to their feud. In the second season, Cliff was leading in polls during his campaign for the Senate against an Ewing-backed candidate, until J.R. leaked to the press that Cliff had arranged for an illegal abortion which killed his then-fiancee Penny. J.R. pretends he is concerned over Peter's arrest. J.R. slips information to Cliff through Sly that he will go into the offshore bidding alone. Cliff gets financial information that verifies that the Ewings could invest in offshore. Bobby comes clean and reveals Christopher's true parentage to Pam. Who ends up with Ewing Oil? In the end, Cliff has the last laugh: He beats J.R. in the final seasonand takes over Ewing Oil. Armed with a new lease on life, and a new hatred for the Ewings, he became driven to succeed, and as a result, turned Barnes-Wentworth into a very successful company. A . Ken Kercheval, J.R. Archrival Cliff Barnes on 'Dallas,' Dies at 83 Ken Kercheval, the stage-bred actor who portrayed Cliff Barnes, the oil tycoon who was repeatedly bested by Larry Hagman's. Cliff is ecstatic with the news that J.R. will enter the bidding alone if need be. In the series finale "Conundrum" in 1991, Cliff appears in J.R's dream where, with J.R. having never born, he was never pulled into the Barnes-Ewing feud. Clayton and Miss Ellie marry and go on a Mediterranean cruise for their honeymoon. In the courtroom, Lil admits that she asked Ray to pull out the plug of Mickey's life support system. This much is certain: Ken Kercheval is still a fascinating actor. Clayton bows out of the offshore venture with the Ewings. During this time, Cliff also formed a "personal" relationship with Donna Culver, who was Dave's most trusted advisor and the widow of Sam. 1.5K. In the course of the fourth season, Cliff's mother, Rebecca Wentworth (Priscilla Pointer) made a dramatic reentry into his life. In order to prove paternity, blood tests had to be performed on Sue Ellen and J.R. Besides Hagman, Kercheval was the only actor on the big-hair, big-oil series to appear throughout the original 13-year run of the CBS show that ended in 1991.
Digger soon became an alcoholic who would regularly abuse his wife, Rebecca then began an affair with Hutch McKinney to escape from her abusive husband, soon she found out she was pregnant with Hutch's kid although Rebecca made Digger believe the child was his. Menu. Katherine buys Cliff's share of Wentworth Tool & Die so he can continue his offshore drilling. The part of Rebecca is played on the CBS-TV series Dallas, the original series, by Priscilla Pointer. Randolph confesses to Ray and Donna that he gave J.R. information, which confuses them when it seems J.R. did not use the knowledge to win the leases.
Ewing family (Dallas) - Wikipedia In season four, Cliff Barnes began working with state senator Dave Culver (Tom Fuccello), believing that Culver (the son of Sam Culver (John McIntire), a Texas and national political icon) would be destined for powerful office. As the series begins, Cliff is involved in a casino business. The ensuing events result, at the end of season two, in the Ewings taking control of Barnes Global and folding it into a larger company known as Ewing Global, with Cliff sitting in a Mexican jail, charged with murdering J.R. Ewing. Katherine investigates Jenna's The problems that Bobby has faced because of the fire brings him and Pam together again.
"Dallas" Paternity Suit (TV Episode 1980) - IMDb [1] The Barnes family are competitors and sometimes enemies of the Ewing family. Charlie goes to Bobby upset over his split with her mother. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. When Digger found out that Pam wasn't his daughter he killed Hutch and buried him near Southfork, Rebecca, fearing her for her life, escaped Dallas leaving her children. Cliff accepted but after a short tenure, they had a falling out over Cliff's decision (without consulting Bobby) to start a senate investigation against J.R. for alleged organization of a counter-revolution in Southeast Asia. Cliff happily accepted and did extraordinarily well for a time. His desire to spite the Ewing family persists and Cliff eventually directs the bombing of a methane-extracting rig belonging to Ewing Energies, which results in the deaths of Christopher and Rebecca's two unborn children. Starring In alphabetical order: Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing (23 episodes) Kimberly Foster as Michelle Stevens (16 episodes) Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing (23 episodes) Howard Keel as Clayton Farlow (4 episodes) George Kennedy as Carter McKay (16 episodes) Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (16 episodes) Sasha Mitchell as James Beaumont (17 episodes) That year, Cliff won the coveted "Oil Man Of the Year" award at the Oil Baron's Ball. He returns to Dallas and has a meeting with Bobby at Southfork Ranch. J.R. continues with his plan to destroy Peter and teach a lesson to Sue Ellen.
Dallas TV star Ken Kercheval dies aged 83 - BBC News He was also the son of Digger Barnes and the brother of Pamela, as well as the half brother of Katherine . A cause of death was not disclosed. Donna then briefly got romantically involved with Cliff Barnes, but their relationship dissolved when Donna backed Bobby Ewing as a replacement for her stepson Dave Culver in the state senate instead of Cliff. J.R.'s maneuvering and Cliff's inattention to the business due to his attempts to win back Afton, ("the only woman I ever loved") soon had Cliff falling out of favor once again with the Ewings. Messages left for two of Kerchevals children were not immediately returned. Eventually Cliff asked for, and received, complete autonomy at Wentworth Tool & Die, but his fortunes took a dramatic downturn when he wasted Wentworth funds on a phony deal engineered by J.R.. Rebecca subsequently sacked him and this, coupled with Sue Ellen's decision to remarry J.R around the same time, drove Cliff to attempt suicide. In a major step backwards, Barnes took a position as a Dallas assistant district attorney. Cliff later invites his adoptive nephew, Christopher, and his new wife, Rebecca, to dinner and expresses an interest in investing in Christopher's energy project. In an attempt to lure Barnes out of this powerful position, J.R. Ewing enlisted attorney Alan Beam in a scheme to form an exploratory funding committee (funds solely provided by J.R. Ewing) promoting Barnes as a candidate for the U.S. Congress. Bobby wants to buy another company against J.R.'s advice. She agrees to see him if that will keep him in school and in town. Initially making a deal with West Star head Carter McKay, he eventually sells the company to Bobby and Sue Ellen, effectively ending the feud with J.R. when he decides that reuniting with his family (Afton and his long-lost daughter Pamela) is more important than beating J.R.[5]. Cliff had grown up poor in contrast to J.R. after the partnership between Cliff's father Digger and Jock Ewing dissolved, due in large part to Digger's heavy drinking.
Dallas - Season 10 - IMDb Willard "Digger" Barnes is a character in the popular American television series Dallas created by David Jacobs.Digger was played by actors David Wayne and Keenan Wynn in the show's first three seasons from 1978 to 1980, and as a young man by David Marshall Grant in the made-for-TV movie prequel The Early Years in 1986. Subsequent airings in syndication split the episode into individual hours, which raises the total episode count to 23 . Cliff's desire to compete with the Ewings and J.R. is amused, saying he is not interested in competing with Cliff. It was no coincidence that these investigations often cited or targeted Ewing Oil. He also emerges as a far more darker, sinister and sociopathic character which is far different than the Cliff Barnes depicted in the original series. After a dizzy spell sent Digger (Keenan Wynn) to the doctor, he was diagnosed as a carrier of neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder which he'd passed on to Cliff. Katherine tracks down Naldo Marchetta, Jenna's ex-husband, and pays him to confirm her suspicions about Jenna. A spokeswoman at Frist Funeral Home in Kercheval's hometown of Clinton,. He attended the Indiana University to major in music and drama, and later studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York with Sanford Meisner. Miss Ellie invites Clayton's sister, Jessica, to stay at Southfork for the upcoming wedding. Cliff gets drunk and throws Afton out of the apartment and vows revenge against J.R. Donna receives a call that Edgar Randolph is back in Dallas looking to settle his score with J.R. After revealing his scheme to frame Peter, J.R. blackmails Sue Ellen into moving back into his bedroom but a furious Peter threatens to kill him. Afton tells Pam that Katherine must have set up the whole thing, as there are too many restaurants in Dallas for it to be a coincidence. Throughout the series Cliff had a reputation for being cheap and naive in contrast to J.R.
Rebecca Wentworth | Dallas | Fandom He was 83. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. Ken Kercheval, Cliff Barnes on 'Dallas,' Dies at 83. It would later transpire that Afton gave birth to a daughter, Pamela Rebecca, after the end of her relationship with Cliff. J.R. and Jessica find they share the same sentiments about Ellie and Clayton's wedding plans. J.R. then discovers that the spy is Sly and presents her with photos of Cliff and her together. She had however given him the deed to the land that Digger had deserved, only at the expense of not being able to enjoy it. Pam makes the decision to marry Mark out of pity when she learns he's sick. Ray tells Donna that he doesn't need a lawyer as he did what he's accused of. Rebecca gave birth to Hutch's daughter: Pam but she was passed as Digger's daughter. Sue Ellen tells J.R. that she wants an open marriage, with separate bedrooms at Southfork. His death was reported bythe town newspaper, The Daily Clintonian, which said he had been ill for some time. USA TODAY. But the entire 1985-86 season turned out to be the nightmare of Cliff's sister Pam, meaning Cliff and Jamie's happy marriage and her supposed death were just a dream, and thus Cliff and Jamie never found happiness. tells Pam that he will do everything in his power to hurt Bobby and destroy Cliff if Pam revives her marriage. J.R. tries to buy Wentworth oil fields from Katherine, but she offers to sell to Bobby instead. Rebecca asked Cliff to run the company for her and he accepted. Although Pamela had discovered the Ewings had set up Cliff for the murder of J.R., she had chosen to leave Cliff in prison because he had blown up the rig and caused her to lose her unborn children. Peter is able to talk Sue Ellen out of breaking off their affair, but when she is mistaken for his mother, her resolve becomes firmer. He was 83. Maria Puente. Katherine realises that she may have outsmarted herself by getting Jenna out of Bobby's life. Lil is called to the stand but Ray leaps to his feet and objects strongly. Ken Kercheval, who played oil tycoon Cliff Barnes, the rival of Larry Hagman's J.R. Ewing on " Dallas ," has died. I had no idea it continued for 11 seasons, and had so many plot twists and turns that Cliff Barnes became a likeable, respectable character rather than a shrill, whining, holier-than-thou menace. What a wonderful post! A restaurant in Stockholm's Vasastan district has operated under the name of the television character for at least two decades. Awesome Inc. theme. Afton realises that Cliff is in big trouble when he tries to rifle her bank account. Cliff's proposal for a joint venture in offshore drilling to Jordan and. Cliff married Jamie Ewing, daughter of the late Jason Ewing and therefore a cousin of J.R. and Bobby, in 1985, but the union was unhappy as Cliff only married Jamie purely for the inheritance he always believed to be his birthright. During the fifth season, Cliff proposed marriage to the recently divorced Sue Ellen, however she turned him down and eventually remarried J.R. Cliff did find happiness again with aspiring singer Afton Cooper, the sister of Lucy Ewing's husband, Mitch Cooper. As time went on his hatred for the Ewings (with the exception of J.R.) dissipated, as Cliff realized that his father was not blameless in regards to the Barnes-Ewing feud. Sue Ellen miscarries a baby she didn't know she was having. He tries to turn to Mark for help but Pam won't let him. It is notable that Cliff and Bobby appear to find mutual respect and liking only after Pamela has gone and their family ties are effectively severed. That year, Cliff won the coveted "Oil Man Of the Year" award at the Oil Baron's Ball. all signs point to Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval . She had however given him the deed to the land that Digger had deserved, only at the expense of not being able to enjoy it. Clayton's announcement of his impending marriage to Miss Ellie brings more than congratulations. Cliff has been set up again by J.R. and his spy, Sly, and is befuddled after the bids are opened for leases on the offshore tracts: he has offered millions over J.R.'s surprisingly low bid. Cliff realises he is about to lose everything he owns.
Willard "Digger" Barnes - Wikipedia Katherine rebuffs J.R.'s pass, and tells him that she's in love with Bobby. Pam discovers some alarming information about Mark. J.R. sets Cliff up through Sly when he passes on the Travis Boyd deal to Cliff. preserving his marriage as Pam says she could never live at Southfork again. Jenna refuses Bobby's plea to give up her job, but accepts a dinner invitation at Southfork. Ken Kercheval, an actor who played oil tycoon Cliff Barnes in the popular soap opera Dallas, has died at age 83.
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