Larry Hagman Biography (1931-)

Original name, Larry Martin Hageman; born September 21, 1931, in Fort Worth (some sources cite Weatherford), TX; son of Benjamin Jack Hageman (a lawyer) and Mary Martin (an actress); married Maj Axelsson (a spa designer), December,1955 (some sources cite 1954); children: Kristina Mary "Heidi" (an actress),Preston.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer
Birth Details: September 21, 1931; Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
South Pacific, London, 1952-1956
Bummy Carwell, The Nervous Set, Broadway production, 1959
God and Kate Murphy, Broadway production, 1959
The Warm Peninsula, Broadway production, 1959-1960
The Beauty Part, Broadway production, 1962-1963
Murder in the First, Rubicon Theatre Company, Ventura, CA, 2000
Appeared in The Taming of the Shrew, New York City Center, New York City; also appeared in New York City productions of Career, Comesa Day, Once around the Block, and A Priest in the House.
Major Tours
Appeared in the chorus, South Pacific, U.S. cities.
Film Appearances
Billings, Ensign Pulver, Warner Bros., 1964
Buck, Fail Safe, Columbia, 1964
Captain Wilson, Sette contro la morte (also known as The Cavern and Neunzig Naechte und ein Tag), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
Lieutenant Cline, In Harm's Way, Paramount, 1965
Harold Peterson, The Group, United Artists, 1966
Maurice Camber, Up in the Cellar (also known as Three in the Cellar), American International Pictures, 1970
Beware! The Blob (also known as Beware of the Blob, Sonof Blob, and Son of the Blob), Jack H. Harris, 1972
Mark Hunter, Antonio, 1973
Eddie, Harry and Tonto, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
Porter Lee Austin, Stardust, Columbia, 1974
Colonel Clarence E. Pitts, The Eagle Has Landed, Columbia, 1976
Doctor in parking lot, The Big Bus, Paramount, 1976
Murdoch, Mother, Jugs, and Speed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Cry for Justice, 1977
Bo Cochran, Checkered Flag or Crash (also known as Crash),Universal, 1978
Major, Superman (also known as Superman: The Movie), WarnerBros., 1978
Dick Benson, S.O.B., Paramount, 1981
Jag Rodnar, 1981
Jack Jones, Nixon, Buena Vista, 1995
Governor Fred Picker, Primary Colors (also known as Perfect Couple and Mit aller Macht), Universal, 1998
Film Work
Director
Director, Beware! The Blob (also known as Beware of the Blob, Son of Blob, and Son of the Blob), Jack H. Harris, 1972
Television Appearances
Series
Johnny Collins, The Edge of Night, CBS, 1959
Ed Gibson, The Edge of Night, CBS, 1961-1963
Captain (later Major) Anthony "Tony" Nelson, I Dream of Jeannie, NBC, 1965-1970
Albert Miller, The Good Life, NBC, 1971-1972
Richard Evans, Here We Go Again, ABC, 1973
John Ross "J. R." Ewing, Jr., Dallas, CBS, 1978-1991
Judge Luther Charbonnet, Orleans, CBS, 1997
Television Work
Series
Executive producer (with others), Dallas, CBS, 1988-1991
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Colonel Edmund Pace, The Rhinemann Exchange, NBC, 1977
Host, Lone Star: A Television History of Texas, PBS, 1985
Berrington Jones, The Third Twin (also known as Ken Follett's The Third Twin), CBS, 1997
Movies
Jim Carson, Three's a Crowd, ABC, 1969
Eddie Crocker, A Howling in the Woods, NBC, 1971
Jerry Fraytag, Vanished, NBC, 1971
Fred Clark, Getting Away from It All, ABC, 1972
Jay Fox, No Place to Run, ABC, 1972
Coach Marshall, Blood Sport, ABC, 1973
Frank Ross, What Are Best Friends For?, ABC, 1973
Tudor, The Alpha Caper (also known as Inside Job), ABC, 1973
Paul Damon, Hurricane (also known as Hurricane Hunters), ABC, 1974
Jerry Travis, Sarah T.--Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic, NBC, 1975
Mort Burns, Intimate Strangers, ABC, 1977
Ed Murphy, The President's Mistress, CBS, 1978
Sergeant Frank O'Malley, Last of the Good Guys, CBS, 1978
Battered, 1978

Sam Hooten, Deadly Encounter (also known as American Eagle), CBS, 1982
Narrator (as J. R. Ewing), Dallas: The Early Years, CBS, 1986
Alexander Turnball Hollingsworth III, "Staying Afloat," NBC Friday Night Mystery, NBC, 1993
John Ross "J. R." Ewing, Jr., Dallas: J. R. Returns, CBS, 1996
John Ross "J. R." Ewing, Jr., Dallas: War of the Ewings, CBS, 1998
Television Work
Movies
Executive producer, "Staying Afloat," NBC Friday Night Mystery, NBC, 1993
Executive producer (with others), Dallas: J. R. Returns, CBS, 1996
Executive producer, Dallas: War of the Ewings, CBS, 1998
Television Appearances
Specials
Bill Sampson, Applause (musical), CBS, 1973
Diana, CBS, 1981
Anchor, CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade, CBS, 1983
Anchor, CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade, CBS, 1984
Anchor, CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade, CBS, 1985
Anchor, CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade, CBS, 1986
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1989
Dame Edna's Hollywood, NBC, 1991
Host, Hats Off to America, syndicated, 1992
Host, Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle, TBS, 1993
Himself and J. R. Ewing, Doing Dallas, Channel 4, 2000
Also appeared as host, CBS Tournament of Roses Parade, CBS.
Episodic
"Backwoods Cinderella," Goodyear Television Playhouse, NBC, 1957
"Start Running," The West Point Story, ABC, 1957
"Stover at Yale," Omnibus, NBC, 1957
"The Captain's Gun," Harbourmaster, CBS, 1958
"Climate of Marriage," The United States Steel Hour, CBS, 1958
"The Member of the Wedding," DuPont Show of the Month, CBS, 1958
"The Outcasts of Poker Flats," Kraft Theater, NBC, 1958
Sea Hunt, syndicated, 1959
"The Case of the Radiant Wine," Diagnosis Unknown, CBS, 1960
"Once around the Block," Play of the Week, syndicated, 1960
"The Noose," The Defenders, CBS, 1963
"A Shade of Gray," Lamp unto My Feet, CBS, 1963
"The Silver Burro," DuPont Show of the Week, NBC, 1963
"Between the Rats and the Finks," Mr. Broadway, CBS, 1964
"The Last Day," The Defenders, CBS, 1964
"The Long Reach," Brenner, CBS, 1964
Mark Fleming, "Mr. White's Christmas," The Rogues, NBC, 1965
Mark Fleming, "A Daring Step Backward," The Rogues, NBC, 1965
"Ambassador at Large," DuPont Show of the Month, NBC, 1965
Cedric Acton, "The Housekeeper," Night Gallery, NBC, 1970
"Love and the Psychiatrist," Love, American Style, ABC, 1970
"To Get through the Night," Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC, 1970
"A Capitol Affair," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1971
"Between Two Fires," Medical Center, CBS, 1973
"The Youngest Lovers," Love Story, NBC, 1973
"The Gang That Stole Manhattan," McCloud, NBC, 1974
"Glamour Boy," Police Story, NBC, 1974
"Seven-Eleven," Police Woman, NBC, 1974
Bernie Roth, "One for the Road," Harry O, ABC, 1975
Dr. Rickers, "Fatal Witness," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1975
Paul Gardner, "The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party," Ellery Queen,NBC, 1975
Terry Vine, "Dead Air," The Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1975
"Come at Last to Love," Doctors Hospital, NBC, 1975
"Loser in a Dead Heat," Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC, 1975
"Pay the Man the Two Dollars," Lucas Tanner, NBC, 1975
Three for the Road, CBS, 1975
"Affair of the Heart," McMillan, NBC, 1977
"Forced Retirement," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1977
"The Girl Nobody Knew," What Really Happened to the Class of `65?,NBC, 1977
Doyle Rettig, "A Double Life," Sword of Justice, NBC, 1978
J. R. Ewing, Knots Landing, CBS, 1979
"A Cry for Justice," Police Story, NBC, 1979
J. R. Ewing, "Community Spirit," Knots Landing, CBS, 1980
J. R. Ewing, "Designs," Knots Landing, CBS, 1981
J. R. Ewing, "A Family Matter," Knots Landing, CBS, 1981
"St. Thomas Marlin," The American Sportsman, ABC, 1981
J. R. Ewing, "New Beginnings," Knots Landing, CBS, 1982
Ein Schloss am Woerthersee, 1990
Intimate Portrait: Victoria Principal, Lifetime, 1998
"Sidney Sheldon: The Storyteller," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Donny & Marie, syndicated, 2000
Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2000
"I Love 1980," I Love 1980s, BBC, 2001
Also appeared in The Alcoa Hour (also known as Alcoa Theatre), NBC.
Television Work
Director; Episodic
I Dream of Jeannie, NBC, episodes between 1965 and 1970
Dallas, CBS, episodes between 1978 and 1991
"Who Was Geli Bendl?" In the Heat of the Night, CBS, 1994
Television Appearances
Pilots
Albert Miller, The Good Life, NBC, 1971
Quince Drew, Sidekicks, CBS, 1974
Dennis O'Finn, The Detective: Bull in a China Shop, NBC, 1975
Frank Darnell, The Big Ripoff (pilot for series McCoy), NBC, 1975
Sherlock Sherman Holmes, The Return of the World's Greatest Detective, CBS, 1976
Other
Sheriff, The Hired Hand, 1971
RECORDINGS
Videos
Larry Hagman--Stop Smoking for Life, Kari-Lormiar, 1987
WRITINGS
Contributor to periodicals, including People Weekly and TV Guide.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Adams, Leon, Larry Hagman: A Biography, St. Martin's Press (New York City), 1987

Periodicals

Empire, December, 1997, p. 54
People Weekly, April 4, 1988 May 23, 1994

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