Dallas/Characters

During its 14 seasons on air, Dallas saw several characters passing by.

This list include Ewing relative appearing or mentioned in the series, and every other character with at least 10 credited appearances, including the 357 episodes of the series and the two reunion movies J.R. Returns and War of the Ewings. It does however not include the further lives of Gary and Val Ewing, as shown on spinoff series Knots Landing, nor does it include the characters of the 2012 sequel series which are listed here.

Characters portrayed by multiple actors have the most prominent one is listed in the table, with additional cast to be found in the notes.

Ewing family and relatives

Dallas began in 1978, as the setting of the more than three decades old Barnes/Ewing family feud was forever changed, following the surprise wedding of Bobby (youngest son of oil tycoon Jock Ewing and his wife Ellie) and Pamela (the alleged daughter of Digger Barnes, Ellie's teenage sweetheart and Jock's former business companion, turned arch-enemy).

During it run, the series came to focus on the Ewing family, its Dallas-based family company Ewing Oil, and the family home: the Southfork Ranch, located outside Dallas, in Braddock County. Eldest Ewing brother J.R., eventually became the series' main character, and the only one to appear in every episode.

Main characters

Character	Actor	#	Relation
J.R. Ewing	Larry Hagman	359	Eldest son of Jock and Ellie.
Cliff Barnes	Ken Kercheval	345	Son of Digger.
Bobby Ewing	Patrick Duffy	329	Youngest son of Jock and Ellie.
Miss Ellie Ewing	Barbara Bel Geddes	3281	Ewing family matriarch.
Sue Ellen Ewing	Linda Gray	310	First wife of J.R.
Ray Krebbs	Steve Kanaly	287	Illegitimate son of Jock.
Clayton Farlow	Howard Keel	266	Second husband of Ellie.
Pamela Barnes Ewing	Victoria Principal	2522	First wife of Bobby, half-sister of Cliff.
Lucy Ewing Cooper	Charlene Tilton	246	Granddaughter of Jock and Ellie.
Donna Culver Krebbs	Susan Howard	198	First wife of Ray.
Jenna Wade	Priscilla Beaulieu Presley	1473	Second wife of Ray.
April Stevens Ewing	Sheree J. Wilson	128	Second wife of Bobby.
Jock Ewing	Jim Davis	77	Ewing family patriarch.
Cally Harper	Cathy Podewell	71	Second wife of J.R.
Jack Ewing	Dack Rambo	51	Nephew of Jock, first husband of April.
Michelle Stevens	Kimberly Foster	50	Sister of April, second wife of Cliff.
James Beaumont	Sasha Mitchell	46	Illegitimate son of J.R., first husband of Michelle.

¹Including 24 episodes as portrayed by Donna Reed.
²Including 1 episode as portrayed by Margaret Michaels.
³Including 1 episode as portrayed by Morgan Fairchild and 2 episodes as portrayed by Francine Tacker.

Supporting characters

Character	Actor	#	Relation
John Ross Ewing, III	Omri Katz	1911	Son of J.R. and Sue Ellen.
Christopher Ewing	Joshua Harris	1572	Adopted son of Bobby and Pamela.
Charlie Wade	Shalane McCall	1033	Daughter of Jenna.
Afton Cooper	Audrey Landers	85	Sister-in-law of Lucy.
Jamie Ewing Barnes	Jenilee Harrison	70	Sister of Jack, first wife of Cliff.
Katherine Wentworth	Morgan Brittany	56	Half-sister of Cliff and Pamela.
Mitch Cooper	Leigh McCloskey	46	Husband of Lucy, brother of Afton.
Rebecca Barnes Wentworth	Priscilla Pointer	44	Mother of Cliff, Pamela and Katherine.
Dave Culver	Tom Fuccello	35	Stepson of Donna.
Dusty Farlow	Jared Martin	34	Nephew of Clayton.
Kristin Shepard	Mary Crosby	304	Sister of Sue Ellen, biological mother of Christopher.
Mickey Trotter	Timothy Patrick Murphy	26	Cousin of Ray.
Lil Trotter	Kate Reid	17	Mother of Mickey, aunt of Ray.
Lisa Alden	Amy Stock	16	Biological aunt of Christopher.
Digger Barnes	Keenan Wynn	145	Father of Cliff, foster-father of Pamela, first husband of Rebecca.
Andrew Dowling	Jim McMullan	14	Third husband of Donna.
Vanessa Beaumont	Gayle Hunnicutt	13	Mother of James.
Don Lockwood	Ian McShane	13	Second husband of Sue Ellen.
Gary Ewing	Ted Shackelford	116	Middle son of Jock and Ellie, father of Lucy.
Jeff Farraday	Art Hindle	11	Biological father of Christopher, brother of Lisa.
Jessica Montford	Alexis Smith	11	Sister of Clayton, mother of Dusty.
Patricia Shepard	Martha Scott	10	Mother of Sue Ellen and Kristin.
Renaldo Marchetta	Daniel Pilon	9	First husband of Jenna, father of Charlie.
Valene Ewing	Joan Van Ark	8	Wife of Gary, mother of Lucy.
Debra Lynn Beaumont	Deborah Tucker	5	First wife of James.
Japhet Harper	Sherman Howard	5	Youngest brother of Cally.
Maggie Monahan	Sarah Cunningham	5	Sister of Digger.
Atticus Ward	John Larch	5	Father of Dusty.
Arlen Ward	John Larch	5	Twin brother of Atticus.
Arliss Cooper	Anne Francis	4	Mother of Mitch and Afton.
Boaz Harper	Cliff Potts	4	Oldest brother of Cally.
Amy Stevens	K Callan	4	Mother of April and Michelle.
Jimmy Beaumont	Chuckie Gravino	3	Son of James and Debra Lynn.
	Kenny Gravino
Pammie Cooper	Jenna Pangburn	37	Daughter of Afton and Cliff.
Amanda Ewing	Lesley Woods	28	First wife of Jock.
Amos Krebbs	William Windom	2	Foster-father of Ray.
Jimmy Monahan	James Canning	29	Son of Maggie.
Harrison Van Buren, III	Andrew Prine	2	Husband of Afton.
Luanne Culver	Alba Francesca	1	Wife of Dave.
Sam Culver	John McIntire	1	First husband of Donna, father of Sam.
Linda Farlow	Melody Anderson	1	Wife of Dusty.
Ed Haynes	Robin Clarke	1	First husband of Pamela.
Hutch McKinney	William Watson	1	Biological father of Pamela.
Garrison Southworth	Gene Evans	1	Brother of Ellie.
Herbert Wentworth	John Martin	1	Second husband of Rebecca, father of Katherine.
Lucas Krebbs	unknown, uncredited, baby		Son of Jenna, biological son of Bobby, adopted son of Ray.
Margaret Krebbs	unknown, uncredited, baby		Daughter of Donna and Ray.
Unnamed boy	unknown, uncredited, baby		Son of Cally and J.R.

¹Including 38 episodes as portrayed by Tyler Banks.
²Including 44 episode as portrayed by Eric Farlow, and Chris Demetral's portrayal in J.R. Returns.
³Including 1 episode as portrayed by Laurie Lynn Myers.
⁴Including 2 episodes as portrayed by Colleen Camp.
⁵Including 4 episodes as portrayed by David Wayne.
⁶Including 2 episodes as portrayed by David Ackroyd.
⁷Including Deborah Kellner's portrayal in J.R. Returns.
⁸Including 1 episode as portrayed by Susan French.
⁹Including 1 episode as portrayed by Philip Levien.

Unseen characters

Several Ewing relatives were mentioned in the series, but didn't appear on-screen - in most cases because they died prior to the series' beginning.

• Enoch Southworth. Grandfather of Ellie. Deceased.
• Aaron Southworth. Father of Ellie. Deceased.¹
• Barbara Southworth. Mother of Ellie. Deceased.¹
• Henry Barnes. Father of Digger. Deceased.
• Jason Ewing. Brother of Jock, father of Jack and Jamie. Deceased.¹
• Nancy Ewing. Wife of Jason, mother of Jack and Jamie. Deceased.
• Margaret Krebbs. Mother of Ray, wife of Amos. Deceased.
• Amy Farlow. First wife of Clayton. Deceased.
• Henry Montford. Husband of Jessica. Deceased.
• Lucas Wade. Father of Jenna. Deceased.
• Jonas Culver. Uncle of Sam. Deceased.
• Deborah Culver. First wife of Sam, mother of Dave. Deceased.¹
• Richard Beaumont. Husband of Vanessa, stepfather of James. Deceased.
• Tyler Barnes. Son of Digger and Rebecca. Deceased.
• Catherine Barnes. Daughter of Digger and Rebecca. Deceased.

¹Aaron, Barbara, Jason, and Deborah all appeared in the prequel movie Dallas: The Early Years (portrayed Hoyt Axton, Marjie Rynearson, David Wilson, and Angie Bolling, respectively) alongside younger versions of Ellie, Jock, Digger, Sam, and several other characters.

Additional characters

Supporting characters

¹Including 3 episodes as portrayed by Donna Bullock, 2 episodes as portrayed by Ann Ford and 5 episodes as portrayed by Nancy Bleier.
²Including 3 episodes as portrayed by Charles Escamilla, and 3 episodes as portrayed by William Marquez.

Season 9 characters

Since the ninth season turned out to be a dream of Pamela's, none of the characters appearing exclusively during season nine can be said to existed within the Dallas fictional universe from season ten and on.