Larry Hagman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-09-21 (81 years old)

Deathday

2012-11-23

Place of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Larry Hagman

Biography

Larry Martin Hagman 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 B...

Acting

1964

Fail Safe

as Buck

1995

Nixon

as Jack Jones

1976

The Eagle Has Landed

as Colonel Pitts

1998

Primary Colors

as Gov. Fred Picker

1974

Stardust

as Porter Lee Austin

1981

S.O.B.

as Dick Benson

1982

Deadly Encounter

as Sam Hooten

1972

Beware! The Blob

as Young Hobo

1974

Harry and Tonto

as Eddie Coombes

1964

Ensign Pulver

as Billings

1965

In Harm's Way

as Lt. J.G. Cline

2014

Göttliche Lage

as Himself

1976

The Big Bus

as Parking Lot Doctor

2011

The Flight of the Swan

as Corporate President

1964

The Cavern

as Captain Wilson

1970

Up in the Cellar

as Maurice Camber

2000

Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'

as Self (archive footage)

2020

'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

as Self (archive footage)

1977

1974

Hurricane

as Paul Damon

1973

Applause

as Bill Sampson

1996

1998

1972

No Place to Run

as Jay Fox

1969

Three's a Crowd

as Jim Carson

1972

1973

Blood Sport

as Coach Marshall

1974

Sidekicks

as Quince Drew

1973

1993

Staying Afloat

as Alexander Hollingsworth III

1981

Diana

as Self

1952

South Pacific

as Yeoman Herbert Quale

1971

A Howling in the Woods

as Eddie Crocker

1977

Intimate Strangers

as Mort Burns

1966

The Group

as Harald Peterson

1981

I am Blushing

as Larry Hagman

1973

Antonio

as Mark Hunter

1986

1976

1978

Superman

as Major

1978

1979

A Cry For Justice

as Dwight Sheppard

1971

The Hired Hand

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1978

Last of the Good Guys

as Sgt. Frank O'Malley (uncredited)

Production

1972

Beware! The Blob

as Director

1993

Staying Afloat

as Executive Producer

1998

Dallas: War of The Ewings

as Executive Producer

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