Dallas season 5
season of television series
The fifth season of the television series Dallas aired on CBS during the 1981–82 TV season.
Cast
Starring
In alphabetical order:
Barbara Bel Geddes as Miss Ellie Ewing (24 episodes)
Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing (26 episodes)
Linda Gray as Sue Ellen Ewing (26 episodes)
Larry Hagman as J. R. Ewing (26 episodes)
Susan Howard as Donna Culver Krebbs (26 episodes)
Steve Kanaly as Ray Krebbs (26 episodes)
Ken Kercheval as Cliff Barnes (24 episodes)
Victoria Principal as Pamela Barnes Ewing (26 episodes)
Charlene Tilton as Lucy Ewing Cooper (24 episodes)
Also starring
Leigh McCloskey as Mitch Cooper (19 episodes)
Jared Martin as Steven "Dusty" Farlow (10 episodes)
Special guest stars
Howard Keel as Clayton Farlow (21 episodes)
Priscilla Pointer as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth (19 episodes)
Audrey Landers as Afton Cooper (17 episodes)
Barry Nelson as Arthur Elrod (3 episodes)
William Smithers as Jeremy Wendell (1 episode)
Mary Crosby as Kristin Shepard Farraday (1 episode )
Notable guest stars
Barry Corbin (Sheriff Fenton Washburn) returns for two episodes. Among the new additions to the cast are Deborah Rennard (Sly Lovegren), Morgan Brittany (Katherine Wentworth), Ray Wise (Blair Sullivan), Phyllis Flax (Mrs. Chambers) and Anne C. Lucas (Cassie, a waitress at the Oil Barons Club), who will continue to appear beyond the season. Dennis Redfield (Roger Larson), Art Hindle (Jeff Farraday) and Gretchen Wyler (Dr. Dagmara Conrad), all appear frequently during the season, but won't return for subsequent years. Knots Landing's Ted Shackelford and Joan Van Ark appear in two and one episodes, respectively. Also: future series star Barbara Stock, who will portray Liz Adams for the series' final two seasons, appears in two episodes as Heather Wilson.
Crew
The season's episode writers include showrunner Leonard Katzman, the returning Arthur Bernard Lewis, Linda B. Elstad, Howard Lakin, David Paulsen, and new additions Will Lorin and Bruce Shelly. Philip Capice serves as executive producer, Katzman as producer, and Cliff Fenneman as associate producer.
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