Steve Kanaly didn’t want to play JR or Bobby on Dallas.
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 Published On Oct 29, 2023

Steve Kanaly went from the Vietnam War jungle to Hollywood. His war tales inspired the Robert Duvall character in Apocalypse Now and it led to his first screen role alongside Paul Newman. Steve opens up about those stars he admires - John Huston, Charlton Heston, Goldie Hawn and Steven Speilberg - and the big name he says was a grouch. Steve takes us behind the scenes of Dallas, revealing how why he chose the role of Ray over that of JR and Bobby, plus he opens up about getting Priscilla Presley tipsy as the beginning of her days on the series. Plus find out the connection to Priscilla's granddaughter Riley Keough.

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00:00 Start
01:00 A soldier in the Vietnam War
01:55 Connection to Apocalypse Now
02:22 Robert Duvall and John Milius
03:27 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean & John Huston, Paul Newman
06:14 Becoming an actor
07:37 Hunting with John Huston
09:38 Dillinger
11:21 Henry Fonda is a grouch
12:20 Charlton Heston
13:38 Goldie Hawn & Steven Spielberg
15:15 Big Wednesday & Jan Michael Vincent
16:50 Dallas
19:00 Filming Dallas in the snow
22:10 Ray leaves Dallas
23:00 Don’t call Dallas a soap opera
25:00 How surviving a war helped him with rejection
26:00 Ray’s Dallas love life
27:13 Jim Davis dies
28:00 Victoria Principal
30:30 Priscilla Presley
32:55 Riley Keough
33:38 Larry Hagman moves next door
36:40 Barbara Bel Geddes
44:06 The end of Dallas
45:20 Props & Costumes
47:35 Dallas reboot
50:00 Painting
51:00 Marriage

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