Larry Hagman
Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012, Height 6 feet 1 inch [1.85 m]) 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 Broadway plays and television shows. He had a supporting role in the 1964 film Fail-Safe.
In 1965, Hagman was cast as Major Anthony Nelson in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. The show was a huge success, and Hagman won two Golden Globe Awards for his performance. He left the show in 1970 to pursue other projects.
In 1978, Hagman was cast as J. R. Ewing in the soap opera Dallas. The show was an even bigger success than I Dream of Jeannie, and Hagman won four Emmy Awards for his performance. He remained with the show until it ended in 1991.
In 1995, Hagman underwent a liver transplant. He returned to Dallas in 2012 for a revival of the show. He died of complications from leukemia later that year.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 17.735 |
Birthday | 1931-09-21 |
Place of Birth | Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
Also Known As | Larry Martin Hagman, Larry Hagland, |
1964
Fail Safe
7.814/382
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little t...
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Fail Safe
1995
Nixon
6.9/356
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spa...
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Nixon
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
6.587/323
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious sc...
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The Eagle Has Landed
1998
Primary Colors
6.274/308
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to...
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Primary Colors
1974
Stardust
5.737/19
Jim MacLaine is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international star...
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Stardust
1981
S.O.B.
5.9/85
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes...
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S.O.B.
1982
Deadly Encounter
5.273/10
A veteran pilot finds himself knee-deep in trouble when his ex-girlfriend shows up at his doorstep in a terrible state. She knows the whereabouts of...
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Deadly Encounter
1972
Beware! The Blob
4.776/67
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the...
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Beware! The Blob
1974
Harry and Tonto
7.048/83
Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the Upper West Side of New York City where his late wife and he raised his children--where he's lived...
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Harry and Tonto
1964
Ensign Pulver
6.6/15
1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work...
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Ensign Pulver
1965
In Harm's Way
6.562/138
A naval officer reprimanded after Pearl Harbor is later promoted to rear admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
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In Harm's Way
2014
Göttliche Lage
7/2
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Göttliche Lage
1976
The Big Bus
5.2/99
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disaste...
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The Big Bus
2011
The Flight of the Swan
7.6/8
Alexis is an explosive personality, passionate about life, humanity, nature, love and beauty. That is until the breakneck rhythm, intensity, stress an...
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The Flight of the Swan
1964
The Cavern
5.5/3
Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people get trapped inside a cave after a bomb raid. But can they co-operate? And will they...
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The Cavern
1970
Up in the Cellar
5.333/3
A student poet seduces his college president's wife, daughter, and girlfriend over lost financial aid.
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Up in the Cellar
2020
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
0/0
Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the perva...
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2000
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
0/0
Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Be...
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Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
1977
Checkered Flag or Crash
2.8/4
Hard-charging race car driver "Walkaway" Madden, nicknamed so for his history of walking away from car crashes, just wants to win the big Manilla 1000...
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Checkered Flag or Crash
1974
Hurricane
4.9/7
Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.
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Hurricane
1973
Applause
6.1/4
An aspiring actress, whose sugar-coated appearance belies her ruthless drive, worms herself into the life of an aging star and schemes to replace her...
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Applause
1996
Dallas: J.R. Returns
5.4/12
Years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, we learn that he is alive and well. He returns to Dallas, and plots what could...
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Dallas: J.R. Returns
1998
Dallas - War of The Ewings
5.313/8
It has been two years since Bobby and Sue Ellen Ewing took over control of Ewing Oil. Although J.R. is successfully managing a large oil conglomerate,...
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Dallas - War of The Ewings
1972
No Place to Run
5.7/3
An adopted boy's parents are killed, and to keep him from returning to the state's custody, he and his grandfather run away.
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No Place to Run
1969
Three's a Crowd
0/0
An airline pilot tries to balance two wives he has in two separate cities.
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Three's a Crowd
1973
What Are Best Friends For?
0/0
A married couple is determined to find a girl for their recently divorced best friend.
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What Are Best Friends For?
1972
Getting Away from It All
0/0
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would b...
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Getting Away from It All
1973
Blood Sport
8.3/3
A searing commentary on the "win at all costs" mentality of American high school sports. David Lee Birdsong is the smalltown quarterback hoping to esc...
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Blood Sport
1974
Sidekicks
6/1
Travelling through the West right after the Civil War, two con men hatch a scheme to try to collect the fifteen thousand dollar bounty offered for the...
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Sidekicks
1973
The Alpha Caper
0/0
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million armored car robbery.
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The Alpha Caper
1993
Staying Afloat
0/0
In this comedy thriller, a prospective series pilot, Larry Hagman plays a disinherited socialite and high roller who, with the aid of a comely con art...
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Staying Afloat
1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
5.2/10
Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At fi...
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Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1981
Diana
0/0
Diana Ross' 1981 TV special featuring live concert footage from The Forum mixed with studio performances.
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Diana
1952
South Pacific
0/0
The professional recording of the 1952 original London production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
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South Pacific
1971
A Howling in the Woods
5.2/14
A disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home and, more ominously, a mys...
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A Howling in the Woods
1977
Intimate Strangers
5/1
The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband, and he begins to take it out on his wife.
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Intimate Strangers
1966
The Group
5.6/26
It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own l...
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The Group
1981
I am Blushing
0/0
"I am blushing" - Swedish comedy about a film crew traveling to the Philippines to find environments for a movie.
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I am Blushing
1973
The Wheels of Hell
0/0
South American Antonio is a simple man who crosses paths with rich oilman Mark Hunter who is hiding from divorce lawyers. Desperate Mark gives Antonio...
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The Wheels of Hell
2004
Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
0/0
The original cast of Dallas reunites at Southfork Ranch to remember the popular 1980's drama nighttime serial that became notorious for its 1980 cliff...
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Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork
1986
Dallas: The Early Years
5/5
Prequel to the popular "Dallas" TV series focuses on the origins of the Ewing-Barnes feud during the 1930's. Larry Hagman provides the opening narrati...
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Dallas: The Early Years
1976
Mother, Jugs & Speed
5.5/39
To beat out competing ambulance services, an ace driver, an office secretary/paramedic and a suspended cop resort to some outrageous behavior to help...
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Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
0/0
A Los Angeles cop falls off his motorcycle, strikes his head and wakes up believing himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Along with the social worker who is...
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The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
1960
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
0/0
Two plays by William Saroyan portraying writers stymied, inspired, frustrated, excited, listful, wistful, slothful, awed, unnerved, perhaps corrupted...
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Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
Bring Back... Dallas
0/0
Collins tries to track down the retired stars of Dallas and reunite them at his Oil Barons Ball. Only Eric Farlow, the first actor to play Baby Christ...
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Bring Back... Dallas
1978
Superman
7.137/3763
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the ne...
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Superman
1978
The President's Mistress
6.7/5
A government courier is caught in a deadly cover-up after discovering that his murdered sister was not only the mistress of a U.S. president, but also...
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The President's Mistress
1979
A Cry For Justice
8/1
Due to hasty investigations and questionable methods of two police sergeants, two hoodlums are convicted for a robbery in which a patrolman was seriou...
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A Cry For Justice
1980
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
5.6/5
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film,...
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1971
The Hired Hand
6.1/69
Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay, and s...
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The Hired Hand
1978
Last of the Good Guys
0/0
Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away fr...
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Last of the Good Guys
1978
A Double Life
0/0
After the death of his parents, millionaire playboy Jack Cole is framed on charges of embezzlement. In prison, Cole learns various tricks of the crimi...
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A Double Life
1993
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
0/0
American Documentary: A documentary celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Co., with news footage, film clips, and interv...
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Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1973
Antonio
5/2
Antonio is a simple potter in a South American country whose path crosses with Mark Hunter, a rich American oilman running from a divorce attorney. Ho...
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Antonio
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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