Larry Hagman - Biography - IMDb Larry Hagman Biography Showing all 186 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (143) | Personal Quotes (30) | Salary (1) Overview (5) 23 November 2012 , Dallas, Texas, USA (complications from myelodysplastic syndrome due to throat cancer treatments) Birth Name 6' 1" (1.85 m) Mini Bio (1) The son of a legendary actress ( Mary Martin ) and a district attorney, Larry Martin Hagman was born on September 21, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas. After his parents' divorce, he moved to Los Angeles, California to live with his grandmother. When he was 12, his grandmother died and he moved back to his mother's place, who had remarried and was launching a Broadway career. After attending Bard College in New York State, he decided to follow his mother's acting road. His first stage tryout was with the Margo Jones Theatre-in-the-Round in Dallas, Texas.

He then appeared in the New York City Center production of "Taming the Shrew", followed by a year in regional theater. In his early-to-mid twenties, Larry moved to England as a member of the cast of his mother's stage show, "South Pacific", and was a member of the cast for five years. After that, he enrolled in the United States Air Force, where he produced and directed several series for members of the service. After completing his service in the Air Force, Larry returned to New York City for a series of Broadway and off-Broadway plays, esp. "Once Around the Block", "Career", "Comes a Day", "A Priest in the House", "The Beauty Part", "The Warm Peninsula", "The Nervous Set" among many others. He began his television career in 1961 with a number of guest appearances on shows as "The ALCOA Hour". He was later chosen to be in the popular daytime soap opera The Edge of Night (1956), in which he starred for two years.

But that was his start, he later went on to become the friendliest television star in the NBC sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965), in which he played the amiable astronaut Anthony Nelson. In the series, his life was endangered by this gorgeous blonde bombshell genie played by Barbara Eden . The series ran for five years and after that, he continued his success in The Good Life (1971) and Here We Go Again (1973), as well as a number of guest-starring roles on many series. He was also with Lauren Bacall in the television version of the hit Broadway musical Applause (1973). In 1977, the soap opera Dallas (1978) came aboard and Larry's career was secured. He credits "Superchick" for convincing him to do the show. This program of an excessively rich Texas family, was one of the best, beloved, most-watched shows of all time as he portrayed the role of the evil yet perverted millionaire J.R. Ewing, the man who loved to be hated.

The series ran for an amazing 14 1/2 seasons and the "Who shot J.R.?" episode remains the second highly-rated television show in the history of the satellite. Since his name was familiar with Texas, it was suiting that he hosted "Lone Star" (1985), an eight-part documentary series related to the history of Texas, for the Public Television Stations. That aired while celebrating the 150th anniversary of Texas as an independent republic. In the spring of 1987, Kari-Lorimar released "Larry Hagman--Stop Smoking for Life". Proceeds from this home video were donated to the American Cancer Society. In July 1995, he needed a liver transplant in order for him to regain his life back after years of strong drinking that led to cirrhosis. He went over to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for this where he spent seven weeks in the hospital, and an operation took 16 hours but saved his life. In July 1996, one year after he had a new liver, he served as the National Spokesperson for the 1996 U.S.

Transplant Games presented by the National Kidney Foundation and, on November 2, he later received the Award for his efforts in escalating public awareness of the concept of organ donation. He continued to serve as an advocate of organ donation and transplantation until his death. In November 1996, he starred in Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996), a 2-hour movie in which the ratings were a huge success for CBS, as well as in the network's drama series Orleans (1997) when his role of Judge Luther Charbonnet gave him some of the best reviews of his 36-year-career. When he was feeling better than he had for so many years, he completed his two movie projects: The Third Twin (1997), a four-hour miniseries based on the author's best-selling novel, that aired on CBS, and Mike Nichols 's Primary Colors (1998), a film based on the best-selling book by a journalist, Joe Klein . Starring in that film were John Travolta , Emma Thompson , Billy Bob Thornton , Kathy Bates and Adrian Lester .

Larry played Governor Picker, an antipolitics politician who stands a grave danger crisis to the governor's bid for office. Primary Colors was his second presidential film having also appeared in Oliver Stone 's Nixon (1995). Following these movies, his second Dallas reunion movie, Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998), aired on CBS. He also served as executive producer. Away from films, Larry was actively involved in a series of civic and philanthropic events. An adamant non-smoker, he served as the chairperson of the American Cancer Society's "Great American Smokeout", from 1981 to 1992. Larry Hagman died at age 81 on November 23, 2012 at Medical City Dallas Hospital in Dallas, Texas from complications of throat cancer. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Spouse (1) ( 18 December 1954 - 23 November 2012) (his death) (2 children) Trade Mark (5) The role of JR Ewing on Dallas (1978). Trivia (143) Broke his collar bone when he was a child.

Loved motorcycles and owned a Harley. Offered to pay for drug rehab for Robert Downey Jr. in 1996, after Downey asked to borrow $100,000 from him. Had a ring made from the gallstones that were removed during his liver transplant. Served in the United States Air Force. He met his wife while he was stationed in England, UK. He refused to speak one day a week, simply as a test of his self discipline. Father of: Preston Hagman and Heidi Hagman , who appeared in the "All in the Family" spinoff, Archie Bunker's Place (1979). [1995] Had a liver transplant. Earned a reported $75,000 to $100,000 an episode for Dallas (1978) in 1980. Required autograph seekers to sing a song for him or tell him a joke before giving his autograph. He said that he did it so he got something back from his fans.

Attended Bard College in Anandale-on-the-Hudson, New York for one year He produced and directed shows for servicemen while he was stationed in the United States Air Force. Was once Chairman of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout. Enjoyed hunting, skiing, backpacking, fishing, sailing, collected canes, hats and flags, collecting art, golfing, drinking and touring in his personally designed custom motorhome. Was a huge supporter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Used to live next door to Burgess Meredith in the early 1980s. Was a vegetarian. Was a longtime friend of the late Carroll O'Connor , and spoke at O'Connor's funeral on 26 June 2001. O'Connor gave Hagman's daughter, Heidi Hagman , a part in Archie Bunker's Place (1979) in the early 1980s. His Ojai, California ranch is called Heaven. Daughter, Kristina Mary Heidi Hagman , born 17 February 1958. Son, Preston Hagman , born 2 May 1962. Bridget Fonda 's godfather.

His wife is from Sweden, and they owned a house in her old hometown Sundsvall, that they visited every year. Turned down the starring role on the short-lived sitcom The Waverly Wonders (1978) in favor of Dallas (1978). Granddaughters: Rebecca, Nora, Tara, Kaya, and Noel. The Malibu house in which he used to live is now owned by the singer Sting . Was best friends with legendary Who drummer Keith Moon whom he met on the set of the movie Stardust (1974). Son of Mary Martin . Made his stage debut as a Seabee in the London production of "South Pacific", which starred his mother. In 1989, Mary Martin would recall, "Larry could really sing, too. Still can, but he doesn't like to". Another Seabee, also making his stage debut in the production, was Sean Connery . Was one of the few players on Dallas (1978) to stay on for the entire series. Holds the record for the greatest number of consecutive appearances by a leading actor in an hour-long prime time dramatic series, for his 357 appearances on Dallas (1978).

The only actor to appear in all 357 episodes of Dallas (1978). Was good friends with Donna Mills . She starred with him as his wife in a short-lived 1971 sitcom, just 9 years before she starred with him again on, Knots Landing (1979). Was an avid fan of The Sopranos (1999). Bore a striking resemblance to professional wrestling announcer Jim Ross . Ross is often simply referred to as "J.R.". Best remembered by the public for his starring roles as J.R. Ewing in Dallas (1978) and as Major Tony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965). Attended the Dublin Races in 2008. Lived in Ojai, California. His mother called him Lukey when he was a child. Spent much of his childhood in Weatherford, Texas. Just before his future Dallas (1978) co-star, Patrick Duffy was born, Hagman would frequently visit Duffy's parents' home, as a teenager.

Years later, he suggested to Patrick, he audition for a role on Dallas (1978), and didn't know who Hagman was at the time. He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2009 in Austin, Texas. Remained good friends with Patrick Duffy , during and after Dallas (1978).

Friends with: Shirley Jones , David Cassidy , Bea Arthur , Florence Henderson , Barbara Eden , David Jacobs , Michael Filerman , Jamie Farr , Wink Martindale , Anne Francis , Karl Malden , Michael Douglas , Buddy Ebsen , Lee Meriwether , Victor French , Michael Landon , Melissa Gilbert , Carroll O'Connor , Michele Lee , Donna Mills , Joan Van Ark , Susan Sullivan , Linda Evans , Lorenzo Lamas , Jim Davis , Barbara Bel Geddes , Howard Keel , Linda Gray , Patrick Duffy , Kevin Dobson , Randolph Mantooth , Mary Crosby , Quinn Martin , Regis Philbin , Robert Conrad , Larry Manetti , Jackie Cooper , Brian Keith , Adam West , James Drury , Doug McClure , Clu Gulager , Denny Miller , Robert Young , Dick Van Dyke , Dick Van Patten , George Kennedy , Harold Gould , Shelley Berman , Richard Donner , Dick Sargent , Richard Mulligan , Lloyd Bridges , Richard Dawson , Peter Fonda , Tom Brokaw , Mickey Rooney , Joan Collins and Bill Daily . Out of the original cast members of Dallas (1978), he was the only one that is originally from the state of Texas.

Susan Howard , who later joined the cast as Donna Culver, is also from Texas. His ex- Dallas (1978) co-star, Charlene Tilton , was the only member of the cast to attend his 70th birthday party in 2001. According to Dallas (1978) co-star, Linda Gray , she said in an interview Hagman reconciled with his mother, after the loss of his stepfather. At his wife's suggestion, he auditioned for the lead role of J.R. Ewing in Dallas (1978). Fortunately, he won the role. Was diagnosed with Stage 2 throat cancer in June 2011, was cancer free for nearly the entire year in 2012, until he died. Dated Joan Collins while in England. Was a Democrat. Each and every year, he always bestowed his ex- Dallas (1978) co-star Cathy Podewell flowers on the day of her birthday. His idol when he was very young was Jim Davis , who in turn played his TV father on Dallas (1978), until Davis's death in 1981.

Had the portrait of his idol, hanging in his house until the day he died. He and the rest of his Dallas (1978) co-stars, attended the funeral of his idol, Jim Davis , on 1 May 1981. Before he was a successful actor, he was digging ditches and bailing hay in his hometown of Weatherford, Texas. Successfully talked Patrick Duffy into returning to Dallas (1978) for the show's tenth season. Always refused to talk about his role on I Dream of Jeannie (1965) until 2001. Was reunited with I Dream of Jeannie (1965) series' lead, Barbara Eden , for the final season of Dallas (1978). Did not get along with his stepfather at all, before Richard Halliday 's death in 1973. His future Dallas (1978) co-star, Charlene Tilton , was said to be a childhood television hero before she co-starred with him in the series. His mother, Mary Martin , died on November 3, 1990, just 1 month before her 77th birthday.

Was a spokesperson of American Cancer Society of the 1980s, who encouraged people to quit smoking. With the encouragement of Dallas (1978) co-star, Patrick Duffy , he quit smoking and drinking after over 45 years. Hagman began drinking as a teenager. Of Swedish descent by his grandparents, as is his wife. Lived in the same area of his ex- Dallas (1978) co-star, Steve Kanaly . Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 North Vine Street in Hollywood, California. In high school, he fell in love with the stage in particular with the warm reception he got for his comedic roles. Graduated from Weatherford High School in Weatherford, Texas in 1949. When Barbara Bel Geddes took a medical leave on Dallas (1978), at the end of the eighth season, at one point, he suggested his real-life mother ( Mary Martin ) in replacing Bel Geddes' as Miss Ellie. Due to health reasons, he quit drinking, smoking, and eating meat and dairy products.

As of 2012, his wife Maj Axelsson has advanced Alzheimer's disease and lives in a rented flat near his house. She is attended to by five live-in nurses. He played the same character (J.R. Ewing) in three different series: Dallas (1978), Knots Landing (1979) and Dallas (2012). Alongside Norman Lloyd , William Daniels , Ernest Borgnine , Mickey Rooney , Betty White , Angela Lansbury , Dick Van Dyke , Christopher Lee , Edward Asner , Marla Gibbs , William Shatner , Adam West , Florence Henderson , Shirley Jones and Alan Alda , Hagman was one of the few actors in Hollywood who lived into their 80s and/or 90s without ever either retiring from acting or having stopped getting work. His final guest-starring role was on Desperate Housewives (2004). Larry Hagman passed away on November 23, 2012. This was just 1 month before he would've celebrated his 58th Wedding Anniversary to Maj Axelsson .

According to ex- Dallas (1978) co-star, Charlene Tilton , after his death, she said in an interview, while she was a teenager, she lived with her single mother, before Hagman came in to become her surrogate father, while starring in Dallas (1978), who taught her how to behave professionally. Always asked Sidney Sheldon questions about the difficulty in scripts for I Dream of Jeannie (1965). Had screen tested for the role of Maj. Anthony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965). He even beat out Robert Conrad for a co-starring role, opposite Barbara Eden as her master. Just before his death, he reprised his role as JR Ewing in Dallas (2012). Before he was a successful actor, he worked for oil field-equipment maker Antelope Tool Company and witnessed the eldest son of the company founder win a battle to succeed him, one summer. When I Dream of Jeannie (1965) began, a crisis cropped up right away: Series star Barbara Eden was pregnant. This forced the quick filming of 10 episodes.

Problems developed immediately between him, who was determined to make the show, the best it could be, and director Gene Nelson , who insisted that they follow the script to the letter. Each man wanted the other fired. Due to NBC's preference, Larry prevailed. Had originally wanted to be a cowboy. During the last 3 seasons of Dallas (1978), when he became the co-executive producer of the show, he went to England and had Holland and Holland gave him a shotgun. Owned 5 Toyota Prius Hybrids. The reason he wanted to stay on Dallas (1978) is because he wanted to work with Barbara Bel Geddes , who starred as his mother. Played Barbara Bel Geddes 's son in Dallas (1978), in real-life, Hagman was 9 years Bel Geddes's junior. His father, Ben Hagman, had a massive stroke and was in a coma, who died on July 15, 1965. Did not reprise his role in 2 I Dream of Jeannie (1965) reunion movies, because he was busy starring in Dallas (1978), and was taking a vacation with his family.

His son Preston Hagman was named after his grandfather and great-grandfather, Preston, who died when his father was only 7. His grandfather, Preston Martin, had died in 1938, when young Larry was only 7. His mother Mary Martin had died on the day she got married, 60 years ago in 1990. When his mother Mary Martin was diagnosed with cancer in 1989, Martin was a Kennedy Center Honoree that year. At the awards show, Hagman gave a funny and poignant tribute to his mother, who was in the audience. His children Preston Hagman and Heidi Hagman both appeared on various episodes of Dallas (1978). He said his favorite show to date was Dallas (1978). Upon his death he was cremated; his ashes were scattered at the Southfork Ranch in Parker, Texas. His show Dallas (1978) was filmed at Southfork Ranch, the same place that is located in real-life. At the beginning of the second season of the revised Dallas (2012) series, he reduced his appearances because he needed to undergo chemotherapy. He appeared on Live! with Kelly (1988) five times.

His Dallas (1978) co-star, Ken Kercheval , said Hagman's character, JR Ewing was the total opposite of Hagman, in real-life. Had guest-starred on the second episode of Dallas (1978)'s spin-off series Knots Landing (1979), as JR Ewing. Met Donna Mills on The Good Life (1971), where the two remained best friends for 41 years until Hagman's death in 2012. His ex- Dallas (1978) co-star and friend Joan Van Ark attended his 80th birthday party in 2011, despite not being a regular castmember. His parents were Mary Martin , who was a popular Broadway actress and Benjamin Hagman, a lawyer. A cowboy buff. His parents were divorced when he was only 5 years old. While temporarily moving back to Connecticut with his mother and stepfather, Hagman continued drinking heavily again, therefore, Mary Martin had no choice other than to kick him out of the house much due to the fact that Hagman was suffering from alcohol poisoning.

Was reunited with ex- I Dream of Jeannie (1965) co-star, Barbara Eden on both series: A Howling in the Woods (1971) and Dallas (1978). His family moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1938, when young Larry was only 7. Began his career appearing in Broadway plays and musicals in 1950. Had worked with Joan Van Ark in episodes of two different series: Dallas (1978) and its spin-off Knots Landing (1979). In order for Hagman to get the role of Maj. Anthony Nelson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965), he did the voice-over in Russian for the show The Rogues (1964). He was also convinced to get the role when Gig Young was unavailable, hence, Hagman won the role. Was also a solar power enthusiast. Before he was a successful actor, he met and used to work with a young unfamiliar actor Carroll O'Connor , who was working as an assistant stage manager for the Broadway play 'God and Kate Murphy,' in which Hagman starred.

Before he was a successful actor, he used to dance with Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara, on the opening night of South Pacific at the Savoy in London, England. His show Dallas (1978) was canceled at the end of the fourteenth season because of low ratings. He was not David Jacobs 's first choice to audition for the male lead role of J.R. Ewing on Dallas (1978), when Robert Foxworth had been offered the role. Knowing he would not play a character that was absolutely unsympathetic, Hagman immediately came in and won the role. Met a young, unfamiliar actor Patrick Duffy in the movie, Hurricane (1974), before Hagman co-starred with him on Dallas (1978), opposite Hagman as his younger brother. Was raised largely by his maternal grandmother while his mother became a famous stage actress. Just before his death, his Dallas (1978) co-star, Linda Gray , played host to him at his 81st birthday luncheon at a restaurant in Dallas, Texas.

On I Dream of Jeannie (1965), he played an astronaut who was a member of the United States Air Force, in real-life, Hagman served in the United States Air Force. Used to live in the same area as Michael Landon . Was close friends with Hunter von Leer . His character J.R. Ewing was so hated that Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauescu allowed ''Dallas'' to be one of the few series shown in his country and paid Hagman to show his image throughout the country as he saw his character as epitomizing the very worst of American capitalism and hoped it would turn people against the idea. Was known to throw parties for the cast and crew at his home whenever tensions ran high on set. Once stated that (before Dallas (1978)) young viewers often confused him with Dick York (or Dick Sargent ) and DeForest Kelley . When he wanted to audition for one of the male lead roles as J.R. Ewing in Dallas (1978), his character from I Dream of Jeannie (1965) nearly prevented him from accepting it, because he might've been typecasted, but David Jacobs didn't mind him doing a soap opera.

His Dallas (1978) co-stars, Patrick Duffy and Sasha Mitchell co-starred on the popular 1990s sitcom, Step by Step (1991), also produced by Lorimar (now Warner Bros. Television). Next to his Dallas (1978) co-star, Linda Gray , his favorite actress from that same serial was Deborah Rennard . Carcinoma ran in his family. On an episode of Dallas (1978), his character read the letter from his late TV father, in real-life, he lost his own father, years before the series started. On Dallas (1978), his character drank heavily, in real-life, he also drank heavily, which led him to receiving a liver transplant in 1995, though it didn't damage the organ, when it weakened his immune system. After Dallas (1978) and until Barbara Bel Geddes 's death, he did not keep in touch with her. Was a longtime friend of Richard Dawson . He used to play Frisbee at Hagman's house in Malibu, where he was living at the time.

Before his future Dallas (1978) co-star, Charlene Tilton , co-starred opposite Hagman in the series, as a little girl, she used to visit Hagman's dear friend, Richard Dawson off- the set of Hogan's Heroes (1965), where Dawson used to give her gum and candy, all the while, he took her around and watch him rehearse. Maj Axelsson Hagman of Los Angeles, California, died May 31st, 2016. The loving wife of Actor Larry Hagman, she was known as an amazing hostess and mainstay of the family. Born in May, 1928 in Eskilstuna, Sweden, she was the eldest of four sisters. Her father, who had a car dealership in Sweden, told his daughter to "reach for the stars in order to get to the treetops" and Maj followed his advice moving to London and becoming an accomplished dress designer. In London she met the love of her life, a young serviceman named Larry Hagman, who had recently performed in the cast of the Broadway import musical "South Pacific," with his mother, the acclaimed New York musical theater star Mary Martin.

Mag moved to New York City as a military bride and supported her husband Larry by designing and sewing costumes for night club singers while Larry worked in the New York theater. When Larry landed a starring role in the early 1960s on Hollywood's "I Dream of Jeannie," Mag turned her considerable talents to supporting Larry's ascending career while continuing to design clothes, build extraordinary homes and even custom-design Jacuzzis. Mag later shared in the joys and successes of Larry Hagman's success as "JR Ewing" on the popular hit television series "Dallas" that ran from the late 1970s through the 1980s. The couple supported philanthropic causes from the Dallas and Ojai Symphonies to organ donations and solar energy. The couple traveled the world together over five and a half decades of their marriage until Larry passed away in 2012. In the end, she surpassed the treetops and touched the stars. Maj and Larry are survived to their two children and five grandchildren. His widow, Maj Axelsson was 3 yrs. his senior. He was most widely known to be a social butterfly.

Her ex- Dallas (1978) co-star, Victoria Principal , used to live not too far from him. Before the series began, they were actually lifelong friends. Personal Quotes (30) [Who said in February 2002, when appearing on the BBC's Shooting Stars]: I've been on some loony shows in my time, but this one takes the cake. I made money. Enough so I don't have to work again. But I'd like to, I really would. But I'd want to do something interesting like Santa Claus - or God. Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world. I spent five years in England, I went over there with my mother in the show South Pacific and I just love it. I go back there three or four times a year.

I joined the American airforce because the Korean war was going on at one time and I got my call up papers and I was supposed to report back to the United States and get my ass shot off in Korea which I didn't think was a smart idea and not only that I couldn't understand what the war was all about, I guess a lot of people could at that time but I still can't even more than I can the Vietnam war, so anyhow I enlisted in the American airforce and I was stationed in London for four years which was pretty good because I never gave up my civilian apartment in St Johns Wood. I got married, met a Swedish girl there, we've been married 46 years now. [on the infamous "Who Shot J.R?" episode]: "Before that fateful shot rang out, I was merely bemused by the success of the character. Villainy could be fun, and that's how I played it. And if it worked. I mean I couldn't go down to the corner to pick up my copy of the Sunday New York Times without running into some nubile creature with "J.R. for President" emblazoned across her chest. Now a higher, shriller note had been added.

People who once merely wanted J.R.'s autograph demanded to know who shot him as if it were their birthright, and were angry and upset when I told them, truthfully, that I didn't know. I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it! People I meet really want me to be J.R., so it's hard to disappoint them. [About co-star Linda Gray after her real-life divorce]: Maj and I kind of adopted her. She was here at the house nearly every day. We'd call her first thing in the morning to make sure she was alright, we'd make sure she had dinner every night. [Referring to his choice of final resting place for his ashes] I want to be spread over a field and have marijuana and wheat planted and harvest it in a couple of years and then have a big marijuana cake, enough for 200 or 300 people. People eat a little of Larry. I'm stronger now than when I started this whole rigamarole. I know I have a nice 36-year-old liver in the body of a 66-year-old man and I feel wonderful.

[In 1998]: We recycle everything else - tires, glass, paper, you name it. Why not recycle our bodies? [About his lifelong friendship with Carroll O'Connor ]: Carroll is really my mentor. He knows more [show business] than any other actor I know. [In 1965]: I'm the kind of guy who says I am $15 overdrawn at the bank when I have $700 in the account. That's how pessimistic I am. With that in mind, I want to say that I don't know how I Dream of Jeannie can fail. The time is ripe for a bad guy, and I'm it. [In 1980]: I've been married 26 years and it lasts because I take my wife with me, wherever I go. They say it's no worse than standing in front of a TV set. That's what they said about asbestos and World War II radiation experiments. [If he were to leave Dallas (1978), then Robert Culp would take over his role which would've not upset Hagman]: I'm almost 50. I simply would have gone on to something else.

As you get older, you think of things you would like to do. As of now, I've got my toy. Naw, I asked Walter Cronkite to be vice president. Everybody loves Walter, a lot of people don't like Mr. Nixon and a lot of people don't like Don. [Who said in 1983 upon meeting with Joan Collins for the first time]: She was the most beautiful women. [In 1971]: I grew up in a family that had servants, including butlers - I've been around servants all my life - and somehow we got the proper procedures straightened out without calling in an expert. [on his role of I Dream of Jeannie (1965) that was finally cancelled]: But it spelled trouble. It was hard on me. It hit me like a bang. [on his popularity while playing the fifty-something brother/villain J.R. Ewing on Dallas (1978)]: Everybody knows a J.R. They have a boss, an uncle, a daddy, a florist who is just like him. And not just in America either. J.R.

is all over the world, set aside from others in that he has been trained to succeed at any cost. [Upon his introduction to marijuana by Jack Nicholson , as a safer alternative to his heavy drinking]: I liked it because it was fun, it made me feel good, and I never had a hangover! [When he landed the part on I Dream of Jeannie (1965)]: They did the first season in black and white to save $500 a show. I came out; I was out of work. I had done 'The Edge of Night' in New York. [Who said in 2011 about his stage 2 throat cancer diagnosis]: As J. R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new Dallas series. I could not think of a better place to be than working on a show I love, with people I love. If you do your research on hot springs all over the world, they're usually places of peace.

People, even in warring nations and so forth, they'll go and live in peace together around the hot springs, which were always considered medicinal. I firmly believe in water therapy. [on his book]: I didn't put anything in that I thought I was going to hurt someone or compromise them in anyway, not that I had too many things in my life. [In 1981]: A year later, when they say they didn't say what they said, I play back the tape. [From playing the woman's master to playing a dastardly, charming villain]: I was in 'Jeannie' for sometime and I made the transition to a bad guy from a rather bumbling idiot. And I hope that this will be a slightly different edge. At my age, I suppose it's about the last one I'll have an opportunity to do. So, I'm going to have a lot of fun with this. [In 1989]: By God, you're right, I had not thought of that. It never occurred to me.

Salary (1) Larry Hagman Dies | Hollywood Reporter Mark Seliger/TNT Larry Hagman UPDATED: The Fort Worth native, who was diagnosed with cancer 13 months ago, played the conniving J.R. Ewing on the primetime soap. Larry Hagman, who played the evil oilman J.R. Ewing for 14 seasons on the hit primetime soap Dallas, has died, his family told The Dallas Morning News . He was 81. Hagman, who starred with Barbara Eden on another TV hit, the 1960s comedy I Dream of Jeannie, died Friday afternoon at Medical City Dallas Hospital. Dallas co-stars Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy were with him on the day before he died. VIDEO: Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman on Returning to 'Dallas': 'We Do What Linda Says' In October 2011, the actor said he had a "treatable" form of cancer but that he would work on TNT's Dallas reboot during treatment. He then appeared in 10 episodes of the series, which debuted in June. "As J.R., I could get away with anything — bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer," he said then.

"I do want everyone to know that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new Dallas series. I could not think of a better place to be than working on a show I love, with people I love. Besides, as we all know, you can't keep J.R. down!" Hagman, who had a liver transplant in 1995, filmed six of the 15 episodes for season two of Dallas, which is set to return Jan. 28. “Larry was back in his beloved Dallas re-enacting the iconic role he loved most,” his family said in a written statement. “Larry’s family and close friends had joined him in Dallas for the Thanksgiving holiday. When he passed, he was surrounded by loved ones. It was a peaceful passing, just as he had wished for. The family requests privacy at this time.” Hagman was at the center of the famous “Who Shot J.R.?” storyline in which his Ewing character is fired upon in the 1979-80 season finale in March and the assailant is not revealed until the following November -- when the series attracted a then-record 53.3 rating and 76 share.

PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2012 Hagman made Ewing perversely likable despite the oil magnate's nefarious, conniving ways. His cackle and sparkling Texas-sized grin when bilking, cheating or destroying a rival was a delicious treat that CBS viewers relished from 1978-91. Amazingly, he appeared in every one of the series' 357 episodes, earning two Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe noms without a win. The show was a huge international hit (seen in almost 100 countries), Hagman noted in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in December 2010. "All the restaurants in the Arab countries and in Israel used to shut down when Dallas was on, so I was a peacemaker for at least an hour," he recalled with a smile. The son of Broadway legend Mary Martin and a district attorney, Hagman starred on I Dream of Jeannie as an often-befuddled U.S. astronaut, Major Anthony Nelson, who finds a gorgeous 2,000-year-old genie in a bottle on a beach, becomes her master and eventually falls in love with her.

The NBC comedy, created and produced by Sidney Sheldon as an answer to ABC's popular Bewitched, ran from 1965 to 1970. Although best remembered for these two TV roles, Hagman had a long and varied career in films. He appeared in such movies as Ensign Pulver (1964), and, in the same year, the Cold War thriller Fail-Safe with Henry Fonda. He co-starred in such diverse fare as Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976), playing with Raquel Welch and Harvey Keitel in a broad comedy about ambulance chasing in L.A., and played Oscar winner Art Carney's son in Harry and Tonto (1974). PHOTOS: Reviving an Empire: Behind the Scenes of TNT's 'Dallas The same year, Hagman co-starred along with Michael Caine, Robert Duvall and Donald Sutherland in the World War II thriller The Eagle Has Landed. In 1978, he had a role in Superman. His other films included the political dramas Nixon (1995) and Primary Colors (1998), limning a good-old-boy, populist politico.

He was born Larry Martin Hageman in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sept. 21, 1931. Following high school, he moved to England as a member of the cast of his mother's stage show, South Pacific, performing in the musical for five years. (Hagman was raised in Texas and Los Angeles by his materal grandmother until she died when he was 12.) Hagman then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he produced and directed several documentary and how-to series. During his military service, Hagman met Maj Axelsson, a Swedish designer, and they married in December 1954. She survives him. After his military discharge, Hagman returned to New York, intent on pursuing an acting career. He performed in a number of Broadway and off-Broadway plays, most notably Once Around the Block and Career. Hagman began his television career in 1961 with a number of guest appearances on such shows as The ALCOA Hour. That led to him being cast as a regular on the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night, on which he appeared from 1961-63.

Having spent eight years in New York, the Hagmans then moved to Hollywood. PHOTOS: Warner Bros. TV Stars Go 'Out of the Box' at Paley Center With his broad, good-natured performance as the astronaut in Jeannie, he won a national following. Following that show, Hagman went on to star in the sitcoms The Good Life (1971) opposite Donna Mills and Here We Go Again (1973), a farce about divorced couples. He also returned to his stage roots, albeit on TV: He co-starred with Lauren Bacall in the TV version of the hit Broadway musical Applause (1973). In 1986, Hagman hosted Lone Star, an eight-part PBS documentary series on the history of Texas, celebrating the state's sesquicentennial. He did a voice-over for The Simpsons, had a recurring part on Nip/Tuck and appeared on Desperate Housewives. In July 1995, Hagman needed a liver transplant after years of heavy drinking — up to five bottles of champagne a day — that led to cirrhosis.

Undergoing a 16-hour transplant operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, he spent seven weeks at the hospital convalescing. One year later, Hagman became the National Spokesperson for the 1996 U.S. Transplant Games presented by the National Kidney Foundation. The following year, with his health restored -- he also was a heavy smoker who eventually quit -- he went on to star in a CBS one-hour drama, Orleans, playing a judge. A garrulous guy, Hagman always asked autograph seekers to sing a song for him or tell him a joke before signing his name. In addition to his wife, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2005, Hagman is survived by their daughter Kristina, their son Preston and five granddaughters. After years in Malibu, the Hagmans lived on a 42-acre mountaintop ranch outside Ojai, Calif., for some two decades; they put their house up for sale in 2011. The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of Television - Hagman, Larry HAGMAN, LARRY U.S.

Actor Larry Hagman is best known--throughout the world--for his role as J.R. Ewing, the unscrupulous heir to a Texas oil fortune, on the long-running Dallas, the blockbuster nighttime soap opera which still defines the genre. Less well-known is the actor's earlier work in a variety of media. The son of musical star Mary Martin, Hagman moved to England as a member of the cast of his mother's stage hit South Pacific after a variety of early theatrical experiences. He remained in England for five years, producing and directing shows for U.S. servicemen, before returning to the United States and appearing in a series of Broadway and off-Broadway plays. Hagman's first television experience began with various guest appearances on such shows as Playhouse 90. He was then cast in the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night, in which he appeared for several years. In 1965, he became a television star playing Major Tony Nelson, astronaut husband of a beautiful blonde genie, in the comedy series I Dream of Jeannie, which ran from 1965-70.

He subsequently appeared in The Good Life and Here We Go Again and was a frequent guest star on a variety of television programs, until undertaking the career-making role of the crafty, silkily charming villain J.R. Ewing in 1978. Hagman's role as the ruthless good old boy of Southfork would be indelibly associated with American cultural and economic life in the early 1980s. Over the course of 330 episodes, Dallas featured an American family beset by internal problems, many originating in the duplicitous schemes of its central figure, J.R. Ewing, who was a far cry from television's previous patriarchs. Viewers who tuned in could expect a weekly dose of greed, family feuds, deceptions, bribery, blackmail, alcoholism, adultery, and nervous breakdowns in the program that became, for a time, the second longest-running dramatic hour in prime time history (after Gunsmoke). The show's blended themes of sex, power and money also sold well worldwide. When J.R. was shot in March, 1980, the audience totaled 300 million in 57 countries.

Particularly noteworthy was the way in which Dallas made use of the cliffhanger ending. In its "Who shot J.R.?" season-end cliffhanger (the first ever in prime time), fans were left to speculate all summer over the fate of the man they loved to hate and ponder the question of which one of his many enemies might have pulled the trigger. The speculation grew to become an international cause celebre, with the first show of the 1981 season generating Nielsen ratings comparable to M*A*S*H's season finale, and pointing to the overlooked profitability of high-stakes serial narratives in prime time. Hagman's J.R. was influential in making greed and self-interest seem seductive, and the characterization inspired countless other portrayals (both male and female) on spin-off shows such as Knots Landing, and recent nighttime soap operas such as Melrose Place. More recently, Hagman has been active in anti-smoking campaigns, producing a videotape entitled Larry Hagman's Stop Smoking for Life, whose proceeds went to the American Cancer Society. In 1995, the actor was diagnosed with a liver tumor and later underwent a successful liver transplant. -Diane M.

Negra Larry Hagman LARRY HAGMAN. Born in Weatherford, Texas, U.S.A., 21 September 1931. Attended Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Married: Maj Axelsson, 1954; children: Heidi and Preston. Began career acting in Margo Jones Theatre in the Round, Dallas, Texas; later acted off-Broadway, then Broadway; motion picture debut in Ensign Pulver, 1964; starred in TV series I Dream of Jeanie, 1965-70, and Dallas, 1978-91. TELEVISION SERIES Larry Hagman obituary | Television & radio | The Guardian Larry Hagman obituary Actor renowned as the machiavellian oilman JR Ewing in Dallas Larry Hagman as JR Ewing in Dallas.

Photograph: Rex Features/Everett Collection Saturday 24 November 2012 09.32 EST First published on Saturday 24 November 2012 09.32 EST Share on Messenger Close On 21 November 1980, 83 million people in the US and 24 million in the UK watched the TV show Dallas to see who had shot the villainous JR Ewing. While working late at the office, the boss of Ewing Oil was suddenly fired on by an unseen assailant. Who shot JR, and would he survive? Any character who had ever come into contact with the oleaginous Texas oilman had good reason to do away with him, but there was no way he could really have been killed off. If JR had died, then the series would have died, because JR was Dallas – and Larry Hagman, who has died aged 81 after suffering from throat cancer , was JR. Other actors were at times replaced in their roles, but Hagman was irreplaceable.

Nevertheless, just in case, Hagman quickly renegotiated his contract with Lorimar Studios just after the episode in which he was shot, securing an annual salary of around $1m. JR thus survived the attempt on his life, and continued his scheming ways for another 10 seasons. One should not underestimate Hagman's achievement in becoming the man the whole world loved to hate, the focal character of this progressively preposterous soap opera. With his bug eyes, smarmy grin and dicey hairpiece, Hagman generated a certain lethal charm as he went about betraying trusts and manipulating innocent people. He was Machiavelli in a Stetson, the evil face of capitalism – though, according to Hagman, "JR has lost Ewing Oil more than $16m." Hagman, nominated twice for an Emmy award, though he never won, was the only member of the cast to be in all 357 episodes of Dallas from 1978 to 1991.

Ironically, nothing in his previous acting career had indicated Hagman was other than a competent light-comedy actor whose fame would be strictly limited, despite being the son of Mary Martin , known as the "first lady of the Broadway musical". Born in Fort Worth, Texas , he was brought up for a while by his grandmother after his parents divorced when he was five; he was then shunted between his mother and his district attorney father, Benjamin Hagman, and was moved around various private schools and psychotherapists. At the age of 20, Hagman moved to London as a member of the chorus of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, which starred his mother as Nellie Forbush, the role she created on Broadway. Hagman and Sean Connery, a year older, were among the shirtless sailors who sang There Is Nothing Like a Dame. After a year at Drury Lane, Hagman joined the US air force. Four years later he resumed his acting career in earnest, getting roles on television and in films.

Hagman made little impression in his first Hollywood movies, as servicemen in Joshua Logan's Ensign Pulver (1964) and in Otto Preminger's In Harm's Way (1965). However, he was very good playing weak men in two Sidney Lumet films: as the US president's nervous Russian interpreter in the nuclear scare story Fail-Safe (1964), and as Joanna Pettet's playwright husband with a penchant for wine and women in The Group (1966). In Harry and Tonto (1974), he was the selfish, whining son of retired teacher Art Carney. He hammed it up as an incompetent, gung-ho American colonel in The Eagle Has Landed (1976), and as a caricatured Hollywood studio executive in Blake Edwards's S.O.B. (1981). But it was television that was the foundation of his career. Hagman had scores of TV appearances. His first real success came in I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70), in which he played a befuddled bachelor astronaut who finds himself master of a glamorous, 2,000-year-old genie (Barbara Eden).

Continuing to display a deft light touch, Hagman went on to appear in other mildly amusing sitcoms. Then came the long-running Dallas, which Variety initially called "a limited series with a limited future". Robert Foxworth was originally cast as JR, but he wanted the role softened too much for the producer's taste, and Hagman was the perspicacious second choice. Hagman differed from JR in most aspects, being amiable and modest, though his liking for practical jokes and dressing up in different guises, such as an English bobby or French foreign legionnaire, gained him the nickname "Wacky Larry" and "The Mad Monk of Malibu". He was, like JR, a heavy drinker, which led to his developing cirrhosis of the liver; he had a transplant that saved his life. Thereafter, Hagman was active in several organisations that advocated organ donation and transplantation . A passionate non-smoker, he also served as the chairperson of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, from 1981 to 1992. In 1996, Hagman reprised his infamous alter ego in a TV special called JR Returns, in which the dysfunctional Ewing family is reunited.

Then, acting against type, he showed his range as a benevolent judge in Orleans (1997). Among Hagman's few later feature films was Mike Nichols's Primary Colors (1998), in which Hagman was convincing as a populist, plain-speaking Florida governor. Hagman himself, a member of the Peace and Freedom party, once described fellow Texan George Bush as "a sad figure, not too well educated, who doesn't get out of America much. He's leading the country towards fascism." In recent years, Hagman became a prominent campaigner for alternative energy, transforming his California home into one of the world's biggest solar-powered estates. He revelled in the paradox of TV's most famous oil man driving an electric car, and his disgust with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill led him to agree to star as JR in a SolarWorld TV advert , in which he parodied vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's use of the phrase "Drill, baby, drill" with the pro-solar slogan "Shine, baby, shine". Though he appeared in a couple of 2011 episodes of Desperate Housewives, Hagman largely retired from acting.

Nonetheless, earlier this year he joined co-stars Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy in a new 10-episode season of Dallas, adding a further generation to the troubled family and its business. Hagman married his wife, Maj Axelsson, in 1954. She survives him, as do their son and daughter. • Larry Martin Hagman, actor, born 21 September 1931; died 23 November 2012 Actor who found fame as the machiavellian Texan oilman in US soap dies in Dallas hospital after battle against throat cancer Published: 24 Nov 2012 Larry Hagman Interview | Archive of American Television from the Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television Larry Hagman is best known--throughout the world--for his role as J.R. Ewing, the unscrupulous heir to a Texas oil fortune, on the long-running Dallas, the blockbuster nighttime soap opera which still defines the genre. Less well-known is the actor's earlier work in a variety of media. The son of musical star Mary Martin, Hagman moved to England as a member of the cast of his mother's stage hit South Pacific after a variety of early theatrical experiences.

He remained in England for five years, producing and directing shows for U.S. servicemen, before returning to the United States and appearing in a series of Broadway and off-Broadway plays. Hagman's first television experience began with various guest appearances on such shows as Playhouse 90. He was then cast in the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night, in which he appeared for several years. In 1965, he became a television star playing Major Tony Nelson, astronaut husband of a beautiful blonde genie, in the comedy series I Dream of Jeannie, which ran from 1965-70. He subsequently appeared in The Good Life and Here We Go Again and was a frequent guest star on a variety of television programs, until undertaking the career-making role of the crafty, silkily charming villain J.R. Ewing in 1978. Hagman's role as the ruthless good old boy of Southfork would be indelibly associated with American cultural and economic life in the early 1980s. Over the course of 330 episodes, Dallas featured an American family beset by internal problems, many originating in the duplicitous schemes of its central figure, J.R.

Ewing, who was a far cry from television's previous patriarchs. Viewers who tuned in could expect a weekly dose of greed, family feuds, deceptions, bribery, blackmail, alcoholism, adultery, and nervous breakdowns in the program that became, for a time, the second longest-running dramatic hour in prime time history (after Gunsmoke). The show's blended themes of sex, power and money also sold well worldwide. When J.R. was shot in March, 1980, the audience totaled 300 million in 57 countries. Particularly noteworthy was the way in which Dallas made use of the cliffhanger ending. In its "Who shot J.R.?" season-end cliffhanger (the first ever in prime time), fans were left to speculate all summer over the fate of the man they loved to hate and ponder the question of which one of his many enemies might have pulled the trigger. The speculation grew to become an international cause celebre, with the first show of the 1981 season generating Nielsen ratings comparable to M*A*S*H's season finale, and pointing to the overlooked profitability of high-stakes serial narratives in prime time. Hagman's J.R.

was influential in making greed and self-interest seem seductive, and the characterization inspired countless other portrayals (both male and female) on spin-off shows such as Knots Landing, and recent nighttime soap operas such as Melrose Place. More recently, Hagman has been active in anti-smoking campaigns, producing a videotape entitled Larry Hagman's Stop Smoking for Life, whose proceeds went to the American Cancer Society. In 1995, the actor was diagnosed with a liver tumor and later underwent a successful liver transplant. -Diane M. Negra Actor Larry Hagman, star of ‘Dallas,’ ‘I Dream of Jeannie,’ dead at 81 – The Mercury News November 23, 2012 at 1:23 pm | UPDATED: August 12, 2016 at 9:25 pm Larry Hagman, who created one of American television’s most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of “Dallas,” died on Friday, the Dallas Morning News reported. He was 81. Hagman died at a Dallas hospital of complications from his battle with throat cancer, the newspaper said, quoting a statement from his family.

He had suffered from liver cancer and cirrhosis of the liver in the 1990s after decades of drinking. Hagman’s mother was stage and movie star Mary Martin and he became a star himself in 1965 on “I Dream of Jeannie,” a popular television sitcom in which he played Major Anthony Nelson, an astronaut who discovers a beautiful genie in a bottle. “Dallas,” which made its premiere on the CBS network in 1978, made Hagman a superstar. The show quickly became one of the network’s top-rated programs, built an international following and inspired a spin-off, imitators and a revival in 2012. “Dallas” was the night-time soap-opera story of a Texas family, fabulously wealthy from oil and cattle, and its plot brimmed with back-stabbing, double-dealing, family feuds, violence, adultery and other bad behavior. In the middle of it all stood Hagman’s black-hearted J.R. Ewing — grinning wickedly in a broad cowboy hat and boots, plotting how to cheat his business competitors and cheat on his wife.

He was the villain TV viewers loved to despise during the show’s 356-episode run from 1978 to 1991. “I really can’t remember half of the people I’ve slept with, stabbed in the back or driven to suicide,” Hagman said of his character in Time magazine. In his autobiography, “Hello Darlin’: Tall (and Absolutely True) Tales About My Life,” Hagman wrote that J.R. originally was not to be the focus of “Dallas” but that changed when he began ad-libbing on the set to make his character more outrageous and compelling. ‘WHO SHOT J.R.?’ To conclude its second season, the “Dallas” producers put together one of U.S. television’s most memorable episodes in which Ewing was shot by an unseen assailant. That gave fans months to fret over whether J.R. would survive and who had pulled the trigger. In the show’s opening the following season, it was revealed that J.R.’s sister-in-law, Kristin, with whom he had been having an affair, was behind the gun. Hagman said an international publisher offered him $250,000 to reveal who had shot J.R.

and he considered giving the wrong information and taking the money, but in the end, “I decided not to be so like J.R. in real life.” The popularity of “Dallas” made Hagman one of the best-paid actors in television and earned him a fortune that even a Ewing would have coveted. He lost some of it, however, in bad oil investments before turning to real estate. “I have an apartment in New York, a ranch in Santa Fe, a castle in Ojai outside of L.A., a beach house in Malibu and thinking of buying a place in Santa Monica,” Hagman said in a Chicago Tribune interview. An updated “Dallas” series began in June 2012 on the TNT network with Hagman reprising his J.R. role with original cast members Linda Gray, who played J.R.’s long-suffering wife, Sue Ellen, and Patrick Duffy, who was his brother Bobby. The show was to focus on the sons of J.R. and Bobby. Hagman had a wide eccentric streak.

When he first met actress Lauren Bacall, he licked her arm because he had been told she did not like to be touched and he was known for leading parades on the Malibu beach and showing up at a grocery store in a gorilla suit. Above his Malibu home flew a flag with the credo “Vita Celebratio Est (Life Is a Celebration)” and he lived hard for many years. In 1967, rock musician David Crosby turned him on to LSD, which Hagman said took away his fear of death, and Jack Nicholson introduced him to marijuana because Nicholson thought he was drinking too much. Hagman had started drinking as a teenager and said he did not stop until the moment in 1992 when his doctor told him he had cirrhosis of the liver and could die within six months. Hagman wrote that for the past 15 years he had been drinking about four bottles of champagne a day, including while on the “Dallas” set. LIVER TRANSPLANT In July 1995, he was diagnosed with liver cancer, which led him to quit smoking, and a month later he underwent a liver transplant.

After giving up his vices, Hagman said he did not lose his zest for life. “It’s the same old Larry Hagman,” he told a reporter. “He’s just a littler sober-er.” Hagman was born on Sept. 21, 1931, in Weatherford, Texas, and his father was a lawyer who dealt with the Texas oil barons Hagman would later come to portray. He was still a boy when his parents divorced and he went to Los Angeles with Martin, who would become a Broadway and Hollywood musical star. Hagman eventually landed in New York to pursue acting, making his stage debut there in “The Taming of the Shrew.” In New York, he married Maj Axelsson in 1954 while they were in a production of “South Pacific. The marriage produced two children, Heidi and Preston. Hagman served in the Air Force, spending five years in Europe as the director of USO shows, and on his return to New York he took a starring role in the daytime soap “The Edge of Night.” His breakthrough came in 1965 when he landed the “I Dream of Jeannie” role opposite Barbara Eden.

In his later years, Hagman became an advocate for organ transplants and an anti-smoking campaigner. He also was devoted to solar energy, telling the New York Times he had a $750,000 solar panel system at his Ojai estate, and made a commercial in which he portrayed a J.R. Ewing who had forsaken oil for solar power. He was a longtime member of the Peace and Freedom Party, a minor leftist organization in California. Hagman told the Times that after death he wanted his remains to be “spread over a field and have marijuana and wheat planted and harvest it in a couple of years and then have a big marijuana cake, enough for 200 to 300 people. People would eat a little of Larry.” Writing by Bill Trott in Washington; Additional reporting by Alex Dobuszinkis in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Cooney Larry Hagman - IMDb IMDb Actor | Producer | Director The son of a legendary actress ( Mary Martin ) and a district attorney, Larry Martin Hagman was born on September 21, 1931 in Fort Worth, Texas. After his parents' divorce, he moved to Los Angeles, California to live with his grandmother.

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Question: Actor Larry Hagman was the son of which Broadway musical star?
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