Top 10 Dallas Underrated Characters

[@erinjohnson1124]

Donna was honestly one of the best women in that entire series. She was definitely glamorous to me, but tough as nails. I was sold when she KO’d that lady at the bar in a fur coat. LOL

[@bigslidetrombone]

Me too !! I think that might just be my favorite scene from Dallas 😉

[@forgottenfilmchannel1194]

@@bigslidetrombone totally agree!

[@montygreen6228]

I also agree!!!👍👍

[@nrkgalt]

So Pam says, “Tell me I’m not dreaming,” in the middle of a season that is a dream by Pam.

[@supersoaps]

Not only that. Cliff says later on, "Bobby´s dream is Pam´s nightmare." Go figure what a coincidence, lol. Toni

[@yvankrzeslo6366]

i don't think they knew it would be a dream season until the very end

[@richardmills1505]

I largely agree with your list especially Punk and Mavis and particularly Rebecca Wentworth. However, didn't care for Kimberly Cryder, I thought Sasha Mitchell was an untalented hack. The one character I would like to have seen on your list was washing actress Joanna Cassidy in the role of Sally Bullock#2, I think that she would have been impressive addition to the cast; and that she and JR could have really done some hardcore scheming together. Cassidy played her so deliciously, I think it would have worked very well even though she was only in one episode - The Venezuela Connection.

[@gwp5066]

Punk and Mavis really couldn't be used more than they were because of their age. They were used wisely but the focus had to be on the younger generation.

[@tjames9698]

I always liked Jamie Ewing (Jenilee Harrison). She came on strong, but they made her a wimp. She died twice on the show, lol!!!

[@4nlover635]

Twice?

[@tjames9698]

@@4nlover635 1986 and 1987.

[@Texaslawhorn]

Jamie and Jennilee deserved better!

[@montygreen6228]

@@Texaslawhorn I definitely agree !!!

[@cloverfield911]

Harve Smithfield should be on this list.

[@KJTV67]

Instead of James Beaumont!

[@neerasinha-frazer2094]

And Angelica Nero

[@willisapril]

Vaughn Leland should have been in the top five. The actor Dennis Patrick who played him his was great.

[@Andy-fz5in]

One question: Donna was underestimated? So definitely not from me. However, she was more responsible for intelligence than for eroticism. 🤫

[@brianstamper7711]

Another great video Toni. Thank you! You could do one on actors who appeared I more than one night time soap… like John Beck was on Flamingo Road and Dallas, Dack Rambo was on Paper Dolls and Dallas, Leigh McCloskey was on Executive Suite and Dallas, David Selby was on Flamingo Road and Falcon Crest and Morgan Fairchild was on Dallas, Flamingo Road AND Dallas!!!

[@brianstamper7711]

Correction: That should read Morgan Fairchild was on Dallas, Flamingo Road and Falcon Crest! More actors that appeared on other night time soaps: Victoria Principal was on Dallas and Titans, Joan Collins was on Dynasty and Pacific Palisades, Linda Gray was on Dallas and Models, Inc., Deborah Shelton was on The Yellow Rose and Dallas, etc.

[@morgan8757]

when was david selby on dallas

[@brianstamper7711]

@@morgan8757, he wasn’t… he was on Flamingo Road and Falcon Crest

[@morgan8757]

@@brianstamper7711 then why is name mentioned also morgan fairchild was on paper dolls

[@penske369]

I always liked the music cue used during Mavis's part. Truly beautiful and something current shows are sadly missing.

[@supersoaps]

That cue was composed by the Main Theme author Jerrold Immel, and was also used when Cliff met Pam one year after her accident. I agree with you that today shows lack that kind of score. Toni

[@adamcormie3362]

Knots Landing also used this score :)

[@kobrakitsch877]

I agree with chaz arcola. OMRI KATZ as young John Ross Ewing was the most underrated performer on DALLAS.

[@W81Researcher]

I can't imagine an American actor with a name like that

[@kobrakitsch877]

@@W81Researcher So true. A unique name. But fans will always remember Omri Katz for DALLAS and the cult mystery series EERIE, INDIANA.

[@spmb88]

I loved Susan Howard especially when she stood up against J.R.

[@thedkm-4894]

Hate her

[@Andy-fz5in]

Your rankings are fantastic. Always new ideas. Dallas also became so successful thanks to impressive supporting roles. Maybe make a list of the "smallest" permanent characters. 😊

[@kobrakitsch877]

I think that there are 2 videos on You Tube about male and female minor supporting characters of the show.

[@supersoaps]

Thanks a lot for your kind messages Andy. I will do the one for the "background characters" indeed, love your suggestion. Have a great weekend! Toni from supersoaps.org.

[@kimberlymcgee7954]

Merilee slapped jaime her hand didn't even come close to her face😅

[@walklikeapanther]

I've always seen Donna as one of the main characters (12:50 is still one of the best punches in a soap ever) and where's Mandy Winger?!

[@carlodonn8983]

Yes she was a main character not guest star????

[@patbrooks9823]

Deborah Shelton was a beautiful woman, but the character was mishandled. All she ended up being was JR's rat and Sue Ellen's punching bag.

[@johndyslin798]

good choices. I would maybe add Mandy Winger in there though.

[@kobrakitsch877]

I agree about Deborah Shelton.

[@Andy-fz5in]

Maybe she isn't there because this attractive and fun-loving woman has never been underestimated?

[@kobrakitsch877]

@@Andy-fz5in Somebody ought to make a video regarding all the female characters whom J. R. Ewing slept with. I would love to figure out the possible identity of the mother who secretly gave birth to his mystery daughter as discovered by John Ross at the end of the DALLAS reboot.

[@ronaldverschoor1828]

I nominate Holly Harwood (Lois Chiles).

[@glenproctor6836]

So do I

[@forgottenfilmchannel1194]

loved this show. so glad season 2 going forward are on prime!!

[@fangs1972]

Glad you included bombshell Angelica Nero.

[@arobb2007]

Sasha Mitchell played Patrick Duffy's nephew on both Dallas and Step By Step with the late Suzanne Somers.

[@glenproctor6836]

What about Holly Harwood by Louis Chiles

[@gwp5066]

I liked Dr Jerry Kenderson, Sue Ellen's decent boyfriend when she was separated from JR. I think Kimberly Cryder was also the daughter of a rich oil man from Austin. That gave her character a bit more power.

[@randeepatillo1982]

I actually hated that Ellie/Mavis scene where Mavis confesses to Ellie that Punk cheated on her, that she was willing to share him if he had to, and that SHE was the one waiting for HIM to divorce HER. It made her look weak and needy to me. She was a nice enough character but, man, that dialogue made me think of how sometimes the writers on this show would do the women so dirty...particularly toward the end of the series. I remember loving Pam in the very beginning of the show when she was the scrappy girl from the other side of the tracks who married the rich guy from the wrong family, but was willing to deal with it all because she loved him. I think her character began to go downhill a little when they made her an heiress, and then they turned her into someone completely annoying and unrecognizable at the very end when she became paranoid, insecure, and high strung over just about everything. They didn't have to do that to a legacy character like that. I also hated it when they made Sue Ellen's life after JR divorce #1 into something that was scary and miserable just because she was a newly single lady. It's like they chose to play up the worst parts of being single instead of the best parts, and made it seem like the only time she could find happiness or self-worth was when she was with someone else...in that case, the man who mistreated her and was the reason for the divorce in the first place. I realize that all those things were done in service to future storylines, but I still hated it just the same. I wish they could have handled those things better.

[@supersoaps]

I totally get your point, the producers didn't take women too seriously but the main actresses did the most out of what was given to them. Toni from supersoaps.org

[@seand2711]

This was a great video.

[@badcompany-w6s]

Oh! I remember them all! William Smithers and Thomas Morgan were on episodes of Star Trek. The original series.

[@mohamadyahyamohamadwasly8831]

What about mitch cooper, kristen, peter (Christopher atkin,

[@DLFfitness1]

Rebecca was my favorite. I hated when they killed her off.

[@adamcormie3362]

I think mamma Barnes Wentworth should have stayed longer, she really could stand up to JR etc

[@adjob1]

Donna didn't appear on season 11

[@kobrakitsch877]

We should not include cast members who got billing in the introductory opening credits of the show.

[@supersoaps]

Thanks a lot, it´s corrected in the description. I can´t stand Warner´s re-numbering, I make so many mistakes because of it, lol! Thanks for your feedback. Toni

[@adjob1]

@@supersoaps thanks a lot for your fantastic vidéos !

[@georgemoore528]

I hated the whole Donna/Ray/Baby story was just a dream. So many families deal with the tough discussions and decisions that come with have babies born with challenges. Enough about that. Sly, Kristen, both Diggers and Dusty Farlow should've made the list and I'm sorry that Tereza died. There were no small parts. I liked her and Dora Mae very much.

[@supersoaps]

George, agree about the Krebbses storyline. I´ll probably do a Part 2 of this subject, Dallas had a lot of great supporting characters. Take care. Toni www.supersoaps.org

[@dsinatra8371]

Dora Mae! Always ready with a table, the usual drink and a friendly call to let your relatives know that you were drinking too much at Oil Baron’s bar

[@patbrooks9823]

Good choice for #1, but Mark Grayson, Jack Ewing, and certainly, James Beaumont, no. All three should have been disposed of quickly. Off the top of my head, I'd replace them with Jordan Lee, Vaughn Leland, & Holly Harwood.

[@W81Researcher]

Donna underrated? Shes very memorable.

[@supersoaps]

She was to me too. But in the 80s neither she nor Howard were as popular as Linda, Victoria or Tilton. And, well, the producer fired her. So she wasn't underrated? The video was not about the most horrible characters btw. Have a great weekend. Toni

[@W81Researcher]

@@supersoaps I didn't say it was. But I saw Donna as a major character. She was on that show for eight seasons. She was in a relationship with Ray Krebbs. There was also an adoption storyline with her and Ray. Yeah the producer fired her but she was also fired with Jamie and Pam left. I think the show was transitioning to a more glamorous direction. Look at how Linda Gray looked after 1986. I think they were keeping up with the 80s fad and the early 80s still had a 70s feel. I guess seeing as you put it, Howard wasn't given the credibility that Gray, Hagman, Principle, and Duffy were. That's true. Though Bobby, Pam, Sue Ellen, and J.R. were the cornerstone of that show. Cliff was the antagonist to the Ewings. Donna really had no connections to them as Ray was loosely associated. But yeah when looking at it that way she was probably the best of the rest. But you could see the show was getting younger.

[@supersoaps]

@@W81Researcher Actually we think alike. She was amazing. But if we ask to the people who watched the series, esp. internationally, I think they couldn´t remember who Donna was, or the actress. But it´s their problem, Donna rocked!

[@milocassadine223]

What do you mean by "underrated" ... ? Misused ? Not used enough... ? Not present enough... ? Donna did certainly have big and strong storylines... Marilee is part of Dallas history, just like Mavis and Punk. But they were supporting characters... Not main cast... Talking about fairness and equality, I first would say Lucy deserved much more than she got...

[@adamcormie3362]

Jeremy Wendell was definitely the best villain against the Ewings

[@adamcormie3362]

Punk and Mavis :)

[@justinturley7071]

The Marilee Stone character was probably the worst character to get changed. She went from a strong woman to a weak woman.

[@niallmc74]

They all went to weak women because of Hagman/ Katzman.

[@KJTV67]

It was nice to have a lady in the Cartel, but yes, she was no Alexis Colby!

[@arobb2007]

Also you forgot Jenna Wade played both by Morgan Fairchild and Priscilla Presley.

[@georgieboy9101]

What about theresa and Raoul? We can't forget the servents now.

[@KJTV67]

James Beaumont was far from underrated-he was quite overrated if the truth is known!

[@patbrooks9823]

Cody on Step by Step was a better character than James Beaumont.

[@SuperstarSS44]

Katherine Wentworth?

[@supersoaps]

Katherine was NOT underrated, she´s the Queen of the Dallas Supporting characters and of Bitchland, too. She has appeared in a lot of my videos, check out the Dallas Playlist, and enjoy them! Have fun and a good weekend too! Toni from supersoaps.org.

[@SuperstarSS44]

@@supersoaps I feel she was underrated because the show grossly under used her, maybe because they didn’t want anyone to rival JR as the antagonist,but it always left me wanting more of her. JMO

[@supersoaps]

@@SuperstarSS44 Me too! She herself knew that, the moment Katherine slept with JR, she would soon be axed. My interview with her: sites.google.com/site/mundodallases2/exclusive-interviews/morgan-brittany Have a great week! Toni

[@rachardmcintyre6560]

11:24 I had a crush on Michelle Stevens!!!😍😍😍

[@montygreen6228]

Number 8 is my personal favorite. Marilee Stone looks too much like Sue Ellen Ewing sister in my opinion. I love Marilee Stone. 💚💚💚💚

[@eujrvision2296]

Jack Scalia? Barbara Eden? Jared Martin?

[@patbrooks9823]

Nothing against Scalia, but bringing New Yorkers with mob connections to Texas was among the worst ideas they ever had.

[@james-br5tv]

no jeannie?

[@rah62]

4:25 that has got to be one of the worst attempts at a slap I've ever seen! The sound you hear is just the breeze, because she was nowhere near Jenilee Harrison's face.

[@billhosko7723]

Gettagarip Karen...

[@Retsler54]

6:07 Leigh Taylor-Young is good good looking.

[@artheriford]

I don't count Barbara Carrera. That season was pretend

[@W81Researcher]

For a long time I thought Mark was played by Tom Selleck. Maybe it was the mustache.

[@billcook4768]

I never saw the last couple years. I get the impression I didn’t miss much.

[@supersoaps]

You get it right! The last 3 seasons were painful to watch though at least there was eye candy! Toni

[@sallyquinn9851]

Didn’t like James, Donna or Mark Graison. Harve Smithfield and Sly deserved to be mentioned

[@roosters1711]

Nice video but the order is so wrong.

[@montygreen6228]

Marilee Stone and Sue Ellen Ewing both look just like sisters in real life. They both look alike and could be very convincing as sisters on the show. I am guessing also that Marilee Stone dyed her hair blonde so as not to look like Sue Ellen Ewing.

[@supersoaps]

Right. Phyllis also had the Shepard eyes...Yes, the Marilee actress dyed her hair for that reason. Thanks for your comments. Toni