# Help! (Identify actor) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451 "2006-02-21T08:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/1 "2006-02-21T08:51:27Z")
I’m going nuts trying to figure this one out…please help He was a regular on either Dallas or Dynasty tv shows…a wealthy guy…very tall…dressed up in horseman’s garb…mustache…triangular face…not Howard Keel. I picture him riding the range with either Linda Gray or perhaps one of the female leads in dynasty. I thought I saw him in an old movie the other night but found out in that movie I was looking at a young Larry Hagman. I tried looking at all the cast members where photos were still available and couldn’t find his picture. I hope that offers you sufficient clues…Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/2 "2006-02-21T09:08:19Z")
I’ve changed the thread title, **Oliver** , to make it a little more descriptive in hopes of finding someone who knows. See [Forum Rules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=343601) and especially note Post #6. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/3 "2006-02-21T17:03:33Z")
> [@OliverTwistofLime](#): > > I’m going nuts trying to figure this one out…please help > > He was a regular on either Dallas or Dynasty tv shows…a wealthy guy…very tall…dressed up in horseman’s garb…mustache…triangular face…not Howard Keel. I picture him riding the range with either Linda Gray or perhaps one of the female leads in dynasty. > > I thought I saw him in an old movie the other night but found out in that movie I was looking at a young Larry Hagman. > > I tried looking at all the cast members where photos were still available and couldn’t find his picture. > > I hope that offers you sufficient clues…Thanks in advance. John Forsythe? ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/4 "2006-02-21T17:09:32Z")
Well, off the top of my head, I don’t recall any character on Dallas or Dynasty with a moustache. Could you be thinking of when Rock Hudson guested on Dynasty? He had an affair with Linda Evans’s character. There’s a bunch of pictures [here](http://www.amuseyourself.com/goodreads/rockhudson/). ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/5 "2006-02-21T17:12:06Z")
> [@monster](#): > > Well, off the top of my head, I don’t recall any character on Dallas or Dynasty with a moustache. Could you be thinking of when Rock Hudson guested on Dynasty? He had an affair with Linda Evans’s character. There’s a bunch of pictures [here](http://www.amuseyourself.com/goodreads/rockhudson/). Oh good Lord, I just read through the text of my link, and it appears they are mentioning his sexual orientation in a pretty jerky way. My apologizes for the text. ---
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/6 "2006-02-22T05:33:16Z")
Thanks but no…none of the above…It seemed to me he was either a CEO or super landowner …horizontal moustache…perhaps 3 inches long…not a well known actor…Mark?..Farnsworth??? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/7 "2006-02-22T06:37:16Z")
It wouldn’t be [Michael Alldredge](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020162/) would it? I can’t find many pictures other than [this](http://www.atascaderonews.com/Pictures/2005/09-2005/MichaelAlldredg.jpg) one. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/8 "2006-02-22T06:46:38Z")
[Robert Foxworth](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0289343/), maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/9 "2006-02-22T11:48:49Z")
[William Devane](http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm0001137/) perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/10 "2006-02-22T15:20:24Z")
Hmmm, the first one to come to mind was [Dennis Weaver](http://www.nndb.com/people/977/000022911/). He wasn’t in Dallas, but he was had a horse in New York (as McCloud). You know what? Never mind…he doesn’t match any of the other criteria, just the mustached guy on a horse. Carry on with more appropriate actors… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/11 "2006-02-22T16:21:25Z")
The description and name fits [Richard Farnsworth](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0002070/), except he wasn’t on _Dallas_ or _Dynasty_. I can picture him on a horse, though. ---
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/12 "2006-02-25T16:51:35Z")
The actor i was looking for is John Beck II . I searched and searched and found one picture somewhere…Thats the man…I believe he died recently. Thanks for all your help. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/13 "2006-02-25T17:59:49Z")
John Beck? Triangular face? He’s got an almost perfectly square face; his head is roughly the shape of a box. ---
**Author:** ![OliverTwistofLime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@OliverTwistofLime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OliverTwistofLime)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/14 "2006-02-26T06:19:13Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > John Beck? Triangular face? He’s got an almost perfectly square face; his head is roughly the shape of a box. Sorry I mispoke…my memory regarding episodes over 20 years ago obviously lost detail. Would you have come up with John Beck II had I stated he had a square face? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/15 "2006-02-26T18:53:53Z")
> [@OliverTwistofLime](#): > > Sorry I mispoke…my memory regarding episodes over 20 years ago obviously lost detail. Would you have come up with John Beck II had I stated he had a square face? Oddly enough, I might have. I recently saw _Audrey Rose_, and his jaw just overshadowed the entire proceedings for me. I was trying to think of anyone, this side of Clutch Cargo, with a more block-shaped head. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-actor/345451/16 "2006-02-26T23:03:10Z")
Ah…he was indeed on Dallas, playing Victoria Principal’s love interest during the “dream season”. His character disappeared in South America while hunting emeralds, IIRC…