I was surprised at how well he was looking [in Dallas] and how well he’d brought JR back to the TV.
Show won’t be the same without him. R.I.P. Larry
I also had the privilege of working with Larry Hagman and Linda Gray when they were doing a show together.
Larry Hagman was a really nice guy - that big 'ol grin you see on J.R.'s face in Dallas? Well, he was pretty much always grinning - really nice to his fans who would approach for autographs, and an easy guy to work with; no backstage nastiness nor diva demands. He did have one hard and fast rule - as an ex-smoker who quit when he got cancer, he was avid about no-smoking anywhere near him or where he worked.
He had a gregarious personality and was taller than most actors (over 6 feet easily) and just filled a room wherever he went. He will be missed, but just thought others might like to know he was a great guy in real life - despite his nasty J.R. persona.
I always got the impression he was a nice guy. Gald to hear it was true. Sounds like he was happy and in good shape almost to the end, with a long life he enjoyed well and made others happier for knowing him.
Can’ ask for much more than that.
But he will always be Major Nelson to me.
I remember he did a PSA for the American Cancer Society where his companion lights up a cigarette, and he coolly turns on this mini-fan blowing the smoke right back in the companion’s face. I thought that was cool back in the early 80’s. I think he was one of the first big celebs to quit smoking and then become a strong anti-smoking advocate.
Loved him as J.R., he was such an evil bastard, always getting one over on Cliff Barnes. But damn it, I always thought J.R. was a cool mofo doing it. Whether he was screwing over Cliff, Bobby, or Sue Ellen (literally), I always thought he had a (twisted) point.
RIP Larry. 
And he once played Sherlock Holmes!
I just remembered when he played a “customer” on Nip Tuck. He pretty much was the JR personna. He had ball cancer (or perhaps they just weren’t big enough… I forget). Anyways, the character wanted some silicon replacement/enhancement for the boys. And the surgeons are asking how BIG? And he says something like “watermelon” sized.
It was just a small role, and it certainly was tounge in cheek, but it was fun to watch. I think ole Larry enjoyed making fun of himself in that one.
Now that’s just wrong:
But hilarious!
A friend says he always liked to think that Capt Tony Nelson, with the help of Jeannie, was transformed into JR Ewing, and that JR kept Jeannie around to persecute his enemies and perform kinky sex.
As far as the program* Dallas *is concerned, I am reminded of a passage from Othello:
Give me to know
How this foul rout began, who set it on,
And he that is approv’d in this offence…"
Perhaps there was a production executive of Dallas living vicariously through J. R. Ewing. If I had ever known the executive’s identity I could have forgotten about Hagman altogether. 
You don’t really think the character of JR just sprang out of nowhere, do you? 
No. I would have loved to see a spring spring *boing, boing, boing *out of a spring at Hot Springs National Park or out of someone’s forehead like Minerva. :rolleyes:
You’re missing my point. I’m looking for someone to blame the character on!
My favorite role of his was as the translator in the 1964 movie Fail-Safe. It also featured a great dramatic performance by, or all people, Dom DeLuise.
Larry was apparently quite a pothead.
Reportedly quite the fan of LSD too.
He was also quite the freestyle frisbee and disc golf player back in the day.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Spoiler!
He had the best eyebrows in the business. They deserved their own Emmy.
I don’t think it was ever on BBC. ITV showed it in its original run, and years later it was on Channel 4. Larry Hagman was primarily known here for Dallas.
Wonder if they’re going to do something dramatic with the character’s death on the Dallas reboot? (I can’t see them recasting the part.) Kind of boring to just have an episode where people are standing around saying, “Wow, so J.R. died in his sleep.” Much more interesting to have him be murdered (off camera) and do another whodunnit. Not shot this time, though.