For many television viewers, Larry Hagman was one of the most well-known actors of his generation. His time on the television series I Dream of Genie and the 1980’s hit American television soap opera Dallas has gone down in the annals of popular culture and with his sad death a chapter of this has passed with him.
Larry Hagman was born on September 21st 1931 in Weatherford, Texas and in a career that lasted over 60 years he was embroiled in some of the most fantastic story lines in television history. The son of television and Broadway actress Mary Martin and Benjamin Hagman, the television actor was best known for playing the hard-nosed oil baron J.R. Ewing in Dallas and the astronaut Major Anthony “Tony” Nelson in the sitcom I Dream of Genie opposite Barbara Eden.