Larry Hagman

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Biography

Recent Role:
Himself on Access Hollywood
Gender:
Male
Born:
9-21-1931
Birthplace:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Birth Name:
Larry Martin Hagman
Larry was born in 1931 to Mary Martin, a successful Broadway singer and dancer and Ben Hagman a small town attorney. He was primarily raised by his grandparents, but at the age of 12 his grandmother died, so Larry went to live with his mother and her new family. Over the next few years, he alternated between living with his mother and father. Larry attended Bard College for 1 year, but dropped out to try his hand in acting rather than study acting. At the age of 19 he went to England as a part of the cast in South Pacific, of which his mother was starring. He stayed in England for 5More years, for 4 of those years he was in the US Air Force. Whilst in England he met and married Maj Axelsson, a young Swedish girl. When Larry had finished his Air Force service he returned to the States with Maj and 2 children, Heidi and Preston. Over the next few years he had a few minor acting roles until landing the role of Major Anthony Nelson on I Dream of Jeannie, the show ran for 5 years. In 1978 he got the biggest role of his life, playing JR Ewing on the night time soap, Dallas. Dallas ran for 13 years. In 1995 Larry underwent a 16 hour life saving liver transplant after years of drinking hurt his liver.

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    7.9 Good
    Great actor! hide show

    I first loved him in I Dream of Jeannie
    As he was the straight man to Barbara Eden
    But he wouldn't get that big role
    Until the evil but played him very good
    In the prime time soap opera Dallas
    He wasn't just the star of the show
    But he was DALLAS all together
    Without him, Dallas wouldn't had run thirteen years
    He can do anything from drama to comedy
    Glad that he has stopped drinking
    And is getting his life in order
    Married to the same woman after all these years
    Unlike the evil JR!

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