1. Kenneth Marine Kercheval was an American actor, best known for his role as Cliff Barnes on the television series Dallas and its 2012 revival.
17 Facts About Ken Kercheval
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Ken Kercheval attended Indiana University, not to become a doctor, but to major in music and drama.
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Ken Kercheval later studied at the University of the Pacific, and starting in 1956, at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City under Sanford Meisner.
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Ken Kercheval made his Broadway debut in the 1962 play Something About a Soldier.
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Ken Kercheval appeared off-Broadway in the 1972 Kurt Weill revue Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill, and can be heard on the cast recording.
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Ken Kercheval is best known for having played JR's nemesis Cliff Barnes on the CBS television series Dallas.
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Ken Kercheval starred in the show from 1978 to 1991, from its pilot episode to the series finale.
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Ken Kercheval initially was cast as Ray Krebbs before being given the role of Cliff Barnes.
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Ken Kercheval reprised the role of Cliff Barnes in the 1996 Dallas reunion, JR Returns, and he appeared in the 2004 CBS reunion special.
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Ken Kercheval again reprised the role in the Dallas series.
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Ken Kercheval appeared as a ballroom dance teacher in the independent film California Casanova.
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In 2006, Ken Kercheval appeared in the musical White Christmas at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre and Plymouth's Theatre Royal as the General.
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Ken Kercheval reprised his role in Sunderland in 2010 and at The Lowry in Salford Quay with Coronation Street actor Wendi Peters and Brookside regular Claire Sweeney from November 2012 until January 2013.
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In 1985, Ken Kercheval became a partner in the Old Capital Popcorn Company.
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Ken Kercheval was married and divorced three times and had five children.
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Ken Kercheval died of pneumonia on April 21,2019, at the age of 83.
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Ken Kercheval is buried in Pisgah Cemetery in Vermillion County with a small cemetery marker to reference his grave.