1. Patrick Duffy was born on March 17,1949 and is an American television actor and director widely known for his role as Bobby Ewing on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas.
16 Facts About Patrick Duffy
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Patrick Duffy is well known for his role on the ABC sitcom Step by Step as Frank Lambert from 1991 to 1998, and for his role as Stephen Logan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Patrick Duffy played the lead character's father in the 2014 NBC sitcom Welcome to Sweden.
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Academically, Patrick Duffy graduated from the University of Washington in 1971 with a degree in drama.
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Patrick Duffy taught mime and movement classes during this period.
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Patrick Duffy appeared in a Taco Bell commercial in the early 1970s, playing an employee describing an Enchirito.
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Patrick Duffy appeared in several episodes of the spin-off series Knots Landing between 1979 and 1982.
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The series ran until 1998, and Patrick Duffy directed numerous episodes.
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Patrick Duffy has reunited on several occasions with many of his Dallas co-stars both onscreen and off, most notably for the non-fiction television special Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork in 2004.
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Patrick Duffy later continued to act in occasional guest or voice acting appearances, including the series Family Guy, as well as Justice League and Touched by an Angel.
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Patrick Duffy starred in the television films Falling in Love With the Girl Next Door and Desolation Canyon.
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Patrick Duffy reprised his role as Bobby Ewing in TNT's continuation series of Dallas.
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Patrick Duffy married Carlyn Rosser, a professional ballerina 13 years his senior, in 1974.
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Patrick Duffy danced with the First Chamber Dance Company of New York.
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Patrick Duffy's nephew is former Major League Baseball pitcher Barry Zito.
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On November 18,1986, Patrick Duffy's parents were murdered at their tavern in Boulder, Montana by two young men, Kenneth Miller and Sean Wentz, during an armed robbery.