Ken Kercheval (July 15, 1935 – April 21, 2019) was an American actor, best known for his role as Cliff Barnes on the television series Dallas and its 2012 revival.
Born in Wolcottville, Indiana, Kercheval attended the University of Indiana to major in music and drama. He later studied at the University of the Pacific and, starting in 1956, at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City under Sanford Meisner. Kercheval made his Broadway debut in the 1962 play Something About a Soldier. He appeared off-Broadway in the 1972 Kurt Weill revue Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill. Additional theatre credits include The Apple Tree, Cabaret, and Here's Where I Belong. In 1966, he appeared as the title character in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof, co-starring with Herschel Bernardi, Maria Karnilova, Julia Migenes, Leonard Frey and Pia Zadora. He gained his first television role, playing the part of Dr. Nick Hunter #1 on Search for Tomorrow in 1966. Later soap opera roles were in The Secret Storm and How to Survive a Marriage. His film credits include The Seven-Ups with Roy Scheider and Tony LoBianco plus F.I.S.T. with Sylvester Stallone. In 1976 he co-starred in 2 episodes of The Adams Chronicles as James Madison. Kercheval was best known for his role as Cliff Barnes on the CBS television series Dallas from 1978 to 1991, from pilot episode to series finale. He again reprised the role in the Dallas (2012) series on TNT. In the 1980s, he made numerous appearances on Super Password and The $25,000 Pyramid. In 2006, Kercheval appeared in a musical at Southampton's Mayflower Theatre and Plymouth's Theatre Royal in the performance of White Christmas playing The General.
Kercheval passed away from pneumonia on April 21, 2019, at the age of 83.
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