People (Births) Larry Hagman Larry Martin Hagman (21 September 1931 to 23 November 2012) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer, best known for playing ruthless oil baron J.R. Ewing in the 1978-1991 primetime television soap opera Dallas and the befuddled astronaut US Air Force Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965-1970 sitcom… Read More