Editing Dallas (TV series) (section)

===Main cast===
[[File:DallasCast.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|The original Ewing family. From left to right: [[Ray Krebbs]], [[Bobby Ewing|Bobby]], [[Pam Ewing|Pamela]], [[Miss Ellie Ewing|Miss Ellie]], [[Jock Ewing|Jock]], [[Lucy Ewing|Lucy]], [[J. R. Ewing|J.R.]] and [[Sue Ellen Ewing|Sue Ellen]].]]
For the original five-episodes miniseries ([[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 1|season 1]]) six actors received star billing: [[Barbara Bel Geddes]] as matriarch [[Miss Ellie Ewing]], whose family were the original owners of Southfork; [[Jim Davis (actor)|Jim Davis]] as her husband [[Jock Ewing]], the founder of Ewing Oil and head of the Ewing family; [[Patrick Duffy]] as their youngest son, [[Bobby Ewing|Bobby]]; [[Victoria Principal]] as [[Pam Ewing|Pamela Barnes Ewing]], the daughter of the rival Barnes family whom Bobby brings home as his wife in the pilot episode; [[Larry Hagman]] as [[J. R. Ewing|J.R. Ewing]], the oldest son, who strongly objects to his new sister-in-law; and [[Charlene Tilton]] as [[Lucy Ewing|Lucy]], Bobby's, J.R.'s and Ray's teenage niece, who adores Bobby and Ray but resents J.R. for disposing of her parents in order for her to be raised by "true Ewings".

Not receiving top billing during season 1, although appearing in the majority of the episodes, were [[Linda Gray]] as [[Sue Ellen Ewing|Sue Ellen]], J.R.'s long-suffering, alcoholic wife; [[Steve Kanaly]] as Pam's ex-boyfriend [[Ray Krebbs]], a Southfork ranch hand who would later turn out to be Jock's illegitimate son; and [[Ken Kercheval]] as Pam's brother [[Cliff Barnes]], J.R.'s archrival. Gray and Kanaly were promoted to the regular cast as of the first episode of [[Dallas (1978 TV series, season 2)|season 2]] and Kercheval as of the first episode of [[Dallas (1978 TV series, season 3)|season 3]]. [[David Wayne]] received guest star billing as [[Willard "Digger" Barnes]].

Further on in the series, several new characters were added as the original actors departed the series:

For [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 5|season 5]], after guest starring since [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 2|season 2]], [[Susan Howard]] joined the main cast as [[Donna Culver Krebbs]], politician and widow of a former Texas governor, who becomes Ray's first wife and mother to his daughter Margaret.

[[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 8|Season 8]] saw [[Howard Keel]] promoted to the star cast after appearing since [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 4|season 4]] as wealthy, occasionally hot-tempered rancher [[Clayton Farlow]], Miss Ellie's husband following Jock's death, and of [[Priscilla Beaulieu Presley]] as Bobby's teenage sweetheart [[Jenna Wade]], who gives birth to Bobby's only biological child, Lucas, and eventually becomes Ray's second wife. Jenna had previously been played by [[Morgan Fairchild]] for a [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 2|season 2]] episode, and [[Francine Tacker]] for two episodes in [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 3|season 3]] before the role was permanently taken over by Presley in [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 7|season 7]]. [[Donna Reed]] also joined the main cast during [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 8|season 8]], temporarily portraying Miss Ellie until Barbara Bel Geddes returned in the following year.

[[Dack Rambo]], portraying wandering cousin [[Jack Ewing]], was promoted to regular status for [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 10|season 10]], after having appeared regularly since the end of [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 8|season 8]]. However, he was written out of the show midway through the tenth season. Jack's sister Jamie Ewing ([[Jenilee Harrison]]) appeared in season 8. Jack's ex-wife [[April Stevens Ewing]], played by [[Sheree J. Wilson]], first appeared during seasons [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 10|10]] and [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 11|11]], before being promoted to a main character for [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 12|season 12]]. Originally a scheming character, April eventually became Bobby's second wife after his divorce from Pam.

[[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 13|Season 13]] saw several additions to the main cast: [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winner [[George Kennedy]] as [[Carter McKay]], who buys Ray's ranch and eventually becomes the head of Ewing Oil rival WestStar; [[Cathy Podewell]] as the young and naïve [[Cally Harper Ewing]], J.R.'s second wife, whom he married to escape false [[rape]] charges; [[Sasha Mitchell]] as J.R.'s illegitimate firstborn son, [[James Beaumont (Dallas)|James Beaumont]]; [[Kimberly Foster (actress)|Kimberly Foster]] as April's devious sister [[Michelle Stevens]], who marries both James and Cliff Barnes; and finally [[Lesley-Anne Down]] as PR woman [[List of Dallas characters|Stephanie Rogers]]. While Kennedy and Podewell had appeared regularly throughout [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 12|season 12]], Mitchell, Foster and Down's characters were all new to the series when they joined the regular cast.

Finally, for [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 14|the 14th and final season]], after guest starring in the last episodes of [[Dallas (1978 TV series) season 13|season 13]], [[Barbara Stock]] joined the cast as Cliff's fiancée [[Liz Adams]].