(Reuters) - Larry Hagman, who created one of American television's most supreme villains in the conniving, amoral oilman J.R. Ewing of "Dallas," died on Friday, according to a co-star. He was 81.

Forty-five years ago, a mind-blowing 83 million viewers tuned in for the big reveal. Globally — across dozens of countries — roughly 350 million people were glued to their TV sets as Dallas fans ...

Hagman was born in Fort Worth on Sept. 21, 1931. His mother was the actress Mary Martin, who would become famous for her performances in "South Pacific," "Peter Pan," "The Sound of Music" and other ...

(AP) Larry Hagman, whose predatory oil baron J.R. Ewing on television’s long-running nighttime soap opera Dallas became a symbol for 1980s greed and coaxed forth a Texas-sized gusher of TV ratings, ...

Larry Hagman, the actor who played the dastardly J.R. Ewing on the hit television series "Dallas," died Friday. He was 81. Hagman's "Dallas" co-star Linda Gray, who was at his bedside at the time of ...