Van Ark, 81, recalled specifically asking that Ted Shackelford not be cast as Gary Ewing, the ex-husband of her character Valene. Valene first appeared on Dallas — the show Knots Landing spun ...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 23-29: June 23: Singer Diana Trask is 84. Actor Ted Shackelford (“Knots Landing”) is 78. Actor Bryan Brown (“The Thorn… ...

The soap opera aired between 1979 and 1993 and starred Michelle Phillips, Michele Lee, Joan Van Ark, Donna Mills, Ted Shackelford, Kevin Dobson and more.

Van Ark, 81, recalled specifically asking that Ted Shackelford not be cast as Gary Ewing, the ex-husband of her character Valene.