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Ken Kercheval

  • Birthplace: Wolcottville, Indiana, USA
  • Birthday: July 15, 1935

With his slightly wavy, salt-and-pepper brown hair, his medium height and his ordinary-guy brand of handsomeness, Kercheval carved a solid niche for himself on US TV as various professional types, sometimes sympathetic, sometimes devious, usually ambitious. An incisive player, Kercheval has typically played his roles with an intriguing combination of smooth dispatch and flamboyant bravado; the demands of the small screen taught him the former, while his background in stage musical comedy helped him hone the latter. He is most widely known for h…more

Career Milestones

  • 1996

    Reprised the role of Cliff Barnes for the TV-movie "reunion", "Dallas: J.R. Returns"

  • 1994

    Underwent surgery to remove half of his left lung, which was infected with cancer

  • 1985

    Starred in a Hollywood stage revival of the play, "Twelve Angry Men", the first production stage at the then-new Henry Fonda Theater

  • 1976

    Earliest TV-movies included "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys"; also acted on first miniseres, "The Adams Chronicles"

  • 1968

    Made feature debut in a supporting role in the film, "Pretty Poison"

Awards

  • 1990

    Soap Opera Digest Award: Outstanding Supporting Actor, Prime Time

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