Author Description

Larry Hagman is very devoted to his image as the world's greatest cad--J.R. Ewing, of television's evening super-soap "Dallas." While Hagman has a few of the wheeling-and-dealing traits of J.R., he's also a flute-playing Malibu cutup who loves to surprise folks in a gorilla suit or other of his many costumes and lead an annual town parade of his own devising. Unlike womanizer J.R., he has been married to the same woman for 26 years and has raised two bright, well-adjusted children. Nor is he a gambler or heavy drinker. He's a strict vegetarian, diets, exercises, enjoys completely silent Sundays (communicating when he must by whistling), and could retire today on his wealth. When Dallas folds, as it must, Hagman plans to continue as a TV director, having directed many episodes of his various series.