Steve Kanaly

Steven Francis "Steve" Kanaly (born March 14, 1946) is an American actor, best known for his role as Ray Krebbs in the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas.

Life and career

Kanaly was born in Burbank, California and attended California State University. Kanaly served in the Vietnam War as a radio operator with the First Air Cavalry Division. He provided details of his experiences to John Milius for the Colonel Kilgore character scenes in Apocalypse Now.

Kanaly is best known for his role as Ray Krebbs, foreman of the Southfork Ranch, on the prime-time soap opera Dallas from 1978 to 1989. He reprised the role for the final episode of the series in 1991, and again for the made-for-TV reunion movie Dallas: War of the Ewings in 1998. He reprised the role again in the 2012 TNT revival attending his nephew Christopher's wedding. In 2013, Kanaly is again to reprise the role of Ray Krebbs to attend the funeral of J.R.. During Dallas' run, he also guested in other series, including Time Express in 1979.