Jack Ewing
| Jack Ewing | |||||||||||||
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| DALLAS character | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Dack Rambo | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 1985-87 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance |
April 12, 1985 Terms of Estrangement | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance |
April 3, 1987 War and Peace | ||||||||||||
| Created by | David Jacobs | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Shareholder of Ewing Oil | ||||||||||||
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Jack Ewing is a character that appeared in the popular American television series Dallas, played by Dack Rambo between 1985 and 1987.
Background
Jack was born in Alaska in 1941, to Jason and Nancy Ewing. He had a younger sister named Jamie Ewing. Jack married and divorced April Stevens before his arrival in Dallas.
Storylines
Jack arrived in Dallas to help his cousins, J.R. Ewing and Bobby Ewing, stop Cliff Barnes and Jamie Ewing from splitting up Ewing Oil. (Jamie had turned up in Dallas with a document which stated that Jock Ewing, Jason Ewing and Digger Barnes had equally split the company up between them in the 1930's). He had information that proved Jock bought his partners' shares a while later. For his help, Jack was given 10% shares in Ewing Oil (5% from J.R. and 5% from Bobby). Jack took them to Wally Wyndam, who told them of some documents that were held by Jock's first wife Amanda.[1] During the trial, the documents proved that Jock did in fact own 100% of Ewing Oil.
During the "Dream Season", Jack started to spend his time at Ewing Oil and during this time he was pursued by Angelica Nero - CEO of Marinos Shipping. Jack had a striking resemblance to her reclusive employer, Dimitri Marinos, and Angelica persuaded Jack to pose as Dimitri at a conference in Martinique to convince the company's investors that business was running normally.[2] It was believed that the absent Dimitri was ill but in reality he was dead. Meanwhile, Jack and Angelica's assistant, Grace, began to fall in love and eventually Grace betrayed her employer by informing Jack that he would be publicly killed when the job was complete. During the conference, Angelica failed to kill Jack but later she got her revenge by planting a bomb in Jack's car to kill him but it accidentally killed Jamie.[3]
In 1986, Jack's former wife, April, turned up in Dallas to make a claim to half of his 10% of Ewing Oil. April proved that, during their divorce hearing, the judge granted her to be entitled to half of his future income. However, Jack sold his 10% for one dollar to Jamie and presented April with her half - fifty cents. After Jamie died and her will was left unsigned, Jack testify's in court that he sold his shares to Jamie to spite April so she would not benefit from him. The judge orders that April receives her five percent. After this, Jack leaves Dallas, and is never seen of again. Following Rambo's death in 1994, it's expected that Jack will never return in the new series, ending Jason Ewing's family blood line.
Notes
References
- Curran, Barbara A. (2005). Dallas: The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Prime-Time Soap. Cumberland House Publishing. ISBN 978-1581824728.
