Talk:Dack Rambo

Dack Rambo and Larry Hagman
Was doing some personal research into queer 90s stars around the HIV era; found this quote from a 1994 copy of the Advocate:
 * It's my feeling that Larry and some others on the show didn't know how to deal with a man who refused to conform to what they thought a real man should be.

That prompted a look into Hagman's reaction to his HIV status and I found this article in the Washington Post:
 * But Larry Hagman -- with whom he had already worked on "Sword of Justice" -- turned out to be "not a particularly nice person," Rambo recalls. "I didn't like him very much. And I think the feeling was probably very mutual. I didn't really fit into the mold of what he considered male or macho. It was just very clear to me I wasn't going to be part of the family."

Then this led to this People article:
 * Still, Rambo remembers the discomfort he felt back in 1985 when he began a two-year stint on Dallas as J.R. Ewing’s cousin Jack. Although he says he had been “discreet” about his sexual preferences, he thinks the cast found out anyway and that Larry Hagman in particular ostracized him. Though Dallas insiders say it was “common knowledge” Rambo was gay, they deny he was ever shunned by Hagman (who declined to comment).

I lack the talent to go through and expand the article with this, but I think this is interesting and worth documentation in both this article and, potentially, others. If someone finds this a year or two from now, I encourage you to include this in any expansion of the article! 49.188.9.218 (talk) 23:05, 20 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Also, in general, more info on Dack and his time being queer and HIV-positive in the 90's should likely be included.49.188.9.218 (talk) 23:06, 20 October 2022 (UTC)