The actor Ken kercheval He was born on July 15, 1935 in the town of Wolcottville (Indiana), in the United States; his father was a doctor and his mother a nurse. He studied Music at the University of Indiana and Drama at the University of the Pacific, completing his acting training in the prestigious Wolcottville, New York City.
Kercheval made his theatrical debut in 1962 when he appeared on Broadway with the play “Something About a Soldier“Additional credits may be mentioned in the works”The Apple Tree“,”Cabaret“,”Here’s Where I Belong” Y “Fiddler on the Roof“.
Simultaneously with his theatrical debut, he began working on American television, debuting as a guest artist in four episodes of the series “Defenders“; Later it could be seen in different series and telefilms as”Kojak“,”Chips“,”Starsky and hutch“,”The Love Boat“or”Highway to Heaven“.
In 1978 he was chosen for what would be one of his most memorable roles, that of Cliff barnes, in the mythical series “Dallas (1978)“in which he worked throughout the 332 episodes that the series lasted, until its cancellation in 1991. Kercheval was the only actor, along with Larry Hagman, in being in the totality of the chapters that the series lasted.
Ken He also acted in several feature films, starting with a small role in the romantic comedy starring Anthony Perkins, “A wonderful poison“(1968). Other titles in his career are”Rabbit, Run“(1970), starring James caan; “The Relentless Special Patrol“(1973), with Roy Scheider, “Network, an unforgiving world“(1976), whose cast headed Faye dunaway, William Holden Y Peter finch; “California Casanova“(1991) or”Rusty: A Dog’s Tale“(1998), among others.
In his personal life Kercheval had three marriages and three divorces; With his first wife, whom he divorced in 1966, he had three children; another three are the result of his union with Ava fox with whom he was married between 1986 and 1993; his seventh child he had with his last wife, the actress Cheryl paris to whom he was married between 1994 and 2004. He currently also has six grandchildren.