Harold Clifford Keel April 13 1919 November 7 2004 known professionally as Howard Keel was an American actor and singer He starred in many film musicals of the 1950s He is best known to modern audiences for his starring role in the CBS television series Dallas from 1981 to 1991 as Clayton Farlow opposite Barbara Bel Geddess character but to an earlier generation he was known as the star of some of the most famous MGM film musicals ever made with a rich baritone singing voice Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Keel licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia