He took up with Bonnie ( Lindsay Bloom ), an old flame. Bonnie’s remembered for throwing a drink in Donna’s face, only to get knocked down by Ray’s territorial wife! “Drinks are on Bonnie!” Donna ...

The young Wards were one of the original four couples who lived on the show’s iconic cul-de-sac. Gary and Val (Ted Shackleford and Joan Van Ark), Sid and Karen (Don Murray and Michele Lee) and Richard ...

A few years later on Knots Landing, Ray’s sister-in-law Valene Ewing (Joan Van Ark) had a breakdown after being told her twins were stillborn. (They were not!) Val experienced a mental break ...

He graduated from the University of Colorado, and as a member of the Nomad Players — a company that also gave Larry Linville and Joan Van Ark their starts — he acted in Sweeney Todd and other ...

Lawlor participated in the theater troupe called the Nomads Players, which also featured Larry Linville and Joan Van Ark.

Larry Linville and Joan Van Ark. A U.S. Army veteran with service in Vietman, Lawlor launched his television career with with mid-’70s roles on The Rockford Files, Ellery Queen and Black Sheep ...

Gary and Val (Ted Shackleford and Joan Van Ark), Sid and Karen (Don Murray and Michele Lee) and Richard and Laura (John Pleshette and Constance McCashin) were the others. “The thing about Knots ...

Then he went into acting. He was a part of the acting troupe called the Nomad Players, the same place Knots Landing actress Joan Van Ark trained. His first big job was a guest role on a 1975 ...

John Lawlor, who portrayed one of Cloris Leachman’s co-workers on the CBS sitcom Phyllis and the Eastland School for Girls headmaster on the first season of the NBC comedy The Facts of Life, has ...

He graduated from the University of Colorado, and as a member of the Nomad Players — a company that also gave Larry Linville and Joan Van Ark their starts — he acted in Sweeney Todd and other ...