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Kercheval was best known for playing Cliff Barnes oil mogul in the famous soap opera
Ken Kercheval, an actor who played oil tycoon Cliff Barnes in the famous Dallas soap opera, died at age 83.
A spokeswoman for Frist Funeral Home, located in the home town of Clinton, Indiana, in Kercheval, confirmed her death on the BBC but was unable to give further details.
The local newspaper The Daily Clintonian reports that he died Sunday.
He and Larry Hagman, who played rival JR Ewing, were the only stars to stay with the series throughout his 14 years of existence.
"He was one of those guys who would become the next James Dean," said David Jacobs, the Dallas creator, at The Hollywood Reporter.
Kercheval, born in 1935, studied at Indiana University and at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.
He began his career as a theater actor by appearing with Dustin Hoffman in a 1959 Dead End production and playing in several Broadway shows in the 1960s.
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Kercheval (second from left) appeared in each of Dallas' 14 seasons
In 1978, he participated in Dallas' five-part mini-series, originally starring Ray Krebbs, the illegitimate son of Jock Ewing, the father of JR Ewing.
The series – about two rich and rival families of the oil industry – became one of the leading salons of that era and won four Emmy Awards.
It has also had tremendous success globally, with episodes dubbed into 67 languages in 90 countries.
After the show ended in 1991, Kercheval was back for special meetings in 1996 and 2004 and for a series of reboots starting in 2012-14.
Kercheval was also a prolific actor of cinema and television. Before and after Dallas, he appeared on shows like Kojak, Starsky and Hutch and Diagnosis Murder.
The actor confessed to having smoked up to three packs of cigarettes a day and had a part of his lung removed in 1994, after being diagnosed with cancer.
He was also a so-called "alcoholic" for 20 years before giving up alcohol.
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