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| Season Number: | 5 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
| Network: | CBS |
| Episode List: | List of Dallas (1978 TV series) episodes |
The fifth season of the television series Dallas aired on CBS during the 1981–82 TV season.
In alphabetical order:
Barry Corbin (Sheriff Fenton Washburn) returns for two episodes. Among the new additions to the cast are Deborah Rennard (Sly Lovegren), Morgan Brittany (Katherine Wentworth), Ray Wise (Blair Sullivan), Phyllis Flax (Mrs. Chambers) and Anne C. Lucas (Cassie, a waitress at the Oil Barons Club), who will continue to appear beyond the season. Dennis Redfield (Roger Larson), Art Hindle (Jeff Farraday) and Gretchen Wyler (Dr. Dagmara Conrad), all appear frequently during the season, but won't return for subsequent years. Knots Landings Ted Shackelford and Joan Van Ark appear in two and one episodes, respectively. Also: future series star Barbara Stock, who will portray Liz Adams for the series' final two seasons, appears in two episodes as Heather Wilson.
The season's episode writers include showrunner Leonard Katzman, the returning Arthur Bernard Lewis, Linda B. Elstad, Howard Lakin, David Paulsen, and new additions Will Lorin and Bruce Shelly. Philip Capice serves as executive producer, Katzman as producer, and Cliff Fenneman as associate producer. Writer Arthur Bernard Lewis is billed supervising producer, after having served as executive story editor since season two. Linda B. Elstad, who has written episodes since the third season, serves as story editor.
Dallas fifth season was released by Warner Bros. Home Video, on a Region 1 DVD box set of five double-sided DVDs, on August 1, 2006. In addition to the 26 episodes, it also includes the featurette "A Living Landmark, A Tour of the Real Southfork Ranch".[1]
See also: List of Dallas (1978 TV series) episodes.