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TV series · 1981

Falcon Crest

“Sour Grapes.”

First aired 4 December 1981 Soap / Drama TMDB ↗

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

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Chao Li Chi
as Chao-Li
54
Robert Foxworth
as Chase Gioberti
40
Susan Sullivan
as Maggie Gioberti
39
Margaret Ladd
as Emma Channing
39
Dana Sparks
as Vickie Gioberti
20
Everyone else (115) ↓
Whit Bissell
as Mr. Hobson
72
Dana Andrews
as Elliot McKay
72
Jane Wyman
as Angela Channing
64
John McLiam
as Carl Beck
63
John McLiam
as Commissioner Harold Witken
63
David Opatoshu
as Alexander Nicolau
63
Michael Fox
as Amos Fedders
60
Monica Lewis
as Louella
59
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Rosemont
59
Anne Jeffreys
as Amanda Croft
58
William Bryant
as Sheriff Kingman
57
Al Ruscio
as Simon Whittaker
57
Andrew Duggan
as Paul Hartford
57
June Lockhart
as Mara Wingate
56
Stefan Gierasch
as Sam Giannini
55
H.M. Wynant
as Inspector Diggs
54
Gina Lollobrigida
as Francesca Gioberti
54
Dana Elcar
as Carl Reed
54
Norman Bartold
as Judge Jay Holder
53
Dick O'Neill
as Fred Wilkinson
53
Terry Carter
as Frank Taggert
52
Jack Betts
as Dr. Roderick
52
John McMartin
as Julian J. Roberts
52
Bradford Dillman
as Darryl Clayton
51
Pat Corley
as James Saunders
51
Robert Donner
as Tucker Fixx
50
Kate Williamson
as Nurse
50
Richard Herd
as Calvin Kleeger
49
Ken Swofford
as March Ridley
48
Donald Hotton
as Herb Talmadge
48
Robert Sampson
as Sheriff Turk Tobias
48
Ian Abercrombie
as Ross Beaton
47
Abby Dalton
as Julia Cumson
46
John Saxon
as Tony Cumson
46
Nicholas Pryor
as Ben Crawley
46
Stanley Ralph Ross
as Philip Tindall
46
Stanley Ralph Ross
as Bank Manager
46
Ron Masak
as Doug Eberhart
45
Peter MacLean
as Justin Nash
45
Jordan Charney
as Norton Crane
44
Dick Durock
as Spheeris
44
Bo Brundin
as Willi Kender
44
Gregory Sierra
as FBI-Agent Taylor
44
Basil Hoffman
as Reverend Mustafa
43
Rosalind Cash
as Judge Nora Milbourn
42
David Spielberg
as Ned Vogel
42
Steve Kahan
as Tom Diodati
42
Robert F. Lyons
as Turner Bates
42
David Selby
as Richard Channing
40
Sy Richardson
as Detective Olen
40
Mayf Nutter
as P.I. Marty Miller
40
John Bennett Perry
as Sheriff Floyd Gilmore
40
Cliff Potts
as Paul Salinger
39
Andrew Robinson
as Phil Eberhardt
39
J. Patrick McNamara
as Bert
39
J. Patrick McNamara
as Doctor
39
Camilla Carr
as Nellie Maxwell
39
Lin Shaye
as Smoking Female Prisoner
38
Lauren Hutton
as Liz McDowell
38
Jay Ingram
as Lewis Presser
37
John Zenda
as Security Guard
37
John Zenda
as Highway Patrolman
37
Steven Keats
as Howard Pax
36
Melba Moore
as Francine Hope
36
John Hostetter
as Agent Rand
35
Stuart Pankin
as Jace Sampson
35
Concetta Tomei
as Dr. Estelle Kramer
35
Richard McGonagle
as Auctioneer
35
Ernie Lively
as Security Guard
34
Ernie Lively
as Dr. Franklin
34
Anne Archer
as Cassandra Wilder
34
James Staley
as Fred Tanner
33
Walter Olkewicz
as Dancer
33
Sal Viscuso
as Judge Connor Stewart
33
Scott H. Reiniger
as Truck Driver
33
Christopher Kriesa
as Scott Ridley
32
Anne Betancourt
as Nurse Lopez
32
Gregory Harrison
as Michael Sharpe
31
Morgan Fairchild
as Jordan Roberts
31
Allan Graf
as Deputy Sheriff
31
Allan Graf
as Highjacker
31
Mike Muscat
as Man from Gas Company
29
Wendy Phillips
as Lauren Sharpe
29
Simon MacCorkindale
as Greg Reardon
29
Gil Birmingham
as Deputy
28
John Callahan
as Eric Stavros
27
Theresa Saldana
as Pretty Woman
27
Julie Carmen
as Sofia Stavros
27
David Hunt
as Ian St. James
27
Jane Badler
as Meredith Braxton
27
Robert Clotworthy
as Mark
26
Deborra-Lee Furness
as Kathleen Gioberti
26
Daniel Greene
as Dwayne Cooley
26
Brett Cullen
as Dan Fixx
25
Bryan Cranston
as Martin Randall
25
Ana Alicia
as Melissa Agretti
24
Shannon Tweed
as Diana Hunter
24
Laura Johnson
as Terry Hartford
24
Diane Delano
as Deputy Marcia Moore
24
Rosalind Chao
as Li-Ying Chi
24
William R. Moses
as Cole Gioberti
22
Conan Lee
as Chao-Li's Cousin
22
Jamie Rose
as Vickie Gioberti
22
Kate Vernon
as Lorraine Prescott
20
David Packer
as Man in Bar
19
Andrew Lowery
as Charley Field
11
Carla Gugino
as Sydney St. James
10
Chris Young
as Chris Agretti
10
Jason Goldberg
as Joseph Gioberti
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Michael Yama
as Richard's Lawyer
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Michael Yama
as Takahama
Unknown
Ray Stewart
as Prison Doctor
Unknown
Ray Stewart
as Carmack
Unknown
Jerry Hauck
as Mr. Linton
Unknown
Michael Cutt
as Road Block Police Officer
Unknown
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