Many fans are curious about Larry Hagman's financial success in April 2026. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Was Larry Hagman's Net Worth and Salary?

Hagman made his television debut in 1957 in an episode of the crime drama "Decoy." Following this, he appeared on the short-lived adventure series "Harbormaster" and made a few appearances on another adventure series, "Sea Hunt." In 1961, Larry joined the cast of the daytime soap opera "The Edgeof Night," playing the character Ed Gibson. He subsequently appeared in episodes of the legal drama "The Defenders." Hagman landed his biggest television role yet in 1965, when he began playing Anthony Nelson on the NBC sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie." The popular show ran for five seasons through 1970. After the series ended, Larry starred on another NBC sitcom, "The Good Life," from 1971 to 1972. He subsequently starred on the short-lived ABC sitcom "Here We Go Again" in 1973. During the decade, Hagman also appeared in a number of television films, including "A Howling in the Woods," "Getting Away from it All," "No Place to Run," "Hurricane," and "Intimate Strangers."

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Larry Martin Hagman was born on September 21, 1931, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the son of Mary Martin and district attorney Benjamin Hagman. His mother became a Broadway actress and star of musical comedy following his birth. When Larry was five, his parents divorced; he went on to live with his maternal grandmother, Juanita. Eventually, his mother married Richard Halliday and had a daughter named Heller. For his education, Hagman went to the Black-Foxe Military Institute in California, followed by a brief enrollment at Woodstock Country School in Vermont.

After his grandmother passed away, Larry went to New York City to live with his mother. In 1946, he returned to Texas and went to Weatherford High School. Following his graduation, Hagman enrolled at Bard College in New York, where he majored in drama and dance. However, he dropped out after a year.

In 1978, Larry began his most famous role: scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on the primetime soap opera "Dallas." A huge hit, the series ran for 14 seasons through 1991. In one of the show's most iconic moments, which occurred during a cliffhanger season finale in 1980, J.R. was shot by an unknown culprit, resulting in the ubiquitous global catchphrase "Who shot J.R.?" For his work on the show, Hagman earned two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, as well as four Golden Globe nominations. In the early '80s, he reprised his role as J.R. on the "Dallas" spinoff series "Knots Landing." Larry went on to reprise the role again in the "Dallas" television films "The Early Years," "J.R. Returns," and "War of the Ewings" and later on the TNT revival of "Dallas" in 2012. Among his other notable credits, Hagman starred on the short-lived series "Orleans" and appeared in the seventh season of "Desperate Housewives."

Hagman launched his professional acting career on the stage in 1950, performing in productions at the Woodstock Playhouse in New York. He subsequently performed in several tent show musicals with St. John Terrell's Music Circus in Florida and New Jersey. In 1951, Larry appeared alongside his mother in a London production of "South Pacific." The next year, he was drafted by the US Air Force. Hagman was stationed in London during his service and spent most of his time entertaining American troops. Following his departure from the Air Force in 1956, he returned to New York and appeared in the off-Broadway play "Once Around the Block." Larry next appeared in the off-Broadway play "Career." In 1958, he made his Broadway debut in "Comes a Day." Hagman went on to perform in the Broadway plays "God and Kate Murphy," "The Nervous Set," "The Warm Peninsula," and "The Beauty Part."

Larry Hagman was an American film and television actor who had a net worth of $30 million at the time of his death in 2012. Larry Hagman was best known for playing the diabolical oil baron J.R. Ewing in the 1980s television series "Dallas." Earlier in his career, Larry gained recognition for playing Major Anthony Nelson on the sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie." Hagman also appeared in many films during his career, including "Fail Safe," "Harry and Tonto," and "Primary Colors."

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