Patrick Duffy (born March 17, 1949)[1] is an American actor and director widely known for his role as Bobby Ewing on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas (1978–1991).

[5] He ruptured both his vocal cords during his senior year of college, but was hired as actor-in-residence[clarification needed], where he worked as an interpreter for ballet, opera, and orchestra companies in Washington.

[6] In a 2021 interview with David A. Weiner, Duffy credits his sister, an international champion diver, with teaching him the necessary swimming techniques for his first career break.

Following the series' cancellation in early 1978, he got his big break in the role of Bobby Ewing, opposite Barbara Bel Geddes and Larry Hagman, on the prime-time soap opera Dallas.

However, with both the show and his career on the decline, he returned in 1986 in the famous shower scene that rendered the entire 1985–1986 season "just a dream."

Along with Dallas fame, Duffy has also tried his hand at singing, and in 1983, he had a hit in Europe with Together We're Strong, a duet with French female singer Mireille Mathieu.

Duffy later continued to act in occasional guest or voice acting appearances, including the series Family Guy (in which he appeared in a live action scene with Victoria Principal as they spoofed the Dallas shower scene), as well as Justice League and Touched by an Angel.

In 2006, he began a recurring role on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Stephen Logan.

Duffy played a surreal double of Bobby Ewing in the experimental documentary Hotel Dallas, directed by artist duo Ungur & Huang.

[15][16] On November 18, 1986, Duffy's parents were murdered at their tavern in Boulder, Montana by two young men, Kenneth Miller and Sean Wentz, during an armed robbery.