I was just watching the TV series Peyton Place and William Smithers was in it. In this role he played a very nice family man and was running Peyton Mills. William Smithers has a distinctive voice and I knew I've heard that voice before. I looked up the actor and found out he had played Jeremy Wendell, I'm thinking of course that's who he is, he pretty much looked the as he did in Dallas, just younger, he was on Peyton Place in the mid 1960's. Actually, I've been finding several actors that went on to have great movie and TV careers besides the obvious two of Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal.
Currently watching the entire Dallas catalog on Amazon prime. This show was way before its time. I'm up to season 13. It's brought back so many memories 🤣
Great show yes the way they brought Bobby back was dumb should have replaced Jim Davies with James Arness. They could’ve gotten a few more years from jock
They teamed up because the family was being attacked. When the Cartel went after JR in season 5, Ms Ellie set them straight. "We Ewings stick together and that makes us unbeatable" . And at the Ewing Bbq that same season when Cliff and other oil men wanted a piece of JR, Bobby and Ray had his back. Then Ms Ellie told all of them to leave.
@@yacinekadri9110 Vaughn Leeland threatened JR over the Asian oil wells and Jock told him, "I think the best thing you can do is get the hell out of here!"
Wendell's one weakness was that he didn't know how to extact revenge. He'd never needed to until JR humiliated him. Before that he was simply a cold blooded ruthless businessman who only cared about acquiring Weststar assets by any means necessary. His obsessive desire to get revenge over JR made him careless, and it cost him everything and more.
I love Dallas. My Mom, Dad and I watched this when I was growing up. This is one of the best scenes of the whole series. I knew something wasn't right about this whole scene because of how J.R. was acting. He was so low key considering how he would've been normally. Especially how low key he was when he said, "Wendell, you are the scum of the earth." You just knew something was off. Great scene by everyone.
The line best line in this scene came from Bobby. Bobby said 'Wendell i told you once if my brother doesn't get you, I would , and it looks like we both did".
Anyone notice it's sweet Miss Ellie and then Clayton who get Wendell to admit his crimes on tape? Clayton gives Ellie pat on the shoulder when Wendell is arrested: score!
I like j.r Ewing bring Jeremy wendell to the floor getting the Ewing oil property back::;; Jeremy wendell taking Ewing building from j.r Ewing oil:: it was very very sad
What made JR and Jeremy different: JR was underhanded and ruthless. Whereas Jeremy was sinister and evil! It was clever of the Dallas producers to create a character more nefarious than JR.
@@jhmovers I recently saw the 1973 movie "Papillon" starring Steve McQueen where William Smithers had a small role as "Warden Barrot;" a very mean and sadistic prison official on Devil's Island. Smithers being years younger (than he was on Dallas) and wearing a uniform, he may not be instantly recognized, but there's no mistaking the voice and mannerisms the way Smithers's played the character. It's scary how Smithers can play the roles of mean spirited characters so convincedly with ease.
Too funny, playing Wendell is actor William Smithers. Known in Star Trek circles as the famous Captain Merik of the SS Beagle who became Merikus, First Citizen and Lord of the Games in the episode "Bread & Circuses".
Mack was a perfect character. Kennedy really put everything into this character. You could really see Carter McKay as this tough, blue collar badass. Most likely worked on the rigs, became a foreman, saved every dime he had, incurred no debts, and bought everything with cash, including his company and Krebbs property. The only two things I didn’t like was the inclusion of Rose, and how the writers handled Tommy. The Mack character was too measured to make these kind of errors with those two. I kind of wish they had McKay around when Jock was around. Could have written him as an old protege of Jock’s who thinks JR is ruining his mentor’s legacy. Could have run years of stories with the two families, and allow the Barnes feud to take a breather every couple of years.
It's funny you say that because I wonder why Larry Hagman didn't think that up? I read somewhere that he and George Kennedy they knew each other for years off the set and it was George Kennedy who tried to get him to stop drinking. I think George County was so busy doing movies that it just never dawned on them that probably is the answer to your question. I agree George Kennedy would have worked well with Jim Davis I don't know exactly if you would have been Carter McKay. See Wendell was an off-and-on character till 86. So a lot of his hate for Jr was back in the 80s when they were close. Jr promised him Ewing oil and backed out when jock and Ellie worked out their marital differences. Wendell was the only person on this show to a beat and Jr twice. Keep in mind a lot of people never be Jr once. So was a big greedy like someone said but still I don't think that he was this stupid. I don't know I do think George Kennedy would have worked out much better early on. How he would have worked with the show early on given that Pamela Barnes was there would be kind of tough to explain. Even if you took the Digger Barnes rivalry away for a Time he still would have had to do something with Victoria Principal and I don't know how you could work that in. Him being chairman of Westar and being part of the Wendell past just made more sense especially after of Kimberly Crider and so on
From approximately 2:50 until approximately 5:00 Jeremy Wendell answers all of the questions that were taped by the Dallas Police Department so that anything he says could be used against him. I am happy when Bobby and JR Ewing worked together that there were positive results and having to see Jeremy Wendell arrested just made their day. Just look at their nice smiles at the very end. Rest In Peace Mr Larry Hagman. May 14, 2020 @ 3:50 pm
Leonard Smithers had a great career playing villains. He was the sadistic warden in "Papillon". He was even in an original series "Star Trek" episode, where he played a renegade Starfleet officer.
@@albusrich3690 Sadly to say if any police officer bugs you and you have a pest (like Jeremy Wendell) coming in to bother you, then whatever the pest says could be used against him.
@@SOCORROSILVA-in7px You're right he learned from the master, but Jr. Just seem to relish destroying people like it was a sport. And then laugh that wicked grin. But I'm being as safe as one can U stay safe as well let's come out the other end of this nightmare.
Having seen the original series(several times, through)and, the "re-boots", I have no question the creepiest "Dallas"-ite, was...Jeremy Wendell.(played, brilliantly, by William Smithers.)
Dallas was trying to cut cast This is kind of on a context I can't picture Jeremy be this naive! I think the Simpsons modeled mr. Burns after Jeremy Wendell
I recently saw the 1973 movie "Papillon" starring Steve McQueen where William Smithers had a small role as "Warden Barrot;" a very mean and sadistic prison official on Devil's Island. Smithers being years younger (than he was on Dallas) and wearing a uniform, he may not be instantly recognized, but there's no mistaking the voice and mannerisms the way Smithers's played the character. It's scary how Smithers can play the roles of mean spirited characters so convincedly with ease.
The one problem with the scene is that Jeremy Wendell would never ever say those things. Jeremy Wendell was the most powerful character ever in the Dallas plot. Wendell was an unbeatable supervillain, because he didn't suffer from problems such as drinking alcohol or getting mixed up with women. Wendell was intelligent and would never say such dumb things as admitting he killed someone.
The fact that William Smithers was a victim of the budget ax was awful. ... They would have been better off saying Jeremy Wendell died in an airplane crash than having him make such stupid mistakes here. ... These mistakes are the complete opposite of what we saw from Jeremy Wendell for the previous decade. This is almost as bad as saying you committed murder at a public meeting. Jeremy Wendell would simply not say these dumb things in front of all those people.
The show was already in free fall by then, and it started with bringing Bobby back the way they did. Ratings went down after that first episode with Bobby back and steadily declined. I was done with it after that and only watched later on in reruns to find out how it all played out.
George Kennedy is why the series kept going for as along as it did. He's like an elephant grabbing every bit of space. That huge red face and the voice, he was scary. As a kid watching this in the 80's, I wasn't sure if I should emulate JR or Carter McKay.
I think that was the thought of why Larry Hagman brought him in. I do think that William Smithers was better. His contract was disputed. I don't know how you could have had both Wendell & Mckay in the long run. But yea if you don't have William Smithers even though Wendell was a better person to be Chairman of Weststar he fit the personality more then yea George Kennedy was the next best bet. I think would have been better to have made Kennedy something other than Weststar Chairman but I don't know how. His personality is more an Independent Type not a corporate type.
As great as it is to see him get what was coming to him, it's hard to believe he would admit to all of that in front of 4 members of the family whose home and ranch he attacked and their highly esteemed lawyer. Still, it was a neat way for JR to even things up with him. As he once said to him, "If it takes the rest of my life I'll get back at you!!!!"
But seriously, what kind of cold business machine confesses to mutiple crimes in front of a dozen powerful members of the community/business elite ....AND THEIR LAWYER. It's like the old Perry Mason episodes: "Yes, I killed him! And I'm glad I did...."
As much as I love George Kennedy in a way I agree with that. I don't think Wendell was powerful enough to save a dive in ratings. I think it was more the loss of Victoria Principal and that wing that really set this on a downward motion.
I am seeing this clip of DALLAS and realizing that honesty is the best policy. To bad for Jeremy Wendell because all that he wanted was to make sure that he gets Ewing Oil no matter what. Eventually he got busted by the Dallas Police Department official. Mar 23, 2020 @ 12:42 pm.
I just love when Harv Smithfield, Miss Ellie, JR Ewing, Bobby Ewing and the freeloader, Clayton Farlow were all bugged. At approximately 4:19 when the detective tells Jeremy Wendell that he has enough evidence to put him behind bars because he said to Jeremy Wendell: "Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law". Please post only positive comments over here. ™ August 13, 2023 @ 2:20 am ™
In the end, William Smithers won. ... The writers made themselves look DUMB here! ... Of all the moments in he Dallas plot, this is the most poorly written scene. ... The super-intelligent supervillain Jeremy Wendell would never, ever public admit to all these crimes in front of so many people like this!
@@valuecalc Perhaps a better way of saying it would be to say that in the end the staff of Dallas, the fans of Dallas, and the overall Dallas TV show "lost" when the producers would not pay William Smithers more and allowed him to leave the show. I remember when I was younger saying, "Jeremy Wendell would NEVER be admitting to all of those crimes like this in front of everyone!!!!"
@@michaelzoran, Jer did blab on too long, and you are right. It made no sense to just admit to all that craziness. A singing bird is usually bashed on the beak.
The best part was, at 4:15, when the Dallas Police Department official decides to arrest Mr. Jeremy Wendell. That scene made the both of us to laugh. No rude comments or remarks. Mar 23, 2020 @ 12:35 pm.
Thank you very much, Storm, for uploading this interesting video so that I can see it again in the near future. Please have a nice day today. ™ August 13, 2023 @ 2:25 am ™
Always wish they had done a backstory on Jeremy. Why he was so evil and his hatred for the Ewings. Did he know Jock ? Did they have a deal that caused all the friction ?
@Thomas Gary . . . Actor William Smithers had a small part in the movie "Papillon," starring Steve McQueen, where he played the part of a brutally sadistic prison warden; where he played the part very convincingly.
Just occurred to me : didn't the actor who played Wendell also play Cpt. John Merrick in an episode of Star Trek the Original Series. The one where the Roman Empire existed on a parallel Earth circa 20th century ?
This was a great episode. Wendell was spurned by Sue-Ellen after he proposed to her and then McKay joined the Ewings to set the ultimate trap in getting back at him. For helping to try and destroy Jock's company!
The only part I didn't like about this was Clayton's questions.....He was asking them as if he was reading them off of a script right in front of him with the cops sitting by him.....Even I would have picked up on that and said, "Well, No; Not me"...…..Sounds to me like they were recording this....
I wish Suellen had taken Wendell up on his offer of romance/marriage. It would have humanized him a little. None of her other men could ever stand up to JR.
Wendell was too smart to vocally admit to crimes like that or go all out for petty revenge. He controlled one of the 7 largest oil companies in the world he wouldn’t be so reckless. Even he was he would numerous buffers between him. Just bad writing.
in his own right, bobby could be just as cunning and cold as J.R. They were unbeatable when they worked together.
Greatest tv series ever
One of the few times they actually worked together the whole way. You see the results!
@@Rubix_Cubixx Dallas TV 📺show was like James bond 🎥movies sex: fighting: family:: etc etc
@@lloydkline1518 Mainly drinking though
Agreed. Bobby just knew how to reign it in.
The priceless grin on JR's face, and the movement to Bobby in case Bobby lost it, with a fraternal hand on the shoulder. Legendary acting.
Jeremy Wendell was by far the creepiest of all characters in the series, even more so than JR Ewing.
Yes but howcome he didn't realize that this was an obvious setup?
He sure was
JR wasn't creepy. JR was transparent. Everything he did was for his daddy and Ewing Oil.
He was a superb actor I gotta give him that!
I was just watching the TV series Peyton Place and William Smithers was in it. In this role he played a very nice family man and was running Peyton Mills. William Smithers has a distinctive voice and I knew I've heard that voice before. I looked up the actor and found out he had played Jeremy Wendell, I'm thinking of course that's who he is, he pretty much looked the as he did in Dallas, just younger, he was on Peyton Place in the mid 1960's. Actually, I've been finding several actors that went on to have great movie and TV careers besides the obvious two of Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal.
Currently watching the entire Dallas catalog on Amazon prime. This show was way before its time. I'm up to season 13. It's brought back so many memories 🤣
bringing bobby back was the dumbest, worst mistake.
Great show yes the way they brought Bobby back was dumb should have replaced Jim Davies with James Arness. They could’ve gotten a few more years from jock
I liked when Bobby and JR teamed up together!!!
They teamed up because the family was being attacked. When the Cartel went after JR in season 5, Ms Ellie set them straight. "We Ewings stick together and that makes us unbeatable" . And at the Ewing Bbq that same season when Cliff and other oil men wanted a piece of JR, Bobby and Ray had his back. Then Ms Ellie told all of them to leave.
@@keithclark7266 when someone threatens the ewings they will just become a bad memory
@@yacinekadri9110 Vaughn Leeland threatened JR over the Asian oil wells and Jock told him, "I think the best thing you can do is get the hell out of here!"
Also that crazy mercenary JR hired who JR double crossed. Great side story. Bobby saved JR’s life.
Yet both men would still stumble afterwards.
Man I miss this show.April 2019 and I'm still in love with this show
What a diverse cast! White, off white, Lilly white, snow white...etc
the smile on Mccay and Jr's face on seeing Wendell's reaction, priceless
Bobby smiling, eyebrow raised and flick of the head lol
When the Ewings team up together, they are UNBEATABLE
Wendell's one weakness was that he didn't know how to extact revenge. He'd never needed to until JR humiliated him. Before that he was simply a cold blooded ruthless businessman who only cared about acquiring Weststar assets by any means necessary. His obsessive desire to get revenge over JR made him careless, and it cost him everything and more.
...or they simply needed a way to write him out of the show. This was completely out of his character.
@@trailersfromhell2539 William Smithers the actor wanted more money and the producers wrote him off.
Too bad - he was a good character.
yeah true...i know its a show but his need for some kinda revenge against JR was his undoing
Good prevails over Evil.!!!
It wouldn't have mattered. Miss Ellie owned the mineral rights to all of the oil under section 40
I love Dallas. My Mom, Dad and I watched this when I was growing up. This is one of the best scenes of the whole series. I knew something wasn't right about this whole scene because of how J.R. was acting. He was so low key considering how he would've been normally. Especially how low key he was when he said, "Wendell, you are the scum of the earth." You just knew something was off. Great scene by everyone.
The line best line in this scene came from Bobby. Bobby said 'Wendell i told you once if my brother doesn't get you, I would , and it looks like we both did".
agreed
So true
No one can take on the Ewings and come out unscathed, no one! Miss those guys. Thank goodness for reruns.
When United, they were unbeatable
Anyone notice it's sweet Miss Ellie and then Clayton who get Wendell to admit his crimes on tape? Clayton gives Ellie pat on the shoulder when Wendell is arrested: score!
This is my all-time favorite Dallas episode. Wendell going to jail...
I like j.r Ewing bring Jeremy wendell to the floor getting the Ewing oil property back::;; Jeremy wendell taking Ewing building from j.r Ewing oil:: it was very very sad
What made JR and Jeremy different: JR was underhanded and ruthless. Whereas Jeremy was sinister and evil! It was clever of the Dallas producers to create a character more nefarious than JR.
@NM1Raider Excellent point!!
Tremendous simple accurate summary.thanks so much
@@jhmovers I recently saw the 1973 movie "Papillon" starring Steve McQueen where William Smithers had a small role as "Warden Barrot;" a very mean and sadistic prison official on Devil's Island. Smithers being years younger (than he was on Dallas) and wearing a uniform, he may not be instantly recognized, but there's no mistaking the voice and mannerisms the way Smithers's played the character. It's scary how Smithers can play the roles of mean spirited characters so convincedly with ease.
One of the most satisfying moments in all of Dallas. Wendell was such a snake! 🐍
Caught criminal: "You can't arrest me."
Detective: "Um . . . Yeah, I can. It's kind of what I DO."
Too funny, playing Wendell is actor William Smithers. Known in Star Trek circles as the famous Captain Merik of the SS Beagle who became Merikus, First Citizen and Lord of the Games in the episode "Bread & Circuses".
Capt. Janway Ray's girlfriend Ray's stepdad Commodore Wesley Punk Anderson Capt. Tracy Rikers holodeck????????????????
Mack was a perfect character.
Kennedy really put everything into this character. You could really see Carter McKay as this tough, blue collar badass. Most likely worked on the rigs, became a foreman, saved every dime he had, incurred no debts, and bought everything with cash, including his company and Krebbs property. The only two things I didn’t like was the inclusion of Rose, and how the writers handled Tommy. The Mack character was too measured to make these kind of errors with those two.
I kind of wish they had McKay around when Jock was around. Could have written him as an old protege of Jock’s who thinks JR is ruining his mentor’s legacy. Could have run years of stories with the two families, and allow the Barnes feud to take a breather every couple of years.
It's funny you say that because I wonder why Larry Hagman didn't think that up? I read somewhere that he and George Kennedy they knew each other for years off the set and it was George Kennedy who tried to get him to stop drinking. I think George County was so busy doing movies that it just never dawned on them that probably is the answer to your question. I agree George Kennedy would have worked well with Jim Davis I don't know exactly if you would have been Carter McKay. See Wendell was an off-and-on character till 86. So a lot of his hate for Jr was back in the 80s when they were close. Jr promised him Ewing oil and backed out when jock and Ellie worked out their marital differences. Wendell was the only person on this show to a beat and Jr twice. Keep in mind a lot of people never be Jr once. So was a big greedy like someone said but still I don't think that he was this stupid. I don't know I do think George Kennedy would have worked out much better early on. How he would have worked with the show early on given that Pamela Barnes was there would be kind of tough to explain. Even if you took the Digger Barnes rivalry away for a Time he still would have had to do something with Victoria Principal and I don't know how you could work that in. Him being chairman of Westar and being part of the Wendell past just made more sense especially after of Kimberly Crider and so on
I would agree with you their as well.
@@rajeshkhullar9643 Well said.
From approximately 2:50 until approximately 5:00 Jeremy Wendell answers all of the questions that were taped by the Dallas Police Department so that anything he says could be used against him.
I am happy when Bobby and JR Ewing worked together that there were positive results and having to see Jeremy Wendell arrested just made their day. Just look at their nice smiles at the very end.
Rest In Peace Mr Larry Hagman.
May 14, 2020 @ 3:50 pm
but not so nice whe he hears that McCay is the new chairman of Westar
Well, Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug.
And the guy who plays Wendell is STILL alive, having outlived most of the people in this scene.
Pretty much just Wendell and Bobby!
He's 95 now. I looked him up. Wendell made jr look like a cub scout
Wow!
He certainly was a great actor his portrayal of Wendell was amazing! He certainly played a heckuva villain!
Leonard Smithers had a great career playing villains. He was the sadistic warden in "Papillon". He was even in an original series "Star Trek" episode, where he played a renegade Starfleet officer.
Poor Jeremy Wendell. He didn't know that what he was saying was being taped even by threatening Bobby Ewing and JR Ewing too.
nah......what really happened is the actor asked for more money and that was the cause of his.....DISMISAL FROM THE SHOW...….LOL
I doubt if what was ‘on tape’ could be used. Fifth Amendment , ‘not shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against herself.....’
@@albusrich3690
Sadly to say if any police officer bugs you and you have a pest (like Jeremy Wendell) coming in to bother you, then whatever the pest says could be used against him.
@@flaviushonoriusemperorofro3903 really;; ❤ Jeremy wendell & his j.r Ewing battles; Jeremy wendell seems invincible as a business man
@@lloydkline1518
I enjoyed very much when the Dallas Police Department came to hall away a piece of trash, by the name of Jeremy Wendel, to the jail.
I like the few times when JR and Bobby team up together. Brothers taking down someone
The grin on Bobby's face is priceless
I almost laughed when I heard JR call someone else the scum of the earth.
The ever cunning and cautious Wendell admitting to his crimes to satisfy his own ego and then getting trapped by JR - Priceless :-)
When Bobby and JR teamed up together, they were unstoppable. And Wendell learned that the hard way!
George Kennedy was awesome in this. Great addition to the cast.
I understand Kennedy won an Oscar for some movie. I never saw him in that, but he was masterful in both Dallas and Y&R
@@KJTV67 He was better in the Naked Gun movies than Dallas.
@@a.b.sproductionsllc Nothing is funnier than when McKay would exclaim "Jay- ARR!"
@@KJTV67 Or when he would get into a fight. The acting was so campy and hilarious.
@@a.b.sproductionsllc Comedy is harder than drama, but Kennedy shined at both!
Jeremy Wendell Was As Ruthless As JR But He Couldn't Touch Him👍
George Kennedy is awesome. I've always liked him in whatever he's in. Especially the Naked Gun movies with Leslie Nielson. LOL!!!!!
Should have had Leslie Nielson play the police detective
I wish they would have used Larry Hagman in one of the Naked Gun movies, he would have been perfect for them😁😁👍👍
LOVED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And JR's smile was the "icing on the cake" !!!
And the tell-tale, customary smirk on J.R’s face afterwards. LMAO!!!
I know i love it!
Never F around with the Ewing's, even sweet Miss Ellie, was dangerous!
🤣😂🤣😂Sweet Miss Ellie too ✌✌🤣
You forgot all about the head of the family - Jock Ewing. JR Ewing learned a lot from his dear daddy.
Please do stay inside during this quarentine as much as possible. ©®
March 31, 2021 @ 2:20 am ©®
@@SOCORROSILVA-in7px You're right he learned from the master, but Jr. Just seem to relish destroying people like it was a sport. And then laugh that wicked grin. But I'm being as safe as one can U stay safe as well let's come out the other end of this nightmare.
The end of Jeremy Wendell as we know it.
I watch this every now & then. I love watching Wendell get his just rewards!
Having seen the original series(several times, through)and, the "re-boots", I have no question the creepiest "Dallas"-ite, was...Jeremy Wendell.(played, brilliantly, by William Smithers.)
That is what makes William Smithers a badass. I kind of miss him I think he was a damn good Jeremy Wendell. Thank God he's still alive.
It was rare to see these two working together, but when they did against a common foe, it was awesome.
When JR Ewing vows to get even with you, you better listen up! I woulda packed my bags and headed for Mexico lol
McKay and Wendell joined forces against the Ewings until McKay double crosses Wendell.
Dallas was trying to cut cast This is kind of on a context I can't picture Jeremy be this naive! I think the Simpsons modeled mr. Burns after Jeremy Wendell
I recently saw the 1973 movie "Papillon" starring Steve McQueen where William Smithers had a small role as "Warden Barrot;" a very mean and sadistic prison official on Devil's Island. Smithers being years younger (than he was on Dallas) and wearing a uniform, he may not be instantly recognized, but there's no mistaking the voice and mannerisms the way Smithers's played the character. It's scary how Smithers can play the roles of mean spirited characters so convincedly with ease.
Dam this show was awesome bring it back on it had everything in this show the mighty Ewing can bring anyone down
I really wish Harry McSwain was the arresting officer
"Harry, we got a woman yet?"
the actor left the show after season 10, 1987-88, due to health issues
I wondered what happened to good ole Harry.
Harry took early retirement being on the Take.
Oh yeah , that would have been great !
04:33 - nobody messes with JR Ewing
Correction: Nobody should mess around with the Ewing brothers nor their mama, Miss Ellie Ewing Farlow.
11 West-Star Shareholders disliked this Video
The one problem with the scene is that Jeremy Wendell would never ever say those things. Jeremy Wendell was the most powerful character ever in the Dallas plot. Wendell was an unbeatable supervillain, because he didn't suffer from problems such as drinking alcohol or getting mixed up with women. Wendell was intelligent and would never say such dumb things as admitting he killed someone.
Agreed.
He was the most careful of all the villains. J.R even said he was pompus, careful and didn't make mistakes.
William Smithers was being written out. He was a victim of the budget ax.
The fact that William Smithers was a victim of the budget ax was awful. ... They would have been better off saying Jeremy Wendell died in an airplane crash than having him make such stupid mistakes here. ... These mistakes are the complete opposite of what we saw from Jeremy Wendell for the previous decade. This is almost as bad as saying you committed murder at a public meeting. Jeremy Wendell would simply not say these dumb things in front of all those people.
The show was already in free fall by then, and it started with bringing Bobby back the way they did. Ratings went down after that first episode with Bobby back and steadily declined. I was done with it after that and only watched later on in reruns to find out how it all played out.
Jeremy Wendell was a snake and he played it perfectly.
"Get the hell out of here." Love it!
Always like it when the bad guy admits to everything....
George Kennedy is why the series kept going for as along as it did. He's like an elephant grabbing every bit of space. That huge red face and the voice, he was scary. As a kid watching this in the 80's, I wasn't sure if I should emulate JR or Carter McKay.
I think that was the thought of why Larry Hagman brought him in. I do think that William Smithers was better. His contract was disputed. I don't know how you could have had both Wendell & Mckay in the long run. But yea if you don't have William Smithers even though Wendell was a better person to be Chairman of Weststar he fit the personality more then yea George Kennedy was the next best bet. I think would have been better to have made Kennedy something other than Weststar Chairman but I don't know how. His personality is more an Independent Type not a corporate type.
The actor that plays Wendell is still alive at 94. The character was really creepy! I was glad he was arrested.
Wendell (William Smithers) got the last laugh though he's outlived them all.
True he did
@Jordy C True I forgot he was part of this mess.
As great as it is to see him get what was coming to him, it's hard to believe he would admit to all of that in front of 4 members of the family whose home and ranch he attacked and their highly esteemed lawyer. Still, it was a neat way for JR to even things up with him. As he once said to him, "If it takes the rest of my life I'll get back at you!!!!"
Every bad guy is taken down by hubris!
Say it again 👏 they didn't hear you!
Detective Frank Drebin was downstairs in the lobby eating donuts.
They should have never done this to Jeremy.
Larry tricked the actor into asking for a raise, and he was fired via this farfetched scene.
But seriously, what kind of cold business machine confesses to mutiple crimes in front of a dozen powerful members of the community/business elite ....AND THEIR LAWYER.
It's like the old Perry Mason episodes: "Yes, I killed him! And I'm glad I did...."
Yes, it's just not believable. But they had to write out Wendell because the actor asked for a raise.
Jeremy Wendell hated Cliff Barnes, J.R.Ewing,Clayton Farlow, Bobby Ewing,Ray, Pam,Sue Ellen,Miss Elle, he was just an equal opportunity hater.
Jeremy hated jock too
Don’t ever force, JR and Bobby to team up
Wendell I told you if my brother didn't get you, I would.....It looks like we both did
One of the biggest mistakes during the later years was to write out Jeremy Wendell
Exactly.
TrailersFromHell Wendel was a super villain, invincible
As much as I love George Kennedy in a way I agree with that. I don't think Wendell was powerful enough to save a dive in ratings. I think it was more the loss of Victoria Principal and that wing that really set this on a downward motion.
I am seeing this clip of DALLAS and realizing that honesty is the best policy. To bad for Jeremy Wendell because all that he wanted was to make sure that he gets Ewing Oil no matter what.
Eventually he got busted by the Dallas Police Department official.
Mar 23, 2020 @ 12:42 pm.
Real G stuff should have had Bobby and JR ride together more often
4.29 Detective reading the accused his rights from piece of paper - you think they would know them by now lol
I've always admired George Kennedy. He always had a certain presence on camera. Great actor. May he RIP.
Wonderful to see William Smithers and the late, great George Kennedy...both excellent actors! :)
I just love when Harv Smithfield, Miss Ellie, JR Ewing, Bobby Ewing and the freeloader, Clayton Farlow were all bugged. At approximately 4:19 when the detective tells Jeremy Wendell that he has enough evidence to put him behind bars because he said to Jeremy Wendell: "Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law".
Please post only positive comments over here. ™
August 13, 2023 @ 2:20 am ™
Didn't pay attention much to Wendell. 😮
Jeremy Wendell was written out at this time. William Smithers wanted more money but the producers said no so he left.
Yeah!! Bloody hell/No need
In the end, William Smithers won. ... The writers made themselves look DUMB here! ... Of all the moments in he Dallas plot, this is the most poorly written scene. ... The super-intelligent supervillain Jeremy Wendell would never, ever public admit to all these crimes in front of so many people like this!
@@michaelzoran, Billy-boy won nothing. His career went nowhere after this. More money? No way. Too many actors are always available to step in...
@@valuecalc Perhaps a better way of saying it would be to say that in the end the staff of Dallas, the fans of Dallas, and the overall Dallas TV show "lost" when the producers would not pay William Smithers more and allowed him to leave the show. I remember when I was younger saying, "Jeremy Wendell would NEVER be admitting to all of those crimes like this in front of everyone!!!!"
@@michaelzoran, Jer did blab on too long, and you are right. It made no sense to just admit to all that craziness. A singing bird is usually bashed on the beak.
Where is Leslie Nielsen?
Shirley they had planned to put him in a scene
The best part was, at 4:15, when the Dallas Police Department official decides to arrest Mr. Jeremy Wendell. That scene made the both of us to laugh.
No rude comments or remarks.
Mar 23, 2020 @ 12:35 pm.
Thank you very much, Storm, for uploading this interesting video so that I can see it again in the near future.
Please have a nice day today. ™
August 13, 2023 @ 2:25 am ™
Hard to believe that JRs greatest nemesis was written off the show. He made the show interesting among all the recycled story lines
Smithers was a strong actor; he should have been in more episodes. I liked Dennis Patrick as "Vaughn Leland" also.
William would have stayed on the show longer. But the show would not give him the amount of money he asked for..XD
Always wish they had done a backstory on Jeremy. Why he was so evil and his hatred for the Ewings. Did he know Jock ? Did they have a deal that caused all the friction ?
Out of all the characters on Dallas there was just something about J.Wendell that struck me as being capable of being a cold blooded killer.
Actor William Smithers made it an acting career with playing variations of the Jeremy Wendell character in countless TV and movie roles.
And an international criminal
@Thomas Gary . . . Actor William Smithers had a small part in the movie "Papillon," starring Steve McQueen, where he played the part of a brutally sadistic prison warden; where he played the part very convincingly.
Just occurred to me : didn't the actor who played Wendell also play Cpt. John Merrick in an episode of Star Trek the Original Series. The one where the Roman Empire existed on a parallel Earth circa 20th century ?
yes
Yes he did I just seen that episode the other day
Ewing family plus Dallas Police Department: 1
Jeremy Wendell: 0
Plus Jeremy Wendell goes to jail.
Please think positive at all times.©®
January 22, 2021@ 2:35 am ©®
Messing with that Ewing clan, end up handcuffed
and thrown over 16-story tower with no parachute.
The smile on J.R ,, looks he is rejoicing the scene .🤠
McKay heavily foreshadowed at the beginning of the clip
Love that George Kennedy came back for the reboot. He was the real deal. They don’t make them like that any more
Jeremy was not a three dimensional character. No one knew if he was gay straight etc! He was more of a sociopath and felt no empathy towards anyone.
Saxon C he was not gay. good gosh. he wanted to marry sue Ellen.
No, he was not gay. That would have been interesting though.
They made it so obvious he was being recorded
Like my daddy said. “ it ain’t no fun when the rabbits got the gun “.
This was a great episode. Wendell was spurned by Sue-Ellen after he proposed to her and then McKay joined the Ewings to set the ultimate trap in getting back at him. For helping to try and destroy Jock's company!
The only part I didn't like about this was Clayton's questions.....He was asking them as if he was reading them off of a script right in front of him with the cops sitting by him.....Even I would have picked up on that and said, "Well, No; Not me"...…..Sounds to me like they were recording this....
you know , i was thingking the same as u , but aboute the start of the scene
when wendell was talking to McKay buying the sections of the ewings.
I wish Suellen had taken Wendell up on his offer of romance/marriage. It would have humanized him a little. None of her other men could ever stand up to JR.
L B Other than Nicholas Pierce
No matter how goody two shoes is Bobby or how villainous is JR. You don't mess with family.
Was the office bugged when Wendell admitted his guilt?
Wendell was too smart to vocally admit to crimes like that or go all out for petty revenge. He controlled one of the 7 largest oil companies in the world he wouldn’t be so reckless. Even he was he would numerous buffers between him. Just bad writing.
What's the charge that Jeremy Wendell facing if the police have a warrant for his arrest?
I liked it when Bobby and JR worked together like this
I cannot recall exactly what George Kennedy's role was....can someone educate me a little?
Thanks.
I loved seeing Wendell go down, but I hated it when he came back smelling like a damn rose!!!
Why did all of the corrupt captains of Star Trek end up on Dallas?
Great actor that George Kennedy was.
Apparently this show was the full employment act for old character actors with white hair.