Keck's Exclusives: "Lost" Actor Lands on "Dallas"
Apr 9, 2013
by William Keck


"Lost's" Bernard will appear in next week's two-hour "Dallas" season finale in a key role that should resolve the mystery of what happened to the original Pam Ewing.

Sam Anderson will assume the role of Pam's plastic surgeon, Dr. David Gordon.



The character was last seen in 1988 when Pam (then played by Margaret Michaels after Victoria Principal's departure) informed brother Cliff that she never wanted to see her family again and had fallen in love with her doctor.

After Cliff left, Pam turned to Dr. Gordon and revealed the real reason she gave Cliff the brush off: she was dying and didn't want to burden Bobby and Christopher with another painful goodbye.



"Dallas" producers told me they made an attempt to locate the actor who originally played Dr. Gordon but were unable to find him. (That guy needs a new manager!)

This isn't Anderson's first time on "Dallas"; he appeared as Inspector Frank Howard in a pair of episodes on the original show back in 1985.



The season finale of "Dallas" airs Monday, April 15 at 9/8c on TNT.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-Sam-Anderson-Dallas-1063807.aspx

Keck's Exclusives: "Lost" Actor Lands on "Dallas"
Apr 9, 2013
by William Keck


"Lost's" Bernard will appear in next week's two-hour "Dallas" season finale in a key role that should resolve the mystery of what happened to the original Pam Ewing.

Sam Anderson will assume the role of Pam's plastic surgeon, Dr. David Gordon.



The character was last seen in 1988 when Pam (then played by Margaret Michaels after Victoria Principal's departure) informed brother Cliff that she never wanted to see her family again and had fallen in love with her doctor.

After Cliff left, Pam turned to Dr. Gordon and revealed the real reason she gave Cliff the brush off: she was dying and didn't want to burden Bobby and Christopher with another painful goodbye.



"Dallas" producers told me they made an attempt to locate the actor who originally played Dr. Gordon but were unable to find him. (That guy needs a new manager!)

This isn't Anderson's first time on "Dallas"; he appeared as Inspector Frank Howard in a pair of episodes on the original show back in 1985.



The season finale of "Dallas" airs Monday, April 15 at 9/8c on TNT.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-Sam-Anderson-Dallas-1063807.aspx
Dallas had jumped the shark by this stage if my memory serves me right. Didn't they have to explain away Bobby's death at the hands of Catherine Wentworth that it was all just a dream as Bobby stepped out of the shower? Actress Victoria Principal was a shadow of her former self after the first couple of series and I always wondered if she was suffering from an eating disorder.

VP made it known around 1985 that she would be leaving once her contract was up. She felt the scripts were not up to par and there was a change. I wish that she'd come back for this show though.