BTW, Howard Keel of so many fifties musicals like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, found a second career on the Dallas TV show playng the husband of Miss Ellie, the matriarch of the clan.
I credit Howard Keel for getting me into musicals. I never cared for musicals until I saw 7 Brides for 7 Brothers. I always thought musicals were sort of "sissy" until I saw Keel as a burly backwoodsman singing "Bless yore Beautiful Hide" with that bass baritone voice of his. "7 Brides" is still one of the great musicals, IMO. I probably would not have become an opera fan if I had not gotten used to hearing near-operatic voices like Keel's.