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Patrick Duffy

(1920–2026) Autobiographer United States

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Patrick Duffy was an autobiographer from the United States, best known for The Skilled Compositor, 1850-1914.

Quick Facts About Patrick Duffy

Born: June 17, 1920
Died: January 2, 2026
Nationality: United States
Profession: Autobiographer
Notable works: The Skilled Compositor, 1850-1914

About Patrick Duffy

Patrick Duffy is an American television actor and director widely known for his role as Bobby Ewing on the CBS primetime soap opera Dallas (1978–1991). Duffy returned to reprise his role as Bobby in a continuation of Dallas, which aired on TNT from 2012 to 2014. He is also well known for his role on the ABC sitcom Step by Step as Frank Lambert from 1991 to 1998, and for his role as Stephen Logan on the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Duffy played the lead character's father in the 2014 NBC sitcom Welcome to Sweden.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Patrick Duffy

I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career.

Careers

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Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. I am responsible for…

Causes

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I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.

Achieve

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Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but I've consistently strived…

Consistently

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When I was on 'Dallas,' I was known to audiences of the '80s. And then when my sons, who are in their…

80s

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I learned to travel, then I travelled to learn.

Consciousness

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I quit it because at the end of seven years in an ensemble show with one leader, I thought: 'I will be…

Because

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Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

Art

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I come from an alcoholic Irish background - I know where I was going! But I met my wife and started to…

Alcoholics

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I do all the cooking in our family. I'm a utilitarian cook, rather than an adventurous one - I only have about…

Able

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I'm one of the lucky actors in television. I don't make a lot of big waves, but there's constant activity, and that's…

Activity

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I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed.

Bigs

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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write…

Assuming

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The last episode of Dallas was in '1991.' Unfortunately, it was a terrible episode to end the show on: it was a…

Brother

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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.

Dinner

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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a…

Bottles

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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.

Actors

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There is no such thing as a weekend for me when I'm at home on my ranch in Oregon.

Home

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I worked with my dad for 15 years. I apprenticed under him and decided I wanted to become an architect. So I…

Acting

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I get up at sunrise. I'm a Buddhist, so I chant in the morning. My wife and I sit and have coffee…

Buddhism

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I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and mousetraps. And then somebody threw just one…

Ball

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It's as simple as you can explain all of 'Dallas.' We're a dysfunctional family forced to stay together.

Dallas

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It's great to be able to do shows like 'Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door,' which I think is entirely…

Able

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I personally never thought that 'Dallas' would resurrect itself because I didn't think anybody knew how to do it. And it was…

Awful

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