He was a star on one of the most-watched series' on TV and now Patrick Duffy - known to millions of viewers as Bobby Ewing in long-running US hit Dallas - is to tread the boards in Darlington.
The actor will be leading the cast in a new production of 1960s Broadway mystery thriller Catch Me If You Can which will be stopping off on tour at Darlington Hippodrome in March.
And this time he's playing a man he describes as "Bobby Ewing with no morals".