Steven "Steve" Francis Kanaly (born March 14, 1946) is an American actor, best known for his role as Southfork Ranch foreman Ray Krebbs on the television soap opera Dallas from 1978 to 1989. From 1994-1995, he also had a role on the hit ABC daytime drama series All My Children as "Seabone Hunkle," the father of Dixie Cooney Martin (played by Cady McClain). He has also guest starred on numerous other television shows. In film, he collaborated frequently with writer-director John Milius, appearing in, among others, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, Dillinger, The Wind and the Lion, and Big Wednesday. Milius befriended Kanaly when they attended the same shooting range in California, and turned him to acting by recommending him to John Huston for Roy Bean.
Other film roles include The Terminal Man, My Name is Nobody, and Midway.
He and his wife live on a ranch in Ojai, CA. He is a highly-regarded watercolor artist. He served in the Vietnam War as a radio operator with the First Air Cavalry.
Graduated from Van Nuys High School in Van Nuys, California in 1964.
He and his wife have a ranch in Ojai, California, where they grow avocados and oranges.
His highly regarded watercolor paintings are shown in local galleries and are often the prize auction item at many of the charitable events that Steve donates his time and talent to throughout each year.
Steve served in the U.S. Army as an infantry radio operator attached to the First Air Cavalry during the Vietnam War.
Was initially cast as Bobby Ewing on "Dallas" before being given the role of Bobby's illegitimate half brother Ray Krebbs.
In July 2006, he was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with Ben Murphy, Roger Davis, Marjorie Lord, Coleen Gray, Ronnie Schell, Russ Tamblyn, Mark Goddard, Tom Reese and Cheryl Rogers.
