‘Dallas’ actress Barbara Stock admitted she missed the idea that she was about to be written off the hit series.

Barbara Stock had no idea she would be cast off the hit show “Dallas.”

Actress Liz Adams portrayed Bobby Ewing, a sharp, street-smart government agent and friend of Patrick Duffy who became romantically involved with Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval). The prime-time soap opera was one of the most watched series of the 1980s.

Stock, who first caught viewers’ attention on the 1980s series “CHiPs,” saw “Dallas” as the opportunity of a lifetime — one that ended as quickly as it began.

“I realized I was being eliminated the day someone came up to me in the makeup room and said, ‘I heard this is your last day!’” Stock, now an interior designer in California, told Fox News Digital.

“I should have known,” she admitted. “That shows you my level of intelligence in these matters.”

For the final episode of Stock, there was clear evidence that she wouldn’t be returning.

“I had a scene where I was packing my bag,” she said. “I had no reason to think I wouldn’t come back. But looking back, that’s always a big clue for any actor — when you pack your bag for a show, that could be the end. You’re about to take a surprise trip or vacation, forever.”

The realization “broke my heart,” Stock said. She was hoping to be part of the show’s final send-off. “Dallas,” which premiered in 1978, followed the powerful Ewing family and their ongoing battles over their oil empire. This series inspired the spin-off series “Knots Landing” which captivated audiences from 1979 to 1993.

“Dallas” ended in 1991.

“The nice thing is that when you have a contract for all the episodes, you get paid anyway, even for the ones you don’t do,” she said. “I was free to go and do other work as well. It all went well, but I missed them. I really enjoyed everyone. I looked forward to going to work every day, whether it was for a big group scene or a small one. There wasn’t a bad apple on the set. The cast was really great.”

Larry Hagman, who played the ruthless J.R. Ewing, later told Stock that his wife thought J.R. should have ended up with her character when the show ended.

“It was interesting to me to end up becoming J.R.’s last love, as his wife suggested,” Stock said. “But once it was over, it was over. I didn’t think about it too much.”

“I remember Larry welcoming me with open arms,” she said. “He was very humble and very kind. Then all of a sudden, I was packing my bag and leaving. I later learned that it was because they had to wrap up all the other storylines for the original characters before it ended. So, I was sorry that I couldn’t do all the episodes I signed up for, but it was good for everyone.”

Stock stressed there were no hard feelings. She has nothing but fond memories of her time in Dallas.

“I just adored Duffy,” she said. “Like Larry, he was very down-to-earth. I actually saw him last year at the signing convention. It was very interesting to see him again. And he’s still working all the time and doing stage work, so he seems to have a very happy life. He was great – they were all like that. George Kennedy, who I had some scenes with, and Ken, they really welcomed me.”

Stocks are used to work with great people. She also played Florence Henderson’s daughter in a 1986 episode of “Murder, She Wrote.”

“We’ve worked together before,” Stock said. “We did a stage show in Los Angeles, and I was in the chorus. I got my actor’s rights card in that show. I was 22, and Florence played the lead in it. For those three months, she was amazing — a wonderful girl. And it was fun to play mother and daughter later.”

“At first I thought it was a strange choice because she was petite and petite, while I was tall and brunette,” Stock continued. “But it was a beautiful experience. Florence had a wonderful sense of humor. She was a wonderful singer, too. She was so sweet and kind to everyone on set. And working with Angela Lansbury, an icon who was just the consummate professional, was a gift.”

Stock said the actor she connected with most on set was Robert Urich, her co-star in the police series Spenser: For Hire, which aired from 1985 to 1988.

“He was in my corner when I needed him,” she said. “We were real friends, which is one of the reasons our on-screen relationship was so good. We really liked each other. I respected that he was the star of the show. I was a little intimidated at first when I met him, but he immediately reassured me. I remember after the audition, when they called me back to meet with him, his face just lit up. I felt like he wanted me there, and I had a good chance of getting the role. It turned out to be the case.”

Juric died in 2002 after a long battle with cancer. He was 55 years old.

“I was heartbroken when he died,” Stock said. “I remember having a lovely conversation with him. At one point, he thought he had overcome it. It was about 1997 or 1998. He said: ‘I found out yesterday – they told me I had overcome this.’ “I’m cancer-free.’ I was ecstatic for him. Then he and his wife adopted a baby. But four years later, the cancer came back. It was heartbreaking. He was so young.”

Stock moved away from acting in the early 2000s. She has no regrets about the decision.

“I fell in love with design,” she explained. “And then, when we had our son, my husband and I wanted to stay home and just be with him. My husband was producing a TV series when our son was born, and he was gone at least 12 hours a day. So when the show ended, we looked at each other and said, ‘We want to go home with our son.’

“And to be honest, I was getting older,” she continued. “I was 38 when I had him. I didn’t start working until a year after he was born. I did a movie of the week, which was great. It was on location in Tucson, so I took my son with me. But it started to get difficult, balancing a career like acting with a personal life.”

“I did a few things here and there, and I always took him with me. But I found myself torn between working on set and being with my son. Eventually, I realized that I loved working on homes and design, and I could stay at home more with my son. So I made the move. It wasn’t a difficult decision, and I was always glad I did.”

Stock said she doesn’t know what show business is like these days. But the one piece of advice she would give to aspiring actors is to study their craft.

“Do what you have to do to get the job,” she said. “This doesn’t mean you sleep your way to the top. You can have a great career without ever having to do this.”