After some intensive reasearch, I found that John Hillerman does not live on a ranch but rather a quiet shady street in Houston. I sent him a lengthy fan letter with careful sincerity and discretion in the text and I recieved one back from Mr. Hillerman. He asked that I not share his address and is quite explicit about his privacy. The letter is brief and non-descript but his appreciation for enthusiasm after nearly 20 years is evidenced. Although he did not sign a photo, he did sign twice at the bottom, "Jonathan Q. Higgins," (ink stamp pawprint) "The Lads," then finally, John B. Hillerman.

If you must contact him, there are several sites that list his address but I prefer to keep his wishes and I do not mean to be greedy. At any rate, the correct address is the Bade street version.

The film "Hands of a Murderer" was shown on TV last night (in the UK) in which John Hillerman played Dr Watson to Edward Woodward's Sherlock Holmes. I was going to stay up and watch the whole thing, but it didn't finish till 1am and, to be honest, the film wasn't very good so I only watched the first twenty minutes or so (sorry John )

John was doing his British accent so it was a bit like watching Higgins's great grandfather!