(1978) with Beau Bridges and Larry Hagman, and the prison movie Attica (1980) with Morgan Freeman, which was nominated for several Emmys and won one. In between, he still worked in the theatre, appearing in Broadway plays such as Love for Love (1974) and Luigi Pirandello's The Rules of the Game (1975, as Barelli) – a show that was also featured in the PBS Great Performances series – as well as "Ashes" (1977, as Colin), the original run of the musical I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road (1978, as Joe Epstein), the courtroom drama As To The Meaning of Words (1981, as Alexander Thomas), and more. In addition he appeared in several feature films, including high-profile movies such as Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), the Oscar-nominated Reuben, Reuben (1983), and Tune In Tomorrow (1990). Others were the independent movie Dark Echoes (1977), which, ahead of its time, was a kind of forerunner of John Carpenter's The Fog (1980), and mainstream movies like Snake Eyes (1998). Prime time dramas From the 1980s on, he had several recurring roles in prime time soaps, where he appeared as publisher Alex Ward in Dallas and played the role of King Galen of Moldavia on Dynasty, where his son's wedding, unceremoniously interrupted by terrorists shooting at the gathered crowd, provided the famous season 5 cliffhanger finale. The viewers then had to wait quite a while until it was finally revealed that most of the characters, including King Galen, had – despite initial rumors to the contrary – indeed survived the attack. Fabiani also guest starred in Hotel, and had the somewhat difficult task of assessing Jane Wyman's mental capacities as Dr. Quentin King in Falcon Crest. Later he moved back to New York, and also played in day time dramas, where he served as temporary replacement for Michael Zaslow as Roger Thorpe four times on Guiding Light in February 1991, August 1992, early 1994 and late May to June 1995 while Zaslow was on personal leave, played a major part in The City as Jared Chase in 1996, had a recurring role in As the World Turns as Winston Lowe/"Mr. Smith" in 2000 and a long run on All My Children (from 1999 to 2010) as Barry Shire (whom a soap magazine labelled a "bona fide scene stealer" ), a lawyer who never seemed to run out of work trying