Colonel Linville played by Frank Janson (first) and Eduard Franz (second) The Thoroughbred s3/e3 and The Collision s4/e24 The grandfather to Selena s3/e3 His family has sponsored the Linville Cross Country Race for many years s3/e3 He has lost all the family's money, and is forced to sell the house and property (they will live in the tenant farm house) s4/e24