TV Guest Stars Actors

1. Steve Sandor

The big, brawny, and imposing Steve Sandor was born on October 27, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in that city's Greenfield neighborhood. He sold copy machines and trained sentry dogs while serving as an Air Policeman in the US Air Force prior to pursuing an acting career in the late...

2. Taylor Lacher

Actor | Mr. Majestyk

Taylor Lacher was born on April 2, 1942 in Pittsburg, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Mr. Majestyk (1974), Cade's County (1971) and Ruckus (1980). He was married to Mary Lou Back. He died on June 21, 2005 in Killen, Alabama, USA.

3. George Sperdakos

Actor | Dirty Work

George Sperdakos was born on August 6, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Dirty Work (1998), Murder at 1600 (1997) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998). He died on July 21, 2000 in Bridgehampton, New York, USA.

4. Robert Pine

Actor | Lakeview Terrace

Robert Pine is an American actor who is best known as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the television series CHiPs (1977-1983). Including CHiPs, Pine has appeared in over 400 episodes of television. Pine was born in New York City on July 10, 1941, the son of Virginia (née Whitelaw) and Granville Martin Pine,...

5. Michael Bell

Actor | The Transformers: The Movie

Michael Bell is an American voice actor who is known for voicing Gleeman Vox from Ratchet: Deadlocked, Raziel from The Legacy of Kain video game series, Chas Finster and Dru Pickles from Rugrats and several Smurfs from The Smurfs cartoon. He also voiced in The Transformers: The Movie, Challenge of ...

6. Edward Power

Actor | The Way We Were

Edward Power was born on September 25, 1936 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Way We Were (1973), Disclosure (1994) and Cannon (1971). He was married to Barbara Weber and Sally Jane Allen. He died on December 24, 2021.

7. Bo Hopkins

Actor | American Graffiti

Sandy-haired American actor Bo Hopkins was born William Mauldin Hopkins in Greenville, South Carolina, and was raised by his mother and grandmother after his father died when Bo was only nine years old. He joined the US Army at the age of 16. After serving his hitch he decided on acting as a career...

8. Richard Romanus

Actor | Mean Streets

Distinctive American actor, screenwriter, and producer of Lebanese ancestry, born Richard Joseph Romanos to Dr. Raymond Daniel Romanos and his wife Eileen Dorothy ((née Maloof). His younger brother, Robert, is also an actor. Richard attended Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating with a ...

9. John Calvin

Actor | Tales of the Gold Monkey

John Calvin was born on November 29, 1947 in Staten Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982), The Cheap Detective (1978) and Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989).

10. Alan Feinstein

Actor | Nip/Tuck

Alan Feinstein has appeared in over 100 television productions, co-starring on "Nip Tuck," "Crossing Jordan," and "N.Y.P.D. Blue." Series leads in "The Runaways," "Jigsaw John," "Berrengers," Second Family Tree," and more than 800 episodes of daytime drama. He co-starred opposite Peter Strauss and ...

11. Michael Callan

Actor | Cat Ballou

Born in Philadelphia to a Jewish family, Michael Callan sang and danced as a teenager and by the age of fifteen was dancing in local night clubs.

He started life out as Martin Harris Calinieff on November 22, 1935. A dark-haired charmer, he was taking voice and dance lessons by age 11, with the ...

12. Dennis Cole

Actor | Pretty Smart

A virile, beefcake blond of the late 1960s and 1970s small screen, Dennis Cole certainly had it all going for him, but tragic circumstances prevented an all-out successful career. A rugged TV version of Robert Redford, his tan, chiseled, surfer-fit looks were ideally suited for crime action and ...

13. Dirk Benedict

Actor | The A-Team

Dirk Benedict was born in Montana on March 1st, 1945. He was raised in the country, far away from anything connected with movies or acting. He gathered his first experiences in acting (on a dare) in a college production of "Showboat" where he got the main part. His father, a lawyer, died when Dirk ...

14. Ed Lauter

Actor | Not Another Teen Movie

Edward Matthew Lauter II was born on October 30, 1938 in Long Beach, New York. In a film career that extended for over four decades, Lauter starred in a plethora of film and television productions since making his big screen debut in the western Dirty Little Billy (1972). He portrayed an eclectic ...

15. Tim Rossovich

Actor | The Fall Guy

Born in Palo Alto, California, Tim was a physically imposing and well-known character actor from the 80's. Tim and Tom Selleck were college roommates while both attended the University of Southern California. First drafted into the NFL in 1968, his career there included playing professional ...

16. Gary Bisig

Actor | WarGames

Gary Bisig was born on December 19, 1943 in Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for WarGames (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) and Nine to Five (1980).

17. Paul Cavonis

Actor | M*A*S*H

Paul Cavonis was born on December 4, 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for M*A*S*H (1972), Tales of the Unexpected (1977) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974).

18. Harvey Jason

Actor | The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Popular stage, film and TV actor Harvey Jason was born on Leap Year's Day, 1940 in London, England. From childhood he aspired to a career as an actor. His efforts, and his substantial talent, paid off. At 19 he was in New York, ready to go. A year later, he was appearing in Joseph Papp's ...

19. Edward Andrews

Actor | Sixteen Candles

The son of a Georgia minister, Edward Andrews debuted on stage in 1926 at age 12 and by 1935 had landed on Broadway. A solid character actor, his large physique and amiable demeanor made him a natural for the jovial, grandfatherly type or genial, small-town businessman which he often played, but ...

20. James Gammon

Actor | Major League

Rugged-looking James Gammon first broke into the entertainment industry not as an actor but as a TV cameraman. From there, his weatherbeaten features, somewhat menacing attitude and a tough-as-nails voice--the kind that used to be described in detective novels as "whiskey-soaked"--reminiscent of '...

21. Timothy Carey

Actor | The Killing

Timothy Carey had one of the most unusual careers of all Hollywood character actors, obtaining full cult status for his portrayals of the doomed, the psychotic and the plain crazy. Carey's career was an "only in America" type of story, and he retains his status as a great American original many ...

22. Jim Backus

Actor | Rebel Without a Cause

Jim Backus was born James Gilmore Backus on February 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of the few actors to do it all: radio, Broadway, movies, television and cartoons. After attending preparatory school in his hometown Cleveland, Backus enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, to ...

23. Phil Silvers

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Phil Silvers was a comedic actor of Russian-Jewish descent, nicknamed as "The King of Chutzpah." He was best known for his starring role as United States Army Master Sergeant Ernest "Ernie" Bilko in the very popular hit sitcom "The Phil Silvers Show" (1955-1959). He later had important roles in the...

24. Jack Knight

Actor | L.A. Confidential

Jack Knight was born on February 26, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), The Long Goodbye (1973) and Catch Me If You Can (2002).

25. Marshall Thompson

Actor | It! The Terror from Beyond Space

Although he geared himself up for major film stardom throughout the 1950s, it took a leading role on a 1960s TV series opposite a lion and chimpanzee to make Marshall Thompson a genuine household name.

Born on November 27, 1925, and named James Marshall Thompson after an ancestor, a famed Supreme ...

26. Robert Gentry

Actor | All My Children

Robert Gentry was born on September 29, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for All My Children (1970), The Wide World of Mystery (1973) and Guiding Light (1952). He died on September 17, 2022.

27. James Darren

Actor | Gidget

Tall, good-looking James Darren was a student of acting coach Stella Adler and made his name in the 1950s in a series of teenage-themed films. A better actor than most of his contemporary teenage heartthrobs, he nevertheless found it difficult to escape the teen-idol image he got in pictures like ...

28. Denny Miller

Actor | The Party

Denny Miller was born in Bloomington, Indiana, where his father, Ben Miller, was a physical=education instructor at Indiana University. He and his brother Kent began playing basketball almost from the days they were born. The Miller family left Bloomington when Denny was in fourth grade. He and ...

29. Ramon Bieri

Actor | Badlands

Imposing American character actor whose typical screen personae tended to be gruff westerners, irate cops, and hard-boiled gangsters. A decorated Korean War veteran, Bieri appeared on stage from 1954, both on ('Death of a Salesman', 1975) and off-Broadway. He latterly acted with the ensemble of San...

30. Peter Haskell

Actor | Child's Play 3

Peter Haskell was born on October 15, 1934 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Child's Play 3 (1991), Child's Play 2 (1990) and Bracken's World (1969). He was married to Dianne Tolmich and Annie Compton. He died on April 12, 2010 in Northridge, California, USA.

31. Tom Simcox

Actor | Shenandoah

Tom Simcox was born on June 17, 1937 in Medford, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Shenandoah (1965), Columbo (1971) and Piranha (1972). He was previously married to Christina Kenney, Kathleen J Rogers and Catherine Mitchell Smythe.

32. Taylor Lacher

Actor | Mr. Majestyk

Taylor Lacher was born on April 2, 1942 in Pittsburg, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Mr. Majestyk (1974), Cade's County (1971) and Ruckus (1980). He was married to Mary Lou Back. He died on June 21, 2005 in Killen, Alabama, USA.

33. Nicolas Coster

Actor | Santa Barbara

Nicolas Coster, a veteran actor or "Actor's Actor', his training began back in his teens at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, RADA. Nicolas learned his craft doing theatre, studying with Strasberg and Milton Katselas(He was later picked by Milton to substitute for him). Nicolas Coster ...

34. Bruce Fairbairn

Actor | The Rookies

Bruce Fairbairn was born on February 19, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Rookies (1972), Remington Steele (1982) and Cyclone (1987). He was previously married to Joy Keller and Jeryl DeVale.

35. Martin Kove

Actor | The Karate Kid

Martin Kove was born on March 6, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York. Strong-featured, narrow-eyed actor who has portrayed a mixed bag of both good guys and bad guys. He first turned up on screen in several minor roles, and was noticed as the villainous Nero the Hero in the low-budget road race Death Race ...

36. Hari Rhodes

Actor | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Hari Rhodes was born on April 10, 1932 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Shock Corridor (1963) and Coma (1978). He was married to Mlmi Christie Segura . He died on January 15, 1992 in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.

37. Stanley Kamel

Actor | Domino

Stanley Kamel was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on January 1, 1943 and was raised in South River, New Jersey. He attended high school at Rutgers Prepatory School (graduated 1961) in Somerset, New Jersey and received his college degree from the Boston University School of Fine Arts in 1965. ...

38. John Quade

Actor | Every Which Way But Loose

Character actor John Quade was born John William Saunders III on April 1, 1938 in Kansas City, Kansas. Quade transferred from Perry Rural High School in Perry, Kansas to Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas in 1954. John was a football tackle and participated in both track and basketball at ...

39. Taurean Blacque

Actor | DeepStar Six

Although best known for his role as "Detective Sgt. Neal Washington" on the long-running and critically acclaimed police drama Hill Street Blues (1981), Taurean Blacque was one of the best stage actors of his time. A long-time resident of Atlanta, Georgia, he performed in several productions at the...

40. Barry Bostwick

Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Tall (6' 4"), agile, energetic, and ever-so-confident as both actor and singer, especially on the award-winning Broadway stage, Barry Bostwick possesses that certain narcissistic poise, charm and élan that reminds one instantly (and humorously) of a Kevin Kline -- both were quite brilliant in their...

41. Don Reid

Actor | Police Woman

Don Reid is known for Police Woman (1974), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Incredible Hulk (1978).

42. Bill Duke

Actor | Predator

Duke Media Entertainment, led by actor, director, producer, writer and humanitarian, Bill Duke, is dedicated to bringing quality Edutainment to audiences around the globe. Formerly Yagya Productions, Duke Media has successfully produced critically acclaimed film and television content for more than...

43. Stephen Collins

Actor | 7th Heaven

Stephen Collins was born on October 1, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and director, known for 7th Heaven (1996), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and The First Wives Club (1996). He has been married to Jenny Nagel since July 22, 2019. He was previously married to Faye Grant and ...

44. Horst Buchholz

Actor | La vita è bella

On the cast list of The Magnificent Seven (1960), you will find several names that doubtless you know well: Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, and Yul Brynner. But there is one name that you will have difficulty pronouncing, let alone identifying as an actor you have seen before. That man is Horst ...

45. Bert Freed

Actor | Paths of Glory

During the '50s and '60s it seemed like every time you turned around, there was Bert Freed as a detective, gangster, sheriff or greedy small-town businessman, and sci-fi fans will remember him as the police chief taken over by the Martians in the classic Invaders from Mars (1953). He played a lot ...

46. Johnny Seven

Actor | The Apartment

Prolific American character actor Johnny Seven was born John Anthony Fetto in the Italian section of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, to Marie and John Fetto. He was the only boy in a family of six children, with sisters Lillian, Terry, Connie, Dolores, and Jean. Considering that much of his future ...

47. Michael Goodwin

Actor | The Dead Pool

Michael Goodwin was born in Virginia, Minnesota, USA. He is known for The Dead Pool (1988), Lolita (1997) and Fair Game (2010).

48. Ray Wise

Actor | Batman: The Killing Joke

Raymond Herbert "Ray" Wise (born August 20, 1947) is an American actor. Some of his best-known roles include Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks (1990), henchman Leon C. Nash in RoboCop (1987), Jack Taggart Sr. in Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), the Devil in the CW television series Reaper (2007), Donald ...

49. Linden Chiles

Actor | The Green Hornet

Linden Chiles was born on March 22, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Green Hornet (1966), Old Friends (2010) and The Mystic Tales of Nikolas Winter (2012). He was married to Cynthia Jean Coles, Mona Lee Schussman and Rosemary Kelly. He died on May 15, 2013 in Topanga...

50. Joseph Hacker

Actor | The Winds of War

Joseph Hacker was born on September 2, 1944 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA. He is an actor, known for The Winds of War (1983), Knots Landing (1979) and Call to Glory (1984). He has been married to Maurine Louise Saari since 1988. They have two children.

51. Peter Donat

Actor | The Game

The Canadian-American actor Peter Donat had a 50-year-long career in TV, motion pictures and theater. So respected was Donat, that Francis Ford Coppola considered casting him in the role of Tom Hagen in The Godfather (1972) that went to Robert Duvall.

The nephew of Oscar-winning actor Robert Donat, ...

52. Lonny Chapman

Actor | The Birds

Utilitarian actor Lonny Chapman remains one of those highly familiar character faces to which you can't quite place the name. While he appeared in over 30 films and well over 300 TV programs over a five-decade career, the theater remained his first and foremost passion and for which he is best ...

53. Peter Brown

Actor | Foxy Brown

Peter Brown got into acting when he was in the army by organizing a theater group on base to occupy his spare time while stationed in Alaska. After his discharge he enrolled in the acting program at UCLA, and starting in the mid-1950s found employment in many of the western films and series being ...

54. Jack Murdock

Actor | Rain Man

Jack Murdock during the 1960's and 1970's played in commercials for "Grandpas" discount stores in the Midwest. He was well known and played a "Grandpa" type character complete with overalls, bald head, glasses and a country accent to complete his character. Very successful and well received by the ...

55. Doug Sheehan

Actor | Knots Landing

Doug Sheehan was born on April 27, 1949 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Knots Landing (1979), 10 (1979) and Day by Day (1988). He has been married to Cate Abert since July 25, 1981.

56. Parley Baer

Actor | License to Drive

Parley Baer was born on August 5, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for License to Drive (1988), A Fever in the Blood (1961) and Dave (1993). He was married to Ernestine Clark. He died on November 22, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

57. Don Galloway

Actor | The Big Chill

Born July 27, 1937 in Brooksville, Kentucky. He was married to Linda Galloway [divorced], the former Linda Robinson, and had two daughters. Their names are Tracy and Jennifer. Married the second time to Linda Marie, he has two stepchildren: Sheila and Robert. He also has one brother. Education, ...

58. Gary Collins

Actor | Airport

Born on April 30, 1938 in Venice, California, Gary Collins was one of the most versatile actors in the entertainment industry. Gary attended Santa Monica City College and then enlisted in the United States Army for two years. While in uniform, Gary discovered acting and performed as a radio and ...

59. John David Carson

Actor | Pretty Woman

John Franklin Carson was born and raised in Hollywood, California. His father was actor Kit Carson (born Eldridge Franklin Carson), who appeared in many Western films, most notably working with Dale Robertson. His mother, the former Rosemonde James, also had some acting experience, albeit primarily...

60. Richard Bakalyan

Actor | Chinatown

Richard Bakalyan was born on January 29, 1931 in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Chinatown (1974), The Fox and the Hound (1981) and Von Ryan's Express (1965). He was married to Elizabeth Lena (Betty Lee) Baumann. He died on February 27, 2015 in Elmira, New York,...

61. Sidney Clute

Actor | ...And Justice for All

Sidney Clute was born on April 21, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for And Justice for All (1979), McCloud (1970) and Battlestar Galactica (1978). He died on October 2, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

62. David Hedison

Actor | Live and Let Die

Albert David Hedison Jr. was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the elder son of Albert and Rose Hedison, naturalized United States citizens from Armenia. His father owned a jewelry enameling business and his son was expected to follow in his footsteps. Young Al had other ideas, having put his ...

63. Norman Palmer

Actor | St. Ives

Norman Palmer was born in England and served in the Royal Navy from 1939 to 1945. During his time in the service, he was twice decorated for bravery. Like most people in the service, Palmer didn't want to make a career out of it so he left the service and when to school to become a dental ...