Mulitple TV cameos- same show/different characters?
02-15-07, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Chew
Just because I'm a big fan of Combs' Trek work, here's a bunch more:
Krem
Penk
Brunt
Tiron
Officer Mulkahey
I think Vaughn Armstrong even beats out Combs for the number of Trek characters he's played.
Krem
Penk
Brunt
Tiron
Officer Mulkahey
I think Vaughn Armstrong even beats out Combs for the number of Trek characters he's played.
Cool! I knew he did tons of stuff but I was too lazy to look for everything he did.
02-15-07, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Giantrobo
Not Cameos but following have played different characters in multiple TREK shows and movies. I'msure there are more actors who've don this on Star Trek shows but I think these are the big ones. If you dig deeper some have even done different character voicework for videos games. I guess teh cool thing about these is the fact that they didn't just play different humans, they played different races.
Majel Barrett
Computer Voice
Christine Chapel
Deanna Troi's Mother
Capt. Pike's first officer
Jeffery Combs
Commander Shran
Weyoun
Brunt
I think the announcer in the Voyager episode with The Rock
Gary Graham
Vulcan Ambassador Soval
Tanis
Tony Todd
Adult Jake Sisko
Kurn
Majel Barrett
Computer Voice
Christine Chapel
Deanna Troi's Mother
Capt. Pike's first officer
Jeffery Combs
Commander Shran
Weyoun
Brunt
I think the announcer in the Voyager episode with The Rock
Gary Graham
Vulcan Ambassador Soval
Tanis
Tony Todd
Adult Jake Sisko
Kurn
Kurtwood Smith also had a role on Voyager and was the president in ST6
Renee notgonnatrytospellhislastname played Colonel West in ST6 and Odo
Michael Dorn played what is assumed to be Worf's grandfather or great grandfather in ST6
Patricia Tallman had a few ST roles
Tim Russ played what looked to be a regular human, I think on the Enterprise B in Generations and was one of the terrorists stealing trilithium in an episode of TNG
Almost any long lasting show ends up with lots of these as the directors and producers end up liking a particular actor so they keep bringing them back
At least in ST they can make them different aliens and hide in.
Cromwell for example played a lot of roles that I didn't immdediately recognize as being him
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02-15-07, 09:53 PM
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Archie Kao played a casino security guy (or whatever you call the guys who watch the eye-in-the-sky feeds) before moving into the video tech spot at CSI.
I remember the character's name being on his shirt in his debut episode, and it certainly wasn't Johnson, which is his name at CSI.
I remember the character's name being on his shirt in his debut episode, and it certainly wasn't Johnson, which is his name at CSI.
02-15-07, 10:24 PM
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Anne Baxter appeared in the '60s Batman series, first as a magician named Zelda, and in the third season, played Olga, Queen of the Cossacks.
Ron Glass appeared on "Sanford and Son" as a card shark who swindles Lamont, and later as an ex-con. Another is Margueritte Ray, who played Fred's cousin's wife and also a prospective tenant for the Sanford Arms apartment. The show tended to re-use a lot of the same actors in various bit parts.
Ron Glass appeared on "Sanford and Son" as a card shark who swindles Lamont, and later as an ex-con. Another is Margueritte Ray, who played Fred's cousin's wife and also a prospective tenant for the Sanford Arms apartment. The show tended to re-use a lot of the same actors in various bit parts.
02-15-07, 11:00 PM
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Jeffrey Tambor had several roles on Three's Company (he's credited with 4 different characters, one of which joined the spin-off "The Ropers" cast). Three's Company did this a lot. Not all are well-known, but you see the same faces pop up over and over again.
Rene O'Connor was one character in Hercules, then became Gabrielle when Xena was spun off from it.
Rene O'Connor was one character in Hercules, then became Gabrielle when Xena was spun off from it.
02-16-07, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by brainee
Jeffrey Tambor had several roles on Three's Company (he's credited with 4 different characters, one of which joined the spin-off "The Ropers" cast). Three's Company did this a lot. Not all are well-known, but you see the same faces pop up over and over again.
I remember 2: his 'Ropers' character and the one where he played a shrink. I don't doubt that he played a couple other guest characters.
02-19-07, 05:43 PM
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I remember 2: his 'Ropers' character and the one where he played a shrink. I don't doubt that he played a couple other guest characters.
02-20-07, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by nateman241
This isn’t exactly on topic but munch from Law & Order: SVU plays the same character as he did on Homicide: life on the street.
Actually Detective John Munch may have the title of most cameoed character. Here is all I can remember.
Homicide: LotS
Law & Order (Homicide cross overs)
X-Files
The Beat
Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Arrested Development
02-20-07, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Cusm
Actually Detective John Munch may have the title of most cameoed character. Here is all I can remember.
Homicide: LotS
Law & Order (Homicide cross overs)
X-Files
The Beat
Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Arrested Development
Homicide: LotS
Law & Order (Homicide cross overs)
X-Files
The Beat
Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Arrested Development
He is the only actor to play the same character, Detective John Munch, in eight different series: "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993), "Law & Order" (1990), "The X Files" (1993), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999), "The Beat" (2000), "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005), "Arrested Development" (2003) and "Sesame Street" (1969). He appeared on the latter as a Muppet version of the character in a sketch called "Law & Order: Special Letters Unit". He followed John Ratzenberger and George Wendt, who played Cliff Clavin and Norm Peterson respectively in "Cheers" (1982), "St. Elsewhere" (1982), "The Tortellis" (1987), "Wings" (1990), "The Simpsons" (1989) and "Frasier" (1993).
02-20-07, 01:56 PM
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This happens on Scrubs quite a bit. For example, Mike Schwartz (also a writer on the show) has played Lloyd, a man with an injured hand, a bed pan delivery man and a patient who got his peeps stuck in a flashlight where the batteries go to name a few.
