Happy Days guest stars
88 actors have guest-starred in Happy Days across 255 episodes and 11 seasons. The most-credited is Lora Marie Taylor, Girl in the booth at Arnold's Soda Shop in 63 episodes. 40 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Lora Marie Taylor | Girl in the booth at Arnold's Soda Shop | 63 |
| Pat Morita | Arnold | 26 |
| Beatrice Colen | Marsha Simms, Waitress | 22 |
| Gavan O'Herlihy | Chuck Cunningham | 7 |
| Penny Marshall | Laverne DeFazio | 5 |
| Warren Berlinger | Army Sgt. Betchler, DJ Charlie The Prince, Dr. Logan | 5 |
| Jean Fraser | Sandy Hauser, Girl, Susie | 4 |
| Tita Bell | Trudy | 4 |
| Roz Kelly | Pinky Tuscadero | 3 |
| Barry Greenberg | Moose | 2 |
| Linda Henning | Army Lt. Quinlan, Jean Kelly | 2 |
| Lyle Waggoner | Bobby Burns, Frederick Hamilton | 2 |
| Melinda Naud | Paula Petralunga, Roberta | 2 |
| Pat O'Brien | Uncle Joe | 2 |
| Robert Casper | Customer, Orville | 2 |
| Robin Williams | Mork | 2 |
| Alan Abelew | Skizzy | 1 |
| Alexa Hamilton | Nancy Haley | 1 |
| Allan Rich | Professor Thomas | 1 |
| Ann Gillespie | Sharon | 1 |
| Arthur Batanides | Eddie | 1 |
| Barbara Rhoades | Bubbles McCall | 1 |
| Ben Slack | Alex Johnson | 1 |
| Billy Sands | Waiter | 1 |
| Bruce Kimmel | Murf | 1 |
Happy Days guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 40 | Lora Marie Taylor, Beatrice Colen, Gavan O'Herlihy, Tita Bell, Jean Fraser, Barry Greenberg, Alan Abelew, Arthur Batanides, Barbara Rhoades, Billy Sands, Bruce Kimmel, Cindy Eilbacher and 28 more |
| Season 2 | 7 | Lora Marie Taylor, Beatrice Colen, Herb Edelman, Jane Lambert, Jean Fraser, Robert Casper, Warren Berlinger |
| Season 3 | 7 | Lora Marie Taylor, Pat Morita, Penny Marshall, Beatrice Colen, Melinda Naud, Cindy Williams, June Lockhart |
| Season 4 | 7 | Roz Kelly, Conrad Janis, Dick Van Patten, Jenifer Shaw, Linda Henning, Pat Morita, Warren Berlinger |
| Season 5 | 4 | Beatrice Colen, Robert Patten, Robin Williams, Warren Berlinger |
| Season 6 | 9 | Allan Rich, David Daniel, David L. Lander, Gino Conforti, James Millhollin, Pat Morita, Penny Marshall, Richard Moll, Robin Williams |
| Season 7 | 6 | Clint Howard, Grant Wilson, Hank Aaron, Pat O'Brien, Penny Marshall, Warren Berlinger |
| Season 8 | 5 | Dick Gautier, Jim Begg, Lyle Waggoner, Steven Peterman, Warren Berlinger |
| Season 9 | 1 | Pat O'Brien |
| Season 10 | 5 | Pat Morita, Harriet Nelson, Jane Wyatt, Sue Ane Langdon, Tom Hanks |
| Season 11 | 18 | Alexa Hamilton, Ann Gillespie, Ben Slack, Doug Widtfeldt, Ellen Gerken, Grant Heslov, Jeffrey Kramer, Joe Mays, Julie Paris, Kevin Rodney Sullivan, Linda Henning, Lyle Waggoner and 6 more |
Guest stars you know from somewhere else
The hardest-working character actors in this show's guest cast, ranked by how many other shows in this catalogue they have also guest-starred in. Not the most famous names, the most prolific ones.
| Actor | In Happy Days | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Ed Begley Jr. | Hank | 30 |
| Allan Rich | Professor Thomas | 18 |
| Herb Edelman | Burglar | 16 |
| Ben Slack | Alex Johnson | 15 |
| Clint Howard | Donald 'Junior' Hedges Jr. | 15 |
| Jack Riley | Officer O'Reilly | 15 |
| Stuart Nisbet | Mr. Faraday | 14 |
| Pat Morita | Arnold | 13 |
| June Lockhart | Judge MacBride | 13 |
| Tim Haldeman | Arnold Drysdale | 13 |
| David L. Lander | Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggmann | 12 |
| Warren Berlinger | Army Sgt. Betchler, DJ Charlie The Prince, Dr. Logan | 11 |
| Dick Gautier | Dr. Ludlow / Mad Scientist | 11 |
| Ann Gillespie | Sharon | 10 |
| Arthur Batanides | Eddie | 10 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Warren Berlinger | Army Sgt. Betchler, DJ Charlie The Prince, Dr. Logan | 5 |
| Jean Fraser | Sandy Hauser, Girl, Susie | 4 |
| Beatrice Colen | Marsha Simms, Waitress | 22 |
| Linda Henning | Army Lt. Quinlan, Jean Kelly | 2 |
| Lyle Waggoner | Bobby Burns, Frederick Hamilton | 2 |
| Melinda Naud | Paula Petralunga, Roberta | 2 |
| Robert Casper | Customer, Orville | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- The Love Boat — 21 shared actors
- CHiPs — 17 shared actors
- Murder, She Wrote — 17 shared actors
- Fantasy Island — 15 shared actors
- Bewitched — 11 shared actors
- Columbo — 11 shared actors
- Hunter — 11 shared actors
- Barney Miller — 10 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.