Leave It to Beaver guest stars
156 actors have guest-starred in Leave It to Beaver across 234 episodes and 6 seasons. The most-credited is Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell in 37 episodes. 37 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Osmond | Eddie Haskell | 37 |
| Frank Bank | Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford | 17 |
| Robert Stevens | Larry Mondello | 13 |
| Stephen Talbot | Gilbert Bates | 13 |
| Stanley Fafara | Whitey Whitney | 11 |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Chester Anderson | 9 |
| Doris Packer | Mrs.Cornelia Rayburn | 9 |
| Jeri Weil | Judy Hensler | 9 |
| Richard Deacon | Fred Rutherford | 9 |
| Tiger Fafara | Tooey Brown | 9 |
| Eddie Marr | Bus Passenger, Carnival Barker, Ticket Salesman | 6 |
| Burt Mustin | Gus the Fireman | 4 |
| Diane Brewster | Miss Canfield | 4 |
| Jean Vander Pyl | Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. Thompson, Women's Club Member | 3 |
| Madge Kennedy | Aunt Martha Bronson | 3 |
| Ralph Sanford | Fats Flannaghan, Mr. Garvey | 3 |
| Sue Randall | Miss Alice Landers | 3 |
| Allan Ray | Bert, Mr. Bates | 2 |
| Barry Curtis | Harry Myers, Johnny Franklin | 2 |
| Bill Baldwin | Frank, Mr. Rogers | 2 |
| Carol Faylen | 2nd Girl, The 1st Girl | 2 |
| Cheryl Holdridge | Gloria Cusick, Julie Foster | 2 |
| Cindy Carol | Alma Hanson, Penny Jamison | 2 |
| Dick Simmons | Ken Langley | 2 |
| Ed Prentiss | Mr. Bailey | 2 |
Leave It to Beaver guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 58 | Ken Osmond, Buddy Joe Hooker, Jeri Weil, Robert Stevens, Doris Packer, Tiger Fafara, Burt Mustin, Diane Brewster, Stanley Fafara, Richard Deacon, Eddie Marr, Eric Snowdon and 46 more |
| Season 2 | 24 | Frank Bank, Tiger Fafara, Eddie Marr, Ken Osmond, Buddy Joe Hooker, Richard Deacon, Robert Stevens, Alice Backes, Bill Idelson, Cheryl Holdridge, Douglas Evans, Frank Sully and 12 more |
| Season 3 | 18 | Robert Stevens, Stanley Fafara, Jeri Weil, Jean Vander Pyl, Madge Blake, Sue Randall, Barry Curtis, Bill Baldwin, Buddy Joe Hooker, Cindy Carol, Claire Carleton, Dee Carroll and 6 more |
| Season 4 | 12 | Bea Silvern, Gil Rogers, Hal Smith, James Nolan, Jean Vander Pyl, Jimmy Hawkins, Ken Osmond, Leoda Richards, Netta Packer, Ray Kellogg, Sue Randall, William Bakewell |
| Season 5 | 11 | Ken Osmond, Hardie Albright, Stephen Talbot, Allan Ray, Bill Baldwin, Brenda Scott, Frank Bank, James Drake, John Hart, Ralph Sanford, Stanley Fafara |
| Season 6 | 74 | Ken Osmond, Stephen Talbot, Frank Bank, Richard Deacon, Doris Packer, Carol Faylen, Dick Simmons, Ed Prentiss, George Cisar, Patty Ann Gerrity, Stanley Fafara, Tim Matheson and 62 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 Leave It to Beaver | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Veronica Cartwright | Peggy MacIntosh, Violet Rutherford | 24 |
| William Schallert | Mr. Bloomgarden | 21 |
| Norman Alden | Water Dept. Worker | 19 |
| George O. Petrie | George Haskell | 17 |
| Herb Vigran | Stanley the Barber | 16 |
| Lurene Tuttle | Mrs. Brady, Mrs. Evans | 13 |
| Dick Cherney | Father at Award Dinner | 12 |
| Richard Deacon | Fred Rutherford | 11 |
| Tim Matheson | Michael Harmon | 11 |
| Irene Tedrow | Mrs. Claudia Hathaway | 11 |
| Ann Doran | Agnes Haskell | 10 |
| Hal Smith | Restuarant Manager | 8 |
| Norman Leavitt | Veterinarian | 8 |
| Shirley Mitchell | Janet Wilson | 8 |
| Claudia Bryar | Mrs. Dennison | 7 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Eddie Marr | Bus Passenger, Carnival Barker, Ticket Salesman | 6 |
| Jean Vander Pyl | Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. Thompson, Women's Club Member | 3 |
| Ralph Sanford | Fats Flannaghan, Mr. Garvey | 3 |
| Allan Ray | Bert, Mr. Bates | 2 |
| Barry Curtis | Harry Myers, Johnny Franklin | 2 |
| Bill Baldwin | Frank, Mr. Rogers | 2 |
| Carol Faylen | 2nd Girl, The 1st Girl | 2 |
| Cheryl Holdridge | Gloria Cusick, Julie Foster | 2 |
| Cindy Carol | Alma Hanson, Penny Jamison | 2 |
| Edgar Buchanan | Captain Jack, Uncle Billy Cleaver | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Leave It to Beaver and Perry Mason — 76 shared actors
- The Twilight Zone — 35 shared actors
- The Munsters — 26 shared actors
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents — 22 shared actors
- Bonanza — 22 shared actors
- Gunsmoke — 21 shared actors
- I Love Lucy — 19 shared actors
- The Andy Griffith Show — 18 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.