Murder, She Wrote guest stars
2,155 actors have guest-starred in Murder, She Wrote across 264 episodes and 12 seasons. The most-credited is William Windom, Dr. Seth Hazlitt, Sam Breen in 48 episodes. 1,091 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| William Windom | Dr. Seth Hazlitt, Sam Breen | 48 |
| Ron Masak | Sheriff Mort Metzger, Lt. Meyer, Marty Giles | 38 |
| Tom Bosley | Sheriff Amos Tupper | 19 |
| Louis Herthum | Deputy Andy Broom, Kruger, Wilber | 18 |
| Will Nye | Deputy Floyd | 14 |
| Michael Horton | Grady Fletcher | 12 |
| Julie Adams | Eve Simpson | 10 |
| Herb Edelman | NYPD Lieutenant Artie Gelber, George, Lieutenant Varick | 9 |
| Ken Swofford | Lt. Catalano, Alan Forsythe, Grover Barth | 8 |
| Hallie Todd | Rhoda Markowitz, Moira McShane | 7 |
| Len Cariou | Michael Hagarty | 7 |
| Rosanna Huffman | Connie Miles, Dora Manchester, Eleanor Thompson | 7 |
| Alexander Folk | Cook, Cricket, Delivery Man | 6 |
| Bradford Dillman | Arthur Brent, Avery Stone, Dennis McConnell | 6 |
| George DiCenzo | Inspector Lombardo, Johnny Blaze, Lt. Harry Fogel | 6 |
| Gregory Sierra | Lieutenant Gabriel Caceras, Det. Sgt. Moreno, Ramon | 6 |
| Jerry Orbach | Harlan "Harry" A. McGraw | 6 |
| Richard Beymer | Charles Lawton Standish, Dirk Mathison, Lou Keramides | 6 |
| Richard Paul | Mayor Sam Booth | 6 |
| Barbara Babcock | Carol Collins, Meredith Delaney, Priscilla Daniels | 5 |
| Bruce Gray | Ted Hartley, Dean Merrill, R. L. Pierson | 5 |
| Debbie Zipp | Donna Mayberry Fletcher, Donna Mayberry, Terry Wilson | 5 |
| Gregg Henry | Sheriff Lynn Childs, Barry Bristol, Mark Reisner | 5 |
| Joe Dorsey | Harry Kingman, Ben Devlin, Bennett J. Devlin | 5 |
| John Astin | Harry Pierce, Fritz Randall, Ross Hayley | 5 |
Murder, She Wrote guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 368 | Claude Akins, Tom Bosley, Michael Horton, Paddi Edwards, Rosanna Huffman, Steven Ameche, Adam Gregor, Albert Lord, Albert Salmi, Alex Rebar, Alex Rocco, Allan Miller and 356 more |
| Season 2 | 349 | William Windom, Tom Bosley, John Astin, Michael Horton, Adrienne Barbeau, Aimee Eccles, Alan Hale Jr., Alan Young, Alex Rebar, Alex Rocco, Alexander Folk, Alice Krige and 337 more |
| Season 3 | 312 | Tom Bosley, William Windom, Alex Cord, Barbara Stock, Charles Napier, Courteney Cox, Dennis Howard, Florence Henderson, Greg Evigan, Gregg Henry, Jackie Cooper, Joe Dorsey and 300 more |
| Season 4 | 307 | Tom Bosley, William Windom, Julie Adams, Marilyn Hassett, Michael Horton, Alain Saint-Alix, Andrea Marcovicci, Ann Walker, Anne Meara, Anthony Newley, Anthony S. Johnson, Antoinette Bower and 295 more |
| Season 5 | 289 | Ron Masak, Will Nye, William Windom, Dale Robertson, David Hedison, Debbie Zipp, Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Michael Horton, Richard Anderson, Shelley Fabares, Al Pugliese and 277 more |
| Season 6 | 229 | Ron Masak, William Windom, Will Nye, Hallie Todd, Len Cariou, Alan Feinstein, Alexander Folk, Andrea King, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Anne Cooper, Anne Francis, Anthony Gordon and 217 more |
| Season 7 | 288 | Hallie Todd, Ron Masak, Will Nye, Ken Swofford, Ed McCready, James Sloyan, Jerry Orbach, Joe Dorsey, Leslie Easterbrook, Richard Paul, Vera Miles, Aaron Heyman and 276 more |
| Season 8 | 236 | William Windom, Louis Herthum, Ron Masak, Andrew Brye, Julie Adams, Alan Oppenheimer, Adrian Paul, Al Pugliese, Alan Feinstein, Alan Fudge, Alexander Folk, Alina Rosario and 224 more |
| Season 9 | 155 | Ron Masak, William Windom, Louis Herthum, Herb Edelman, Julie Adams, Al Ruscio, Alexia Robinson, Amy Brenneman, Andrea Roth, B.J. Ward, Barbara Pilavin, Ben Masters and 143 more |
| Season 10 | 96 | Ron Masak, William Windom, Herb Edelman, Louis Herthum, Bruce Gray, Adam Trese, Alan Fudge, Alan Thicke, Ami Dolenz, Ana Alicia, Anne Meara, Anthony Mangano and 84 more |
| Season 11 | 82 | Louis Herthum, Ron Masak, Gregory Sierra, William Windom, Alyson Reed, Andreas Reinl, Anthony Zerbe, Barry Newman, Ben Browder, Bibi Besch, Billy Mayo, Bobby Hosea and 70 more |
| Season 12 | 165 | Ron Masak, William Windom, Louis Herthum, Christopher Neame, Edita Brychta, Felicia Lansbury, Fionnula Flanagan, John Karlen, John Saint Ryan, Kathryn Masak, Leslie Bevis, Mark Lindsay Chapman and 153 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 Murder, She Wrote | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Raphael Sbarge | Peter Franklin, Stephen Thurlow | 54 |
| George Wyner | Dr. Lewis, Harcourt Fenton | 41 |
| Kenneth Tigar | Dave Pittman | 41 |
| John Kapelos | Lt. Tartarus | 40 |
| Spencer Garrett | Aaron Woodman | 40 |
| Sam Anderson | Ethan Stevens | 38 |
| Robert Pine | Doug Helman, Graham Forbes, Sen. Andrew Grainger | 36 |
| Fredric Lehne | Al Parker, Lloyd Nichols | 34 |
| Clyde Kusatsu | Jack Yamoto | 34 |
| Thomas Kopache | Leonard | 33 |
| Alan Fudge | Brian Wade, Councilman Axelrod, Derek St. James | 32 |
| Lawrence Pressman | George Reed, Phillip Holt, Tom Dutton | 32 |
| Bruce Davison | David Carroll | 31 |
| Nigel Gibbs | Policeman | 31 |
| Michael McGrady | Bo Wilder, Richard, Sean Shaleen | 30 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Swofford | Lt. Catalano, Alan Forsythe, Grover Barth | 8 |
| Rosanna Huffman | Connie Miles, Dora Manchester, Eleanor Thompson | 7 |
| Alexander Folk | Cook, Cricket, Delivery Man | 6 |
| Bradford Dillman | Arthur Brent, Avery Stone, Dennis McConnell | 6 |
| George DiCenzo | Inspector Lombardo, Johnny Blaze, Lt. Harry Fogel | 6 |
| Richard Beymer | Charles Lawton Standish, Dirk Mathison, Lou Keramides | 6 |
| Barbara Babcock | Carol Collins, Meredith Delaney, Priscilla Daniels | 5 |
| John Petlock | Man, Medical Examiner, Michael | 5 |
| Stephen Macht | Arthur Wainwright, Attorney Jason Farrell, Congressman Dan Keppner | 5 |
| Tricia O'Neil | Althea Mayberry, Ashley Vickers, Bibi Hartman | 5 |
Shares a cast with
- Murder, She Wrote and The Love Boat — 378 shared actors
- Murder, She Wrote and L.A. Law — 371 shared actors
- Murder, She Wrote and Matlock — 351 shared actors
- Murder, She Wrote and Fantasy Island — 331 shared actors
- Murder, She Wrote and Hunter — 331 shared actors
- Murder, She Wrote and Columbo — 258 shared actors
- Murder, She Wrote and Highway to Heaven — 257 shared actors
- Murder, She Wrote and ER — 253 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.