Murphy Brown guest stars
139 actors have guest-starred in Murphy Brown across 260 episodes and 11 seasons. The most-credited is Scott Bakula, Peter Hunt in 13 episodes. 70 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Bakula | Peter Hunt | 13 |
| André Ward | Julius | 10 |
| Merle Dandridge | Diane Macomber | 5 |
| Colleen Dewhurst | Avery Brown Sr. | 4 |
| Darren McGavin | Bill Brown | 4 |
| Anne Meara | Reena Bernecky | 2 |
| Bob DiBuono | Donald Trump Voice Actor | 2 |
| Brittany Murphy | Frank's Sister | 2 |
| Charley Lang | Robert | 2 |
| Eric Van Alstyne | Announcer Voiceover, Wolf Network Stage Manager | 2 |
| Jane Seymour | Jane Seymour | 2 |
| John Hostetter | Stage Manager | 2 |
| Larry King | Larry King | 2 |
| Alan H. Green | Theo | 1 |
| Alan King | God | 1 |
| Andrea Mitchell | Andrea Mitchell | 1 |
| Angela Paton | Nurse | 1 |
| Anne Carney | Emily Currier | 1 |
| Arnie Burton | Bill | 1 |
| Babak Tafti | Khaled | 1 |
| Barbara Marineau | Barbara | 1 |
| Bart Shatto | Zac | 1 |
| Beau Baxter | Greg | 1 |
| Becca Lish | Lisa | 1 |
| Bette Midler | Caprice Caputowitz Feldman Morton | 1 |
Murphy Brown guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 19 | Charley Lang, John Hostetter, Colleen Dewhurst, Dinah Lenney, Ebbe Roe Smith, Fran Ryan, John Achorn, Kathleen Freeman, Lily Mariye, Marge Redmond, Mark Lonow, Mary Cadorette and 7 more |
| Season 2 | 3 | Colleen Dewhurst, Darren McGavin, Susan Wheeler Duff |
| Season 3 | 5 | Brittany Murphy, Colleen Dewhurst, Curtis Armstrong, Larry King, Tony Jay |
| Season 4 | 4 | Angela Paton, Darren McGavin, Ernest Harada, Joan Lunden |
| Season 5 | 3 | Darren McGavin, Marian Seldes, Trevor Goddard |
| Season 6 | 1 | Scott Bakula |
| Season 7 | 12 | Scott Bakula, Anne Meara, Eliza Coyle, Jane Seymour, Jill Tracy, Lane Smith, Leann Hunley, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Michael Krawic, Michael Potter, Tyler Bowe, Wylie Small |
| Season 8 | 4 | Bruce Kirby, China Kantner, Elizabeth Taylor, Scott Bakula |
| Season 9 | 6 | Christine Taylor, Dena Dietrich, Jane Seymour, Jeff Corey, Larry King, Michael Jeter |
| Season 10 | 8 | Alan King, Chris Parnell, Don Rickles, George Clooney, Haley Joel Osment, Julia Roberts, Mikael Salazar, Mike Wallace |
| Season 11 | 82 | André Ward, Merle Dandridge, Bob DiBuono, Eric Van Alstyne, Alan H. Green, Andrea Mitchell, Anne Carney, Arnie Burton, Babak Tafti, Barbara Marineau, Bart Shatto, Beau Baxter and 70 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 Murphy Brown | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Pat Gleason | Olga | 30 |
| Robin Thomas | Jake Lowenstein | 24 |
| Bruce Kirby | Judge | 19 |
| David Costabile | Ed Shannon | 18 |
| Joey Slotnick | Brandon Jensen | 18 |
| Curtis Armstrong | Dr. Elliot Niebling | 17 |
| Myra Turley | Secretary #7 | 17 |
| Kathleen Freeman | Mrs. Caldwell | 16 |
| Tom McCleister | Stagehand | 16 |
| Fran Ryan | The Asp | 15 |
| Jabari Gray | Customer | 15 |
| Jeff Corey | Elderly Man | 15 |
| Leann Hunley | Linda | 15 |
| Angela Paton | Nurse | 14 |
| Michael Gregory | Tiffany Howard | 14 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Van Alstyne | Announcer Voiceover, Wolf Network Stage Manager | 2 |
Shares a cast with
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — 31 shared actors
- The Blacklist — 23 shared actors
- Blue Bloods — 20 shared actors
- Elementary — 16 shared actors
- ER — 14 shared actors
- L.A. Law — 14 shared actors
- Matlock — 13 shared actors
- Hunter — 12 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.