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Just caught the first bit of Barney Miller early this morning. I had forgotten that Steve landesburg originally showed up as a con man priest in one episode in season 2. He got on so well that he became a series regular as a detective.

 

The only other time I can think of a situation like this is with Colonel Potter. Who originally showed up as a one-off lunatic racist General character and then of course came back as Colonel Potter.

 

Can anybody think of any other TV show where something like this occurred?

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Just caught the first bit of Barney Miller early this morning. I had forgotten that Steve landesburg originally showed up as a con man priest in one episode in season 2. He got on so well that he became a series regular as a detective.

 

The only other time I can think of a situation like this is with Colonel Potter. Who originally showed up as a one-off lunatic racist General character and then of course came back as Colonel Potter.

 

Can anybody think of any other TV show where something like this occurred?

Digbys mom was a fluffer in Debbie Does Dallas, then she was cheerleader #2 in the anal gangbang in DDD 2 and 3.

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Several things here, one off who changed character, one off who became regular, one off who became a semi-regular then became a spinoff (Mork, Laverne and Shirley).

 

Bebe Neuwirth as Lillith Crane was a one off as a date for a former one-off become regular who became a regular and actually won 2 Emmys for Cheers.

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They have been doing this on the Bachelor and Bachelorette for years.

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The guy that played Vito Spadafore (?) also played a customer in a bakery in one episode of the Sopranos before he took the role of Vito.

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Benson spinoff from Soap.

Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Xena from Hercules

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The kid that plays Tomen Baratheon had been on an earlier episode of Game of Thrones as an expendable Lannister cousin.

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The guy that played Vito Spadafore (?) also played a customer in a bakery in one episode of the Sopranos before he took the role of Vito.

Only submission so far that is relevant to the question. A+

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The actor in Deadwood who played Jack McCall in season 1, also played Francis Wolcott in Season 2.

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Andy Griffith

 

Howard Morris aka Ernest T Bass played a TV repairman on the show before his recurring role as Ernest T. His voice was also heard via radio on the show.

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President Bartlet on The West Wing. Supposed to only be a minor character from time to time. But Sheen played it so well they expanded the role.

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I think most of you don't understand the question in the OP.

Nobody understands a thing Wiff says...

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Nobody understands a thing Wiff says...

 

Pretty much...I'm fluent in 8 languages*, but Wiffle isn't one of them. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Also not really.

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Holy crap you guys are morons.

 

The thread is about actors who played a character once on a given show, then came back on the same show as a different, recurring character.

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Holy crap you guys are morons.

The thread is about actors who played a character once on a given show, then came back on the same show as a different, recurring character.

Oh I see, well that’s not what the title implies. Can you blame me for not dissecting a Wiff topic more thoroughly to understand the exact intent of his thread?

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Oh I see, well thats not what the title implies. Can you blame me for not dissecting a Wiff topic more thoroughly to understand the exact intent of his thread?

Fair point

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Oh I see, well thats not what the title implies. Can you blame me for not dissecting a Wiff topic more thoroughly to understand the exact intent of his thread?

God you're focking retarded.

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Holy crap you guys are morons.

 

The thread is about actors who played a character once on a given show, then came back on the same show as a different, recurring character.

Only two different clear examples. Couldn't get any more clear-cut than that. I actually literally almost put in no, not Mork. But then I figured people were smart enough to figure it out after two examples.

 

God forbid you read more than five words.

 

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