So many Actors from Elsewhere

United States
July 7, 2007 1:00am CST
I never really noticed before just how many actors that have been in Quantum leap have been on other shows that I've seen. I'm not somebody who follows or notices actors and that kind of thing. I don't know what a gaffer is (is that lighting?). But it's always fun for me to watch something that has an actor I've seen from something else. I mean, in Good Morning, Peoria alone had both Patricia Richardson who I've also seen on Home Improvement, and Richard McKenzie who I recall as Dr. Saxon on TV's Soap as well as the judge from Gideon's Trumpet. And in the Season 2 Premiere, Honeymoon Express, Warren Frost who played Doc Hayward on Twin Peaks plays the senator who gets replaced with Sam's and Al's time-traveling misadventures. And now in "Thou Shalt Not..." I'm absolutely pretty sure I just saw Russ Tamblyn in the background, and he played the eccentric Dr. Lawrence Jacoby, also from Twin Peaks. Oh, and I can't forget the two actresses from "Lois and Clark", K Callan in "The Americanization of Machiko" and Teri Hatcher in...I can't remember which Season 1 episode. I don't really know why it's a big deal to me. But it's kind of fun to match the faces up. Sort of like a game to see how many people you can recognize from who's been in what. Any additions?
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• United States
12 Jul 07
There were many celebrity actors that were guests in this show. Bob Saget (full house) and Amy Yasbeck (Wings) were stand up comedians I think. Jennifer Aniston (Friends) was on an episode. Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan) was on an episode where she and Sam was trapped on an island. Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement) and Chubby Checker were on an episode together. Bruce McGill (MacGyver) was on the first and last episodes. Others include: Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser) Jason Priestly (90210) Dr. Ruth