# Same character played by the same actor on different shows. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2012, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585 "2012-01-15T09:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/81 "2012-01-19T10:29:05Z")
Of course, there was the infamous final episode of _Enterprise_, with Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis reprising their Will and Deanna characters with a voice cameo by Brent (Data) Spiner. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/82 "2012-01-19T12:42:37Z")
I haven’t seen mention above of the **Ally McBeal/The Practice** crossover, with characters from each show appearing on the other. [http://www.poobala.com/allyandpractice.html](http://www.poobala.com/allyandpractice.html) Actually, that page is hosted by a site that is extremely relevant to this thread: [http://www.poobala.com/crossoverlist.html](http://www.poobala.com/crossoverlist.html) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/83 "2012-01-19T12:45:03Z")
And, in another (and incredibly ridiculous) apearance as Colonel Klink, Werner Klemperer appeared on the 1960s **Batman** , talking to the “wall climbing” Batman: [http://www.poobala.com/batmanandhogan.html](http://www.poobala.com/batmanandhogan.html) Thank Og I never saw this. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/84 "2012-01-19T19:08:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > And, in another (and incredibly ridiculous) apearance as Colonel Klink, Werner Klemperer appeared on the 1960s **Batman** , talking to the “wall climbing” Batman: > > [Crossover: "Batman" and "Hogan's Heroes"](http://www.poobala.com/batmanandhogan.html) > > Thank Og I never saw this. Way back in [Post #6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14670402&postcount=6). ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/85 "2012-01-19T19:22:37Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Worf and O’Brien were the only characters to cross over as regulars; O’Brien was never a regular on TNG; he was a recurring guest. He was a regular on DS9, though. Worf was a regular on both (DS9 seasons 4-7). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/86 "2012-01-19T20:51:06Z")
Richard Grieco was Dennis Booker on 21 Jump Street and the short lived spin-off Booker. ---
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/87 "2012-01-19T23:08:54Z")
Robert Knepper played Theodore “T-Bag” Bagwell on Prison Break. He then reprised that role for an episode of Breakout Kings The two series have the same creators but is not really a spin-off. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/88 "2012-01-20T01:59:24Z")
Harry Morgan played Pete Porter on [December Bride](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_Bride) and its spinoff [Pete and Gladys](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_and_Gladys). You might say that Majel Barret played the Computer in both TOS and TNG, but I guess one could argue it wasn’t the same computer. You can get into deep philosophical discussions about this. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/89 "2012-01-20T03:36:13Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > One of the weirdest crossover appearances ever done was by Enos Straight (Sonny Shroyer) and Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) appeared on an episode of _Alice_. Boss had some scheme to take over Mel’s Diner. (Why a millionaire businessman from small town Georgia would have the most remote desire for a two bit greasy spoon in Phoenix, Arizona I have no idea, but I’m sure it was explained on the episode.) JD Hogg was Flo’s uncle or something. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/90 "2012-01-20T05:07:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Actually, that page is hosted by a site that is extremely relevant to this thread: > > [Poobala.com's Crossovers Spin Offs Master Page](http://www.poobala.com/crossoverlist.html) I hate you!:mad: I just spent the last 3 hours there. ;):D:p ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585/91 "2012-01-21T02:35:45Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > You might say that Majel Barret played the Computer in both TOS and TNG, but I guess one could argue it wasn’t the same computer. You can get into deep philosophical discussions about this. She played the computer in TOS? It sounds nothing like the computer of TNG-DS9-Voy. Not saying you’re wrong, just I’ve never heard that it was her before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-character-played-by-the-same-actor-on-different-shows/609585.md?page=4)