# TV characters who later appeared on a different show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062 "2018-10-16T22:11:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/101 "2018-10-22T14:10:33Z")
Diagnosis Murder had one or possibly two. Mannix appeared on a Diagnosis Murder episode well after his series was done. Matlock also appeared on Diagnosis Murder but I’m not sure if it was during the Matlock run or after. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/102 "2018-10-22T14:59:37Z")
After the cancellation of _The Golden Girls_ and its sequel, _Golden Palace_, Sophia Petrillo appeared on _Empty Nest_ and _Nurses_. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/103 "2018-10-22T15:33:36Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Diagnosis Murder had one or possibly two. > > Mannix appeared on a Diagnosis Murder episode well after his series was done. > > Matlock also appeared on Diagnosis Murder but I’m not sure if it was during the Matlock run or after. Beat ya. 🙂 > [@cochrane](#): > > Barbara Bain appeared on _Diagnosis: Murder_ as her character from _Mission: Impossible_, Cinnamon Carter. Mike Connors appeared in another episode of _Diagnosis: Murder_ as Joe Mannix. And yes, Matlock appeared on _Diagnosis: Murder_ after his series went off the air. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/104 "2018-10-22T16:27:02Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Neil Patrick Harris appeared as [Doogie Howser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVW0OCtDDbk) on Roseanne _Doogie Howser, M.D._ was still airing new episodes when that _Roseanne_ episode aired. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/105 "2018-10-22T16:40:10Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Beat ya. 🙂 > > And yes, Matlock appeared on _Diagnosis: Murder_ after his series went off the air. Dang it. Sorry for not catching it before posting. DM had some themed cameos that were fun- one had a few MASH alums, another had Wally and Beaver. ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/106 "2018-10-30T00:23:55Z")
Dharma & Greg appeared as prospective purchasers of Charlie Harper’s house in the first episode of TAAHM without Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/107 "2018-10-30T01:03:36Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > While checking to see if any of the characters from _Mary Tyler Moore_ showed up on _Lou Grant,_ (they didn’t), I found that Lou Grant was in an episode of _Roseanne._ Go figure. The characters of Martin and Ida Morgenstern from _Mary Tyler Moore_ showed up on the _MTM_ spinoff _Rhoda_. (The two series overlapped in time but AFAICT the appearances of Rhoda Morgenstern and her parents did not, so I’m thinking that counts?) ---
**Author:** ![TaoPilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TaoPilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaoPilot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/108 "2018-10-30T10:04:14Z")
The final episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air had the Banks family selling their house. Some of the prospective buyers were George and Weezie Jefferson, and Phillip and Arnold Drummond. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/109 "2018-10-30T20:20:21Z")
In addition to Sam, Woody, Norm, Cliff, and Lillith, both Diane and Carla appeared on \*\*\*Frasier \*\*\*as well. About the only members of the main cast of \*\*\*Cheers! \*\*\*who didn’t were Rebecca and Coach (who had, sadly, passed away years before). If we’re talking about _characters_, we can include Frederick Crane, even though he was played by four different actors. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/110 "2018-10-30T20:47:00Z")
I thought it was the character or was it the actor, crossover? ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062/111 "2018-10-31T00:10:16Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Diagnosis Murder had one or possibly two. > > Mannix appeared on a Diagnosis Murder episode well after his series was done. > > Matlock also appeared on Diagnosis Murder but I’m not sure if it was during the Matlock run or after. actually mannix passed away in the second appearance …… and Andy Griffith was just sad to see [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062.md?page=5)