# TV guest stars who played more than one role

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guest-stars-who-played-more-than-one-role/518291>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 20, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guest-stars-who-played-more-than-one-role/518291 "2009-11-20T15:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guest-stars-who-played-more-than-one-role/518291/1 "2009-11-20T15:21:06Z")

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What guest stars on a TV show have appeared more than once, but in different roles?

Mark Lenard was on Star Trek both as Spock’s father and a Romulan Captain.

Albert Brooks has been in several Simpsons episodes, plus the movie.

Harry Morgan was a guest star on MASH (as General Steele), then returned to play Col. Potter as a regular.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guest-stars-who-played-more-than-one-role/518291/2 "2009-11-20T15:26:17Z")

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Two similar threads of yore:

[Same Actor/Actress In Same TV Show, But Now A Different Character - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=540143) (if you consider early this week “yore”)

> **["Law and Order" and recycled actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=199599)**
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> As any good “Law and order” fan knows full well, the show tends to use the same actors multiple times to portray different characters in different episodes. So, for example, the actor playing a black man who has successfully “passed” as a white man...

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guest-stars-who-played-more-than-one-role/518291/3 "2009-11-20T15:26:25Z")

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Janos Prohaska!! 😃

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-guest-stars-who-played-more-than-one-role/518291/4 "2009-11-20T15:28:28Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> Two similar threads of yore:

D’oh!