Starred:
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as Dr. Donald Westphall
(seasons 1-6,
recurring season 6)
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as Dr. Mark Craig
(seasons 1-6)
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as Dr. Daniel Auschlander
(seasons 1-6,
featured season 1)
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as Dr. Ben Samuels
(season 1)
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as Dr. John Gideon
(season 6)
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 as Dr. Hugh Beale (season 1) |
 as Ellen Craig (seasons 1-6, starring seasons 5-6) |
 as Dr. Victor Ehrlich (seasons 1-6) |
 as Nurse Shirley Daniels (seasons 1-3, featured season 1) |
 as Dr. Elliott Axelrod (seasons 2-6, featured season 2) |
 as Dr. Seth Griffin (seasons 5-6) |
 as Dr. Bobby Caldwell (seasons 2-4) |
 as Dr. Peter White (seasons 1-3) |
 as Luther Hawkins (seasons 1-6, featured season 1) |
 as Dr. Jacqueline Wade (seasons 1-6, starring season 6) |
 as Dr. Wayne Fiscus (seasons 1-6) |
 as Dr. Wendy Armstrong (seasons 1-2, featured season 1) |
 as Dr. Jack Morrison (seasons 1-6) |
 (seasons 5-6, starring season 6) |
 as Nurse Helen Rosenthal (seasons 1-6) |
 as Dr. Carol Novino (seasons 4-6, featured season 4) |
 as Dr. Vijay Kochar (seasons 1-6, recurring seasons 3-6) |
 as Nurse Lucy Papandrao (seasons 1-6, starring season 6) |
Cynthia Sikesas Dr. Annie Cavanero (seasons 1-3) |  as Joan Halloran (seasons 2-4, recurring seasons 3-4) |
 as Dr. Philip Chandler (seasons 1-6) |
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and featured: | |||
 as Dr. Cathy Martin (seasons 1-3) |
 as Dr. Roxanne Turner (seasons 4-6, recurring seasons 5-6) |
Recurring characters:
Hospital staff:
 | Paul Sand as Dr. Michael Ridley (season 2) |
| Byron Stewart as Warren Coolidge (seasons 3-6) Orderly. |
 | Philip Sterling as Dr. Simon Weiss (seasons 2-6) Psychiatrist. |
 | Frank Dent as Dr. Steven Kiley (seasons 1-6)
Resident surgeon. |
 | Jack Dodson as Judge Thornton Farnham (seasons 3-6) Hospital board member. |
 | Edward Herrman as Father Joseph McCabe (seasons 4-5) Founder and Chief of Services at St. Eligius. |
| Al Ruscio as Rawly Moreland (seasons 2-3) Head of maintenance. |
 | Reid Shelton as Dr. Isaac Barton (seasons 2-6) Urologist. |
 | Arthur Taxier as Dr. Morton Chegley (seasons 1-2, 6) Oncologist. |
Family & relationships:
| Dana Short as Lizzie Westphall (seasons 1-6) |
 | Chad Allen as Tommy Westphall (seasons 2-6) |
| Herb Edelman as Richard Clarendon (seasons 2-6) |
| Alan Oppenheimer as Ira Rosenthal (season 1) Helen's fourth husband. |
| Jeannie Elias as Marcy Eisenberg (seasons 2-6) |
| Ian Fried as Jeff Rosenthal (seasons 2-6) |
| Cady McClain as Erin Scheinfeld (seasons 2-3) (as Katie McClain) |
| Karen Petraszek as Julie Silverman (seasons 2-4) |
| Jonathan Chapin as Jimmy Silverman (seasons 2-4) |
| Karen Landry as Myra White (seasons 1-3) Peter's wife. |
| Candace Cameron as Megan White (seasons 1-3) Peter's daughter. |
| Deborah White as Nina Morrison (seasons 1-2) Jack's first wife. |
 | Jean Bruce Scott as Roberta Sloan (season 2) |
 | Helen Hunt as Clancy Williams (seasons 2-4) |
| Patricia Wettig as Joanne McFadden (seasons 5-6) |
| Jane Wyatt as Katherine Auschlander (seasons 2-6) |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald as Margaret Ryan (seasons 2, 5) Daniel's long lost love. |
| Tanya Berezin as Constance (seasons 4-6) |
| Betty White as Captain Gloria Neal (seasons 3-4) Donald's friend from med school. |
| Scott Paulin as Steven Craig (seasons 1-4) |
| Louis Nye as Dr. Milton Axelrod (seasons 5-6) |
| Bill Dana as Jonas Fiscus (seasons 5-6) |
| Lainie Kazan as Frieda Fiscus (season 6) |
| Steve Allen as Lech Oseransky (seasons 5-6) |
| Jayne Meadows as Olga Oseransky (seasons 5-6) |
 | Louise Lasser as Aunt Charise (season 2) |
Staff with story arcs:
| Karen Austin as Dr. Mary Woodley (season 3) |
| Jamie Rose as Dr. Susan Birch (season 5) |
| Melinda Culea as Nurse Julie McPhail (season 5) |
| Leah Ayres as Nurse Mona Polito (season 4) |
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Vivian Bonnell as Nurse Skilling (season 1) Ward nurse. |
| Melody Anderson as Nurse Jill Roberts (season 1) |
| Jane Kaczmarek as Nurse Sandy Burns (season 1) |
| Stacey Dash as Penny (season 6) Video producer, and Luther's fiance. |
| Rosanne Katon as Amanda Taylor (season 2) (as Rosanne Katon Walden) |
| Dorothy Fielding as Dr. Nancy Paxton (season 1) Visiting doctor and former girlfriend of Dr. Samuels. |
| Caroline McWilliams as Dr. Christine Holtz (season 3) |
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Christopher Guest as B.J. Cummings (season 1) Hospital administrator. |
Other recurring supporting staff:
| Christina Kokubo as Paramedic Faith Yee (seasons 3-6) |
| S. Pearl Sharp as Nurse Peggy Shotwell (seasons 3-6) (as Saundra Sharp) |
| Rae Dawn Chong as Billie Vaughan (seasons 2-3) |
| John Corey as Tony Clifton (season 3) |
| Rafael Campos as Ramon Lopez (season 1) Purchasing manager. |
 | Roxanne Reese as Nurse Louise (season 1) |
| Lance Guest as Sean Rooney (season 1) |
| Gretchen Wyler as Joanne Jesmer (season 2) |
| Tom Henschel as Kyle (seasons 4, 6) |
| Karl Lukas as Carl (seasons 4, 6) |
Recurring patients and featured characters:
| Florence Halop as Florence Hufnagel (season 3) |
| Todd Susman as Victor Bevine (seasons 4-6) |
| Oliver Clark as John Doe #6 (seasons 4-5) |
| Jeff Allin as Alex Corey (seasons 3-6) |
 | Robert Costanzo as Mr. Broadwater (seasons 1, 4, 6) |
Patients and companions with story arcs:
| Deborah May as Terri Valere (season 4) |
| George DelHoyo as Ken Valere (season 4) (as George Deloy) |
| Marian Mercer as Eve Leighton (season 2) |
| Stephen Elliott as Manny Schecter (season 3) |
| Ernie Hudson as Jerry Close (season 3) |
| John Hammond as Michael Duffy (season 3) |
| Richard Marcus as "Rockin'" Ralph Selover (season 1) |
| Laraine Newman as Jane Sondell a.k.a. Tweety (season 1) |
| Murray Rubin as Murray Robbin (season 3) |
| Kyle Secor as Brett Johnston (season 6) |
| John Scott Clough as Kevin O'Casey (seasons 4, 6) |
| Tim Robbins as Andrew Rhinehardt (season 1) |
| Jack Bannon as Stephen McAllister (seasons 1, 4) |
| Tom Hulce as John Doe #12, a.k.a. David Stewart (season 1) |
| Eric Stoltz as Eddie Carson (season 2) |
| Dan Hedaya as Joseph Keuhnelian (season 2) |
| Lycia Naff as Maddy (season 3) |
| Timothy Van Patten as Dean (season 3) |
| Ann Hearn as Andrea Fordham (season 3) |
| Piper Laurie as Fran Singleton (season 2) |
| Alan Arkin as Jerry Singleton (season 2) |
| John Schuck as Andy Wegener (season 3) |
| Brandy Gold as Alexis Wegener (season 3) |
| Mimi Kennedy as Lois Wegener (season 3) |
| Amanda Wyss as Pru Dowler (season 4) |
 | Dorothy McGuire as Augusta Endicott (season 4) |
| Charles Cioffi as Senator Gordon Endicott (season 4) |
| Kathy Bates as Polly (season 5) |
| David Wayne as Dr. George Wyler (season 3) |
| Larry B. Scott as Tshalla (season 3) |
| Michael Learned as Sister Millicent Domenica (season 3) |
| Beatrice Straight as Marjorie Andrews (season 6) |
| David Ackroyd as Col. Chuck Cochrane (season 4) |
| John Kellogg as Henry Spooner (season 6) |
| Neva Patterson as Marguerite Spooner (season 6) |
| Harold Gould as Melvin Millstein (season 3) |
| Bill Macy as Hershel Millstein (season 3) |
Other recurring supporting characters:
| Suzanne Lederer as Yvonne Galecki (seasons 3-5) |
| Ramon Bieri as Gene Galecki (season 4) |
| K Callan as Patty Galecki (season 4) |
 | Michael Richards as Bill Wolf (seasons 2-3) |
| Casey Siemaszko as Rick Messina (seasons 3-4) |
| John Dennis Johnston as Nick Moats (seasons 4-5) |
| Austin Pendleton as Mr. Entertainment (season 2) |
| Gerald Hiken as Robin Baskins (season 5) |
This list is by no means complete, nor does it reflect the frequency with which a character appeared, but rather represents the selection of actors/characters I remember most, cherrypicked from IMDB's "Full Cast and Crew" page for the show.
A brief comment... one of the links to the names is wrong... David Birney has two links here... im sure by accident... the other is erroneously linked under Ronny Cox. Just thought you'd want to know. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lynzee! Missed that one when I was copying the code. I appreciate your help! :)
DeleteDid the baby who was Barbara on the series grow up to become an actress?
ReplyDeleteI don't know who the baby was, so I can't answer that!
DeleteAlthough I can't find corroboration, the part of Pete Morrison is list on The Paley Center for Media as being played by Joseph and Christopher Michael:
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It makes sense that twins shared the role
Jack Morrison's son PETE is not listed as one of the cast. Who was this little actor.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I haven't looked to see if he was ever credited.
DeleteJust watched the credits of "Last Dance at the Wrecker's Ball", which featured Pete Morrison prominently. The child actor was not listed in the credits.
DeleteDr. Wendy Armstrong. Did the actress wish to leave the show? If not, then why did the creators write her character out?
ReplyDeleteNo, as far as I know (and I've never found any information about it) Kim Miyori didn't want to leave the show. St. Elsewhere was the first show to kill off main characters not because the producers had to, but because they wanted to.
DeleteI've never heard an explanation about Wendy specifically... In her case, I would guess that the writers were looking for a way to shock viewers (worked on me the first time I saw it). I would also guess they were also looking to trim down the size of the cast and/or to get rid of characters they weren't interested in developing.
As for Kim Miyori's departure I had heard at the time it was several factors that came together. Kim had been cast as Yoko Ono in the television film John and Yoko: A Love Story. The filming of the movie was going to conflict - not with the whole season of St. Elsewhere but a good chunk of it. At the same time the producers and writers wanted to create a story line that Jack may not be invited back for the next year of residency. They did not intend to drop the character but rather for the audience to think one of the "nicer" characters was being written out. The producers decided that they could not explain Armstrong's absense and thought it would be a way to solve how Pete stays with Wendy leaving. That's why her bulimia story line is a bit abrupt. From what I understand there were no hard feelings on anyone's part as they thought it was best and would make for a shocking twist. If any of these details are wrong I apologize. But I remember reading an article in TV Guide (?) about the shocking departures of many St. Elsewhere characters - Peter White, Wendy Armstrong, Bobby Caldwell and Mrs. Hufnagle were the examples.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the context! Really appreciate getting some background on that. I hadn't come across any explanation.
DeleteThe photo shows Mark Harmon and Rocky Carroll together. But you did not mention Rocky
ReplyDeleteI loved St. Elsewhere. My favorite storyline involved Bobby Caldwell & his patient who suffered from Neuro Fibrometosis(Elephant Man's Disease). She had these grotesque facial tumors that Bobby successfully removes making her look normal. She falls for him and he gently rejects her. The ending of the final scene and of the episode was beautifully done in the elevator with her and the clown. So beautiful and touching!
ReplyDeleteI loved St. Elsewhere! My favorite story line involved Bobby Caldwell & his patient who was afflicted with Neuro Fibrometosis(Elephant Man's Disease). In her case the she had grotesque tumors on the side of her face that Bobby successfully removes making her look normal again. She falls in love with him and he gently rejects her. The last scene of the episode, in the elevator, with the clown, was so beautiful and touching. I've never forgotten it or the series. I wish the entire series was available on DVD or Blu-Ray.
ReplyDeleteDid Norman Lloyd play a duel role in the episode in titled “haunted“? I’m thinking he might have played the guy at the dock who gave the keys and sold the fish to Mark Harmon’s character.
ReplyDeleteJust finished all 6 seasons of SE and am bummed it's over! I loved it back in the 80's and enjoyed it again this time. Thanks for your website!
ReplyDeleteWe are binge watching St. Elsewhere and we were wondering who played little Pete Morrison. If you find out, let us know.
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