Guest Stars
Among the guest stars who appeared over the years were Conlan Carter and Gary Lockwood, who appeared together in the third episode of the series entitled "Sunday: Doomsday" on February 25, 1973. Other guests, just in the first year alone, included:
Stefanie Powers, Wayne Rogers, William Shatner, Leslie Nielsen, Richard Anderson, Claude Akins, Carl Betz, Meredith Baxter Birney, Bill Bixby (Meriwether's real-life ex-classmate), Jack Cassidy, Geraldine Brooks, Richard Bull, Dabney Coleman, Jackie Coogan, Glenn Corbett, Cathy Lee Crosby, Meg Foster, Robert Foxworth, Anne Francis, Lynda Day George, Richard Hatch, James Hong, Claudia Jennings, Lenore Kasdorf, Margot Kidder, Geoffrey Lewis, Ida Lupino, Roddy McDowell, George Maharis, Read Morgan, Nick Nolte, Joan Tompkins, and Jessica Walter.
In later seasons, guest stars included Wayne Maunder, formerly on CBS's Lancer western series, and Ron Hayes, who played Sheriff Oscar Hamlin in the episode "Target for a Wedding". Marshall Colt, later cast with James Arness on McClain's Law, guest starred in two episodes in 1979.
Many familiar actors made guest appearances, and others who were newcomers went on to become well-known, including: Susan Dey, Gail Edwards, Shelley Fabares, Morgan Fairchild, Ed Flanders, Mark Goddard, Larry Hagman, Linda Harrison, David Hedison, Don Johnson, Tommy Lee Jones, Don Keefer, Vera Miles, Patrick O'Neal Sean Penn, Daniel J. Travanti, Joan Van Ark, Carl Weathers, Robert Webber, Eve McVeagh, and James Woods, among many others.
Buddy Ebsen's real-life daughter, Bonnie Ebsen, and Lee Meriwether's real-life daughter, Kyle Aletter-Oldham, made a cameo appearance in one episode. Future Trapper John M.D. stars, Pernell Roberts, Gregory Harrison and Charles Siebert all made guest appearances on one episode. Future WKRP in Cincinnati stars, Loni Anderson and Gary Sandy made guest appearances as well.
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