List of Full House Characters - Other Characters

Other Characters

• Nick Katsopolis (born 1940, played by John Aprea) is Jesse and Pam's father. He is an avid fan of Elvis Presley, just like Jesse. Also, like his son, he is very much interested in his hair and ladies (according to him in the season two episode "Our Very First Christmas Show", "there are two things Katsopolis men are known for: kissing and great hair"). He owns his own business, in which he is a bug exterminator. He met his wife, Irene, the day that Elvis was drafted. Nick was a strict but loving father. In the episode, "D.J.'s Day Off" it is mentioned that he would punish Jesse severely. This combination is also seen in the episode "It Is Not My Job", when Jesse quits the extermination business Nick responds with: "If you're out of the business, you're out of the family." Later on, he explains this by saying that he did not build up the business to sell it to a stranger. Also, his love for his family is shown by the fact that Irene bringing in Michelle curbed his anger. When Michelle was getting ready to do a TV commercial for marshmallows (the season two episode "El Problema Grande de D.J"), he remarked that Michelle looked like a little blonde version of the redhead he likes on the TV show Gilligan's Island, which was revealed to be Tina Louise by Irene. In honor of inheriting Nick's hair, Jesse names one of his twin sons after him. Nicky and Alex never interact with their grandparents onscreen like the girls have, as Nick and Irene are last seen in season four.

• Irene Katsopolis (born 1936, played by Yvonne Wilder, and by Rhoda Gemignani in "The Return of Grandma") is Jesse and Pam's mother, and the wife of Nick Katsopolis. She often talked about diapering Jesse's "tushy", and touched his and other people's "tushies", which made Jesse mad. She often mentioned how she is older than Nick, and her passion for younger men (which makes Nick feel inferior at times).

• Stavros (played by John Stamos in a dual role) is Jesse's swarthy, greasy, woman-crazed Greek look-alike cousin. He tries to pick up on Becky, who at that time is Jesse's wife (in the episode "Kissing Cousins" in season seven).

• Mindy Gladstone (born 1932, played by Beverly Sanders) is Joey's mother. She appears only once in the entire series, (in season one's "The Return of Grandma") but Joey talks about her often. For example, when (in the episode "Viva Las Joey" in season four) Joey lands a gig opening for Wayne Newton in Las Vegas. When Joey was asked by Jesse why he couldn't invite his mother to come see the show, he claims she is working as Goofy at Disney World.

• Walter F. Berman (Whitby Hertford) is a school friend of Stephanie Tanner. At first, Stephanie disliked him, and went as far as teasing and imitating his resemblance to a duck. She—along with the rest of the class—even nicknamed him "Duckface". However, after following her Uncle Jesse's advice, she learned to appreciate Walter more, even if he was a nerd. This led to Walter briefly considering Stephanie as his "secret girlfriend".

• Harry Takayama (Nathan Nishiguchi) is the first on-screen friend of Stephanie's (appearing in season two). He usually calls her "Chief", and she refers to him as her boyfriend—without understanding that term's full meaning (as Stephanie put it in a season two episode, "You're a boy, and you're my friend. That makes you my boyfriend"). This leads to a pretend wedding (in the episode "Middle Age Crazy"). His last appearance is in "Nerd For a Day" (season three. In one episode, he becomes infatuated with D.J. after she teaches him math with oranges.

• Cindy (played by Debra Sandlund) is a girlfriend of Danny's (in three episodes of season four). It is revealed that she works as a dry-cleaner (in the episode "Terror in Tanner Town"). She first meets Danny when he is a customer at her store. She also has a precocious 10-year-old son named Rusty.

• Rusty (born 1980, portrayed by Jordan Christopher Michael) is the son of Cindy, Danny's girlfriend (season four), whose mischievous antics and practical jokes wreak havoc on the family. He seems to have a crush on Stephanie. He also had a crush on D.J. but it was never heard of after that episode.

• Ricky (played by R.J. Williams in two episodes of season four) is the neighborhood paperboy whom D.J. had a crush on.

• Brett Davis (played by Sean Fox in season four) is a classmate and friend of Stephanie's who plays Little League Baseball for the Cubs. He is supposedly Stephanie Tanner's first love.

• Viper (David Lipper) (when he was little, went by Tiny Heinze) played in Jesse's band (during season eight), and briefly dated D.J. Insecure about not going to college, and (during episode "Claire and Present Danger") he twisted everything D.J. said to where she put him down. They broke up soon after D.J. learned he was illiterate.

• Caroline (born 1958, portrayed by Dorothy Parke) is a friend of Danny's, who was seen in an early episode where Danny, Joey, and Jesse all went fishing on a boat. She also appeared in the episode that included Danny's 30th birthday.

• Adrianna (Fabiana Udenio) is Jesse's one-time girlfriend (in "Daddy's Home").

• Corinna Spicer (Elizabeth Keifer) is a student in Jesse's "private music class," whom Jesse liked (in "Jesse's Girl"). At the end of the episode, she winds up with Joey instead.

• Jill (Darcy DeMoss) is one of Jesse's early girlfriends. She and Jesse date when there is no one else to date, according to her.

• Duane (born 1972, played by Scott Menville) is Kimmy Gibbler's boyfriend (in season eight), whom she considered marrying in Reno.

• Mrs. Carruthers (born 1952, played by Marcia Wallace) has a massive crush on Joey (in seasons seven and eight), as evidenced by her constant "chasing" him down, and his subsequent "hiding" from her. She collaborates with Kimmy Gibbler to form a Neighborhood Watch program. She also is known to "dominate" the PTA elections at Michelle's school every year.