List of Home Improvement Characters - Other Recurring Characters

Other Recurring Characters

• Karen (Betsy Randle) — friend of Jill who has a heated, but innocent rivalry with Tim; moved to California after Season 2.
• Ilene Louise Markham, D.D.S. (Sherry Hursey) — an orthodontist, and Al's first serious girlfriend and fiancé.
• Marie Morton (Mariangela Pino) — neighbor of the Taylors; close friend of Jill.
• Joe Morton (Robert Picardo) — Marie's overactive and obnoxious husband; the "meat man" who irritates Tim, until Morton finds a hard to find jalopy replacement part for Tim; ran out on Marie in Season 5.
• Jennifer Sadarski (Jessica Wesson) — Brad's first love interest who always called him "Bradley", later moved to Ohio.
• Ashley (Leigh Ann Orsi) — girlfriend of Brad, went to boarding school from Season 5 onwards
• Beth (Anndi McAfee) — Randy's first girlfriend who left town
• Lauren (Courtney Peldon) — Randy's main girlfriend, left for Costa Rica with him in Season 8.
• Angela (Kristen Clayton) — Former girlfriend of Brad, known for being a constant motor-mouth. She dumped Brad for a guy with his own car. Brad suffered from a bout of depression because of this, but eventually rebounded.
• Lillian "Nana" Patterson (Polly Holliday) — Jill's mother. Before Lillian's first appearance, she was joked at by Tim as being largely overweight, though in her first appearance, Lillian has become thin again, having used Tim's jokes on Tool Time as motivation. Lillian speaks with a very notable Southwestern accent and is caring and supportive to Jill whenever she has troubles.
• Colonel Fred Patterson (M. Emmet Walsh) — Jill's father, died in his sleep from a heart attack in Season 6. He had a long career in the Army and his favorite movie is Patton. He had a constant distaste for Tim, never calling Tim by his name but instead calling him, "Hey You"
• Delores Turner (Shirley Prestia) — Harry's wife; a New York Knicks fan who can devastate men with "The Look". Her worsening asthma causes Harry to sell the hardware store and move to Arizona in Season 8. Delores and Harry are shown to constantly be arguing whenever they are seen together. Delores is shown several times to work at a local coffee shop as a waitress, where she continues to be sharp-tongued to customers
• Nancy Taylor (Jensen Daggett) — ex-wife of Marty Taylor
• John Binford (Noble Willingham) — founder of Binford Tools, died early in Season 3.
• Maureen "Producer" Binford (Vicki Lewis) — John Binford's overeager and annoying daughter, she ran Tool Time for a brief time during Season 2, constantly reminding Tim in a sing-song voice that she was the Producer of the show, which allowed her to cause many changes to the show that Tim hated.
• Trudy McHale (Megan Cavanagh) — an heiress to her family's fortune whom Al married in the final episode.
• Cal Borland (Keith Lehman) — Al's brother.
• Felix Myman (Al Fann) — professional plumber.
• Rock Flanagan (Casey Sander) — construction worker at K&B Construction. Somewhat loud and charismatic, Rock always responds to guest appearances on Tool Time by saying, "It's always great to be here, Timmy!"
• Dwayne Hoover (Gary McGurk) — construction worker at K&B Construction. Always has to interrupt Pete whenever he is about to say a story that is too revealing by saying, "This is not the time, nor the place!"
• Pete Bilker (Mickey Jones) — construction worker at K&B Construction. Whenever he is called by name from Rock, Pete usually responds, "That would be me."
• Carrie Patterson (Tudi Roche — the real-life wife of Richard Karn), Jill's sister.
• Willow Branch Leaf Wilson (China Kantner) — Wilson's laid back niece, just goes by Willow, saying she "pruned it back".
• Lucille Taylor (Bonnie Bartlett) — Tim's widowed mother.
• Bud Harper (Charles Robinson) — head of Binford Tools, Tim's boss. Bud interacts a lot with Tim and Al, even offering Tim season tickets to the Detroit Pistons.
• Jason (Jarred Paul) — troublemaking friend of Brad, often claims to be a fan of Tool Time even though he's never actually seen the show and gains favor with Tim by pretending to ask for advice about tools.
• Samantha Hase (Maggie Lawson) — A college student who dated Brad, although she was four years his senior, which troubled Jill and Tim. In one episode, Samantha and Brad were briefly engaged.
• Patty (Tammy Lauren) — Jill's friend season six and seven
• Morgan Wondell (Danny Zorn) — hateful producer of Tool Time during the final season, constantly changing the show's premise, even staging a Jerry Springer Show-like riot in the audience. Because of him, Tim, Al, and Heidi quit in the series finale.
• Milton (Milton Canady) — friend of Tim, often a guest on Tool Time; when he's around, people tend to make gay references, leading to him snapping "Hey, I don't go for that sort of thing".
• Art Leonard (Dick O'Neill) — Tim's old shop teacher who inspired him to enter the world of tools; stops by several times; at one point has a fling with Tim's mother.
• Sparky Henderson (Patrick Cronin) — friend of Tim and fellow tool and car addict.
• Antonio (Vasili Bogazianos) — a snobbish waiter who is always seen serving the Taylor's at high-class restaurants; constantly jokes about the Taylor's being cheap.
• Alma Borland — Al's unseen, overbearing, obese mother; is the butt of many of Tim's jokes; dies of a sudden heart attack in Season 8.
• Ronny (Kaylan Romero) — Mark's goth friend in season 7. Almost never speaks a word.