Reusing characters

I was watching a "flashback" episode today where Albert is little Charles and Charles sister is "Mrs. Garvey" (really confused my daughter)
She said, I know Kyle Richard's (Alicia) played Samantha Harper also in an episode, Corinne Camacho was in My Ellen and played Mrs. Harper In To Dream a Dream, she noticed the young man in Centennial was in a similar show yesterday, the list does go on.

Do you think LHOP did this more than other shows at the time? Did Bonanza or other similar shows re-use people as often? I think it's nce for the actors, but confusing when you watch it weekly instead of yearly. : )

Uncle Jed was another one! I think I read 5 characters. Wow.

There's another post somewhere about this. I wonder how many actors were recycled over the years.

I know that Eddie Quinlan played different characters.

Here's a good example of "re-using" actors for characters. Done many times on Little House and on Bonanza. Nothing unusual about it. Scroll through the The Little House Extra Sticky, there are just under 300 actors in there and a ton of them had multiple roles.
– The Legacy(1982)… Uriah Cooper
– Darkness Is My Friend(1980)… Head Guard
– The Odyssey(1979)… Zacc McCabe (as J.S. 'Joe' Young)
- Bless All The Dear Children (1984) Beggar

Spanky wrote:

I know that Eddie Quinlan played different characters.

1.To Run and Hide (31 October 1977) - Jed Haney
2.The High Cost of Being Right (14 November 1977) - Judge Picker
3.Someone Please Love Me (5 March 1979) - Gargan
4.The Return of Mr. Edwards (5 November 1979) - Shorty
5.The In-laws (24 November 1980) - Kavendish
6.Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow: Part 1 (15 February 1982) - Old Timer
7.For the Love of Blanche (7 March 1983) - Buffalo Bill

Praire Girl wrote:

Uncle Jed was another one! I think I read 5 characters. Wow.

1.His Father's Son (7 January 1976) - Amos Thoms (as E.J. Andre)
2.Going Home (31 March 1976) - Matthew Simms (as E.J. Andre)
3.Gold Country: Part 1 (4 April 1977) - Zachariah
4.Gold Country: Part 2 (4 April 1977) - Zachariah
5.The Godsister (18 December 1978) - St. Peter (as E.J. Andre)
6.The Lost Ones: Part 1 (4 May 1981) - Jed Cooper
7.Uncle Jed (1 February 1982) - Jed Cooper
8.At The End Of The Rainbow - 1975 - St Peter

littlehouselover wrote:

I was watching a "flashback" episode today where Albert is little Charles and Charles sister is "Mrs. Garvey" (really confused my daughter)
She said, I know Kyle Richard's (Alicia) played Samantha Harper also in an episode, Corinne Camacho was in My Ellen and played Mrs. Harper In To Dream a Dream, she noticed the young man in Centennial was in a similar show yesterday, the list does go on.

Do you think LHOP did this more than other shows at the time? Did Bonanza or other similar shows re-use people as often? I think it's nce for the actors, but confusing when you watch it weekly instead of yearly. : )

It is done ALL the time.......

Ike Eisenmann
– Harriet's Happenings (1978) … Erich Schiller
– Centennial (1976) … Viktor Pyatakov

I know I see bit players on Law and Order from years ago, now lawyers on the show or a "sister show" but not as often as with these type of shows
. I think Michael did it close together at times which made it noticeable, but I admit more if you watch it in reruns than weekly.
"Uncle Jed" was a great actor and he could pull it off, seeing Alicia as Mr.Harper's daughter seemed odd.

The casting was great though, they did a great job, even if many didn't get a chance to audition. : )

am I wrong or is the kid from the Rage episode (Randell??) also Jordan in the episode where he was pretending to be blind to reunite his parents?

they did reuse a lot of people

See page one of Little Facts About Little House Extras

Ronnie Scribner was born in 1968
Appeared in two Little House Episodes
Played Jordan Harrison in "BLIND MANS BLUFF" 1979
Played Randal Page in "RAGE" - 1982 His sister, billed as Lisa Scribner guest starred with him
in Blind Mans Bluff as a blind girl at the Blind School of Mary's.
BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE AS RALPHIE GLICK IN "SALEMS LOT"

His last screen appearance was in "RAGE". After that he simply
disappeared from the acting scene. Is now a consumer credit
manager in Denver, Colorado.

I found the other post about this, You are right there are lots of Actors on there twice, Mrs Foster was also on the Pilot Episode playing Carolines Sister, There is a Picture in the other post link is below
https://lhotp.editboard.com/t529-double-identities

not sure if this was mentioned, but the crazy mother in My Ellen was also the 2nd Grace Edwards

one of the bully brothers is also in The Older Brothers ( I am terrible with names)

[quote="Alice Garvey"]not sure if this was mentioned, but the crazy mother in My Ellen was also the 2nd Grace Edwards

Her Bio with the parts she played is on page 27 of the Little House Extra Sticky
Corinne Camacho

Bully Boys/ Older Brothers
Geoffrey Lewis
Page 16

it totally slipped my mind that Hersha Parady was Alice Garvey and Charles sister inlaw in Journey in the Spring. I just watched that episode yesterday for the first time in a while

And the hilarious thing is that she REALLy was similar to the real Charles sister- in- law, Eliza.

Vanesa.

And don't forget Leslie Landon! She played a dishwasher in A Wiser Heart, Marge in The Third Miracle, Kate in The Election, and a plague victim in The Plague. Then of course she went on to play Etta Plum.

The man that played Alices ex Harold looks like Sylvias father. Is it the same actor?

Yes, that was him in a kinder role. Her husband now the unreasonable one.

Kamilla wrote:

And don't forget Leslie Landon! She played a dishwasher in A Wiser Heart, Marge in The Third Miracle, Kate in The Election, and a plague victim in The Plague. Then of course she went on to play Etta Plum.

Yeah,she played many different characters

Davetucson wrote:

Spanky wrote:

I know that Eddie Quinlan played different characters.

1.To Run and Hide (31 October 1977) - Jed Haney
2.The High Cost of Being Right (14 November 1977) - Judge Picker
3.Someone Please Love Me (5 March 1979) - Gargan
4.The Return of Mr. Edwards (5 November 1979) - Shorty
5.The In-laws (24 November 1980) - Kavendish
6.Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow: Part 1 (15 February 1982) - Old Timer
7.For the Love of Blanche (7 March 1983) - Buffalo Bill

I always found him funny!