TV shows that replaced actors (1 Viewer)

[Cliff Clavin]

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

New Girl: the black roommate was swapped out.

 

[belljr]

Morty Seinfeld

 

[grateful zed]

rockford's dad.

 

[Koya]

Star Trek.

 

[B Maverick]

Ross' 1st x wife on Friends. I think they swapped her out...

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Roseanne: Becky (though not early in the show)

 

[belljr]

Roseanne: Becky

that was late though

 

[MikeIke]

Chuck Cunningham was completely wiped out of the Happy Days universe. I figure he went to Korea and died. Richie went insane, and the rest of the series is only happening in his mind.

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Marcy's husband on Married...with Children

 

[spOOfy]

the mom on fresh prince

 

[belljr]

the mom on fresh prince

again that was after a couple seasonsread the rules damn it

 

[Cliff Clavin]

the mom on fresh prince

again that was after a couple seasonsread the rules damn it

The rules have been changed damn it!

 

[Wyld Stallyns]

Somebody from Cheers got replaced didn't they?

 

[belljr]

the mom on fresh prince

again that was after a couple seasonsread the rules damn it

The rules have been changed damn it!

Well in that case.Darren bewitched

every soap opera ever

 

[spOOfy]

the mom on fresh prince

again that was after a couple seasonsread the rules damn it

that still happened after the pilot, yes?

 

[belljr]

Somebody from Cheers got replaced didn't they?

nope

 

[Mile High]

Darren on Bewitched.

 

[kentric]

Arnold from Happy Days. Got replaced by Mr. Miyagi.

 

[kentric]

Darren on Bewitched.

Good one. They were both irritating individuals.

 

[Jayrod]

On Psych, Lassiter's partner was kicked off after the pilot in favor of Maggie Lawson's character Juliet O'Hara. They addressed it in the show, but clearly someone wanted a different character in that role. At some point, the star of the show James Rodan and Lawson started dating paralleling the romance between their characters on the show.

 

[grateful zed]

whats-her-face on sports nation.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Willow on Buffy was a fat chick in the pilot. The network said they had to change her.

 

[belljr]

Arnold from Happy Days. Got replaced by Mr. Miyagi.

no arnold was owned by Pat morita. Al delvecchio replaced him in season 4.They Were Not The same Character

 

[grateful zed]

chevy chase on snl

 

[grateful zed]

brett favre on mnf.

 

[Mile High]

Willow on Buffy was a fat chick in the pilot. The network said they had to change her.

Did not know that. Was a wise decision.

 

[Don Quixote]

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

I thought it has always been Retta.

 

[Buckychudd]

Game of Thrones with a bunch of people.

 

[Fat Nick]

Dukes of Hazzard...sort of. Coy and Vance were cousins of Bo and Luke during a contract dispute.

 

[Parrothead]

Chris Partridge (the youngest boy) was replaced

 

[Fat Nick]

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

New Girl: the black roommate was swapped out.

They never really had this being the same guy. It was actually Coach (Damon Wayans Jr.) in the pilot, then they developed Winston for future shows, but brought Coach back last season.

ETA: Who else played Donna on P&R? Never saw those...

 

[Joe Summer]

Morty Seinfeld

Also Frank Costanza and Lloyd Vaughn.Also, Newman was voiced by Larry David in his first (off screen) appearance.

 

[sublimeone]

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

New Girl: the black roommate was swapped out.

This was actually written into the story... it wasn't an actor swap. They were two separate characters. The original actor was Damon Wayans Jr. and he is now back on the show... along with the original token black guy.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

I thought it has always been Retta.

Trying to find something to confirm that it was different but I can't. I watched the first episode at lunch today and was sure it was someone different. She didn't have any lines but was sitting at a table with the rest of the regulars.

 

[Don Quixote]

Modern Family - Lily

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

New Girl: the black roommate was swapped out.

They never really had this being the same guy. It was actually Coach (Damon Wayans Jr.) in the pilot, then they developed Winston for future shows, but brought Coach back last season.

ETA: Who else played Donna on P&R? Never saw those...

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

New Girl: the black roommate was swapped out.

This was actually written into the story... it wasn't an actor swap. They were two separate characters. The original actor was Damon Wayans Jr. and he is now back on the show... along with the original token black guy.

Ah. I've only watched a bit of the first season. I thought they were swapped actors and just made up a half-assed story.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Dr. Who

 

[Don Quixote]

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

I thought it has always been Retta.

Trying to find something to confirm that it was different but I can't. I watched the first episode at lunch today and was sure it was someone different. She didn't have any lines but was sitting at a table with the rest of the regulars.

It has been awhile since I watched the pilot, but Wikipedia says Retta was Donna in the pilot.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Laurie on that 70s show. Had an addiction so she was replaced. Died in rehab.

 

[zamboni]

In the pilot of Eight is Enough, Mark Hamill played David Bradford, but was replaced by Grant Goodeve for the second episode to go play Luke Skywalker.

 

[Amused to Death]

Alice Kramden was played by Sheila MacRae after Audrey Meadows.

 

[Brony]

whatever happened to the original Cleveland Jr. on Family Guy? Loved that kid. "I'm Daniel Boone. ha. ha. ha. ha. "

 

[zamboni]

Diff'rent Strokes - Mary Ann Mobley replaced Dixie Carter as Mr. Drummond's wife Maggie.

 

[mcintyre1]

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

New Girl: the black roommate was swapped out.

They never really had this being the same guy. It was actually Coach (Damon Wayans Jr.) in the pilot, then they developed Winston for future shows, but brought Coach back last season.

ETA: Who else played Donna on P&R? Never saw those...

Parks and Recreation: Donna - same character, different actress

New Girl: the black roommate was swapped out.

This was actually written into the story... it wasn't an actor swap. They were two separate characters. The original actor was Damon Wayans Jr. and he is now back on the show... along with the original token black guy.

Ah. I've only watched a bit of the first season. I thought they were swapped actors and just made up a half-assed story.

Oh, you're right, they did. Damon Wayans Jr filmed the New Girl pilot before Happy Endings was picked up as a series. When New Girl got picked up, Wayans was already committed to Happy Endings so they replaced him with a new actor. They did change the character's name from Coach to Winston to avoid people going "they replaced the token black guy and hoped no one would notice." After Happy Endings was axed, Wayans was available again and they've worked him back in to the show as Coach, the pilot character.

 

[Joe Summer]

Alice Kramden was played by Sheila MacRae after Audrey Meadows.

Alice was actually played by 4 people -- Pert Kelton in the early episodes on the DuMont network, then Audrey Meadows, then Sue Ane Langdon (for just a couple episodes in the later years), then Sheila MacRae.Trixie was also played by multiple actresses, including Elaine Stritch in the early days.

 

[jhib]

Bobby Draper. A few times.

 

[avoiding injuries]

Zack Morris's dad

 

[Amused to Death]

Meg Griffin. First voiced by Lacey Chabert before Mila Kunis.

 

[Brony]

Meg Griffin. First voiced by Lacey Chabert before Mila Kunis.

What about Death? Carolla / Norm

 

[Fly]

Marta from Arrested Development.