TV shows that replaced actors (1 Viewer)

[jamny]

Morty Seinfeld

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

Didn't know that.

Link

In Frank's first appearance, in the season 4 episode "The Handicap Spot", the character was played by John Randolph. At the urging of series creator Larry David, once Stiller had been cast for Frank Costanza, the scenes with Randolph were reshot for syndication with Stiller playing the role.

 

[NewlyRetired]

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.

Whedon was dismayed at the re casting.

As much as he liked Alison Hannigan, he was afraid it was not going to be believable that a girl that looked like Hannigan was going to be unpopular in high school (which is why he wrote it as a fat chick to begin with).

In the end, they dressed her down a ton in the first season and she did a great job with the shyness that made it all work.

This was the first Willow from the pilot

http://buffy3.free.fr/buffy/wrong_willow_buffy.jpg

 

[Copeman]

Didn't read the whole thread so apologies if it's been stated.

The mom on Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

 

[belljr]

Who is Lloyd Vaughan

 

[Leroy Hoard]

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.

Kind of a reverse McLean Stevenson move.

 

[mcintyre1]

Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager was replaced a couple of days into filming. The original was terrible.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

On 8 Simple Rules, Cliff's wife started out as Diane Chambers but ended up as Shirley Feeney.

 

[Buckna]

Game of Thrones with a bunch of people.

Catelyn Stark was played by Jennifer Ehle and then replaced with Michelle Fairley before the series started, requiring the pilot to be reshot.

 

[Insein]

Star Trek.

Who?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Star Trek.

Who?

The guy wearing a red shirt.

 

[Mr. Ected]

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.

Loved that show. Was going to post this myself. Easier to replace an actor or character from the pilot to a regular episode. Noticed also that most of the setts are different from the pilot to the regular shows.

 

[chauncey]

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.

Pretty much the same thing. I haven't watched in a few seasons but will probably tune back in now that Coach is back. He is a funny guy. RIP Happy Endings.

 

[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.

Pretty much the same thing. I haven't watched in a few seasons but will probably tune back in now that Coach is back. He is a funny guy. RIP Happy Endings.

Yeah, I loved Happy Endings, but I liked Wayan's character on Happy Endings way more than I like Coach. Coach is portayed as more of an #######, while Brad is kind of adorable, for lack of a better term.

 

[Insein]

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

Same kid. He just got fat. Voice may be different.

 

[avoiding injuries]

"The A Team" replaced Face between the pilot and the second episode. First Face.

He should have been called Hair.

 

[Koya]

Star Trek.

Who?

The Pilot's Captain was not Kirk, but Capt Pike. I believe the actor didnt want to participate in the second pilot attempt.

 

[jjwc316]

Ginger and Maryann

 

[RC94]

The Simpsons - Monty Burns. Originally voiced by Christopher Collins and then replaced by Harry Shearer.

 

[Cjw_55106]

Fact of Life - Tootie

Just kidding. No one replaces Tootie.

 

[Insein]

Star Trek.

Who?

The Pilot's Captain was not Kirk, but Capt Pike. I believe the actor didnt want to participate in the second pilot attempt.

Different character.

 

[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.

Loved that show. Was going to post this myself. Easier to replace an actor or character from the pilot to a regular episode. Noticed also that most of the setts are different from the pilot to the regular shows.

Also, I just remembered that the replaced the kid who played young Shawn Spencer during the flashbacks in like season 3 or 4. They even made a joke about it in an episode. That show was seriously one of my personal favorites.

 

[Eulogys]

Spartacus had it happen twice:

Spartacus - Andy Whitfield (s1) and Liam McIntyre (s2&s3)

Naevia - Lesley-Ann Brandt (s1&Prequel) and Cynthia Addai-Robinson (s2&s3)

 

[kentric]

Star Trek.

Who?

The guy wearing a red shirt.

 

[Spike]

Star Trek.

Who?

The guy wearing a red shirt.

Yeoman Johnson.

 

[R Dizzle]

Floyd the barber on The Andy Griffith Show.

 

[rick6668]

Ginger and Maryann

Was coming in here to post this, surprised it took so long to show up.

After the pilot,

Ginger the movie star replaced Ginger the secretary,

Maryann the farm girl replaced Bunny the "dumb blonde" secretary,

The Professor replaced a high school teacher.

 

[jamny]

All in the Family - There were two different sets of actors cast to play Gloria and Mike (or Richard as he was originally called) before settling on Struthers and Reiner for the third pilot.

 

[zamboni]

The actor playing Principal Willis on The White Shadow was replaced after the pilot.

 

[zamboni]

Kelly's mom on Beverly Hills, 90210

 

[Phil Elliott]

Petticoat Junction:

Bobbie Jo Bradley (Loris Saunders and Pat Woodell)

Billie Jo Bradley (Meredith MacRae, Jenine Riley and Gunilla Hutton)

Higgins the Dog played the entire series, but after the show ended, he came out of retirement for the blockbuster role "Benji"

 

[El Floppo]

Steve from Blues Clues. I think one of the Fresh Beat girls too.

Seems to me the original Batman TV show had a lot of different actors for the same roles. I know Eartha Kitt was Catwoman at least once. And The Riddler and Mr Freeze definitely had more than one actor. But pretty sure it was just Burgess as The Penguin.... maybe. The Joker? I wouldn't be surprised if all the villains had multiple actors.

 

[zamboni]

The older sister Paige on Life Goes On.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Steve from Blues Clues. I think one of the Fresh Beat girls too.

Seems to me the original Batman TV show had a lot of different actors for the same roles. I know Eartha Kitt was Catwoman at least once. And The Riddler and Mr Freeze definitely had more than one actor. But pretty sure it was just Burgess as The Penguin.... maybe. The Joker? I wouldn't be surprised if all the villains had multiple actors.

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character all together

 

[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.

Whedon was dismayed at the re casting.

As much as he liked Alison Hannigan, he was afraid it was not going to be believable that a girl that looked like Hannigan was going to be unpopular in high school (which is why he wrote it as a fat chick to begin with).

In the end, they dressed her down a ton in the first season and she did a great job with the shyness that made it all work.

This was the first Willow from the pilot

http://buffy3.free.fr/buffy/wrong_willow_buffy.jpg

Did some research, that actress change really changed lives. The girl Hannigan replaced retired while Hannigan when on to play one of the top female tv characters of all time, earn close to 9 mill, met her husband (the guy who played Wesley) and became godmother to Whedons son.

 

[zamboni]

Steve from Blues Clues. I think one of the Fresh Beat girls too.

Seems to me the original Batman TV show had a lot of different actors for the same roles. I know Eartha Kitt was Catwoman at least once. And The Riddler and Mr Freeze definitely had more than one actor. But pretty sure it was just Burgess as The Penguin.... maybe. The Joker? I wouldn't be surprised if all the villains had multiple actors.

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character all together

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character.

 

[purplehaze67]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Jefferson

Lionel Jefferson is a supporting character from the hit sitcoms All in the Family and The Jeffersons. He is the son of George and Louise Jefferson. He was originally portrayed by D'Urville Martin for two unaired pilots, before the role was recast with Mike Evans. He was later played by Damon Evans, though Mike Evans eventually returned to the role before the end of the series.

 

[El Floppo]

Steve from Blues Clues. I think one of the Fresh Beat girls too.

Seems to me the original Batman TV show had a lot of different actors for the same roles. I know Eartha Kitt was Catwoman at least once. And The Riddler and Mr Freeze definitely had more than one actor. But pretty sure it was just Burgess as The Penguin.... maybe. The Joker? I wouldn't be surprised if all the villains had multiple actors.

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character all together

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character.

Remember that show Deja Vu?

 

[Joe Summer]

Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager was replaced a couple of days into filming. The original was terrible.

Wow, she was really bad.

. :X

 

[zamboni]

Steve from Blues Clues. I think one of the Fresh Beat girls too.

Seems to me the original Batman TV show had a lot of different actors for the same roles. I know Eartha Kitt was Catwoman at least once. And The Riddler and Mr Freeze definitely had more than one actor. But pretty sure it was just Burgess as The Penguin.... maybe. The Joker? I wouldn't be surprised if all the villains had multiple actors.

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character all together

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character.

Remember that show Deja Vu?

I thought the Airplane reference was obvious.

 

[El Floppo]

Steve from Blues Clues. I think one of the Fresh Beat girls too.

Seems to me the original Batman TV show had a lot of different actors for the same roles. I know Eartha Kitt was Catwoman at least once. And The Riddler and Mr Freeze definitely had more than one actor. But pretty sure it was just Burgess as The Penguin.... maybe. The Joker? I wouldn't be surprised if all the villains had multiple actors.

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character all together

Steve wasn't replaced as Steve, it was another character.

Remember that show Deja Vu?

I thought the Airplane reference was obvious.

 

[El Floppo]

Captain Janeway from Star Trek Voyager was replaced a couple of days into filming. The original was terrible.

Wow, she was really bad.

It's always the damned Kardashians.

 

[Norman Einstein]

Bab Saget wasn't the original dad on Full House....some other dude filmed the pilot, Bob ended up refilming the pilot and away he went.

 

[Jim11]

Comedy Western from the '70s - Alias Smith & Jones

Original Hannibal Heyes/Joshua Smith played by Peter Duel; Duel was replaced by Roger Davis after Duel's death, which was ruled a suicide.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I wish that FFA show would replace Jim11