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John Carroll Lynch
Born: 1st Aug 1963 Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dept: Acting
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as Drew Carey's cross-dressing brother on The Drew Carey Show, and for his role as Norm, the unassuming husband of Margie Gunderson (Frances McDormand) in Fargo.
In the fall of 2003, he starred in the CBS show The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, with Randy Quaid, Chris Penn, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, and Ann Cusack. The show was cancelled after only a few episodes. He also had a recurring role in the HBO show Carnivàle, playing escaped convict Varlyn Stroud. Lynch appeared as a district attorney in the CBS series Close to Home and as NASA official Bob Gilruth in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. Lynch appeared in the 2003 thriller Gothika and the 2007 biopic Zodiac.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 123
Film: 78 (63%)
Television: 45 (37%)
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Filmography
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An anxious screenwriter’s darkly comedic descent into madness in Hollywood’s twisted industry sees him mimic his screenplay’s murders, becoming ... view
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Wayne
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Burdened with choosing his legal guardians, Levi spends the summer before he starts high school with his cousins at their family's trailer in Myrtle B ... view
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Pop
Apr 2026 (first aired)
After the Clone Wars, Maul plots to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire. ... view
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Nico Deemis (voice) (1 ep.)
2026
The Smiths have gathered once again on their quaint family farm to make the latest in a string of low-budget horror movies. No, the movies aren't part ... view
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Bill
Jan 2026 (first aired)
The world of high fashion turns dark when international supermodels begin dying in gruesome and mysterious ways. FBI Agents Cooper Madsen and Jordan B ... view
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Meyer Williams (3 ep.)
2025
Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 9-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. ... view
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Houser
Jul 2025 (first aired)
Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy t ... view
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Thomas Laffont (10 ep.)
2025
Agnes feels stuck. Unlike her best friend, Lydie, who’s moved to New York and is now expecting a baby, Agnes still lives in the New England house th ... view
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Pete
2025
In the middle of a heist, two diamond thieves discover they need to prioritize their work-life balance. ... view
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Barry
2024
After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and be ... view
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Dr. Morris
2024
1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana but is chased by Angel, whose ratio ... view
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Carson
Feb 2024 (first aired)
After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique ob ... view
Character:
Edwin Dousant (2 ep.)
May 2023 (first aired)
The true story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds accidentally toppled the Presidency they were zealously trying to pr ... view
Character:
John Mitchell (2 ep.)
Apr 2022 (first aired)
A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time. ... view
Character:
L. Patrick Gray (3 ep.)
Jul 2021 (first aired)
An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore. ... view
Character:
Larry Bitterman (1 ep.)
Nov 2020 (first aired)
Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote high ... view
Character:
Wolfgang 'Wolf' Legarski (18 ep.)
Rick Legarski (16 ep.)
2020
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history. ... view
Character:
David Dellinger
2020
When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit but do belo ... view
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Ron Shalev
2020
In "Spaces #2", 7 internationally acclaimed directors shot, after commissioning by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, a short film at home, ... view
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Sep 2019 (first aired)
Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed m ... view
Character:
Henry Stick (3 ep.)
Sep 2019 (first aired)
When former Princeton music professor Arthur Cochran unexpectedly stumbles into choir practice at a small-town church, he finds a group of singers tha ... view
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Pastor Magnus (3 ep.)
2019
In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Par ... view
Character:
Lee Simmons
2018
Richard and Rachel, a couple in the throes of infertility, try to maintain their marriage as they descend deeper and deeper into the insular world of ... view
Character:
Charlie Grimes
Sep 2018 (first aired)
Honest cop Tony Jr. gets advice from his unscrupulous father, retired NYPD officer Tony Sr., about everything from his job to his love life. ... view
Character:
Sherman Smalls (1 ep.)
Aug 2018 (first aired)
In a small rust belt town in post-recession America, a one-dollar bill changing hands connects a group of characters involved in a shocking multiple m ... view
Character:
Bud Carl (10 ep.)
2018
After the death of his wife, a man moves from Mississippi to a run-down Hollywood apartment, where he meets someone new. ... view
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Early Landry
Feb 2018 (first aired)
A comedy about a dysfunctional family with 3 children. Oldest Wendy is trying to figure out life. Don came home after being kicked out of his band and ... view
Character:
Owen (12 ep.)
2018
A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The White Orchid. ... view
Character:
Sheriff Mann
2016
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963. ... view
Character:
Lyndon B. Johnson
2016
The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. ... view
Character:
Mac McDonald
2016
Karen and Jack met in a mental hospital and fell in love. They set out to follow what Jack thinks is his destiny: killing Elvis Presley. ... view
Character:
Colonel Tom Parker
Oct 2016 (first aired)
A horror anthology series inspired by “Creepypasta” online tales. ... view
Character:
John Sleator (6 ep.)
2016
When a couple sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of an uncompromising modernist architect, who proceeds to build HIS dream ... view
Character:
Conway
2016
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the eve ... view
Character:
Pruitt
2016
When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as s ... view
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Pastor Scott
Jan 2016 (first aired)
Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with ... view
Character:
Mr. Gilbert (1 ep.)
2015
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law. ... view
Character:
Tom Jessup
2015
Straight-arrow policewoman Cooper is excited and thrilled about her next assignment. Her task is to escort Daniella Riva, a wisecracking Colombian bea ... view
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Captain Emmett
2014
A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantana ... view
Character:
Col. Drummond
Jul 2014 (first aired)
Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bo ... view
Character:
Daniel Ellis (2 ep.)
2014
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, ... view
Character:
Frank
2014
Life and misadventures of homicide detective Hoke Moseley during the 1980s. ... view
Character:
Bill Henderson
2013
A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their ... view
Character:
Rory
Jan 2013 (first aired)
Jason Cole, a brilliant neurosurgeon has to battle with his own alter-ego, Ian Price, in order to live a normal life in this modern take on Jekyll and ... view
Character:
Will Hayes (13 ep.)
Jan 2013 (first aired)
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an America ... view
Character:
Fred (6 ep.)
2012
A former stripper's talent with numbers lands her a job with a professional gambler who runs a sports book in Las Vegas. ... view
Character:
Dave Greenberg
Apr 2012 (first aired)
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she ex ... view
Character:
Lloyd Hennick (3 ep.)
Oct 2011 (first aired)
Host Chris Hardwick discusses episodes of the AMC television series The Walking Dead with guests, including celebrity fans, cast members, and crew fro ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Oct 2011 (first aired)
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a ... view
Character:
John Wayne Gacy (2 ep.)
Twisty the Clown (7 ep.)
Benjamin Richter (9 ep.)
2011
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfe ... view
Character:
Bernie
Mar 2011 (first aired)
Dr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But her world is turned upside down when a devastating car ... view
Character:
Det. Bud Morris (29 ep.)
2011
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. ... view
Character:
Moses Buggs
Oct 2010 (first aired)
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family an ... view
Character:
Eastman (1 ep.)
Jul 2010 (first aired)
This crime series follows Jim, a Chicago cop who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of having an affa ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mike Ogletree (1 ep.)
2010
A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing. ... view
Character:
Evangelist Carroll
2010
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his ... view
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Deputy Warden McPherson
2010
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even m ... view
Character:
Larry
2009
Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and perso ... view
Character:
Walter
Jan 2009 (first aired)
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is l ... view
Character:
Mr. Reed (1 ep.)
2008
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possessi ... view
Character:
Barber Martin
2008
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit. ... view
Character:
Paul Riley
2007
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the f ... view
Character:
Howard Glassman
Sep 2007 (first aired)
K-Ville is an American television drama focused on policing New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. ... view
Character:
Captain James Embry (11 ep.)
2007
Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its c ... view
Character:
Arthur Leigh Allen
2007
A teenager tells outrageous lies at his new high school, only to have them suddenly come true. ... view
Character:
Mr. Leonard
Mar 2006 (first aired)
The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven ... view
Character:
Officer Chuck Tuttle (2 ep.)
2006
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what make ... view
Character:
Stewart
Sep 2005 (first aired)
Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. ... view
Character:
Steve Sharpe (22 ep.)
2005
A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship. ... view
Character:
Gregory
Feb 2005 (first aired)
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his b ... view
Character:
Acl-Lou / Mr. Simms / Monkey (voice) (1 ep.)
2005
In this harrowing character study, Jacqueline McKenzie portrays Penny, a young woman lost in a dangerous abusive relationship. One day, she sets out w ... view
Character:
Ed
2004
Documentary on the special effects of the film 'Gothika'. ... view
Character:
Self
2004
Documentary on the making of 'Gothika', featuring interviews with the cast and crew. ... view
Character:
Self
2004
A determined twelve-year-old mountain climber takes drastic action to save her injured father by planning a high-stakes bank heist, using her skills a ... view
Character:
Mr. Hartman
2003
After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that ... view
Character:
Sheriff Ryan
Sep 2003 (first aired)
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire is an American drama series created by David E. Kelley that aired on CBS. The show offers the typical quirkin ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (8 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate ... view
Character:
Varlyn Stroud (12 ep.)
2003
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting ... view
Character:
Grant Ashby
2002
A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War. ... view
Character:
Josh Holliman
2002
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield. ... view
Character:
Jack Field, Your Store Manager
Jul 2002 (first aired)
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most b ... view
Character:
Kurt Pressman (1 ep.)
2002
A cynical man returns to his family's homestead in Texas and starts up a golf course with his brothers and sisters. ... view
Character:
Dour O'Dowell
2002
A small boy squashing an insect sets in motion a series of events, large and small, that include a lost restaurant reservation, a drunken fender-bende ... view
Character:
Wallace
2001
Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet ca ... view
Character:
Mr. Livingston
Oct 2000 (first aired)
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and findin ... view
Character:
Buddy Arnold (1 ep.)
2000
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they ra ... view
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Impound Manager
2000
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge. ... view
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Father Mileski
2000
A comedy-drama about best friends - one a straight woman, Abbie, the other a gay man, Robert - who decide to have a child together. Five years later, ... view
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Abbie's Lawyer
2000
A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community. ... view
Character:
John English
1999
A journalist finds himself questioning his own life when his best friend, a dying man, offers him some very powerful wisdom and advice for coping in r ... view
Character:
Walter
1999
Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high ... view
Character:
Jack Irwin
1999
When the quiet and amiable Vann Siegert drifts into town, no one suspects the evil that lies beneath the surface. Despite his easy charm, Vann is mere ... view
Character:
Bartender (uncredited)
Sep 1999 (first aired)
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential ... view
Character:
Jack Reese (1 ep.)
Sep 1999 (first aired)
Family attorney and mom, Lynn Holt, has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together, since her husband left her and took most of thei ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1999
After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and int ... view
Character:
Sgt. Van Wyck
1999
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels. ... view
Character:
Doctor Freeze (uncredited)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Four Los Angeles doctors run a practice in this drama that focuses as much on the problems in the American medical system as it does on the patients. ... view
Character:
Gus (uncredited) (1 ep.)
1998
A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble. ... view
Character:
Driver
Apr 1998 (first aired)
The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972. ... view
Character:
Bob Gilruth (2 ep.)
1998
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code. ... view
Character:
Martin Lynch
1997
The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm. ... view
Character:
Ken LaSalle
Sep 1997 (first aired)
The Visitor is a science fiction television series created by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin which aired on Fox from 1997–1998. It starred John Cor ... view
Character:
Joe York (1 ep.)
1997
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns ... view
Character:
Prison Guard Walton
1997
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins ... view
Character:
Stan Olber
1997
To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. ... view
Character:
Plonder
Mar 1997 (first aired)
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its story ... view
Character:
Dr. Robert Larson (1 ep.)
Sep 1996 (first aired)
Life's Work is an American situation comedy series that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on the ABC channel; the show stars Lisa Ann Walter as L ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1996
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. B ... view
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Cop
1996
When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supporti ... view
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Shopkeeper
1996
Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a small-town sheriff. ... view
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1996
Old feelings of betrayal resurface, renewing a bitter rift between two girlfriends when one learns that the other seduced her son. ... view
Character:
Mr. Franks
1996
A segment from the 'Unsolved Mysteries' TV series inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan Ward) claims that she's possessed by a murdered co-work ... view
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Prosecutor O'Gane
1996
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife ... view
Character:
Norm Gunderson
1996
During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connec ... view
Character:
Frank Womack
1995
When a state trooper is gunned down on a New Jersey highway, his friend and colleague sets out to track down the killers. Realizing the murder is conn ... view
Character:
The Major
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but sus ... view
Character:
Officer Carl Bickley (1 ep.)
Sep 1995 (first aired)
The Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Cl ... view
Character:
Frank (1 ep.)
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-work ... view
Character:
Steve Carey (74 ep.)
1995
Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an even ... view
Character:
Skipper #1
Jan 1995 (first aired)
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels ... view
Character:
Gerald Moss (1 ep.)
1993
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nea ... view
Character:
Moving Man
Sep 1993 (first aired)
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets sho ... view
Character:
Franklin (1 ep.)