Heard But Not Scene: TV/Movie Characters That Were Never On Screen? 📺📽

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Dmitri Kissoff in Dr. Strangelove

Juanita down at the diner in Andy Griffith Show

[jberryhill]

1. Carlton, the Doorman

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. Yep! One of the most famous! 👍🏻

[jberryhill]

6. I'd probably give that award to "Charlie" in Charlie's Angels

Since he had a title role in the program.

It's tough to beat being the lead star in a program in which you don't appear.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. John Beresford Tipton, Jr. in "The Millionaire".

Charlie in "Charlie's Angels".

[Floyd R. Turbo]

4. Indeed! 💰

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Maris Crane.

Any adult in "Peanuts" movies or specials.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. Yes! 👍🏻

[Mike 03]

8. Mrs. Allardyce in Burnt Offerings (1977)

The old woman living in the attic that Karen Black visits (or claims to visit) but nobody ever sees.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. Very good! 👏

[mr_lebowski]

65. One of the first horror flicks I ever saw ... that shit was CREEPY at 10 yo ... (nt)

[Niagara]

9. Wilson from Home Improvement

and Charlie Townsend from Charlie's Angels

[Floyd R. Turbo]

11. Nice! 👍🏻

[TheRealNorth]

59. It's been a long time

But don't you see a little bit of Wilson in Home Improvement. I recall that you can see his hat and his eyes, but the rest of him is behind the fence.

[Niagara]

66. Yes, we got to see his hat and eyes

We never got to see Earl Hindman's face until the finale. I remember his character being a bit of a mystery.

[MissMillie]

12. Howard Wolowitz's mother

on Big Bang Theory

[Floyd R. Turbo]

21. Good one! 👍🏻

[gratuitous]

48. Or Penny's last name on BBT

As well as the last name of the whole family in Malcolm in the Middle.

[jberryhill]

13. The precursor to Charlie in Charlie's Angels was, of course, HQ in Mission Impossible

[Floyd R. Turbo]

22. Well done! 👍🏻

[Lindsay]

14. Moose in the regrettably short-lived

1970s series, "Hot L Baltimore."

Moose was the never seen son of one of the residents in the hotel. The one line I remember from that show:

"Come quick! Moose is buttering the hallway!"

[dameatball]

16. Speaking of a Moose....the narrator in Rocky & Bullwinkle

[csziggy]

70. The narrator was William Conrad!

He also narrated Dudley Do-Right and Mr. Peabody & Sherman.

[dameatball]

71. From the "Cannon' series? I didn't know that.

[csziggy]

72. I didn't either

I thought the narrator was Everett Edward Horton who was the narrator for Fractured Fairy Tales:

[Floyd R. Turbo]

23. Great show! 👏

[targetpractice]

34. Wow... I thought I was the only person who remembered Hot L Baltimore...

Mrs. Garrett was Moose's mom.

[Laffy Kat]

36. Loved that show and haven't thought about it inn ages.

[Cirque du So-What]

15. Jimmy Dean

In the eponymous Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

24. Yes! 👍🏻

[rzemanfl]

17. Mary Tyler Moore in one series long ago. Only her legs were seen.

Richard Diamond.

[bigbrother05]

19. That was mine.

Norm's wife on Cheers

[Floyd R. Turbo]

26. Yep! 👍🏻

[Floyd R. Turbo]

25. Excellent! I read when they were casting for The Dick Van Show, Carl Reiner wanted MTM to read

for Laura’s part. He supposedly told the casting department to “get that girl with three names and the legs”

[braddy]

18. I didn't know about Juanita (Andy Griffith Show).

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. 📺

[braddy]

31. Thanks for the clip, T/5 Don Knotts US Army (Served 1943-1946) was a great comedian.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

40. You're welcome!

[Laffy Kat]

37. And what about Sarah, the phone operator, same show? nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

38. Oh oh oh! Right you are! The actress played other characters on the show but never appeared as Sarah

[targetpractice]

45. Sarah was also the operator on Green Acres.

I think she was only seen in one episode of the first season. Why do I know this? I discovered I could rewatch this absolutely brilliant show on Amazon Prime. Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies is comedy gold... awesome writing, editing, and timing.

[Dave in VA]

27. Kevin Costner

played the corpse in The Big Chill.

Does this count?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

28. Of course! 👍🏻

[Moostache]

29. Val Kilmer's "portrayal" of Elvis ("the Mentor") in "True Romance"

(Tarantino script, Tony Scott directed, 1992)
Kilmer does appear on screen in background shots but his face is never featured in the film...
One of my personal favorites from the early-90's and Tarantino's early work.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/68328/18-so-cool-facts-about-true-romance

[Floyd R. Turbo]

30. Very good! 👍🏻

[Doreen]

32. I would say the radio dispatcher

in Haven but you see her in the last episode.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

39. Still a good one! 👍🏻

[Cartoonist]

33. Junita AND Sarah

Neither of them were heard. It was one way to avoid hiring another actress.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

41. Sarah never spoke? The character was portrayed by actress Sarah Seeger. She also appeared on

several other programs including Dennis The Menace and Bewitched.

[Cartoonist]

43. How could I have missed that episode?

I thought I'd seen every episode at least 5 times.
Which one was it?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

49. Sorry, don't know! ✌🏻

[Cartoonist]

54. The two Sarah explanation

I was referring to the telephone operator. There was also a friend of Bea's that was named Sarah, but they weren't the same character.

[targetpractice]

35. Ron Howard: Arrested Development narrator...

Although he did finally appear in Season 4 on Netflix.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

42. Good one! 👍🏻

[bigbrother05]

44. Dustin Hoffman and Ringo Starr, both narrated The Point

Dustin did it originally when it was on PBS, the Ringo did the re-release and videos.

Great parable by Harry Nilsson, everything has a point.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

50. Wow! 👏

[targetpractice]

47. The Peanuts: Charlie Brown's teacher...

[Floyd R. Turbo]

51. Classic! 👏

[gratuitous]

52. I'll give you a two-fer: Nashville

Thomas Hal Phillips as the voice of the often-heard-but-never-seen political candidate Hal Phillip Walker, and Jeff Goldblum as the often-seen-but-never-heard character known only as Tricycle Man.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

53. Outstanding! 👍🏻

[Adsos Letter]

55. The taped voice that issued the assignments in Mission Impossible.

Thinking of the tv series here: “Your mission, should you decide to accept it... .”

[Floyd R. Turbo]

57. Yep! 👍🏻

[FiveGoodMen]

56. Norm's wife, Vera, on Cheers

She actually appear on screen once, but her face was covered with a pie.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

58. Right! 👍🏻

[muntrv]

60. Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget.

On edit: Also the DJ from "The Warriors. "

[Clash City Rocker]

61. The PA announcer on MASH

One would think Radar would do the PA announcements, but it was voiced by two other actors. Each of the actors made a guest appearance on the show, but playing a different character.

[Mike Nelson]

62. Ann Sothern as the Mother in...

... My Mother, the Car

[whistler162]

63. Orson Welles as Robin Masters

Magnum PI

The voice of Robin Masters, heard only in five episodes, was provided by Orson Welles (one last "appearance" was provided by a different actor, Red Crandell).[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum%2C_P.I.

[MLAA]

64. Wolowitz's mother on The Big Bang Theory

[Shrek]

67. Kramer's friends Lomez and Bob Sacamano

From Seinfeld.

Lomez is Jewish. Orthodox. Old school.

[Doc_Technical]

68. In several movies and TV shows about WWII,

Lord Ha Ha
Tokyo Rose
Axis Sally

[Doc_Technical]

69. Andy Griffith, Juanita?

[Leith]

73. Godot

in Waiting for Godot.