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Heard But Not Scene: Name a TV Character That Never Appeared on Camera (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 OP
Vera in "Cheers". LisaM Aug 2017 #1
Cool! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #3
actually, Maris (Nile's first never-seen wife)... but a good one hlthe2b Aug 2017 #6
Maris! Maris! I knew I had it a little off. LisaM Aug 2017 #48
Maris was never heard. Sneederbunk Aug 2017 #160
Vera was my first thought! Doug the Dem Aug 2017 #96
How about Nina's friend Binnie on "Just Shoot Me"? LisaM Aug 2017 #98
Vera kinda did.But her face was hidden by a pie! Roland99 Aug 2017 #131
"Chef" on Enterprise MrScorpio Aug 2017 #2
Good one! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #7
Not quite! PJMcK Aug 2017 #23
That wasn't really Chef, no one other than Riker was real in that simulation MrScorpio Aug 2017 #29
Fair enough! PJMcK Aug 2017 #32
Howard Wolowitz' mother. Control-Z Aug 2017 #4
Excellent! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #8
This was my first thought, too! herding cats Aug 2017 #149
Did "Juanita" have proper documentation? guillaumeb Aug 2017 #5
I'll forward your inquiry to Deputy Fife! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #10
Juanita was never heard. Sneederbunk Aug 2017 #161
I know! I exercised a bit of poetic license! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #165
Carlton the Doorman PJMcK Aug 2017 #9
A classic! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #14
Carlton the doorman on Rhoda (his voice was heard but he was never shown) 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2017 #11
Absolutely! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #16
Maris on Frasier is a good one! Lifelong Protester Aug 2017 #12
Yep! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #17
Bob Sacamano. Mrs. Columbo. Orson. underpants Aug 2017 #13
Very good! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #18
I love me some Bob Sacamano. Corvo Bianco Aug 2017 #55
(oops) WinkyDink Aug 2017 #107
Would love to see Bob Sacamano! Lifelong Protester Aug 2017 #110
Charley, in Charley's Angels flor-de-jasmim Aug 2017 #15
Another classic! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #21
M A S H The voice over the camp loud speakers,,, was NOT always Radar benld74 Aug 2017 #19
Wow! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #22
On a very related note OriginalGeek Aug 2017 #97
The wife of the urologist on The Bob Newhart Show (1970s) no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #20
Very good! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #24
I don't think we ever heard "Pickles" TBA Aug 2017 #25
Nice one! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #35
"The Millionaire" madamesilverspurs Aug 2017 #26
John Beresford Tipton Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #36
OMG! 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #60
Welcome to the club! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #69
Charlie Brown's teacher. n/t FSogol Aug 2017 #27
YES! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #37
Wilson on Home Improvement VMA131Marine Aug 2017 #28
Yep! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #38
Actually he DID appear on camera for the last episode. sakabatou Aug 2017 #41
Robin Masters on Magnum PI. (Tom Selleck's character lived in his guest house). n/t FSogol Aug 2017 #30
Bravo! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #39
In the last episode Higgins tells Magnum that he's actually Robin NightWatcher Aug 2017 #47
Did you ever see Tom Selleck's pre-Magnum appearance as a detective on the Rockford Files? FSogol Aug 2017 #49
Well now I've got to go find it. NightWatcher Aug 2017 #56
You should see him lapfog_1 Aug 2017 #74
Wasn't his name Lance White? csziggy Aug 2017 #111
wilson W. Wilson, jr. lapfog_1 Aug 2017 #31
He did appear in full for the finale. sakabatou Aug 2017 #42
Indeed! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #45
Mrs. McGillicuddy on "The Little Rascals" MrScorpio Aug 2017 #33
WOW! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #46
I think it was 'Miss" McGillicuddy. louis-t Aug 2017 #70
Didn't Spanky and Alfalfa both have assive crushes on her Dream Girl Aug 2017 #94
Lars Lindstrom? Montauk6 Aug 2017 #34
Right you are! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #50
Mr. Shotz Montauk6 Aug 2017 #40
Yep! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #51
Charlie of Charlie's Angels sakabatou Aug 2017 #43
Classic! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #52
Maris. Niles wife on Fraser. Thirties Child Aug 2017 #44
Yes! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author Corvo Bianco Aug 2017 #54
Stan Walker from "Will and Grace" FM123 Aug 2017 #57
Yes shenmue Aug 2017 #59
Nice! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #64
Hawkeye's father on M*A*S*H. 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #58
Good ones! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #65
Ahem. Both wives appeared in the series Orrex Aug 2017 #75
I bow to your... 3catwoman3 Aug 2017 #81
Mrs. Potter never appeared, though... hlthe2b Aug 2017 #99
Mildred Potter's voice appeared in the Dreams episode as well Orrex Aug 2017 #103
Wasn't that Col. Potter's mother's voice? Thor_MN Aug 2017 #145
Whoa. Orrex Aug 2017 #163
I remembered it right, except for what he tasted. Thor_MN Aug 2017 #164
The PA announcer on MASH was never seen jmowreader Aug 2017 #118
Carlton on Rhoda whistler162 Aug 2017 #61
Indeed! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #66
Dr. Claw from the 1980s Inspector Gadget cartoon? Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2017 #62
Sweet! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #67
Dammit, that's was the only one I could think of... krispos42 Aug 2017 #171
The dispatcher on "Haven" did not show up until Doreen Aug 2017 #63
Very good! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #68
I just remembered her name was Laverne. Doreen Aug 2017 #71
Cool! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #84
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it..." Adsos Letter Aug 2017 #72
Yes! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #85
Meredith McGiver. Often referenced on the ongoing justhanginon Aug 2017 #73
God on The 700 Club rusty quoin Aug 2017 #76
Owe me new keyboard Generic Other Aug 2017 #78
! Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2017 #86
Urp! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #87
DUzy!!! Coventina Aug 2017 #100
hahahah PERFECT. VOX Aug 2017 #122
You win the thread. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2017 #151
'Man at the Door' - Soupy Sales Donkees Aug 2017 #77
Very good! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #88
YES! I thought I'd be the only one for this example! WinkyDink Aug 2017 #106
The moon faced woman, Antonio's girl friend, on Wings AJT Aug 2017 #79
Yep! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #89
Tino in "My So Called Life" lunamagica Aug 2017 #80
Good one! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #90
MASH flotsam Aug 2017 #82
Excellent! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #91
Hawkeye's "eulogy" for Tuttle was excellent jmowreader Aug 2017 #119
I don't think Captain Tuttle was ever heard, he was fictional. Thor_MN Aug 2017 #146
You are correct... flotsam Aug 2017 #150
Norm's wife, Vera, on Cheers. Howard's mother on Big Bang Theory FiveGoodMen Aug 2017 #83
Yes and yes! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #92
Howard Wolowitz's mom on Big Bang Theory N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2017 #93
Yep! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #95
Beat me to it! JuJuYoshida Aug 2017 #101
Anyone else remember "Hot l Baltimore" mikeargo Aug 2017 #102
Great series! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #112
Well formed legs Corvid Aug 2017 #104
MTM was actually Sam the receptionist with the legs on Richard Diamond. Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #113
My Mother the Car - - - mother, Gladys (voiced by Ann Sothern). Ptah Aug 2017 #105
Good call! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #114
The Neighbor over the Fence on "Home Improvement." WinkyDink Aug 2017 #108
Yes! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #115
The mother from "How I Met Your Mother" FM123 Aug 2017 #109
Nice catch!👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #116
The final season featured her in many episodes lame54 Aug 2017 #117
That explains it....I never made it to the last few seasons FM123 Aug 2017 #120
Vintage entry: Gladys Porter on "December Bride," 1954-59 VOX Aug 2017 #121
Never heard. Sneederbunk Aug 2017 #162
Larry David as George Steinbrenner in Seinfeld JonLP24 Aug 2017 #123
The one armed man mainstreetonce Aug 2017 #124
He was shown, last episode. WinkyDink Aug 2017 #126
This message was self-deleted by its author Tom_Foolery Aug 2017 #125
Peggy's mother on Married With Children tymorial Aug 2017 #127
Oh! Good one!👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #133
White Fang and Black Tooth on Soupy Sales The Blue Flower Aug 2017 #128
I resemble that remark!😏 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #134
Carlton the Doorman? sweetloukillbot Aug 2017 #129
Yep!👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #135
Charlie Brown's Teachers & Parents..... The_REAL_Ecumenist Aug 2017 #130
Right you are!👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #136
The Narrator from Arrested Development Initech Aug 2017 #132
Opie!👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #137
One of my favorite scenes from the whole show: Initech Aug 2017 #140
Harvey the white rabbit Alpeduez21 Aug 2017 #138
Ah yes! The Pooka! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #139
Waylon Jennings Mendocino Aug 2017 #141
Nice one! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #143
Al from Naked Gun NotASurfer Aug 2017 #142
Oh yeah! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #144
How about characters without last names? gratuitous Aug 2017 #147
Sparky from M A S H. nt herding cats Aug 2017 #148
Sgt. Pryor underpants Aug 2017 #153
Was that him? herding cats Aug 2017 #154
Yes apparently so underpants Aug 2017 #155
The dad from Out of this World Catmusicfan Aug 2017 #152
Wow! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #166
Thing from the Adams Family gopiscrap Aug 2017 #156
Good ones! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #167
Magic Voice on Mystery Science Theater 3000 Rollo Aug 2017 #157
Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #168
The Bubble Boy on Seinfeld... Rollo Aug 2017 #158
Yep! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #169
Sheridan Bucket on "Keeping Up Appearances"... Rollo Aug 2017 #159
Nice! 👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #170

LisaM

(27,762 posts)
1. Vera in "Cheers".
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:03 PM
Aug 2017

Last edited Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:45 PM - Edit history (1)

Also, Niles' wife Maris in "Frasier" (I know I snuck in two, but I figured the shows were related).


Corrected to Maris from "Mavis", oops!

LisaM

(27,762 posts)
98. How about Nina's friend Binnie on "Just Shoot Me"?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 05:24 PM
Aug 2017

There was one scene where someone was sitting there with her head swathed in bandages from a facelift, but I don't think we ever actually saw her.

PJMcK

(21,921 posts)
23. Not quite!
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:13 PM
Aug 2017

In the final episode of the series, Commander Ryker, (from TNG), takes the role of Chef (I know, it's on the holodeck).

MrScorpio

(73,626 posts)
29. That wasn't really Chef, no one other than Riker was real in that simulation
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:21 PM
Aug 2017

And yet, even if there was an image of "Chef" in subjective mode not played by Riker, it still wouldn't count, he wasn't real. No one knew what he actually looked like.

PJMcK

(21,921 posts)
9. Carlton the Doorman
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:08 PM
Aug 2017

On "Rhoda," Lorenzo Music voiced the doorman who was never seen. Mr. Music was also a producer of the show.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
97. On a very related note
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 05:17 PM
Aug 2017

Unseen PA announcer Sal Viscuso on Children's Hospital was a direct homage to the PA Announcer on M*A*S*H. Voiced by Michael Cera (George-Micahel Bluth on Arrested Development), the character was named for the actor who did the PA announcements (when it wasn't Radar) on M*A*S*H.

no_hypocrisy

(45,774 posts)
20. The wife of the urologist on The Bob Newhart Show (1970s)
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:12 PM
Aug 2017

Tippi. She always seemed to be screaming over the phone at Dr. Bernie Tupperman.

Loved the alliteration of her name, Tippi Tupperman.


TBA

(825 posts)
25. I don't think we ever heard "Pickles"
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:16 PM
Aug 2017

but Buddy on the Dick Van Dyke she spoke of her often. She was his wife.

Actually I stand corrected -

Fiona Conway "Pickles" Sorrell (Barbara Perry/Joan Shawlee) – Buddy's slightly nutty wife and former showgirl. She becomes an off-screen character after season two

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
47. In the last episode Higgins tells Magnum that he's actually Robin
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:45 PM
Aug 2017

Sure, he later took it back but Thomas, TC, and Rick had long suspected this was the case.

FSogol

(45,360 posts)
49. Did you ever see Tom Selleck's pre-Magnum appearance as a detective on the Rockford Files?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:48 PM
Aug 2017

I still laugh every time I remember that episode.

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
74. You should see him
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 03:16 PM
Aug 2017

do a casting session for Indiana Jones (Raiders).

There would never have been a sequel.

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
111. Wasn't his name Lance White?
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 12:07 AM
Aug 2017

YES!

And the two episodes of The Rockford Files were:
White on White and Nearly Perfect (1978)
Nice Guys Finish Dead (1979)
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0079574/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_50

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
94. Didn't Spanky and Alfalfa both have assive crushes on her
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 04:46 PM
Aug 2017

As I recall she was a comely blond with thin eyebrows and finger waves. Didn't she leave the school because she got married? The things I remember. But just ask me today's date...

Montauk6

(8,045 posts)
34. Lars Lindstrom?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 01:26 PM
Aug 2017

I don't think we ever met up close and personal the loving hubby of Mary's neighbor Phyllis.

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Orrex

(63,086 posts)
75. Ahem. Both wives appeared in the series
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 03:17 PM
Aug 2017

Peg was featured in a home movie sent to BJ for their anniversary, as well as in a dream sequence in a later episode.

Frank's wife likewise appeared in a home movie.

However, Winchester's sister Honoria was heard in a reel-to-reel recording, but she was never seen.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
99. Mrs. Potter never appeared, though...
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 05:27 PM
Aug 2017

nor Trapper's wife...

but, I remember the tapes with Charle's sister. That was a touching episode.

Orrex

(63,086 posts)
103. Mildred Potter's voice appeared in the Dreams episode as well
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 06:57 PM
Aug 2017

And of course her photo was on the Colonel's desk.

You're right about Trapper's wife.


And the Honoria episode, featuring the soldier who struggled with a stutter, was indeed very touching. I didn't like Charles much when I was younger, but as I grew older I appreciated him more and more.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
145. Wasn't that Col. Potter's mother's voice?
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 06:06 PM
Aug 2017

"Sherman, time for dinner."
"They couldn't have waited 5 minutes? It's been years since I tasted..."

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
164. I remembered it right, except for what he tasted.
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:05 PM
Aug 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_(M*A*S*H)

Sherman T. Potter has the least distressing dream in the episode. He dozes off at his desk, and is roused by his horse, Sophie, who enters the room in full saddle and bridle. He grabs his hat and mounts Sophie, riding into an open field. A pair of Koreans in the shrubbery throw a grenade at Potter, who effortlessly knocks it away with a polo mallet, resulting in a spectacular fireworks display. Potter then comes upon a familiar site: his childhood home. A younger Sherman Potter is riding on a horse outside, and a female voice is calling him to dinner. At this point, Klinger abruptly awakens Potter, much to his regret; "It's been a long time since I've tasted one of her home-baked muffins."

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
118. The PA announcer on MASH was never seen
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 03:28 PM
Aug 2017

Here's one for you: Horshack's mother in Welcome Back, Kotter.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
62. Dr. Claw from the 1980s Inspector Gadget cartoon?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 02:37 PM
Aug 2017

I watched that growing up and it killed me we never saw his face....or at least I don't remember seeing his face.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
171. Dammit, that's was the only one I could think of...
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:35 PM
Aug 2017

...and you stole it!



Damn kids today, with their time machines...

justhanginon

(3,287 posts)
73. Meredith McGiver. Often referenced on the ongoing
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 03:15 PM
Aug 2017

Trump Reality Sh*t Show sometimes referred to as the "Trump Administration". Not sure if she was ever heard,

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,231 posts)
88. Very good!
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 04:25 PM
Aug 2017

I recall a video of Soupy getting pranked. A knock at the door and when Soupy opens it, it's a naked lady!

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
119. Hawkeye's "eulogy" for Tuttle was excellent
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 03:30 PM
Aug 2017

"There's a little of Captain Tuttle in all of us. You might say that all of us made up Tuttle."

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
146. I don't think Captain Tuttle was ever heard, he was fictional.
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 06:09 PM
Aug 2017

They made him up to give his pay and benefits to the orphanage.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
83. Norm's wife, Vera, on Cheers. Howard's mother on Big Bang Theory
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 04:00 PM
Aug 2017

The one time that Vera appeared on camera, her face was covered with pie.

mikeargo

(675 posts)
102. Anyone else remember "Hot l Baltimore"
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 05:48 PM
Aug 2017

"Moose" the reclusive son of Charlotte Rae's was never seen, but one time the "Moose" got loose.

Corvid

(3 posts)
104. Well formed legs
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 07:06 PM
Aug 2017

From long ago.

Peter Gunn's receptionist, only her legs are ever seen and her voice heard. Years later she became very famous. Mary Tyler Moore.

Also there was an un-seen character named "Mother"... I think. Have not seen an episode in the last 50 years or so. I believe that Henry Mancini did the theme music but I cannot be sure. Music was bluesy.

cheers

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,231 posts)
113. MTM was actually Sam the receptionist with the legs on Richard Diamond.
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 12:39 PM
Aug 2017

On Peter Gunn Mother owned the club where Gunn hung out and his main squeeze Edie Hart was a singer. Mother was portrayed by two actresses, Minerva Urecal and Hope Emerson.

Peter Gunn is currently available on Amazon Prime.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
121. Vintage entry: Gladys Porter on "December Bride," 1954-59
Wed Aug 9, 2017, 05:17 PM
Aug 2017

She was a bit of a prototype for Vera on "Cheers" and Maris on "Frasier."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_Bride
"December Bride centered on the adventures of Lily Ruskin, a spry widow played by Spring Byington, who was not, in fact, a "December" (rather old) bride but very much desired to become one if the right man would come along. Aiding Lily in her search for this prospective suitor were her daughter Ruth Henshaw (Frances Rafferty) and son-in-law Matt Henshaw (Dean Miller), and her close friend Hilda Crocker (character-actress Verna Felton). A next-door neighbor, insurance agent Pete Porter (Harry Morgan), was frequently seen. Married miserably himself, according to his constant complaints about his unseen wife Gladys..."

We finally meet Gladys in a spin-off, "Pete and Gladys," 1960-62, played by actress Cara Williams.

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Mendocino

(7,431 posts)
141. Waylon Jennings
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 07:46 PM
Aug 2017

He was the "Balladeer" on the Dukes of Hazzard. He did play a single episode but as a Duke relative, not as the narrator.

NotASurfer

(2,138 posts)
142. Al from Naked Gun
Thu Aug 10, 2017, 07:59 PM
Aug 2017

Kind of the opposite of Wilson from Home Improvement, he was only seen from the neck down. His head was always out of frame off the top of the screen

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
147. How about characters without last names?
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 06:58 PM
Aug 2017

I'll start with Penny on Big Bang Theory, and follow it up with the whole family on Malcolm in the Middle.

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
154. Was that him?
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 07:40 PM
Aug 2017

I must have forgotten that, but I was a little kid when I watched it. I just remembered always wondering what he looked like. Now I know!

Thanks!

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