Spook Central Halloween Treat - The Real Ghostbusters Call Sheets & Notable Guest Stars

Other character actors have made their voices heard on the series, even though they are more known for their familiar faces.



Avery Lawrence Schreiber is easily recognizable for his trademark bushy mustache, curly hair, and comedic reactions. He came to prominence in the 1960s in a comedy duo with Jack Burns, then went on to an array of acting parts and a series of advertisements for Doritos tortilla chips in the 1970s. He was a frequent guest on the game show Match Game and a guest in a first-season episode of The Muppet Show (written by former partner Jack Burns, whom he mentioned during a stand-up routine in the episode). Avery continued to work in film, television and theater, with his most notable cameos in the Mel Brooks films Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) as a Tax Assessor, and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) as the Peasant on Coach. He also co-starred with R.J. Willams in the short-lived 1990 series Wake, Rattle & Roll.




Born Jack Westelman, this Canadian actor had a career that spanned more than four decades, beginning in 1972 with the television show, Love, American Style. In 1975, Wells made his film debut in The Strongest Man in the World, then went on to appear in a string of successful movies including Private Benjamin (1980), The Woman in Red (1984), and Magnolia (1999). In 2002, Wells starred as film executive Jack L. Warner in the made-for-television movie Gleason, starring Brad Garrett as Jackie Gleason. Over his prolific career, Wells did most of his work in television, starring or making guest appearances in more than 80 television shows and movies, including Sanford and Son, CHiPs, The A-Team, and The Fall Guy. In 1975, he starred in one of the most notable roles of his career; as Charlie the Bartender on the hit television show The Jeffersons. Wells played Charlie as a recurring role throughout the entire 11 season run of the show. Wells began doing voice work in 1982 when he voiced the character of Stomper #1 in the Ralph Bakshi film Hey Good Looking (1982). From there he went on to voice numerous characters for film, television and video games, including Batman: The Animated Series, Grossology, and Johnny Bravo. It was in 1989 that Wells starred in and voiced the animated character that he is perhaps best remembered for: Luigi from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (photo shown above). Ernie Hudson appeared with Wells in the fifth episode of the series, "Slime Busters", showing up as a Ghostbusters-like paranormal investigator. (That episode is available on the Mario Mania DVD.)




Canadian actor Derek McGrath is best known for playing Diane's would-be strangler, Andy Schroeder, in Cheers (1983-1992) (photo seen above); starring opposite a young Jerry O'Connell as Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoate in My Secret Identity (1988-1991); appearing as Crewman Chell in Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2000); and as Dr. Derek Hebert in the Billy Ray Cyrus series Doc (2001-2004). McGrath also played Butterworth in Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), and the mutant Worm in the 1993 comedy film Freaked, starring Alex Winter, Megan Ward, and an uncredited Keanu Reeves (Winter's Bill & Ted co-star). He also provided the voice of Heathcliff's nemesis Spike in DIC's Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats (1984), and has come to voice Chief Quimby in the new Inspector Gadget (2015) series. McGrath was nominated two years in a row (1989 and 1990) for a Gemini Award for My Secret Identity. The first time was for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role, and the second time was for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series (shared with Michael O'Connell, father of My Secret Identity lead Jerry).




Brian George was born in Jerusalem on July 1, 1952. A year after his birth, his family moved from Israel to London and then, in 1966, to Canada. While there, he joined the Second City troupe, where he trained with John Candy, among others. He had appeared on numerous television shows including Seinfeld (1991-1998), where he appeared in three episodes as Babu Bhatt, an immigrant who is deported to Pakistan because of Elaine Benes' failure to give Jerry Seinfeld his mail in time, which contained Babu's visa application. He returned in the series finale to testify against Jerry. Other television appearances include two episodes of Ellen (1995) in which he plays Ranjit, a member of the book club that gathered in Ellen's book shop; and as Julian Bashir's father in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?" (1997). He has has recurring roles in The Big Bang Theory (2007-2018) as Raj's father, and in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013) as an unnamed prisoner who is later revealed to be the Sultan of Agrabah and father of the show's principal antagonist: Jafar. He has also appeared on the Disney Channel show That's So Raven (2003-2006) as Dr. Sleevemore, a "psychic doctor" who treats Raven's vision-related problems. He recently reprised the role in second season of the Raven's Home (2018) spin-off series. George currently stars as the father, Sonny Kamala, on the NBC series I Feel Bad (2018). Theatrically, George appeared as the Dungeon Maitre D' in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), as a United Nations secretary in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), and as the Guru who has his testicles squeezed by Gadget in Inspector Gadget (1999). He has also done voiceover work in animated shows such as Batman: The Animated Series (1992) (as musician turned gangster Jimmy "The Jazzman" Peake), Kim Possible (2002-2007) (as Scotsman antagonist Duff Killigan), Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006-2007) (as Guru Pathik); and Justice League (2001-2003) (voicing Parasite in style similar to the late Brion James, the first voice actor of Parasite). His video game voice work includes Sahin the Falcon and Stuart Black in Age of Empires III (2005); taxi driver and informant Fareed "Freddie" Abdul Salaam in True Crime: New York City (2005); and Sly's ancestor, Salim Al-Kupar, in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (2013).




Although Jonathan Schmock has worked on numerous film and television projects, he will always be best remembered for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (photo shown above), where he played the maitre d' of Chez Quis, the fancy restaurant that Ferris and his friends fake their way into. Additional film credits include Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Surf Ninjas (1993), and City of Industry (1997). Television roles include Big Time Rush (2012), Blossom (1992-1995), Double Trouble (1984-1985), Arrested Development (2003-2005), Star Trek: Enterprise (2005), The Golden Girls (1990-1991), and The Big Bang Theory (2012). He has also worked as a developer for Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996-2003) and as a writer on Real Time with Bill Maher (2007-2009), Dharma & Greg (1999-2000), Blossom (1992-1994), and Brotherly Love (1995-1997), which he co-created with Jim Vallely.




Amy Marie Hill has been a mainstay on American television for the past four decades, usually playing grandmother or motherly type roles. Hill first became noticed in the industry for her involvement on Margaret Cho's short-lived sitcom All-American Girl (1994-1995) in the role of Yung-Hee "Grandma" Kim. Her character eventually became the show's breakout character, as was noted in the show's 2006 DVD release in an interview with Hill and Cho. Other television roles in which you've seen or heard her includes Mrs. DePaulo on That's So Raven (2003-2005), Mama Tohru on Jackie Chan Adventures (2001-2005), Mrs. Hasagawa in Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003-2006) (reprising the same character she played in the theatrical motion picture), Mary in Hot Properties (2005) (photo shown above), Mah Mah Ling in American Dad! (2007-2013), Beverly Tarantino in Mom (2015-2017), and Ms. Mannering in Preacher (2017). In film, she is perhaps best known for her roles as Mrs. Kwan in The Cat in the Hat (2003), Sue in 50 First Dates (2004), and Mrs. Ho-Kim in Next Friday (2000). Hill is currently a series regular on CBS's Magnum P.I. (2018) reboot.




Known for his rich voice and dignified bearing, Browne was much in demand for narration and voice-over parts in film and on commercial sound recordings. In 1977, he narrated a record album, The Story of Star Wars, which presented an abridged version of the events depicted in original film utilizing the dialogue and sound effects. Browne was determined not to accept stereotypical roles which had routinely been offered to African-American actors. He also wanted to do more than act and narrate. In 1966, he wrote and made his directorial stage debut with A Hand Is On The Gate, starring Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, and Moses Gunn. His stage success brought him to the attention of producer Leland Hayward, and in 1964 he began a regular stint as a cast member on Hayward's satirical NBC-TV series That Was the Week That Was. Starting in the late 1960s, Browne increasingly became a guest star on TV on both comedy and dramatic shows like Mannix (1968), All in the Family (1972-1973), Maude (1977-1978), Good Times (1974), Sanford and Son (1972), A Different World (1988-1992), Seaquest DSV (1993-1994), and dozens of other shows. He also was a regular on Soap where he played Saunders, the erudite butler from 1979–1981. Browne's appearances on The Cosby Show won him an Emmy Award in 1986 for his guest role as Professor Foster. In 1995, he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his performance as "Kingpin" Wilson Fisk in Spider-Man. Notable movie roles include French-Haitian spy Phillipe Dubois in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969), Box in Logan's Run (1976), and Francis in Disney's Oliver & Company (1988). He can be heard as the narrator in Babe (1995), Babe: Pig in the City (1998), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), and Epic Movie (2007) (which marked his final film appearance).




Canadian-born Robert Ito was a dancer with the National Ballet of Canada before turning to acting in the mid-1960s. With a long list of performing credits to his name, he is probably best known for his seven-year run on Quincy, M.E. (1976-1983) as forensic lab technician Sam Fujiyama (photo shown above). Ito's film credits include The Terminal Man (1974), Rollerball (1975), Black Sunday (1977), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), and Aloha Summer (1988). Ito guest starred on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988), Star Trek: Voyager (2001), and The King of Queens (1999). He also starred in The X-Files episodes "Nisei" and "731" (both in 1995). Ito has voiced characters in many cartoon shows and films, including Avatar: The Last Airbender (2008), Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1995), Animaniacs (1993), Bonkers (1993), Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1993), Biker Mice from Mars (1994), Darkwing Duck (1991), The Karate Kid (1989) (as Mr. Miyagi), Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos (1986), Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo (2006), and Gargoyles (1994).




Stanley Ralph Ross started his career in advertising, then soon transitioned to a career as a writer for television. As an ABC executive, he wrote (and directed) the classic opening segment to ABC's Wide World of Sports in 1961: "Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport... the thrill of victory... and the agony of defeat... the human drama of athletic competition... this is ABC's Wide World of Sports!" He wrote a third of the 1960s Batman episodes, and also had an uncredited cameo in one episode in which he played "Ballpoint Baxter". The character, who had no lines, was named after Ross' real-life nickname. Although most recognized for his work on Batman, Ross also wrote for The Monkees (1967), All in the Family (1971-1973), Banacek (1972), and G.I. Joe (1985) . He developed Wonder Woman (1975-1979) for television with Douglas S. Cramer, and was instrumental in the choosing of Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner as the show's stars. Ross was also known for his distinctive voice and did much voiceover work. He provided the voice of Gorilla Grodd on Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978), as well as Perry White in the 1988 Superman cartoon, Dark Paw in Paw Paws (1985-1986), and has had numerous smaller parts (voice and acting) on television, movies, and over 1000 commercials.

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