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Miley Cyrus At age 11, Cyrus learned of the casting for what became Hannah Montana, a Disney Channel children's television series about a school girl with a secret double life as a teen pop star.
Josh HutchersonHe landed his first acting role in the 2002 pilot episode, House Blend, playing Nicky Harper ; in the same year, he appeared in an episode of ER and was cast in the pilot of Becoming Glen although the show was n't ordered until years later with a new title and different cast that did not include Hutcherson.
William ShatnerHe reprised the role in the 2004 sequel Miss Congeniality 2 : Armed and Fabulous, in which Stan Fields was kidnapped in Las Vegas along with the winner of the pageant of the previous year.
John O'HurleyO'Hurley was a guest star on multiple episodes of the soap opera All My Children during its last month on ABC, in September of 2011, playing Kit Sterling, a producer who approaches Erica Kane to make a movie based on the new book she has just written.
John Forsythe In 1992, after a three-year absence, Forsythe returned to series television starring in Norman Lear's situation comedy, The Powers That Be for NBC, co-starring Holland Taylor, Peter MacNicol, Valerie Mahaffey and David Hyde-Pierce.
Tracey GoldOn July 24, 2013, Gold returned to sitcoms with an appearance on the Melissa & Joey episode,'' Something Happened,'' as one half of a lesbian couple with a home-schooled daughter.
Madge KennedyShe is perhaps arguably, best remembered by baby boomers for her semi-recurring role as Theodore Cleaver's Aunt Martha on the hit family sitcom Leave it to Beaver (1957 -- 63).
Hazel ScottShe made her television acting debut in 1973, on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, performing a wedding song at the nuptials of her'' onscreen cousin'', Carla Gray Hall, portrayed by Ellen Holly.
Ann MagnusonIn the 1996 telefilm The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas, Magnuson played Lily Munster from the original 1960s TV series The Munsters.
Lauren AmbroseHer early career also included television appearances, most notably playing supporting guest roles on Law & Order, and a feature guest role on the show in the 1998 episode'' Damaged'' as Valerie Maxwell, a mentally-challenged young woman raped by a group of popular high school students.
Angela AamesShe appeared in a recurring role as Penny, a fitness instructor, on The Dom DeLuise Show (1987).
Donnelly RhodesIn 1984, he had a supporting role as the beleaguered father, Art Foster, in the short-lived TV series Double Trouble.
Ben LawsonOn 17 August 2012, he landed a recurring role in the ABC sitcom Do n't Trust the B -- in Apartment 23, playing Benjamin, a love interest for main character Chloe (Krysten Ritter).
Billy Gray (actor)In 1977, Gray appeared on both Father Knows Best television movie reunion specials that aired on NBC, the Father Knows Best Family Reunion special on May 15, 1977, and the Father Knows Best : Home for Christmas special on December 18, 1977.
Al MolinaroAlbert Francis'' Al'' Molinaro (born June 24, 1919) is a retired American actor in television and films, most notably as Al Delvecchio, the owner of Arnold's on Happy Days and its spin-off show Joanie Loves Chachi, Murray the Cop on The Odd Couple television series, as well as starring in commercials for On-Cor frozen dinners and with former NFL defensive lineman William'' The Refrigerator'' Perry for Mr. Big toilet paper.
Ian Thomas (Canadian musician)As well, Thomas was a musical guest on the CTV children's show Whatever Turns You On (a short-lived spinoff of You Ca n't Do That on Television) in 1979.
Bill MumyIn 1965, he guest starred on an episode of NBC's I Dream of Jeannie'' Whatever Became Of Baby Custer ?''
John Forsythe In 1957, he took a leading role in the situation comedy Bachelor Father for CBS as Bentley Gregg, a playboy lawyer who has to become a father to his niece Kelly (played by Noreen Corcoran), upon the death of her biological parents.
Johnny PacarPacar starred as Damon Young on ABC Family's Make It or Break It, a series about teenage gymnasts striving for the 2012 Olympics.
Black RobAs of 2013, he has joined the upcoming reality series'' Come Back Kings'' with Ed Lover, Calvin Richardson, David'' Davinch'' Chance (of Ruff Endz), Jeff Sanders, Jameio, Mr. Cheeks and Horace Brown.
Maureen LipmanAfter early appearances in the sitcoms The Lovers, and Doctor at Large, Lipman first gained prominence on television in the 1979 situation comedy Agony, in which she played an agony aunt with a troubled private life.
Michael CallanIn 1966, Callan landed the lead role of Peter Christopher in the NBC Television sitcom Occasional Wife.
Selena GomezGomez later appeared in numerous Disney Channel series and films including Jonas Brothers : Living the Dream (2008) and Disney Channel Games (2008).
Michael Warren (actor)In 2002 he appeared in'' Normal Again'', an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as a psychiatrist trying to convince Buffy Summers she is delusional.
Dody GoodmanFollowing Mary Hartman, Goodman's career gained momentum with regular appearances on TV's Diff' rent Strokes, Search for Tomorrow and as aunt Mavis in 1982 on Texas, movie roles in Grease, Grease 2 and Splash, and cartoon voiceover work on Alvin and the Chipmunks and its movie The Chipmunk Adventure.
Sheryl CruzIn 2012 she had a guest appearance on the phenomenal series Walang Hanggan as young (Virginia'' Henya'' Cruz) portrayed by Ms. Susan Roces.
Ronnie ScribnerHe has one younger sibling, a sister named Annaliesa (born in 1969), who was also a child actor, appearing in numerous commercials as well as guest-starring with him in an episode of Little House on the Prairie.
Scott BakulaBeginning in December 2009, Bakula began appearing as Terry, one of the three lead characters, along with Ray Romano (Joe) and Andre Braugher (Owen), in TNT's hour long comedy/drama Men of a Certain Age.
Wendie MalickIn 2010, Malick began starring in the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland, alongside Jane Leeves, Valerie Bertinelli and Betty White.
Roseanne BarrRoseanne's Nuts, a reality show featuring Barr, boyfriend Johnny Argent, and son Jake as they run a macadamia nut and livestock farm in Big Island, Hawaii was broadcast by Lifetime Television in July 2011, and cancelled in September of that year.
Christopher Knight (actor)He reunited with his former Brady costars in the 1988 holiday television movie, A Very Brady Christmas.
Dan DaileyAs the musical genre began to wane in the late-1950s, he moved on to various comedic and dramatic roles on television, including appearing as one of The Four Just Men (1959) in the Sapphire Films TV series for ITV, Michael O'Hara The Third in the television movie Michael O'Hara the Fourth and the NBC Mystery Movie series Faraday & Company.
Jorge Garcia (actor)In 2011, Garcia appeared as a recurring character in Mr. Sunshine, portraying a caretaker at the Sunshine Center.
Matthew FoxIn 1994, Fox was cast in a starring role as Charlie Salinger, the eldest of five siblings who lose both parents in a car accident on the 1990s teen drama Party of Five, co-starring with Scott Wolf, Neve Campbell, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Lacey Chabert.
Ben SavageHis first major speaking role on network television was playing the recurring role of Matthew, son of the Judd Hirsch character, on the comedy series Dear John (1988).
Bob Elliott (comedian)In 1990, Elliott portrayed'' Fred Peterson'' in the television series Get a Life, which starred his real-life son Chris Elliott as his son in the show.
Marj DusayShe starred as Jean MacArthur in the 1977 film MacArthur, and guest-starred as Blair Warner's mother, Monica Warner, on the sitcom The Facts of Life.
Krista AllenIn 2002, she appeared in an episode of Friends,'' The One Where Joey Dates Rachel'' as Joey's girlfriend Mabel.
Alexandra ChandoIn 2010, Chando was cast as identical twins Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer in the new ABC Family series The Lying Game.
Leah ReminiIn 1998, Remini landed the role of Carrie Heffernan on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens.
Selena GomezGomez later guest starred in an episode of the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody in 2006.
Jerry Van DykeVan Dyke finally accepted the lead role of attorney David Crabtree in the short-lived sitcom, My Mother the Car (1965), the misadventures of a man whose deceased mother Gladys (voiced by Ann Sothern) is reincarnated as a restored antique car.
Caitlin O'HeaneyWhen A Christmas Carol closed, O'Heaney moved to Los Angeles, and five weeks later she was cast as Anna Marie Hollyhock in the 1978 ABC comedy series Apple Pie, which was produced by Norman Lear, directed by Peter Bonerz, and starred Rue McClanahan, Dabney Coleman, Jack Gilford, Mike Binder and Richard Libertini.
Lee MajorsMajors' co-starring role on Owen Marshall led him to a starring role as Colonel Steve Austin, an ex - astronaut with bionic implants in The Six Million Dollar Man, a 1973 television movie broadcast on ABC.
Peyton List (actress born 1986)List continued to appear in guest roles on television shows including Moonlight and Ghost Whisperer in 2008 ; she was also seen in the critically acclaimed series Mad Men, playing Don Draper's fill-in secretary who later became Roger Sterling's second wife.
Jon FavreauIn 1997, he appeared on the popular TV sitcom Friends, portraying Pete Becker, whom Monica Geller dates for several episodes, and who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Sheryl CruzIn 2012, she later returned again to ABS-CBN as Cruz appeared in a special participation role in the last episodes of the hit phenomenal teleserye Walang Hanggan, playing the role of a younger Manang Henya (portrayed by her aunt Ms. Susan Roces) in flashbacks.
Larry Hovis After Hogan's Heroes was cancelled in 1971, Hovis appeared in several TV shows.
Richard ConteIn 1966, Conte landed a supporting role in the short-lived CBS sitcom, The Jean Arthur Show.
Haylie DuffIn 2005, Duff joined the cast of the television series 7th Heaven, playing Sandy Jameson, best friend to Simon's girlfriend Rose, who ended up getting pregnant by Martin Brewer (Tyler Hoechlin).
Kayla EwellEwell played a children's fashion designer in the 2011 Hallmark Channel TV movie, Keeping Up With The Randalls, alongside Thad Luckinbill, Roma Downey, Marion Ross and McKenna Jones.
Ron RifkinOn television, Rifkin has appeared in numerous made-for-television movies and miniseries, had regular roles on The Rockford Files, One Day at a Time, Husbands, Wives & Lovers, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, and Alias, and has made guest appearances on a number of series, including Mary Tyler Moore, Sex and the City, ER Season 2 (1995) as Doctor Carl Vucelich : Episodes 6,8,9,12,13,14 & 22.
Bonnie SomervilleShe also starred with Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor in the short-lived 2008 ABC dramedy Cashmere Mafia.
Tom SelleckSelleck appeared in a recurring role on the acclaimed ABC drama Boston Legal as Ivan Tiggs -- the troubled ex-husband of Shirley Schmidt (Candice Bergen) -- and as novelist Robert B. Parker's character Jesse Stone in several CBS made-for-TV movies, earning a 2007 Emmy nomination for Jesse Stone : Sea Change.
Christine EstabrookChristine Estabrook (born September 13, 1952) is an American stage, television and film actress, known for her roles on the television series The Crew, Nikki, Desperate Housewives and American Horror Story ; she had a recurring role on the drama Mad Men during that show's fifth season, and continuing into the sixth.
Catherine HicksIn the 2009 Lifetime Movie Network film, Stranger with My Face, she played the widowed mother Shelley Stratton.
Stephen MachtThe following season, he landed the role of Joe Cooper, the brother of Karen MacKenzie (Michele Lee), on Knots Landing (CBS, 1982 -- 83).
John McMartinHe also appeared as Shirley Jones' love interest in'' The Partridge Family'' 1970 episode titled'' When Mother Gets Married''.
Ken Berry In 1973 Sherwood Schwartz wrote a Brady Bunch spin-off called Kelly's Kids, which featured Berry as the adoptive father of three diverse boys (black, white, and Asian).
Sammi HanrattyIn 2006, she was a recurring character through seasons 2-3 of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody as Holly, a little girl whose father is a con man and once stayed at the Tipton.
Jo Marie PaytonJo Marie Payton (born August 3, 1950) is an American television actress, and singer, who starred most notably as Harriette Winslow on the ABC sitcom, Family Matters, and its parent series Perfect Strangers.
Peter BillingsleyIn 1982 Billingsley starred in several features, including Death Valley, Massarati and the Brain, and the made-for-TV movie Memories Never Die with Lindsay Wagner and his sister, Melissa Michaelsen.
Wayne BlairIn 2008 Blair directed all thirteen episodes of the Australian children's TV series Double Trouble, about twin Indigenous girls separated at birth.
Alan ReedFrom 1957 -- 58, Reed appeared in a recurring role as J. B. Hafter, a studio boss, on the CBS sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve, starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino, then married in real life but appearing as a fictitious acting couple living in Beverly Hills, California.
Hilary DuffDuff also starred as a free-spirited girl who struggles in a strict military school in the 2002 Disney Channel television film Cadet Kelly, which became the network's most watched program in its 19-year history.
Ricky KelmanIn 1957, he portrayed Jimmy Logan in'' Bentley and the Baby Sitter'' on CBS's then new sitcom, Bachelor Father, with John Forsythe and Noreen Corcoran.
Ron PalilloHe was best known as Arnold Horshack on the ABC sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975 -- 79).
Sherry StringfieldShe most recently played Mary Jane Porter, an old girlfriend of Larry David's who runs into and then goes on a date with him in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that aired on October 11, 2009.
Brooke LyonsShe is known for her roles as Amy in the 2008 film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins and as Peach Landis in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls.
Carl WeathersWeathers portrayed the father of Michael Strahan and Daryl'' Chill'' Mitchell's characters on the short-lived 2009 Fox sitcom Brothers.
Julie AndrewsIn June 1962, Andrews co-starred in Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall, a CBS special with Carol Burnett.
Marcia StrassmanShe landed her best-known role as Julie Kotter in the ABC TV series Welcome Back, Kotter in 1975.
Lucille BallHer 1986 sitcom comeback Life With Lucy, costarring her longtime foil Gale Gordon and co-produced by Ball, Gary Morton, and prolific producer/former actor Aaron Spelling was canceled less than two months into its run by ABC.
Bryan CranstonHe appeared as the more successful business colleague of Greg Kinnear's character in the 2007 film Little Miss Sunshine.
Barry WilliamsWilliams also appeared with his former Brady Bunch co-star, Christopher Knight (Peter Brady), on a 2006 episode of the Fox network sitcom That'70s Show.
Pat Carroll (actress)In early 1976, Carroll was cast as Lily, the mother of Shirley Feeney (played by Cindy Williams) in the episode,'' Mother Knows Worst'' on the hit ABC situation comedy, Laverne & Shirley.
Tsai Chin (actress)In 1993, Tsai Chin took on a role that would energize her acting career and change her life yet again when she played the role of Auntie Lindo in the hugely popular The Joy Luck Club.
Max EhrichHe filmed two pilots for CBS in 2010, and has since shot another pilot as a recurring guest star for the new Country Music Television sitcom, Working Class, starring Melissa Peterman.
Drew CareyTurning his attention to television, in 1994, Carey co-starred with John Caponera in The Good Life, a short-lived sitcom that aired on NBC.
Georgia EngelShe later co-starred in two short-lived 1980 sitcom s, Goodtime Girls, as Loretta Smoot, and in Jennifer Slept Here featuring Ann Jillian.
Larenz Tate Following appearances in such television series as 21 Jump Street and The Wonder Years, Tate was cast in the television movie The Women of Brewster Place before receiving the recurring role of Steve Urkel's nemesis, Willie Fuffner, in the family comedy series Family Matters (1989).
Britt IrvinAlso, in 2003, she portrayed the late Dana Plato in the NBC TV movie Diff' rent Strokes : The Unauthorized Biography.
Jenny LewisShe was featured in the short-lived 1986 Lucille Ball sitcom Life With Lucy, where she was cast as one of Lucy's grandchildren.
Jane WagnerWagner also won a second Peabody for the ABC special, Edith Ann's Christmas : Just Say Noel (1996).
Al MadrigalHowever, he would not appear on CBS until January 2008, when he was cast as a building attendant named Jesus (pronounced `` Jee-sus'') in the CBS comedy Welcome to The Captain.
Peter BillingsleyBillingsley's older sister Melissa Michaelsen was probably best known for her role as Maxx Davis in the 1980 television show Me and Maxx.
Wilson CruzIn 1994 he was cast as Enrique'' Rickie'' Vasquez, a troubled gay teen, in the short-lived critically acclaimed cult classic TV series My So-Called Life.
Brooke LyonsBeginning in 2004, Lyons appeared in the television series American Dreams, That's So Raven, The Starter Wife, and Desperate Housewives, and has had recurring roles in 2 Broke Girls and Jane by Design.
Geoff StultsStults landed his first major role in 2002 as Ben Kinkirk, a fireman at the department in which Mary Camden was training and Mary's soon-to-be new love interest, on the show 7th Heaven.
Rooney MaraMara appeared with Emmy Rossum in the 2009 independent film, Dare as Courtney, and filmed The Winning Season with Emma Roberts and Sam Rockwell, playing a high school basketball player in a story similar to The Bad News Bears.
Barbara BatesIn 1954, she landed the role of Cathy on the NBC sitcom It's a Great Life, co-starring Frances Bavier as her mother, Amy Morgan, and James Dunn as her uncle, Earl Morgan.
Emma RigbyThe show's first episode aired on 31 January 2012 with Rigby playing Gemma Roscoe, a young pregnant girl whose life falls apart when her husband is arrested for murder.
Sandy DuncanIn 1987, she joined the cast of NBC's Valerie's Family (previously known as Valerie, later to be retitled The Hogan Family) after Valerie Harper was dismissed from the sitcom.
Forest WhitakerOn the series, Diff' rent Strokes, he played a bully in the 1985 episode'' Bully for Arnold''.
Charles SiebertIn 1987 he was cast alongside Hayley Mills as her husband on the NBC pilot'' Good Morning, Miss Bliss ;'' however, NBC passed on the program and it was then picked up by the Disney Channel, which made numerous casting changes including dropping Siebert's role.
Elisabeth ShueIn 1999, Shue starred with Aaron Eckhart in Molly as an autistic young woman who undergoes an operation that allows her to become more'' normal.''
Anne HecheIn 2013 she headlined the short-lived NBC sitcom Save Me, in which she starred as a Midwestern housewife who believes she is channeling God.
Barbara ColbyIn 1975, MTM cast her as the new regular player on the Mary Tyler Moore Show spin-off, Phyllis, starring actress Cloris Leachman.
Katie FinneranIn 2012, she co-starred in the Fox sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter.
Patricia NealNeal played a dying widowed mother trying to find a home for her three children in a 1975 episode of NBC's Little House on the Prairie.