GALLERY:

THE SUPPORTING CAST from KNOTS LANDING, TODAY
(in alphabetical order)


ALEC BALDWIN (who played VAL´s stepbrother JOSHUA RUSH during one and a half year) in a picture from 2007. ALEX McARTHUR (KEN FOREST in Season 7) as he is in 2008. BETSY PALMER portrayed VAL´s aunt VIRGINIA, during 2 years. A recent image of the first child actor who played ABBY´s son BRIAN (BOBBY JACOBY, now credited as ROBERT JAYNE) during 5 Seasons.


BOYD KESTNER was KATE´s boyfriend ALEX BARTH in 12 episodes of Season 12. BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN replaced JACOBY as ABBY´s son from years 7 through 10, and also participated in the REUNION mini-series. BRUCE GREENWOOD was PAIGE´s boyfriend PEARCE LAWSON in Season 13 and one episode of the next one. CARLOS CANTÚ was GREG SUMNER´s butler from Season 9 through the end.


CHRISTOPHER LEMMON (who played KAREN´s boss in 16 episodes) here posing in 2007. CLAUDIA LONOW was KAREN´s daughter DIANA in 5 Seasons, 4 independent episodes and a brief appearance in the mini-series. CLAYTON LANDEY (ABBY´s lawyer WESTMONT in Seasons 4 and 5) gueststarring in one episode of the show STARGATE ATLANTIS dated 2005. DANIEL GERROLL portrayed wicked NIGEL TREADWELL in the last 5 episodes of the series.


Then teenage actress-singer DANIELLE BRISEBOIS was the first face of GREG´s daughter MARY-FRANCES on Season 5. DAVID JAMES ELLIOTT (PAIGE´s lover BILL in the last Season) in a picture from 2008. Before being awarded by the ACADEMY for her acting in movie MONSTER´S BALL, HALLE BERRY gueststarred in KL Season 13 ª as DEBBIE PORTER, KAREN´s co-worker at the TV Station. Just like the previous, HELEN HUNT (Academy-awarded for AS GOOD AS IT GETS) appeared in 2 episodes of the second year.


HUNT BLOCK (in a pic from 2008) played polemic Senator PETER HOLLISTER during 2 years. JANE ELLIOT gueststarred in a few episodes of Season 2 as GARY´s lover JUDY TRENT. JOSEPH “JOE” GIAN portrayed PAIGE´s lover cop TOM RYAN in Seasons 11, 12 and 14. JOE REGALBUTO played HARRY FISHER, the adoptive father of VAL´s twins, during 6 episodes.


JOHN PLESHETTE incarnated LAURA AVERY´s husband RICHARD in the 4 first Seasons and the two-parter episode # 200. JONATHAN GOLDSMITH (also seen in DALLAS) played the EMPIRE VALLEY foreman FRANK ELLIOT. KATHLEEN NOONE was selected to bring life to GREG´s manipulating sister CLAUDIA during the 3 last years. KENT MASTERS-KING (here in a current pic) played the WILLIAMSES daughter during 4 years.


KEVIN KILNER (scheming executive ALEX GEORGI) in 2006. A recent picture of KRISTY SWANSON (MICHAEL´s girlfriend JODY during 5 episodes). LANCE GUEST (CLAUDIA´s secret son STEVE in Season 12) guesstarred in one episode of the show JERICHO. LAR PARK LINCOLN (as she looks now) was LINDA, ERIC´s wife and then MICHAEL lover, first in 2 episodes of Year 9, and then she got her role back in the 2 next Seasons.


LESLIE HOPE (in a picture from 2008) was JOSHUA´s lover LINDA during 5 episodes. LISA HARTMAN played two similar roles in KL: CIJI DUNNE in Season 4 and CATHY GEARY in Years 5 through 7. LISA WILCOX was ELLEN, one of MICHAEL´s workmates, in year 10. LOUISE SOREL appeared in 3 episodes as publicist BESS RIKER, the boss and lover of CHIP.


LYNNE MOODY (as she looks now) was FRANK WILLIAMS´wife during 3 years. MARCIA CROSS (then famous for MELROSE PLACE and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) also gueststarred in the show as VICTORIA BROYELARD, one of PEARCE´s ex-lovers. MARK HAINING was one of SUMNER GROUP employees in the 4 last Seasons. MATTHEW NEWMARK (here in a teenage photo) became the second child actor who played the AVERYS´ oldest son JASON.


MICHAEL SABATINO portrayed DIANA´s husband CHIP DANIELS in Seasons 4 and 5. MICHAEL YORK played ABBY´s first love CHARLES SCOTT in 10 episodes of Year 9. PAUL CARAFOTES was HAROLD, OLIVIA´s husband, in Seasons 9 through 11. PENNY PEYSER was AMANDA, mysterious “SALLY´s friend” and GARY´s lover in Season 11.


PETER RECKELL played PAIGE´s lover JOHNNY ROURKE during one and a half year. ROBERT DESIDERIO portrayed mean-spirited TED MELCHER in Season 10 and 3 episodes of the next. ROBIN STRASSER played KAREN´s nemesis at the Station during one and a half year. Currently popular RON RIFKIN (ALIAS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS) was lawyer STAN LESSER in the two-parter premiere for Season 2.


SAM BEHRENS played VAL´s tirad husband DANNY WALESKA in Season 11 and 4 episodes of the next. STACY GALINA was chosen to replace BRISEBOIS when the role of MARY-FRANCES was brought back in Year 11, and, from Season 12 on, including the mini-series, she played her lookalike KATE, daughter of CLAUDIA. STEPHEN MACHT portrayed KAREN´s brother during 2 years. STUART PANKIN was BEN APPLEMAN, ANNE´s partner in Season 12.


THOMAS WILSON BROWN (here in 2008) became JASON, the foster son of the MACKENZIES during one year and a half. TROY BEYER (DOMINIQUE´s daughter in DYNASTY) guesstarred as a friend of ERIC´s called WHITNEY. VICTORIA ANN LEWIS was MACK´s secretary PEGGY, from Season 6 on and the REUNION too. VIVEKA DAVIS (here in 2000) was CRICKET, the daughter of VAL´s ex-boyfriend RUSTY a couple of times.


All the pics in this page belong to the 1990-2008 period. This section is a tribute to those actors who didn´t appear in the main credits but still remain in the fans´ memory. They all are either acting or retired from the professional activity, though keep making public appearances. Let´s toast to the supporting cast of KNOTS LANDING!



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