{"id":1965331,"date":"2025-08-17T14:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1965331"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:45:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T14:45:58","slug":"celebs-who-appeared-on-emergency-before-they-were-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celebs-who-appeared-on-emergency-before-they-were-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebs Who Appeared on \u2019Emergency!\u2018 Before They Were Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"main-art\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"948\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travolta_Emergency-1014x570.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travolta_Emergency-1014x570.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travolta_Emergency-770x433.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 70vw, 100vw\" alt=\"JOHN TRAVOLTA \u2014 \" emergency=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>JOHN TRAVOLTA as Chuck Benson on &#8220;Emergency!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Emergency!<\/i> <\/a>ofans, is there anything more fun than tuning into our favorite show and discovering \u2014 or rediscovering \u2014 that the person in need of Roy DeSoto, Johnny Gage and Rampart General Hospital\u2019s help has a very familiar face? Whether they were already famous or their star had just begun to rise, see if you remember these celebs, soon-to-be celebs and sports stars in this walk down memory lane that\u2019s sure to make you smile.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Classic Kids: Melissa Gilbert, John Travolta &amp; more<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/melissa-gilbert\/\">Melissa Gilbert<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Melissa Gilbert in Emergency\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CiUtbnoqq68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Before <i>Little House on the Prairie<\/i>, an overalls-and-pigtail-sporting Gilbert played little Jenny, who was comforted by Roy DeSoto when her dad is injured in the Season 2 episode \u201cDinner Date.\u201d Two other former child stars also appear in this episode \u2014 <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/my-three-sons\/\">My Three Sons<\/a>\u2018<\/i> Dodie (and sister of <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/leif-garrett\/\">Leif Garrett<\/a><\/strong>) <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/dawn-lyn\/\">Dawn Lyn<\/a><\/strong> and <i>The Bad Seed\u2019<\/i>s <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/patty-mccormack\/\">Patty McCormack<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/tony-dow\/\">Tony Dow<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony Dow (Wally Cleaver) in Emergency! 1972\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0MD-h2Qp5c8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sporting a leather jacket, loads of facial hair and bushy curls, a post-<i>Leave It to Beaver<\/i> Dow still sounded every bit Wally Cleaver, but got to be a bad guy this time. Dow played a motorcycle-riding bandit (called \u201cMotorcycle rider\u201d in the credits) who injures himself when he tried to take advantage of a destructive wildfire to score some stuff.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/john-travolta\/\">John Travolta<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Travolta First Appear on Tv Series Emergency\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N4M5WBKhN7Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><i>He\u2019s stayin\u2019 alive! Stayin\u2019 alive!<\/i> <b\/>The 18-year-old future <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/grease\/\">Grease<\/a><\/i> and <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/saturday-night-fever\/\">Saturday Night Fever<\/a><\/i> star played 16-year-old Chuck Benson, who suffers serious injuries from a fall in the Season 2 episode \u201cKids.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/kim-richards\/\">Kim Richards<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">After she played <i>Nanny &amp; the Professor\u2019s<\/i> Prudence but before she became famous in the <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/witch-mountain\/\">Witch Mountain<\/a><\/i> movie franchise and infamous with a <i>Real Housewives<\/i> stint, Richards played Melissa in the Season 3 episode \u201cHow Green Was My Thumb?\u201d Little Melissa suffered a fall and a dog bite, but her hyper-religious parents refuse to allow treatment, causing Dixie (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/article\/33799\/julie-london-emergency-laramie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie London<\/a>) to take action.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/grant-goodeve\/\">Grant Goodeve<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In his first-ever TV role, and before he became big brother David Bradford on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/eight-is-enough\/\">Eight Is Enough<\/a>, Goodeve played a young man named Larry in the Season 5 episode \u201cAbove and Beyond \u2026 Nearly,\u201d which also guest-starred soap royalty <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/linda-dano\/\">Linda Dano<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Comedy Kings and Queens<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jamie-farr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Jamie Farr<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1794\" height=\"1328\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jamie_Farr_Emergency.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;a href=\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jamie_Farr_Emergency.jpg 1794w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jamie_Farr_Emergency-390x289.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jamie_Farr_Emergency-973x720.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jamie_Farr_Emergency-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jamie_Farr_Emergency-1536x1137.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jamie_Farr_Emergency-570x422.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jamie_Farr_Emergency-1014x751.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1794px) 100vw, 1794px\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In the truly must-see Season 2 episode \u201cBoot,\u201d a pre-<i>M*A*S*H<\/i> Farr plays Alan Austen, a young cult member who insists one hand and arm have been paralyzed by a curse. Though the episode is intentionally more comedic than most, some unintentional chuckles come from the 38-year-old Farr (complete with touches of silver in his sideburns) being passed off as a 24-year-old fella.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/ruth-buzzi\/\">Ruth Buzzi<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ruthbuzzi_DickVanPatten_emergency.jpg\" alt=\"Ruth Buzzi DIck Van Patten Emergency &quot;Grateful&quot;\" width=\"1280\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ruthbuzzi_DickVanPatten_emergency.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ruthbuzzi_DickVanPatten_emergency-450x255.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ruthbuzzi_DickVanPatten_emergency-1273x720.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ruthbuzzi_DickVanPatten_emergency-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ruthbuzzi_DickVanPatten_emergency-570x322.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ruthbuzzi_DickVanPatten_emergency-1014x574.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><i>The Rowan &amp; Martin<\/i>\u2018s Laugh-In star scored major laughs in the Season 5 episode \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/15bxTud7j9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grateful<\/a>.\u201d Buzzi played Amy Merkle, half of a middle-aged couple who show their gratitude to Squad 51 by visiting them \u2014 all the time \u2014 at the firehouse. Buzzi\u2019s doting spouse was played by <i>Eight is Enough<\/i> dad <b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/dick-van-patten\/\">Dick Van Patten<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolfmanjackradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Wolfman Jack<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">Everyone\u2019s favorite howling, follicularly blessed DJ and <i>Midnight Special<\/i> host appears as an unnamed radio DJ with whose idea for a stunt goes horribly wrong in the Season 5 episode \u201cThe Inspection.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Crime Fighters<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/adam-west\/\">Adam West<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_34138\" style=\"width: 746px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Adam_West-emergency.jpg\" alt=\"Adam West costars on Emergency\" width=\"736\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Adam_West-emergency.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Adam_West-emergency-371x289.jpg 371w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Adam_West-emergency-570x445.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Everett Collection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>TV\u2019s legendary Batman played movie star Vic Webster, who gets more than he bargained for from a surly, four-legged costar in the Season 4 episode \u201cBash.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/erik-estrada\/\">Erik Estrada<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">Before he became studly motorcycle cop Frank \u201cPunch\u201d Poncherello on <i>CHiPs<\/i>, Estrada, just a few years into his career, played \u201cMan with Eye Injury\u201d on the Season 4 episode \u201cDetails,\u201d which concerns a pair of car accidents.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/mark-harmon\/\">Mark Harmon<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EMERGENCY! - 905-wild opening\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZIpiNafFRbM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Before he became a star on <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/st-elsewhere\/\">St. Elsewhere<\/a><\/i> and <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/ncis\/\">NCIS<\/a><\/i>, Harmon appeared as animal control officer Dave Gordon in the Season 4 episode \u201c905-Wild.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Soap Stars<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Linda Dano<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Before she earned Daytime TV legend status on <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/one-life-to-live\/\">One Life to Live<\/a><\/i> and <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/another-world\/\">Another World<\/a><\/i>, Dano star guest starred as Lora Gibson in the Season 4 episode \u201cThe Firehouse Four\u201d and Joyce in the Season 5 episode \u201cAbove and Beyond \u2026 Nearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jeanne-cooper\/\">Jeanne Cooper<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Queen Bee of <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-young-and-the-restless\/\">The Young and the Restless<\/a><\/i> played Evelyn Fennady, the paranoid wife of a heart transplant patient, in the Season 5 episode \u201cThe Inspection.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/deidre-hall\/\">Deidre Hall<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">Before she became Dr. Marlena Evans on <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/days-of-our-lives\/\">Days of Our Lives<\/a><\/i>, Hall recurred as nurse Sally Lewis throughout the first two seasons.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/susan-seaforth-hayes\/\">Susan Seaforth Hayes<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">The venerable <i>Days of our Lives<\/i> star, then credited as Susan Seaforth, guest-starred as the illness-faking Nancy Dickson in the show\u2019s second episode.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/leslie-charleson\/\">Leslie Charleson<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u00a0<i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/general-hospital\/\">General Hospital<\/a><\/i>\u2018s beloved Monica Quartermaine, Charleson played Christy Todd, spunky cub reporter who sparred with a skeptical Gage in the Season 2 episode \u201cWomen.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Singers and<\/b> <b>Movie Stars<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/nick-nolte\/\">Nick Nolte<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">Just a few years into his career, the soon-to-be movie star played Fred, a young doctor helping out when Dr. Early undergoes a bypass in the Season 3 episode \u201cThe Hard Hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/cicely-tyson\/\">Cicely Tyson<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_34187\" style=\"width: 1696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34187\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cicely_Tyson_emergency.jpg\" alt=\"Cicely Tyson (right) on the Emergency! episode &quot;Crash&quot;\" width=\"1686\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cicely_Tyson_emergency.jpg 1686w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cicely_Tyson_emergency-387x289.jpg 387w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cicely_Tyson_emergency-963x720.jpg 963w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cicely_Tyson_emergency-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cicely_Tyson_emergency-1536x1148.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cicely_Tyson_emergency-570x426.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cicely_Tyson_emergency-1014x758.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1686px) 100vw, 1686px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Fuller (left) and Cicely Tyson (right) on \u201cEmergency!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <i>Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman<\/i> star plays Mrs. Johnson, mother of a young football star (future <i>St. Elsewhere<\/i> star <b>Eric Laneuville<\/b>) who takes a savage hit in the Season 1 episode \u201cCrash.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/bobby-sherman\/\">Bobby Sherman<\/a> <\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former teen idol Bobby Sherman-a San Bernardino Sheriff&#039;s Department Volunteer in October 2000\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h4Y4Jbp1qDs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The shaggy-haired teen heartthrob plays arrogant resident Dr. Ken Donaldson in the Season 3 episode \u201cFools.\u201d Donaldson\u2019s smug ways with the paramedics and the patients (the \u201cfools\u201d in question) lead Dr. Brackett to order him to ride shotgun with Johnny and Roy for a day. The experience moved Sherman so much that he eventually became a real paramedic and sheriff\u2019s deputy for San Bernadino County.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>These Happy Days<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/marion-ross\/\">Marion Ross<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">Before she became <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/happy-days\/\">Happy Days<\/a><\/i>\u2018 beloved matriarch, Mrs. Cunningham, Ross <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=539624814296443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">played Margaret<\/a>, the devoted secretary of a workaholic stockbroker in the Season 3 episode \u201cInheritance Tax.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/don-most\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Donny Most<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The year before he stepped in Ralph Malph\u2019s penny loafers, Most played Fred Wilson, a young expectant father who injures his spinal cord in a car crash in the Season 3 episode \u201cComputer Error.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><b>Sporty Types<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/dick-butkus\/\">Dick Butkus<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Chicago Bears star became the first pro athlete to appear on <i>Emergency!<\/i> when he played \u201cThe Animal,\u201d a pro footballer who breaks his ankle when he\u2019s tackled by his own kid in the Season 3 episode \u201cThe Hard Hours\u201d \u2014 the same episode that featured Nick Nolte.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/kareem-abdul-jabbar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/b> <\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">\u00a0Though he\u2019s best known for his brief but brilliant cameo on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/airplane\/\">Airplane!<\/a>, the great big NBA star got stuck in an itty-bitty car on the Season 4 episode \u201cForeign.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/larrycsonka.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Larry Csonka<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">The Miami Dolphins fullback, sporting his Super Bowl ring, played Al, a pro painter taken down by paint fumes in the Season 4 episode \u201cThe Screenwriter.\u201d Csonka followed up that appearance by playing a football player named Larry Bronco on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-six-million-dollar-man\/\">The Six Million Dollar Man,<\/a> in an episode that also costarred Mike Ditka \u2014 then mostly stuck to playing himself<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markspitzusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Mark Spitz<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_34134\" style=\"width: 1922px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34134\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Spitz (right) with his wife Suzy Spitz, 1970s\" width=\"1912\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-scaled.jpg 1912w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-216x289.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-538x720.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-1147x1536.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-1529x2048.jpg 1529w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-426x570.jpg 426w, https:\/\/www.remindmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PBDMASP_EC005-757x1014.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1912px) 100vw, 1912px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-34134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Spitz (right) with his wife Suzy Spitz. Photo: Everett Collection<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The nine-time champion Olympic swimmer played Pete Barlow, whose pregnant wife Dora \u2014 played by Spitz\u2019 real-life wife Suzy \u2014 accidentally suffers a gunshot wound in the Season 4 episode \u201cQuicker Than the Eye.\u201d Critics were quick to point out that Spitz should probably stick to swimming and he seemed to agree, only playing someone other than himself one more time, in the 1985 TV movie Challenge of a Lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>Who was your favorite famous Emergency! guest star? Let us know in the comments below?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '370918418199454');fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.remindmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHN TRAVOLTA as Chuck Benson on &#8220;Emergency!&#8221; Emergency! ofans, is there anything more fun than tuning into our favorite show and discovering \u2014 or rediscovering \u2014 that the person in need of Roy DeSoto, Johnny Gage and Rampart General Hospital\u2019s help has a very familiar face? 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