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Decided to recapture a little of my childhood by watching Space 1999. Ian McShane is the "guest artist" in the second episode.

And he didn't say "fuck" once. Big Grin


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He was in 1 or 2 episodes of Magnum, P.I. as well.




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Harrison Ford in American Graffiti. He played a hot rodder that Paul Lemat raced.


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Harrison Ford in American Graffiti. He played a hot rodder that Paul Lemat raced.


Not a TV show, but you're right.

I find it humorous and interesting to watch old TV shows on TVLand and the like. Episodic shows like "The Rifleman" and "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (starring Steve McQueen) had lots of early star appearances. There are web sites such as this one that feature lists of "early starts."

ETA: Let's also not forget the Twilight Zone series. Almost every episode starred someone who would go on to Hollywood fame!




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John Ritter appeared in a MASH episode.


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Harrison Ford was also in The Virginian.
Lots of them in old B&W Gunsmoke. And Marshall Dillon.
 
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Burt Reynolds Gunsmoke

It would be hard to name a bigger transition from small screen to major star than Steve McQueen in Wanted Dead or Alive. I watched a very early episode recently. The two bad guys were played by Nick Adams and Michael Landon.


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I find it hard to believe Martin Landau and Barbara Bain earned a living acting if they had Space 1999 in their resume. LOL


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...It would be hard to name a bigger transition from small screen to major star than Steve McQueen in Wanted Dead or Alive...


How about Clint Eastwood in Rawhide?
 
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James Best in Andy Griffith

John Travolta in Welcome back, Kotter

Mark Hamill & Jan Michael Vincent in M*A*S*H

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Clint Eastwood as a motorcyclist in "Highway Patrol", 1956.


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Robert Redford made several early TV show appearences in the 60's.

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The Twilight Zone (TV Show)
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Bruce Willis, Miami Vice: Season 1; Episode 7.


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...It would be hard to name a bigger transition from small screen to major star than Steve McQueen in Wanted Dead or Alive...


How about Clint Eastwood in Rawhide?

Good point


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I find it hard to believe Martin Landau and Barbara Bain earned a living acting if they had Space 1999 in their resume. LOL



it's 70's cheese when watched now, but was the bomb when I was a kid!


not TV, but the first company I worked for had a safety vid that was mandatory for everyone to watch every couple years,

starring a very young Nick Nolte



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James Elliot (Harm on JAG) on Seinfeld as a furniture mover.


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