All 139 actors in both Ally McBeal and Boston Legal
139 actors have appeared in both Ally McBeal and Boston Legal, across 213 episodes. The most-credited is Christian Clemenson, Mr. Hookland in Ally McBeal and Jerry "Hands" Espenson in Boston Legal.
| Actor | In Ally McBeal | In Boston Legal | Eps | Eps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Clemenson | Mr. Hookland | Jerry "Hands" Espenson | 1 | 17 |
| Betty White | Dr. Shirley Flott | Catherine Piper | 1 | 16 |
| John Michael Higgins | Attorney Steven Milter | Jerry Austin | 13 | 1 |
| Jill Brennan | Shirley | Gracie Jane | 1 | 11 |
| Peter MacNicol | John Cage | Dr. Sydney Fields | 11 | 1 |
| Roma Maffia | Attorney Beckerwith | Judge Victoria Peyton | 1 | 9 |
| Christopher Neiman | Attorney Barry Mathers, Bob | Mr. Prig | 8 | 1 |
| Gerry Becker | Attorney Myron Stone | Mr. Faber | 8 | 1 |
| Gibby Brand | Judge William McGough | Dr. Leonard Raskin | 4 | 1 |
| Gail O'Grady | Helena Fisher | Judge Gloria Weldon | 1 | 7 |
| Leslie Jordan | Dr. Benjamin Harris | Bernard Ferrion | 2 | 6 |
| Linda Gehringer | Attorney General Janet Reno, Shirley Peterson | Lee Tyler | 3 | 1 |
| Mark L. Taylor | Joel Schofield | Adam Jovanka | 1 | 7 |
| Francesca P. Roberts | Judge Cynthia Harris | Judge Jamie Atkinson | 2 | 5 |
| Jack Shearer | Judge Alan Rancor | Justice Antonin Scalia, Night Court Judge | 4 | 3 |
| John Thaddeus | Michael Young | Detective John Stephenson | 1 | 6 |
| William Russ | Michael Bassett | Assistant D.A. Christopher Palmer | 2 | 5 |
| Curtis Armstrong | Tiny Tim Fallow | Dr. Zachary Simon | 1 | 5 |
| Brad Wilson | Harold | Clerk #1, Maitre D' | 3 | 2 |
| Austin Tichenor | A.D.A. Tisbury | Marshall Stepcoe | 3 | 1 |
| Don McManus | Greg Harrod | Assistant D.A. John Lennox | 1 | 5 |
| Andy Umberger | Mr. Fordham | Attorney Morrison | 1 | 4 |
| Bernadette Peters | Cassandra Lewis | Judge Marianna Folger | 2 | 1 |
| Heather Locklear | Nicole Naples | Kelly Nolan | 1 | 2 |
| Jesse D. Goins | Det. Chouinard | Dr. Anyar Marks | 1 | 2 |
| Richard Riehle | Jack Billings | Dr. Barry Glouberman | 2 | 1 |
| Thomas Kopache | Judge Oscar Boyle | Judge Dale Wallace | 1 | 2 |
| Armin Shimerman | Judge Walworth | Judge Brian Hooper | 1 | 7 |
| Bruce French | Simon McAllister | Dr. Ned Thiel | 3 | 1 |
| Eric Payne | Todd Paradisio | Mark Halpern | 1 | 3 |
| H. Richard Greene | Judge Paul Stewart | Judge Harry Hingham | 1 | 3 |
| Jim Jansen | Harvey Shiplett | Partner Marshall Kennedy | 1 | 3 |
| Missi Pyle | Marcia Hooper | Renee Winger | 1 | 3 |
| Randy Thompson | Policeman | Officer Carl Ralston | 1 | 3 |
| Christine Dunford | Eva Curry | Shelley Ford | 1 | 2 |
| Kurt Fuller | Attorney Paget, Bernard Marsh | Reverend Donald Diddum | 2 | 3 |
| Laura Henry | Heckler #3 | Clerk | 1 | 6 |
| Loretta Devine | Nora Mills | Annabelle Carruthers, Judge Victoria Thomson | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Moses | Attorney Hoover | Assistant D.A. George McDougal | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Gross | Mr. Volpe | Father Nicholas "Nick" McClinton | 1 | 1 |
| Norma Michaels | Elderly Lady | Adele Freeman | 2 | 1 |
| Patricia Belcher | Marsha Forrester | Judge Leslie Bishop | 1 | 3 |
| Patrick Breen | Kevin Stoller | Assistant D.A. Otto Beedle | 1 | 3 |
| Clyde Kusatsu | Dr. Myron Okubo | Judge Mike Matsumura | 2 | 1 |
| Holmes Osborne | Det. Gerard Billow, Principal Figgins | Mayor George Bostwick | 2 | 1 |
| Kelly Connell | Dr. Noah Peters | John Hoberg | 1 | 2 |
| Steven Culp | Attorney Dixon | Assistant D.A. Norman Wilson | 2 | 1 |
| Jenjer Vick Robin | Julie Cassick, Secretary | Annie, Helen | 2 | 3 |
| Amy Aquino | Dr. Harper | Judge Phyllis Tamber | 1 | 1 |
| Ann Cusack | Rebecca Moore | Dr. Donna Follette | 1 | 1 |
| Anne-Marie Johnson | D.A. Foster | Vivian Stewart | 1 | 1 |
| Frederick Koehler | Marcus | Jason Binder | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Cooney | Luke Pederson | Partner Smith | 1 | 1 |
| Richard McGonagle | D.A. Moon | Assistant Attorney General Norman Wood | 1 | 1 |
| Sam Anderson | Mark Harrison | Walter Fife | 1 | 1 |
| Vyto Ruginis | Mr. Goodman | Captain Larry McDonald | 1 | 1 |
| Christine Tucci | Nancy Raleigh Sicland | Assistant D.A. Mary Ann Huff | 1 | 2 |
| Lawrence Pressman | Judge Harland Smart | Judge Floyd Hurwitz | 1 | 2 |
| Lorna Raver | Judge N. Saturn | Judge Katherine Taylor | 1 | 2 |
| Victor McCay | Gilbert Breen | Dr. Malcolm Freemont | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Grenier | Attorney Benson | U.S. Attorney Chris Randolph | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron Lustig | Attorney Bowe | Dr. Herbert Waylon, Wolfgang Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2 |
| Brenda Strong | Jerry Hill | Judge Judy Beacon | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Aaron | Laura Dipson | Phyllis Goulet | 1 | 1 |
| Dakin Matthews | Mr. Stark | Judge Harvey Fletcher | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Martin | Principal Jolie | Detective Russell Roberts | 1 | 1 |
| David Burke | Harry | D.A. Casey Mathias | 1 | 2 |
| Helen Eigenberg | A.D.A. Kettering | Attorney Tompkins | 1 | 2 |
| J. Patrick McCormack | Sen. Foote | Judge Sean O'Byrne | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Blicker | Rabbi Stern | Assistant D.A. Duncan Jones | 1 | 2 |
| Jim O'Heir | Steve Mallory | Gil Furnald | 1 | 1 |
| Kathleen Wilhoite | Janie Bittner | Sophia Wilson | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Lerner | Attorney Dick Raditz | Howard Bridge | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Collins | Judge Williams | Lance Buttram | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Dooley | Nicholas Engblume | Judge Wendel Donahue | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Lin | Woman | CPS Receptionist | 1 | 5 |
| Robert Costanzo | George Chisholm | Wayne Picker | 1 | 1 |
| Rusty Schwimmer | Angela Tharpe | Helen Binder | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Virtue | Ally's Father | Father Tulley | 1 | 1 |
| Nancy Stephens | Dr. Karp, Judge Washington | Judge Cristine Wilcox | 2 | 1 |
| Audrey Wasilewski | Maureen Ringer | Traci Carpenter | 1 | 1 |
| Christine Ebersole | Marie Stokes | Sunny Fields | 1 | 1 |
| Cristine Rose | Marci Hatfield | Meredith "Blinky" Waters | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Davidson | Randy | Peter Barrett | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Polis | Attorney Woodson | Eric Yavitch | 1 | 1 |
| Lily Knight | Mrs. Nichols | Helen Gershen | 1 | 1 |
| Mary Beth McDonough | Attorney Gloria Stepp | Janice Warner | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Malloy | Dr. Spickett | Donald Wharton | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Bofshever | Judge Allen Stephenson | Charles Costello | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Mantell | Joseph Shapiro | Mayor Thomas Steinbrenner | 1 | 1 |
| Michael O'Neill | Dr. Colbert | Dr. Robert McLean | 1 | 1 |
| Peter MacKenzie | Kendall Stevens | Reid Harrington | 1 | 1 |
| Randy Oglesby | Harvey Kent | Walter Edmunds | 1 | 1 |
| Romy Rosemont | Marie Hall | Stephanie Beller | 1 | 1 |
| Valerie Mahaffey | Dr. Sally Muggins | Mary Winston | 1 | 1 |
| David Doty | Defendant, Minister | Judge Ephraim Woods | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Ostrow | Attorney Martin Fixx | Attorney Cone | 1 | 2 |
| Annie Abbott | Lucy Taylor | Justice Frances Oliver | 1 | 1 |
| Bert Rosario | Arturo Sandoval | Jose Pitino | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Gunton | Michaelson | William Connolly | 1 | 1 |
| Bradford English | Marshall Polk | Michael Ryder | 1 | 1 |
| Cheri Oteri | Melissa | Martha Headly | 1 | 1 |
| Craig Anton | Roger Clayton | Ray Richardson | 1 | 1 |
| Denis Arndt | Michael Mannix | Assistant D.A. Joshua Wendt | 1 | 1 |
| Gregg Daniel | Doctor | Dr. Jason Marcini | 1 | 1 |
| John Aylward | Owen Cobb | Tom Orchard | 1 | 1 |
| John Short | Larry | Dr. Raymond Young | 1 | 1 |
| Judith Moreland | D.A. Sharon Anderson | Detective Ellen Adams | 1 | 1 |
| Louis Giambalvo | Harold Jordan | Judge Brian Franzetti | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Tymchyshyn | Attorney Henson Lyne | Lester Treemont | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Kemp | Foreman | Principal Oliver Atkins | 1 | 1 |
| Clare Carey | Mary Clapp | Deena Rice | 1 | 1 |
| Conor O'Farrell | Attorney Jordan | Assistant D.A. Glenn Jackson | 1 | 1 |
| Greta Sesheta | Foreperson | Foreperson | 1 | 1 |
| Kenneth Kimmins | Mr. Forsley | Dr. Tusten | 1 | 1 |
| Nelson Mashita | Foreperson | POI | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Sargeant | Attorney Halpern | Foreperson #1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carl Reiner | Johnson Buck | Milton Bombay | 1 | 1 |
| James Eckhouse | Attorney | Dr. Adam Carter | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Hagerty | Michael Huttle | Senator Wally Bird | 1 | 1 |
| Kim Delgado | Court Clerk | Foreman | 1 | 1 |
| Miriam Flynn | Karen Koolie | Gretchen Winters | 1 | 1 |
| Missy Yager | Molly | Marcy Kirkland | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Perri | Attorney Serrano | Ronald Emmerich | 1 | 1 |
| Sharon Omi | Bailiff | Ming | 1 | 1 |
| Stuart Pankin | Mr. Handy | Judge Gilbert Potts | 1 | 1 |
| Travis McKenna | Portman | Mark Harrison | 1 | 1 |
| John O'Brien | Waiter | Clerk #2 | 1 | 1 |
| Scott Klace | Dr. Hobey | Dr. Mitchell Levinson | 1 | 1 |
| Shirley Jordan | Nancy Sosha | Foreperson | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Ochman | Patron #1 | Minister | 1 | 1 |
| Joyce Greenleaf | Bystander #1 | Sister Mary Flagerty | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Farrell | John Pax | Salesman | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Brigadier | Jury Foreman | Foreman | 1 | 1 |
| Mary Ostrow | Woman with Twins | Nancy Holt | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Snay | Walter Gallin | Grant Kennard | 1 | 1 |
| Mary Chris Wall | Sally Emerson | Elizabeth Tilley | 1 | 1 |
| David Weisenberg | Tailor | Man in Suit | 1 | 1 |
| Verda Bridges | Drill Sergeant | Mrs. Owens | 1 | 1 |
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