Father Brown guest stars

783 actors have guest-starred in Father Brown across 140 episodes and 13 seasons. The most-credited is John Light, Hercule Flambeau in 14 episodes. 73 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.

Who came back most

Father Brown guest actors by episode count
Actor	Character	Eps
John Light	Hercule Flambeau	14
Richard Price	Villager	12
Nick Owenford	Villager	11
Keith Osborn	Sergeant Albright	10
Dave Wilson	Villager, Pub Landlord	8
Roger May	Canon Damian Fox	8
Kasia Koleczek	Susie Jasinski	7
Alan Williams	Blind 'Arry	6
Jonathan Rigby	Commentator, Mr Edward Appleby, Radio Commentator	4
Barney Wilkinson	Eddie Devine	3
Chris Wilson	Mayor of Kembleford, Boxing Adjudicator	3
Malcolm Storry	Bishop Talbot	3
Steve Hunt	Coconut Shy Operator, Fairground Ride Operator, Gunsmith	3
Clare Cashion	Villager at the Train Station, Villager in Court	2
Colin McFarlane	Cardinal Papillon	2
Daniel Flynn	Daniel Whittaker	2
Denis Lawson	Walter Sullivan	2
Gina Bramhill	Marianne Delacroix	2
Ian Gelder	Gabriel Hawksworth	2
Ian Midlane	Olimpicks Announcer, Radio Announcer	2
James Laurenson	Professor Hilary Ambrose	2
Kate O'Flynn	Katherine Corven	2
Kieran Hodgson	Father Osmond Lindsey	2
Lex Shrapnel	Father Vincent Lazarus	2
Lorna Watson	Sister Boniface	2

Father Brown guest stars by season

Guest actors per season of Father Brown
Season	Guests	Who
Season 1	55	Kasia Koleczek, Keith Osborn, Adam Astill, Amy Morgan, Barry Sloane, Ben Starr, Bryony Afferson, Camilla Power, Christopher Villiers, Dan Fredenburgh, Don Gilet, Emma Hiddleston and 43 more
Season 2	58	Keith Osborn, Adam Long, Adam Sopp, Adrian Rawlins, Alice Henley, Amelia Lowdell, Andrew Havill, Andrew Knott, Angus Imrie, Annette Badland, Anton Lesser, Ben Wilby and 46 more
Season 3	84	Abhin Galeya, Ace Bhatti, Aden Gillett, Adrian Scarborough, Alexander Rain, Alexandra Gilbreath, Angus Wright, Anna-Louise Plowman, Ben Deery, Bill Buckhurst, Chris MacDonald, Chris Webster and 72 more
Season 4	57	Adie Allen, Ashley Margolis, Ben Mansfield, Charlotte Randle, Claire Prempeh, Colin McFarlane, Cornelius Macarthy, David Schofield, Dean Williamson, Deirdre Mullins, Dominic Mafham, Eleanor Wyld and 45 more
Season 5	108	Nick Owenford, Richard Price, Dave Wilson, Alan Williams, Clare Cashion, Adrian Dobson, Alan Faulkner, Alex Felton, Allegra Marland, Andrew Greenough, Arthur Bostrom, Benjamin Fisher and 96 more
Season 6	65	Richard Price, Nick Owenford, Dave Wilson, Chris Wilson, Tobias James-Samuels, Adam Kotz, Alan Williams, Alicia Charles, Amerjit Deu, Amy Lawrence, Badria Timimi, Charlotte Lucas and 53 more
Season 7	53	Abdul Salis, Abigail Davies, Alan Williams, Amanda Drew, Ami Metcalf, Amy Robbins, Andrew Turner, Asmara Gabrielle, Ben-Ryan Davies, Billy Postlethwaite, Callum Woodhouse, Cassie Layton and 41 more
Season 8	58	Jonathan Rigby, Aki Omoshaybi, Alan Williams, Alexander Morris, Alice Bailey Johnson, Alison Pargeter, Amanda Lawrence, Andrew Whipp, Annabel Cleare, Annabelle Apsion, Ashley Campbell, Ben Lamb and 46 more
Season 9	56	John Light, Alexander Hanson, Alice Nokes, Aneirin Hughes, Anna Munden, Caleb Frederick, Cam Spence, Camille Mallet de Chauny, Catherine Russell, Clare Lawrence Moody, Craig Conway, David Rees Talbot and 44 more
Season 10	59	Aidan McArdle, Alex Waldmann, Amy Cudden, Anna Wilson-Jones, Annie Cordoni, Ash Hunter, Bob Barrett, Celine Arden, Christian Ballantyne, Ciarán Owens, Clare-Louise English, Cliff Barry and 47 more
Season 11	64	Barney Wilkinson, Ian Midlane, Aaron Sidwell, Adam Rhys-Charles, Adrian Schiller, Alexander Cobb, Amanda Mealing, Amy Trigg, Andrew Scarborough, Angela Terence, Aron von Andrian, Ayesha Antoine and 52 more
Season 12	55	Denis Lawson, Alan Williams, Andrew Tiernan, Angela Rippon, Anita Dobson, Barney Wilkinson, Carlyss Peer, Cherie Lunghi, Christien Anholt, Christina Cole, Christopher Fairbank, Christopher Jeffers and 43 more
Season 13	57	Roger May, Aaron Anthony, Alex Blake, Alex Macqueen, Andrew Lancel, Ben Rose, Bill Champion, Bridget Marumo, Clare Burt, Daisy Beaumont, Davood Ghadami, Debbie Chazen and 45 more

Guest stars you know from somewhere else

The hardest-working character actors in this show's guest cast, ranked by how many other shows in this catalogue they have also guest-starred in. Not the most famous names, the most prolific ones.

Father Brown guest stars who appear in other shows
Actor	In Father Brown	Other shows
Pip Torrens	Geoffrey Bennett	11
Richard Dillane	Sir Charles Hakeworth	10
Christina Cole	Dame Lydia Adams	9
Emma Cunniffe	Mrs. Mabel Grayson	8
Jonathan Coy	Lord Rufus Silk	8
Mark Aiken	Major Basil Winthrop	8
Matthew Marsh	Lord Arthur Hawthorne	8
Nicholas Farrell	Sir Raleigh Beresford	8
Nigel Betts	Samuel Hinds	8
Richard Huw	Aldous Kemp	8
Alan Williams	Blind 'Arry	7
Ace Bhatti	Syrus	7
Andrew Havill	Victor McKinley	7
Anna Wilson-Jones	Duchess	7
Annette Badland	Judith Bunyon	7

Played more than one character

Father Brown actors credited under several characters
Actor	Characters	Eps
Jonathan Rigby	Commentator, Mr Edward Appleby, Radio Commentator	4
Steve Hunt	Coconut Shy Operator, Fairground Ride Operator, Gunsmith	3
Dave Wilson	Villager, Pub Landlord	8
Chris Wilson	Mayor of Kembleford, Boxing Adjudicator	3
Clare Cashion	Villager at the Train Station, Villager in Court	2
Ian Midlane	Olimpicks Announcer, Radio Announcer	2

Shares a cast with

Father Brown and Midsomer Murders — 242 shared actors
Father Brown and Silent Witness — 98 shared actors
Father Brown and Death in Paradise — 92 shared actors
Father Brown and Doctor Who — 87 shared actors
Father Brown and Call the Midwife — 84 shared actors
Father Brown and Endeavour — 81 shared actors
Father Brown and The Crown — 74 shared actors
Father Brown and Vera — 74 shared actors

Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.