I Love Lucy guest stars
325 actors have guest-starred in I Love Lucy across 180 episodes and 6 seasons. The most-credited is Joseph A. Mayer, Little Ricky in 32 episodes. 48 of them have also guest-starred in five or more of the other shows in this catalogue.
Who came back most
| Actor | Character | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph A. Mayer | Little Ricky | 32 |
| Michael Mayer | Little Ricky | 32 |
| Bennett Green | Messenger, Neighbor, Attendant | 27 |
| Louis Nicoletti | Waiter, Boom Man, Burglar #2 | 16 |
| Hazel Pierce | Neighbor, Party Guest, Club Member | 13 |
| Jerry Hausner | Jerry, Little Ricky, Baby Ricky Ricardo | 13 |
| Elizabeth Patterson | Mrs. Trumbull, Mrs. Willoughby | 11 |
| Frank Nelson | Freddie Fillmore, Ralph Ramsey, Ben Benjamin | 11 |
| Doris Singleton | Caroline Appleby | 9 |
| Kathryn Card | Mrs. McGillicuddy, Minnie Finch | 9 |
| Richard Reeves | Assassin, Bill Foster, Hank | 9 |
| Barbara Pepper | Party Guest, Chorus Girl, Customer in Dress Shop | 8 |
| Johnny Jacobs | Announcer | 8 |
| Bob Jellison | Bellboy, Bobby the Bellboy, Milkman | 7 |
| Marco Rizo | Piano Player, Marco | 7 |
| Mary Jane Croft | Betty Ramsey, Cynthia Harcourt, Evelyn Bigsby | 5 |
| Allan Ray | Clapstick Man, Nurse, Server | 4 |
| Charles Lane | Casting Director, Mr. Hickox, Mr. Stanley | 4 |
| Fred Aldrich | Cop, Crook, Customer | 4 |
| Herb Vigran | Jule, Al Sparks, Joe | 4 |
| Kay Wiley | Customer, Clubwoman, Martha | 4 |
| Ross Elliott | Publicity Agent, Director, Publicity Man | 4 |
| Shepard Menken | Charpontier, Eye Doctor, Jean Valjean Raymond | 4 |
| Allen Jenkins | Officer Jenkins, Police Sergeant, Policeman | 3 |
| Dayton Lummis | Bill Parker, Mel Eaton, Mr. Sherman | 3 |
I Love Lucy guest stars by season
| Season | Guests | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 55 | Bennett Green, Hazel Pierce, Richard Reeves, Barbara Pepper, Edith Meiser, Frank Nelson, Gale Gordon, Jerry Hausner, Alberto Morin, Allen Jenkins, Bea Benaderet, Ben Welden and 43 more |
| Season 2 | 56 | Jerry Hausner, Bennett Green, Elizabeth Patterson, Herb Vigran, Richard Reeves, Barbara Pepper, Doris Singleton, Frank Nelson, Hal March, Johnny Jacobs, June Whitley Taylor, Marco Rizo and 44 more |
| Season 3 | 73 | Joseph A. Mayer, Michael Mayer, Bennett Green, Louis Nicoletti, Johnny Jacobs, Doris Singleton, Hazel Pierce, Jerry Hausner, Richard Reeves, Shirley Mitchell, Barbara Pepper, Dayton Lummis and 61 more |
| Season 4 | 79 | Joseph A. Mayer, Michael Mayer, Bob Jellison, Bennett Green, Kathryn Card, Allan Ray, Elizabeth Patterson, Louis Nicoletti, Ross Elliott, Doris Singleton, John Hart, Ray Kellogg and 67 more |
| Season 5 | 113 | Joseph A. Mayer, Michael Mayer, Bennett Green, Louis Nicoletti, Hazel Pierce, Kathryn Card, Ben Niems, Elizabeth Patterson, Flower Parry, Frank Nelson, Jack Chefe, John Gallaudet and 101 more |
| Season 6 | 61 | Mary Jane Croft, Eleanor Audley, Frank Nelson, Louis Nicoletti, Peter Brocco, Tristram Coffin, Abel Franco, Aldo Formica, Amapola Del Vando, Barbara Eden, Barbara Logan, Bennett Green and 49 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.
| Actor | In I Love Lucy | Other shows |
|---|---|---|
| Parley Baer | Mr. Perry, Mr. Reilly | 25 |
| Herb Vigran | Jule, Al Sparks, Joe | 16 |
| Lawrence Dobkin | Counterfeiter, Max, the Counter Man, Waiter | 13 |
| Olan Soulé | Dr. Gettleman | 13 |
| Amzie Strickland | Amzie the Salesgirl | 12 |
| Bart Braverman | Giuseppe | 12 |
| Dick Cherney | Neighbor | 12 |
| Eve McVeagh | Roberta | 12 |
| Helen Kleeb | Miss Klein | 12 |
| Peter Brocco | Dominic, Flower Judge | 11 |
| Claude Akins | Claude Akins | 11 |
| Maurice Marsac | Waiter | 11 |
| Ross Elliott | Publicity Agent, Director, Publicity Man | 10 |
| Peter Leeds | Reporter | 10 |
| Charles Lane | Casting Director, Mr. Hickox, Mr. Stanley | 9 |
Played more than one character
| Actor | Characters | Eps |
|---|---|---|
| Bennett Green | Messenger, Neighbor, Attendant | 27 |
| Louis Nicoletti | Waiter, Boom Man, Burglar #2 | 16 |
| Hazel Pierce | Neighbor, Party Guest, Club Member | 13 |
| Richard Reeves | Assassin, Bill Foster, Hank | 9 |
| Frank Nelson | Freddie Fillmore, Ralph Ramsey, Ben Benjamin | 11 |
| Barbara Pepper | Party Guest, Chorus Girl, Customer in Dress Shop | 8 |
| Jerry Hausner | Jerry, Little Ricky, Baby Ricky Ricardo | 13 |
| Charles Lane | Casting Director, Mr. Hickox, Mr. Stanley | 4 |
| Fred Aldrich | Cop, Crook, Customer | 4 |
| Shepard Menken | Charpontier, Eye Doctor, Jean Valjean Raymond | 4 |
Shares a cast with
- I Love Lucy and Perry Mason — 86 shared actors
- The Twilight Zone — 41 shared actors
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents — 31 shared actors
- The Andy Griffith Show — 31 shared actors
- The Dick Van Dyke Show — 28 shared actors
- Bewitched — 26 shared actors
- Bonanza — 26 shared actors
- Mission: Impossible — 22 shared actors
Cast data from TVmaze, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.