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Wordplay (TV Series 1986–1987) Poster

(1986–1987)

Full Cast & Crew

Series Directed by 

Rob Fiedler ... (176 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Writing Credits  

Peter Berlin ... (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Peter Berlin ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Hennen Chambers ... (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Hennen Chambers ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Howard Kuperberg ... (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Howard Kuperberg ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Monica Piper ... (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Monica Piper ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Meg Staahl ... (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Blair Kaplan ... (1 episode, 1986)
Elinor Karpf ... (writer) (1 episode, 1986)
Jason Karpf ... (writer) (1 episode, 1986)
Barry Marder ... (1 episode, 1986)
Cary Odes ... (1 episode, 1986)
Dava Savel ... (1 episode, 1986)
Pam Stone ... (1 episode, 1986)
Bernard Velinsky ... (1 episode, 1986)
David Anderson ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Ricky Blitt ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
David Conrades ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Sally Maisel ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Andrea Carla Michaels ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Greg Collins O'Neill ... (writer) (1 episode, 1987)
Tim Wells ... (1986-1987) (unknown episodes)
Mick Kennedy ... (unknown episodes)

Series Cast  

Charlie O'Donnell Charlie O'Donnell ...  Self - Announcer 176 episodes, 1986-1987
Tom Kennedy Tom Kennedy ...  Self - Host 173 episodes, 1986-1987
Jamie Farr ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist / ... 27 episodes, 1987
Marsha Warfield ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 19 episodes, 1987
Jimmy Aleck Jimmy Aleck ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 19 episodes, 1987
Pat Harrington Jr. ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 15 episodes, 1987
Norm Crosby ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 15 episodes, 1987
Arleen Sorkin ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 15 episodes, 1987
Richard Kline ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 15 episodes, 1987
Brenda Vaccaro ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 15 episodes, 1987
Marty Cohen Marty Cohen ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 15 episodes, 1987
Richard Moll ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 14 episodes, 1986-1987
Betty White ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 11 episodes, 1987-2017
Tom Poston ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Charles Nelson Reilly ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Christopher Hewett ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Sheryl Lee Ralph ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Phyllis Diller ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Marc Price ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Charlie Callas ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Stephen Furst ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Leslie Nielsen ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Paul Kreppel ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 10 episodes, 1987
Vincent Price ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Sally Struthers ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Ned Beatty ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Edie McClurg ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Richard Simmons ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Billy Warlock ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Dick Van Patten ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Bert Convy ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Robert Mandan ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Steve Allen ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Soupy Sales ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Art Metrano ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Roseanne Barr ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Tracey Gold ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Jill Whelan ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Kim Fields ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Anne Meara ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Leann Hunley ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Julie Harris ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Telma Hopkins ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Susan Ruttan ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Jayne Meadows ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Ted Lange ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Charlotte Rae ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Dianne Kay ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Marcy Walker ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Abby Dalton ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Nancy Dussault ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Alaina Reed-Hall ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Fred Travalena ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Marilyn Michaels ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Sydney Goldsmith Sydney Goldsmith ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Brad Garrett ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Doris Roberts ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Larry Manetti ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Allan Kayser ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Maurice LaMarche ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Adam Rich ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Louis Nye ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Jed Allan ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Clifton Davis ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Jeff Altman ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Drake Hogestyn ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Wil Shriner ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Tom Dreesen ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Murray Langston ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Bill Rafferty Bill Rafferty ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 5 episodes, 1987
Dick Shawn ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 4 episodes, 1986-1987
Dorothy Lyman ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 4 episodes, 1986-1987
Curtis Baldwin ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 3 episodes, 1987
Andrea Elson ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 3 episodes, 1987
Corey Feldman ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 3 episodes, 1987
Peter Tomarken Peter Tomarken ...  Self - Host 1 episode, 2017
Pat Sajak ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 1 episode, 2017
Stuart Pankin ...  Self - Celebrity Panelist 1 episode, 2017
Rod Roddy Rod Roddy ...  Self - Announcer 1 episode, 2017

Series Produced by 

Rick Ambrose ... co-executive producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Peter Berlin ... executive producer / supervising producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Rob Fiedler ... executive producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Mick Kennedy ... co-executive producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Howard Kuperberg ... producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Carole Scott ... associate producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tony Scotti ... executive producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
John Vinnedge ... supervising producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Syd Vinnedge ... executive producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tim Wells ... co-executive producer (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Editing by 

William Buchanan ... (1 episode, 1987)

Series Art Direction by 

Ed Flesh ... (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Production Management 

John Kuhn ... production manager (1 episode, 1986)
Jim Styles ... production manager (1 episode, 1987)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Hap Chamberlin ... associate director (1 episode, 1986)
Mike Gray ... associate director (1 episode, 1987)

Series Sound Department 

John Macheca ... audio (1 episode, 1986)
Wendy Rotoli ... audio (1 episode, 1987)

Series Camera and Electrical Department 

Robert Vinson ... video (1 episode, 1986)
Kirk Witherspoon ... lighting director (1 episode, 1986)
Bob Pearson ... video (1 episode, 1987)
Dick Pickens ... lighting director (1 episode, 1987)

Series Animation Department 

Chris Mitchell ... computer animation / computer animator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Editorial Department 

Shel Sandman ... editor: video tape (1 episode, 1986)

Series Music Department 

Lee Ringuette ... music coordinator (1 episode, 1987)

Series Additional Crew 

Beverly Berlin ... production staff (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Steve Christopher ... electronic graphics (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Bill Colleran ... production staff (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Karen Lorhan ... contestant coordinator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
John Pudelek ... stage manager (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
James Thwing ... production staff (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Donna Walley ... contestant coordinator (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
Michael Dempsey ... production staff (1 episode, 1987)
Jil Blumberg ... production staff (1 episode, 1986)
Eileen Bradley ... talent executive (1 episode, 1986)
Augustine T. Caruso ... staging services manager (1 episode, 1986)
Heidi Cayn ... production coordinator (1 episode, 1986)
Darren Gertz ... production staff (1 episode, 1986)
Bob Patchin ... technical manager (1 episode, 1986)
Teresa Pfiffner-Krebsbach ... stage manager (1 episode, 1986)
Dick Roecker ... technical director (1 episode, 1986)
Vicki Stein ... production staff (1 episode, 1986)
Guy Caruso ... staging services manager (1 episode, 1987)
Mike Higuera ... technical director (1 episode, 1987)
Shawnee Timberlake Mayer ... production staff (1 episode, 1987)
James Narz ... stage manager (1 episode, 1987)
Kathy Parsons ... production staff (1 episode, 1987)
Gus Schirmer ... talent executive (1 episode, 1987)
Don Talbot ... technical manager (1 episode, 1987)
Cathy Watson ... production staff (1 episode, 1987)

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