History Trivia / ANeroWolfeMystery

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/SaulRubinek originally played Saul Panzer in the pilot episode "The Golden Spiders", before the role was taken over by Conrad Dunn for the series proper. Unusually, Rubinek stayed on in the series as Lon Cohen, who had also appeared in "The Golden Spiders", played by Gerry Quigley.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/SaulRubinek originally played Saul Panzer before the role was taken over by Conrad Dunn. Unusually, Rubinek stayed on in the series as Lon Cohen.

** The major exceptions were Creator/TimothyHutton (Archie), Maury Chaykin (Wolfe), Colin Fox (Fritz), Creator/SaulRubinek (Lon Cohen), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Creator/FulvioCecere (Fred Durkin), Trent [=McMcullen=] (Orrie Cather), Creator/BillSmitrovich (Inspector Cramer) and RD Reid (Sgt. Stebbins), who played the same roles across the entire series. Although they also played different roles throughout the show, Creator/KariMatchett and Bill [=MacDonald=] also regularly played Lily Rowan and Lt. Rowcliff respectively. Kari Matchett has the distinction of playing both a regular character -- Lily Rowan -- and a non-recurring character -- a night club singer -- in the same episode ("Death of a Doxy"), while Nicky Guadagni played two non-recurring characters -- Mrs. Cramer and a secretary -- in the same episode ("The Silent Speaker").

** The major exceptions were Creator/TimothyHutton (Archie), Maury Chaykin (Wolfe), Colin Fox (Fritz), Creator/SaulRubinek (Lon Cohen), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), Trent [=McMcullen=] (Orrie Cather), Creator/BillSmitrovich (Inspector Cramer) and RD Reid (Sgt. Stebbins), who played the same roles across the entire series. Although they also played different roles throughout the show, Creator/KariMatchett and Bill [=MacDonald=] also regularly played Lily Rowan and Lt. Rowcliff respectively. Kari Matchett has the distinction of playing both a regular character -- Lily Rowan -- and a non-recurring character -- a night club singer -- in the same episode ("Death of a Doxy"), while Nicky Guadagni played two non-recurring characters -- Mrs. Cramer and a secretary -- in the same episode ("The Silent Speaker").

** The major exceptions were Timothy Hutton (Archie), Maury Chaykin (Wolfe), Colin Fox (Fritz), Saul Rubinek (Lon Cohen), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), Trent [=McMcullen=] (Orrie Cather), Creator/BillSmitrovich (Inspector Cramer) and RD Reid (Sgt. Stebbins), who played the same roles across the entire series. Although they also played different roles throughout the show, Kari Matchett and Bill [=MacDonald=] also regularly played Lily Rowan and Lt. Rowcliff respectively. Kari Matchett has the distinction of playing both a regular character -- Lily Rowan -- and a non-recurring character -- a night club singer -- in the same episode ("Death of a Doxy"), while Nicky Guadagni played two non-recurring characters -- Mrs. Cramer and a secretary -- in the same episode ("The Silent Speaker").

** The major exceptions were Timothy Hutton (Archie), Maury Chaykin (Wolfe), Colin Fox (Fritz), Saul Rubinek (Lon Cohen), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), Trent [=McMcullen=] (Orrie Cather), Bill Smitrovich (Inspector Cramer) and RD Reid (Sgt. Stebbins), who played the same roles across the entire series. Although they also played different roles throughout the show, Kari Matchett and Bill [=MacDonald=] also regularly played Lily Rowan and Lt. Rowcliff respectively. Kari Matchett has the distinction of playing both a regular character -- Lily Rowan -- and a non-recurring character -- a night club singer -- in the same episode ("Death of a Doxy"), while Nicky Guadagni played two non-recurring characters -- Mrs. Cramer and a secretary -- in the same episode ("The Silent Speaker").

** The major exceptions were Timothy Hutton (Archie), Maury Chaykin (Wolfe), Colin Fox (Fritz), Saul Rubinek (Lon Cohen), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), Trent [=McMcullen=] (Orrie Cather), Bill Smitrovich (Inspector Cramer) and RD Reid (Sgt. Stebbins), who played the same roles across the entire series. Although they also played different roles throughout the show, Kari Matchett and Bill [=MacDonald=] also regularly played Lily Rowan and Lt. Rowcliff respectively.

** The major exceptions were Timothy Hutton (Archie), Maury Chaykin (Wolfe), Colin Fox (Fritz), Saul Rubinek (Lon Cohen), Conrad Dunn (Saul Panzer), Fulvio Cecere (Fred Durkin), Trent [=McMcullen=] (Orrie Cather), Bill Smitrovich (Inspector Cramer) and RD Reid (Sgt. Stebbins), who played the same roles across the entire series.

** The major exceptions were Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, Colin Fox, Saul Rubinek, Conrad Dunn, Fulvio Cecere, Trent [=McMcullen=], Bill Smitrovich, RD Reid, who played the same roles across the entire series.

* CriticalDissonance: Critics adored the series (and many still do), but this unfortunately didn't translate into ratings.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/BackToTheFuture Principal Strickland]], [[Series/{{Alias}} Arvin Sloane]] and [[Series/CovertAffairs Joan Campbell]] are recurring members of the repertory cast.
** Nero Wolfe would ''never'' eat [[MyCousinVinny *instant* grits]]!

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/BackToTheFuture Principal Strickland]], [[{{Alias}} Arvin Sloane]] and [[Series/CovertAffairs Joan Campbell]] are recurring members of the repertory cast.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/BackToTheFuture Principal Strickland]], [[{{Alias}} Arvin Sloane]] and [[Series/CovertAffairs Joan Campbell]] are recurring members of the repertory cast.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/BackToTheFuture Principal Strickland]], [[{{Alias}} Arvin Sloane]] and [[Series/CovertAffairs Joan Campbell]] are recurring members of the repertory cast.