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* YouLookFamiliar: Actor Marshall Teague makes no less than ''six'' appearances on the show as entirely different characters, all of which are the main villains of each story, usually disguised as different people under heavy makeup. On top of that, he plays the main villain of both the first ''[[BookEnds and]]'' last episodes of the series. Not only this, but he also plays an [[{{Expy}} ancestor]] of his character in the GrandFinale, making him the proud owner of '''seven''' different character roles. And he even plays a major villain in "Trial By Fire", bumping his appearances up to '''''eight!'''''

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Actor Marshall Teague makes no less than ''six'' appearances on the show as entirely different characters, all of which are the main villains of each story, usually disguised as different people under heavy makeup. On top of that, he plays the main villain of both the first ''[[BookEnds and]]'' last episodes of the series. Not only this, but he also plays an [[{{Expy}} ancestor]] of his character in the GrandFinale, making him the proud owner of '''seven''' different character roles. And he even plays a major villain in "Trial By Fire", bumping his appearances up to '''''eight!''''''''''eight!'''''
** Frank Stallone, who plays the villain in a Season 7 episode, appears the following season as the owner of a nightclub who enlists the Rangers following the Mafia attempting to intimidate him into entering partnership with them.

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* RealLifeRelative: Many of Chuck Norris's family members have been involved a lot throughout the series, but having a younger family member being cast in Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E9ChildOfHope Child of Hope]]" really sets things apart. Creator/MaxCarlosNorris, who plays Baby Max, is Chuck's real-life grandson, with his father, Chuck's son, [[Creator/MichaelNorris Michael]], having directed the episode.

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Many of Chuck Norris's family members have been involved a lot throughout the series, but having a younger family member being cast in Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E9ChildOfHope Child of Hope]]" really sets things apart. Creator/MaxCarlosNorris, who plays Baby Max, is Chuck's real-life grandson, with his father, Chuck's son, [[Creator/MichaelNorris Michael]], having directed the episode.episode.
** Billy Jayne, who played Derek Malloy in Season 4's "Flashpoint", is the brother of Robert Jayne, who played undercover rookie Texas Ranger Danny O'Bannon one season later in "Devil's Turf".
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* TheWikiRule: [[https://walkertexasranger.fandom.com/wiki/Walkerpedia Walkerpedia]].

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* ActorSharedBackground: Chuck Norris and his character Walker are of Native American heritage.
** Also [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with regards to Walker being [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar a Vietnam veteran]]. While Chuck Norris did serve in the military, his time in the service was in peacetime ([[UsefulNotes/TheFifties late 1950s]]); with one possibility being that having Walker as a Vietnam veteran may have been in memory of his brother Weiland, who was killed in action in Vietnam.

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* ActorSharedBackground: Chuck Norris ActorSharedBackground:
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and his character Walker are of Native American heritage.
** Also [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] with regards to Walker being a [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar a Vietnam veteran]]. While Chuck Norris did serve in the military, his time in the service was in peacetime ([[UsefulNotes/TheFifties late 1950s]]); with one possibility being that having Walker as a Vietnam veteran may have been in memory of his brother Weiland, who was killed in action in Vietnam.
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** Cordell had two successive voices in the European French dub , Bernard Tiphaine then Creator/YvesRenier.
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** C.D. Parker was portrayed by Creator/GailardSartain in "One Riot, One Ranger", and later portrayed by Creator/NobleWillingam after that episode all through the series.

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** C.D. Parker was portrayed by Creator/GailardSartain in "One Riot, One Ranger", and later portrayed by Creator/NobleWillingam Creator/NobleWillingham after that episode all through the series.
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* TheOtherDarrin:
** C.D. Parker was portrayed by Creator/GailardSartain in "One Riot, One Ranger", and later portrayed by Creator/NobleWillingam after that episode all through the series.
** Creator/JohnAmos and Creator/PaulWinfield both played Pastor Roscoe Jones. Amos took on the role in "Sons of Thunder", and Winfield took over one season later in "The Soul of Winter".

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