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* TheDanza: Actor Creator/JohnBennettPerry guest starred as a judge named Perry Sillman in the 1987 Season 4 episode, "When Thieves Fall Out".

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* RecastAsARegular:
** Ron Masak, before joining the cast as Sheriff Mort Metzger, appeared in two earlier episodes (the first playing [[HilariousInHindsight a cop in New York]]!).
** William Windom played one of the guilty party in the season 1 finale "Funeral at Fifty-Mile" before appearing as Dr. Seth Hazlitt in the second season.



** Ron Masak, before joining the cast as Sheriff Mort Metzger, appeared in two earlier episodes (the first playing [[HilariousInHindsight a cop in New York]]!).
** William Windom played one of the guilty party in the season 1 finale "Funeral at Fifty-Mile" before appearing as Dr. Seth Hazlitt in the second season.
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*** Beyond that, the number of actors that came back for three or more appearances as separate characters is quite lengthy, though some notable ones include Creator/KateMulgrew, Creator/JessicaWalter, Bradford Dillman, Creator/JohnRhysDavies, Martin Milner, Creator/MonteMarkham, Creator/GreggHenry, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/CluGulager, Kevin [=McCarthy=] and Eugene Roche.

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*** Beyond that, the number of actors that came back for three or more appearances as separate characters is quite lengthy, though some notable ones include Creator/KateMulgrew, Creator/JessicaWalter, Bradford Dillman, Creator/BradfordDillman, Creator/JohnRhysDavies, Martin Milner, Creator/MonteMarkham, Creator/GreggHenry, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/CluGulager, Kevin [=McCarthy=] Creator/KevinMcCarthyActor and Eugene Roche.Creator/EugeneRoche.

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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Italian it became ''La signora in giallo'' ("The Lady in Yellow"), since "giallo" means both yellow and, [[{{Giallo}} more broadly than in English]], mystery fiction in general, thanks to the publishing house Mondadori making the genre popular in Italy through its yellow covers.

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In Italian it became ''La signora in giallo'' ("The Lady in Yellow"), since "giallo" means both yellow and, [[{{Giallo}} more broadly than in English]], mystery fiction in general, thanks to the publishing house Mondadori making the genre popular in Italy through its yellow covers.covers.
** In Germany it's known as ''Mord is ihr Hobby'' - "Murder is Her Hobby".
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** "Murder to a Jazz Beat", supposedly set in New Orleans, is a particularly egregious example. Palm trees can be seen in almost all exterior shots, and one street scene has a prominent view of one of LA's landmarks - the Captial Records Tower - in the background.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Italian it became ''La signora in giallo'' ("The Lady in Yellow"), since "giallo" means both yellow and, [[{{Giallo}} more broadly than in English]], mystery fiction in general, thanks to the publishing house Mondadori making the genre popular in Italy through its yellow covers.
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** The very American Anthony Geary as a Russian cop in "From Russia, With Blood".

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** The very American Anthony Geary as a Russian cop in "From Russia, With Blood".Blood" (with a surprisingly convincing accent).

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** The character Michael Hagarty is an Irishman who worked with the British MI-6. His actor, Len Cariou, is Canadian.

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** The character Michael Hagarty is an Irishman who worked with the British MI-6. His actor, Len Cariou, Creator/LenCariou, is Canadian.


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** In "It Runs In the Family" the British sister of Emma's old viscount lover is played by Creator/RosemaryMurphy, an American born in Germany.
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* UncreditedRole: Dale Robertson appeared in back-to-back episodes ("The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" and "Prediction: Murder") as Col. Lee Goddard, an army buddy of Jessica's late husband. For reasons that he didn't elucidate, Robertson objected to the alphabetical order format of the show's credits and said that he'd prefer not to be credited at all, and the producers obliged. Thus he gets no credit, despite being the most prominent guest star in both episodes.
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* ActorSharedBackground: In the episode "Three Strikes, You're Out", Lt. Caceras mentions that he played a stint in the minor leagues in baseball. Creator/ReniSantoni, who played Caceras, played professional baseball briefly before going into acting.
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** [[Creator/LevinsonAndLink Richard Levison and William Link]] originally conceived the series as a starring vehicle for {{Creator/Jean Stapleton}} of ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' fame. When she turned the project down, they sent the pilot script to Angela Lansbury because of her work in two previous film adaptations of {{Creator/Agatha Christie}} novels.[[note]]1978's ''[[Film/DeathOnTheNile1978 Death on the Nile]]'' and 1980's ''The Mirror Crack'd''[[/note]] Luckily, Lansbury saw great potential in the Jessica Fletcher character, and the rest is history. Jean Stapleton admittedly did not regret turning down the role and later recounted in an interview of getting a heartfelt "Thank you Jean!" from Lansbury at an awards show.

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** [[Creator/LevinsonAndLink Richard Levison and William Link]] originally conceived the series as a starring vehicle for {{Creator/Jean Stapleton}} of ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' fame. When she turned the project down, they sent the pilot script to Angela Lansbury because of her work in two previous film adaptations of {{Creator/Agatha Christie}} novels.[[note]]1978's ''[[Film/DeathOnTheNile1978 Death on the Nile]]'' and 1980's ''The Mirror Crack'd''[[/note]] Luckily, Lansbury saw great potential in the Jessica Fletcher character, and the rest is history. Jean Stapleton admittedly did not regret turning down the role and later recounted in an interview of getting a heartfelt "Thank you Jean!" from Lansbury at an awards show.
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* YouLookFamiliar: It would be simpler to just [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Murder,_She_Wrote_guest_stars link to the Wikipedia list]] as, given the show's incredible length and need for frequent one-off character parts, many actors that were active in television would do multiple appearances on this program as completely different characters. Several series regulars got their start as corpses, innocents, and killers:

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* YouLookFamiliar: It would be simpler to just [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Murder,_She_Wrote_guest_stars link to the Wikipedia list]] as, given Given the show's incredible length and need for frequent one-off character parts, many actors that were active in television would do multiple appearances on this program as completely different characters. Several series regulars got their start as corpses, innocents, and killers:

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