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Scarecrows
Worzel Hedgerow Gummidge
- Played by: Jon Pertwee
- Big Eater: He once ate twenty-five meals.
- Birthday Episode: Exaggerated because all his body parts have a "birthday", but his "bestest" one is celebrated in the episode "Worzel's Birthday" and it's for his main head.
- Book Dumb: Seen as stupid but he's actually more naive and uneducated than outright unintelligent.
- Catchphrase: Several nonsense exclamations including "bozzy macoo" and "bomswizzled".
- Disney Death: In the first episode, his head falls off and the kids think he died, but he didn't.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He likes to break rules and insult people but he's nice.
- Limited Wardrobe: Mostly wears the same tatty coat and pants.
- Meaningful Name: His first name comes from "mangold-wurzel", which is a type of turnip and his heads are made of turnips.
- Mister Strangenoun: His middle name is "Hedgerow".
- Pie in the Face: Seems to like throwing food and getting it thrown at him.
- Psychic Powers: He can't read minds, predict the future or anything like that but he does apparently always know where the Crow Man is due to a "tickling in his head".
- Stalker with a Crush: Worzel is this to Aunt Sally, who isn't above leading him on if she can get something out of it.
- Sweet Tooth: Likes cake, candy, eclairs etc.
- Third-Person Person: Sometimes speaks in the third person, but not all the time.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Is afraid of electricity and fire.
- You No Take Candle: Downplayed. He talks mostly normally but sometimes says, "is" instead of "am" or something like that.
Sergeant Beetroot
- Played by: Bill Maynard
- Edible Theme Naming: His last name is Beetroot.
Pickles Bramble
- Played by: Wayne Norman
- Bratty Half-Pint: Makes Worzel do his jobs, yells at him and threatens to throw him on the compost heap and he's seen as a kid.
- Lazy Bum: Gets Worzel to do his jobs for him.
- Literal Ass-Kicking: He sling-shots Mrs Bloomsbury Barton in the butt.
- Shout-Out: Calls the chicken house the "Mickey Mouse".
- Sweet Tooth: Seems to be as interested in dessert as his uncle.
- Vague Age: Most scarecrows are "born" as adults and are sort of ageless, but Pickles is shorter and seen as a kid around John and Sue's age.
Dafthead
- Played by: Frank Marlborough
- Mondegreen Gag: Thinks that the lyrics to "Old McDonald" go "Old McDonald is a farm".
- Motor Mouth: Sometimes rambles quickly.
- You No Take Candle: Even though he apparently has the intellect of Worzel's thinking head, he still speaks in the same grammatically-incorrect way Worzel does.
Soggy Boggart
A scarecrow who's mentioned a lot.- The Ghost: Is mentioned a lot, but never seen.
- Mister Strangenoun: "Soggy" is his first name.
Scarer Cabbage
A scarecrow with a cabbage for a head who the Crow Man didn't make, but brought to life.- Edible Theme Naming: Scarer Cabbage.
- Meaningful Name: Is a scarecrow with a cabbage for a head.
- Mister Strangenoun: His surname is Cabbage.
- The Speechless: He doesn't have any dialogue.
Anna Arrow
A scarecrow mentioned several times.- Alliterative Name: Anna Arrow.
- The Ghost: Mentioned, but never seen.
Cobber Outback Gummidge
- Played by: Alex Scott
Dolly Clothespeg
- Played by: Lorraine Chase
- Character Tics: Still has a habit of standing like a dressmaker's dummy.
- Sweet Tooth: Seems as interested in cake as Worzel.
Humans
Jack Braithwaite
- Played by: Norman Bird
Betty Braithwaite
- Played by: Megs Jenkins
- Alliterative Name: Betty Braithwaite.
Mr. Peters
- Played by: Mike Berry
John Peters
- Played by: Jeremy Austin
- Accidental Misnaming: Calls Aunt Sally "Auntie Annie" and "Auntie Nancy".
- Big Eater: He's said to have a big appetite.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Sometimes is a bit brash, but he's a nice boy.
- Nature Tinkling: He first sees Worzel while peeing behind a hedge.
- Potty Emergency: He has to pee and claims it's urgent when we first meet him.
- Sibling Rivalry: Sometimes argues with Sue.
Sue Peters
- Played by: Charlotte Coleman
- Big Eater: Apparently, like John, she eats a lot.
- Catchphrase: "Poor Worzel" and calling people horrible.
- Deadpan Snarker: Subverted. Is very snarky in the first episode but drops it in later episodes.
- Sibling Rivalry: Sometimes argues with John.
The Crow Man
- Played by: Geoffrey Bayldon
- Cool Old Guy: A wise, mystical old man.
- Grumpy Old Man: Downplayed. He can be grumpy sometimes, especially if Worzel is misbehaving, but is not grumpy all, or even most, of the time.
- Inexplicably Awesome: It's unknown how he can turn scarecrows to life; he just can.
- No Name Given: His real name is not revealed.
- Psychic Powers: Implied. When Worzel or Pickles asks how he knows that Worzel or Pickles did something the Crowman didn't witness, he just says, "I'm the Crow Man. I know," and in "Worzel's Wager", he claims that betting on the fact that it will snow on Christmas isn't gambling because he knows it will happen (white Christmases were far from certain in 1970s England).
- Vague Age: We know he's old, we just don't know how old. Worzel says he's hundreds of years old but his grasp of numbers isn't up to much when he isn't wearing his arithmetic head.
Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
- Played by: Joan Sims
- Rich Bitch: Sometimes she is mean to her servants and other folk.
Mr Shepherd
- Played by: Michael Ripper
- Child Hater: Is even more frustrated with kids than adults.
- Grumpy Old Man: Is elderly and likes to threaten people with violence (but isn't actually violent.)
- The Napoleon: Is grumpy and, while not quite a little person, is rather short.
- Sweet Tooth: Is often seen eating cake.
Enid Simmons
- Played by: Sarah Thomas
- Maid: Works as Mrs. Bloomsbury Barton's maid.
P.C. Alfie Parsons
- Played by: Norman Mitchell
Harry
- Played by: Denis Gilmore
- Injured Limb Episode: He sprains his ankle in "Worzel's Nephew".
Humphrey
Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton's servant. Other
Aunt Sally
- Played by: Una Stubbs
- An Arm and a Leg: One episode focuses on Worzel accidentally taking her leg off.
- Big Eater: Sometimes eats whole supplies of food.
- Book Dumb: Claims she's highly educated but really she's as ignorant as Worzel.
- Catchphrase: "Don't you know anything about anything?!" and "Disgusting!".
- Comedic Underwear Exposure: Sometimes she ends up upside-down with her bloomers visible.
- The Fashionista: Sometimes refuses to do things because they're not "fashionable".
- Limited Wardrobe: Mainly wears a blue dress and a bonnet.
- Pie in the Face: Like Worzel, she likes to throw food.
- Sweet Tooth: Likes dessert as much, if not more, than Worzel.
- You No Take Candle: Sometimes talks in nonstandard grammar like Worzel, though not as often as him.
Saucy Nancy
- Played by: Barbara Windsor
- Meaningful Name: "Saucy" means cheeky, which she certainly is.
Ratter
The Crow Man's dog.- Meaningful Name: Apparently, she catches rats.
Worzel's robin red-breast
A bird who makes her nest in Worzel's belly and has babies.- No Name Given: Her name is not revealed.
- Sick Episode: Well, in one episode, Worzel does say that she has a cold but Worzel can be unreliable.
Worzel's mice
A family of field mice who live on Worzel.Harry's dog
A Whippet.Esme
A sheep.Worzel's hedgehog
A hedgehog that Worzel uses as a hairbrush.- Ambiguous Gender: Its sex is never revealed.
- No Name Given: We never find out the hedgehog's name.
