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FuzzyWulfe
Since: Nov, 2010
OneMore
Since: Oct, 2010
nman
Since: Mar, 2010
Treblain
Since: Nov, 2012
2012-01-31 14:55:58
Actually, Recurring Extra is more for people who turn up no matter what the characters are doing; if a background character always has the same role it would be a Living Prop.
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What is it when someone tends to appear in a show as a background character for years and has no lines. For example, in Wings, there was a woman with red hair who ran the Aeromass counter for every season, never says a single word, and only get mentioned by name once in the show's run. Are they just an extra?