On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:56 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote:

> I too was thinking of Star Trek, but these examples don't seem to fit the
> constraints we were given, as they are not different versions of the same
> show (they are spin-offs or sequels of various types), and most of the time
> they are not guest stars in both (though my first thought, Mark Leonard,
> mentioned above, was).
>
> I was trying to think if there was an actor who played maybe a family member
> of one of the victims of the week on the NBC Colombo who showed up in the
> same role on the ABC version, but drew a blank. I almost want to say that an
> actor who played a cop on the NBC version played the same role on ABC, but
> can't confirm that. My daughter is suggesting that an actor showed up in
> both The X-Files and Fringe in the same role, but I think that was the same
> actor in different roles.

Closest connection I can find is the same house where Columbo caught
his first bad guy was also the same house where the very last of
Columbo's murders took place. It is possible some of the wait staff at
Barney's Beanery (featured in several Columbo episodes) were the same
old guys.
-- 
Kevin M. (RPCV)

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