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Find out what name actors have guest starred in this series as most of them were struggling actors at the time. They're all listed here folks so check it out.

There were other TV shows that involved detectives and mysteries with people fighting for the law and government and solving the crimes of criminals like the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew did which appealed to either the same viewers or other viewers from a different generation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Vic Damone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damone guest starred in "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" in episode: "Mystery on the Avalanche Express" (episode # 2.19) 26 February 1978

He was born Vito Rocco Farinola on June 12, 1928, in Brooklyn, NY. He began voice lessons, after he heard Frank Sinatra on the radio and became totally mesmerized. There was something about the way Sinatra would interpret a melody or a lyric, and this caught young Vic's imagination. A simple inflection, an on-purpose momentary lag, the unmistakable phrasing that was Sinatra's forte.
The young Damone knew music was the way for him, the question was how, and what better way to get close to show business than to work as an usher at the Paramount theater in New York? So that's where he started working at the age of 14, in order to get close to that which he loved - music and the people who made it come to life.
How was he to know that a scant 5 years after starting his usher duties that he would end up being a 19 year-old recording artist with Mercury Records?
He could only guess at and dream about the astounding success he would achieve throughout his career, the many places he would get to travel to, the countless interesting people he would get to meet. He just knew that music was going to be a part of his life.
He hosted his own TV show as well as hosting The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone.
He was also a nighclub singer on a season of The Morey Amsterdam Show.

 


 
Linda Dano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linda Dano guest starred in "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" in a 2-part episode of "Voodoo Doll"

Dano has been a soap opera star since 1975 and started out as Angela Montefusco Cooney in the series The Montefusco's and then went on to do a stint as an airline clerk in Another World which years later she's return to the series by playing Felicia Gallant for 12 years.
She also played Gretel Rae Cummings Falkner in two season's of One Life to Live a character she's also play in a season of All My Children, Port Charles and General Hospital and played Cynthia Haines for a season of As the World Turns.
She hosted the series Attitudes and was also a regular in the talk shows Lifetime Now and Speaking of Women's Health.
Her other television appearances include
Police Woman, Emergency!, The Rockford Files, Harry O, Starsky and Hutch, Cherlie's Angels, Barney Miller, CHiPs, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour and Homicide: Life on the Street.



 
Cesare Danova
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Danova guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Moustapha" in episode: "The Mystery Of King Tut's Tomb" (episode # 2.3) 9/25/1977

Cesare Danova was born in Rome Italy. Perhaps he portrayed aristocrats so well because he was actually descended from a German count on his father’s side.
Cesare’s mother was a descendant of the famed medieval artist who was mentioned in the poem Filippo Lippi by Robert Browning.

Cesare was studying to be a surgeon at the University of Rome when Dino De Laurentis approached him to test for the lead in his upcoming film
La figlia del capitano (1947) at the time as he won the part and for three years did both acting and medical school. He finally decided to go with acting. He thought that being an actor would disgrace his family name of Deitinger so he changed his name to Danova. It was a word he found in an ancient Italian dictionary and meant “medieval monk” Cesare’s successful career could not have been considered a disgrace.
His film and television appearances span from 1947 till shortly before his death in 1992. He has been called a gentleman by those who knew him and he was truly an actor extrodinaire. His motion pictures included
Don Giovanni (1955/I), The Man Who Understood Women (1959), Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959), Cleopatra (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Chamber of Horrors (1966), Mean Streets (1973), Death Cruise (1974), Tentacles (1977), Animal House (1978) and Invisible Strangler (1984).
His television guest appearances includes The Rifleman, Adventures in Paradise, Zane Grey Theater, Arrest and Trial, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, Honey West, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., McMillan and Wife, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Cannon, Maude, Mannix, Night Gallery, McCloud, Police Story, Chico and the Man, Charlie's Angels, Barnaby Jones, Vega$, Trapper John, M.D., Hart to Hart, The Love Boat, The Fall Guy, Matt Houston, Hotel, Airwolf, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Hunter, Mission: Impossible and In the Heat of the Night.
He is sadly missed. He played an actor in the series Garrison's Gorillas and Silvo Conti in a season of the daytime soap Ryan's Hope.
He died on March 19, 1992 , Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)


 
Elissa Davalos

 

 

Davalos guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Wendy Bonner" in episode: "The Mystery Of King Tut's Tomb" (episode # 2.3) 9/25/1977

Davalos played Leslie o'Connor in one season of Scarecrow and Mrs. King.
She was a frequent guest on many TV shows most notably by playing the role of
Nikki Carpenter on MacGyver as well as playing Doreen Gillespie in the comedy-drama Life Goes On.
Her other appearances include
Charlie's Angels, How the West Was Won, Knight Rider, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Airwolf, Father Dowling Mysteries, Matlock, Diagnosis Murder and Touched by an Angel.
She also acted in a couple of Disney films including The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) and Herbie Goes Bananas (1980).


 
Jeff David
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Jeff guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Rashid" in episode: "The Mystery of King Tut's Tomb" (episode # 2.3) 25 September 1977

Jeff has done voice-over's for the TV shows Spider-Man, The Godzilla Power Hour and a stint on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century by playing the role of Crichton.


He died on March 25, 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (heart failure)


 
Thayer David

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Thayer guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" in episode: "The Strange Fate of Flight 608" (episode # 2.8) 6 November 1977

Actor Thayer David did quite well for himself on stage, screen and television. By virtue of his prominent eyebrows and chin and his brutish frame, David tended to be typecast as villains in many films.
But in 19
77, David was on the verge of TV hero-dom, thanks to an excellent showing in the title role in the 90-minute pilot film Meet Nero Wolfe. Alas, he died of a heart attack before the pilot could be spun off into a series.
Thayer David was at one time married to actress Valerie French. He also played Matthew Morgan #2/Ben Stokes/Professor Timothy Eliot Stokes/Sandor Rakosi/Victor Fenn-Gibbon/Timothy Stokes/Mordacai Grimes all at different times in the cult TV series Dark Shadows.
He also appeared in many cult classic films including
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), The Story of Ruth (1960), House of Dark Shadows (1970), Night of Dark Shadows (1971), Savages (1972), Save the Tiger (1973), The Werewolf of Washington (1973), The Eiger Sanction (1975), Peeper (1975), The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976), Rocky (1976), Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) and House Calls (1978).

He died on July 17, 1978 in New York, New York from a heart attack.


 

Roger Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Davis who guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Sonny/Will" in episode: "The Mystery of the Haunted House" (episode # 1.1) 30 January 1977

Roger Davis has had a huge acting career in movies and television. He replaced Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes in the TV series Alias Smith and Jones following Duel's suicide in 1972. He also played Peter Bradford/Ned Stuart/Dirk Wilkins/Charles Delaware Tate in the series Dark Shadows as well as playing Mike in the western Redigo and Roger Gibson in the short-lived The Gallant Men as well as playing Max Kendrick in the mini-series Aspen.
Plus he
had the Henry Fonda-soundalike on more than 6,000 commercial voiceovers.
His other appearances include The Twilight Zone,
Bonanza, The Big Valley, The Most Deadly Game, Medical Center, Alias Smith and Jones, Night Gallery, The New Perry Mason, The Rockford Files, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, Galactica 1980, Matlock and Night Man.
His supporting roles in television movies and motion pictures includes The Young Country (1970), House of Dark Shadows (1970), River of Gold (1971), Killer Bees (1974), This Is the West That Was (1974), Flash and the Firecat (1975), Nashville Girl (1976), Ruby (1977) and Chameleons (1989).

Roger left acting shortly before the millenium and is an accomplished designer and real estate developer.  His achievements include construction and restoration of hotels and highrises, and returning 18th century mansions to their former sophisticated, pristine splendor. 
Today, Roger is the creator of
Viewmont North, Los Angeles' newest and largest collection of space-age, contemporary 'view homes' in the heart of the city's most sought-after real estate, the Hollywood Hills.

 


 
Anthony De Longis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anthony guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Sergio Morse" in episode: "Campus Terror" (episode # 2.22) 7 May 1978

Multi-talented Anthony De Longis masters careers as an actor, fight director and sword master, professional weapons trainer, horseman and writer. De Longis uses his unique blend of skills to enhance the actor's ability to tell a story and create a more visceral experience for the audience.
De Longis is well known for creating the role of Kazon leader First Maje Culluh for STAR TREK: VOYAGER, appearing in five of the series' episodes.
De Longis has gained a reputation by doing stints on daytime soap opera's such as on Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and S
anta Barbara.
Off-camera, De Longis has occupied the staff position of Fight Director for the Los Angeles Music Center Opera since 1985. He was Swordmaster / Stunt Coordinator for episodes 1-6 of THE QUEEN OF SWORDS.
He is also a professional stage movement and combat instructor, teaching in academic, small group and private settings. De Longis is dedicated to getting the best action possible from his performers.
His combined abilities as an actor, swordsman and bladed weapons scholar helped create one of the most popular and talked-about episodes of HIGHLANDER
He appeared on
Quincy, Logan's Run, Trapper John, M.D., Battlestar Galactica, The Dukes of Hazzard, Matt Houston, The A-Team, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, V, Murder, She Wrote, Sledge Hammer!, MacGyver, The Twilight Zone, Moonlighting, Simon & Simon, Wake, Rattle & Roll, Renegade, Hawkeye, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Pacific Blue, Babylon 5, Goosebumps, Conan, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, The Adventures of Sinbad, Queen of Swords and MythQuest.

 


 
Troy Donahue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donahue guest starred in "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" in the episode: "Mystery On The Avalanche Express" (episode # 2.19) 2/26/1978

He was a journalism student at Columbia University when he began playing in stock productions.
He made his film debut in
Man Afraid (1957) and in 1959 signed as a contract player for Warner Brothers which promoted him to stardom with A Summer Place (1959) that year. He was soon a teenage heartthrob, his blond hair and blue eyes appearing frequently on the covers of movie magazines. His most successful film was called Parrish (1961), in which he played the title character. A few years after that his career went into a decline; he made only a few television movies between the mid-'60s such as Split Second to an Epitaph (1968) and The Lonely Profession (1969) as well as his small role in The Godfather: Part II (1974) (in which his character's name, Merle Johnson, was actually his real name).
He was popular on television in such series as Surfside Six and a season of Hawaiian Eye and a stint on the daytime soap The Secret Storm. He also starred in the mini-series Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story. He made appearances on Rawhide, Wagon Train, Bronco, Maverick, Colt .45, Bronco, 77 Sunset Strip, The Virginian, Ellery Queen, CHiPs, Laverne & Shirley, The Love Boat, Matt Houston and Monsters.
During the mid-80's he accepted numerous roles in cheesy B-film's for the direct-to-video market.
He died on September 2, 2001 Santa Monica, California, USA (heart attack)


 
Tony Dow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony Dow guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Mason" in episode: "The Creatures who came on Sunday" (episode # 2.7) 30 October 1977

Tony Dow won the role of Wally Cleaver on the 50's sitcom Leave It To Beaver in a casting cattle call with almost no previous acting experience (although his mother, Muriel Montrose, had appeared in a number of Our Gang shorts) which he reprised his role in the 80's The New Leave It to Beaver.
Dow's post-Beaver years were busy with roles on a number of TV shows, including the soaps Never Too Young (Which never made it to a second season) and a stint on General Hospital and guest spots on many 60's episodic shows including
Mr. Novak, Dr. Kildare and My Three Sons.
Dow eventually went into the construction business in addition to studying journalism and filmmaking. In recent years he has acted occasionally (most notably in Beaver reunions), and has become quite successful behind the scenes as a producer and director. Recently Dow has directed episodes of USA Network's series.



 
George Dunn

 

George Dunn guest starred in "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Bellman" in episode: "Voodoo Doll (Part 1)" (episode # 2.17) 12 February 1978

He was noted for playing Jesse Williams in the 50's western series Cimarron City as well as a Sherriff in the kids comedy Camp Runamuck plus has had small and supporting roles in films and TV appearances as well. His appearances includes Cimarron City, The Andy Griffith Show, Ben Casey, Bonanza, The Virginian, Wagon Train, My Favorite Martian, The Beverly Hillbillies, Adam-12 and Bonanza.

He died on April 27, 1982


 
Marj Dusay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marj Dusay guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Doctor Janice Cradic" in episode: "The Disappearing Floor" (episode # 1.5) 6 March 1977

Marj was a top fashion model and national-television commercial personality and she also used to perform on stage in Los Angeles with comedy group called "The Session". Marj was noted for her role in the daytime soap Capitol as Myrna Clegg and her roles in other daytime soaps such as Santa Barbara, Days of Our Lives, The Guiding Light and All My Children.
She was also a regular in Stop Susan Williams and in the short-lived Bret Maverick, plus a stint on Dallas.
She also appeared in the mini-series Wheels and made guest appearances on
Cimarron Strip, Bonanza, Star Trek, Hawaii Five-O, Hogan's Heroes, Felony Squad, Daniel Boone, McCloud, The F.B.I., Family Affair, Mannix, The Odd Couple, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, The Streets of San Francisco, The Bionic Woman, Galactica 1980, The Facts of Life, Hart to Hart, E/R, Dallas, Murder, She Wrote, Mancuso, FBI, Friday the 13th, In the Heat of the Night, Perfect Strangers and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.