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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
John Karlen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karlen guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Rocky" in episode: "The Lady On Thursday At Ten" (episode # 2.13) 1/1/1978

Stocky, blondish character actor John Karlen gained a mid-1966s following as Willie Loomis (and several other roles) on the Gothic TV soap opera Dark Shadows. Thereafter, Karlen became a fixture in other Dan Curtis productions.
In 1987, Karlen won an Emmy for his portrayal of Harvey Lacey, the contractor husband of Mary Beth Lacey (Tyne Daly), on the TV series Cagney and Lacey; two years later he co-starred on the less successful video weekly Snoops.
His other numerous regular TV roles include (Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Mad About You the short-lived Hidden Faces plus stints on the daytime soaps Another World and From These Roots.
He appeared in countless television movies and movies of the week including Night of Terror (1972), Frankenstein (1973), The Police Story (1973), Trilogy of Terror (1975), Delancey Street: The Crisis Within (1975), The Kansas City Massacre (1975), The Return of Mod Squad (1979), The Long Days of Summer (1980), American Dream (1981), Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982), Welcome Home, Bobby (1986), The Return of Mike Spillane's Hammer (1986), Daddy (1987), Police Story: Burnout (1988), Nightmare on the 13th Floor (1990), Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin (1991), Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (1992) and Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography (1994).
 


 
Robert Karnes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karnes guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing a Sheriff in 3 episodes of "The Mystery of Pirate's Cove" (episode # 1.2) 6 February 1977 , "The Mystery of the Diamond Triangle" (episode # 1.4) 20 February 1977 and "A Haunting We Will Go" (episode # 1.8) 13 April 1977

Robert has had many small and supporting roles in TV and film since the late 1940's throughout his lifetime career and he also played Max in the series The Lawless Years.
He made hundreds of guest roles on Cavalcade of America, Zane Grey Theatre, Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Have Gun - Will Travel, Perry Mason, Broken Arrow, The Californians, Wagon Train, Man Without a Gun, Frontier Doctor, The Texan, Sea Hunt, Men Into Space, Bat Masterson, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Klondike, Hawaiian Eye, Cain's Hundred, Outlaws, Checkmate, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Tales of Wells Fargo, Bonanza, The Untouchables, The Fugitive, Slattery's People, The Big Valley, The Andy Griffith Show, Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Cimarron Strip, The Waltons, Kung Fu, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, M*A*S*H, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, Baretta and Charlie's Angels.
He died on December 4, 1979 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA. of a heart failure.


 
Casey Kasem
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kasem guest-starred in "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Paul Hamilton" in a 2-part episode: "The Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom"

For decades has provided the voice of Shaggy in the "Scooby-Doo" animated series for TV shows such as Scooby Doo Where Are You?, The New Scooby Doo Movies, The Scooby Doo Dynomutt Hour, Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Scooby and Scrappy Doo, The Scooby and Scrappy Doo Puppy Hour, The All New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show, The New Scooby Doo Mysteries, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo, Scooby's Mystery Funhouse, The Richie Rich Scooby Doo Hour, A Pup Named Scooby Doo and What's New Scooby Doo. He also did voice characters for other TV series like Mr. Magoo, The Batman/Superman Hour, Sky Hawks, The Catanooga Cats, Hot Wheels, The Adventures of Batman, Superfriends, The All New Superfriends Hour, Challenge if the Superfriends, World's Greatest Superfriends, Superpowers Team: The Galactic Guardians, Josie and the Pussycats, Jabberjaw, Dynomutt Dog Wonder, Battle of the Planets and The Transformers. He has also hosted the TV shows America's Top 10, 100% and the short-lived Space Stars.
 


 
Jillian Kessner

 

Jillian guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Paula Clark" in episode: "The Mystery Of The Solid Gold Kicker" (episode # 1.14) 22 May 1977

Jillian has appeared in numerous cheesy B-films including The Student Body (1976), Starhops (1978), Firecracker (1981), Trick or Treats (1982), Raw Force (1982), Evil Town (1987), Roots of Evil (1992) and Inferno (1997) as well as playing Melba in the TV pilot Co-ed Fever.
She works behind the scenes as well and is also a female karate champ.


 
Terry Kiser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terry Kiser guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" in the episode "The Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker" (episode # 1.14) 5/22/1977.

Chicagoan Terry Kiser has been a member of the movie character-actor pool since 1968. Kiser hasn't exactly scaled the heights of fame with alot of films but he has paid his bills on time most notably as Bernie in Weekend at Bernie's (1989) as well as it's sequels. His other parts in films includes Seven (1979), Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979), Steel (1980), An Eye for an Eye (1981), Six Pack (1982), The Offspring (1986), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), Mannequin 2: On the Move (1991), Into the Sun (1992), Tammy and the T-Rex (1994), Forest Warrior (1996), A Delicatessen Story (1996), Flamingo Dreams (2000) and See Jane Run (2001).
He was at first a regular in the daytime soap The Doctors for two season's by playing Dr. John Rice and a stint on another daytime soap called The Secret Storm as Corey Boucher. Then he played Don Mitchell in The Roller Girls, Journalist Al Craven in a season of Night Court, various roles in Carol & Company and Bobby McDermott in the short-lived Good Company.
He has guest starred on Marcus Welby, M.D., The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Emergency!, Maude, All in the Family, One Day at a Time, WKRP in Cincinnati, Three's Company, The Fall Guy, Bosom Buddies, Hill Street Blues, CHiPs, Hill Street Blues, Tucker's Witch, Hardcastle and McCormick, Night Court, Automan, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, E/R, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Simon & Simon, Knight Rider, Riptide, The Golden Girls, 227, Hooperman, Murder, She Wrote, Hunter, L.A. Law, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Dream On, Pig Sty, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Live Shot, Walker, Texas Ranger, Baywatch Nights, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, Will & Grace and The Huntress.


 
Walter Klenhard
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Walter guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Officer" in episode: "Campus Terror" (episode # 2.22) 7 May 1978 and playing "Smith" in episode: "Scorpion's Sting" (episode # 3.7) 12 November 1978

Walter is a director and a writer and worked on movies of the week like (Sweet Poison, The Haunting of Seacliff Inn, Buried Alive 2, Disappearance and Rush of Fear).


Martin Kove

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kove guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Pete Miller" in episode: "The Mystery Of The Solid Gold Kicker" (episode # 1.14) 5/22/1977.

Like many New York actors, Martin Kove was willing to go unbilled to pick up extra paychecks. By 1984, Kove was pulling down third billing in films and TV shows. He was famous for his role as Detective Victor Isbecki in the series Cagney & Lacey. His other regular roles include (We've Got Each Other, Code R and the short-lived Hard Time on Planet Earth).
His countless roles in motion pictures and television movies include Last House on the Left (1972), Capone (1975), The Four Deuces (1975), Death Race 2000 (1975), Kingston (1976), Trouble in High Timber Country (1980), Cry for the Strangers (1982), The Karate Kid (1984), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), Steele Justice (1987), Higher Ground (1988), The Karate Kid III (1989), Shootfighter: Fight to the Death (1992), Shadowchaser (1992), The Laurie Samuels Story (1993), Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993), Future Shock (1993/I), Firehawk (1994), Wyatt Earp (1994), Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994), Savage Land (1994), Endangered (1994), Death Match (1994), Baby Face Nelson (1995), Timelock (1996), Mercenary (1997), Assault on Devil's Island (1997), Grizzly Mountain (1997), Top of the World (1997), Trance (1998/II), Shadow Warriors II: Hunt for the Death Merchant (1998), Hyacinth (1998), Black Scorpion Returns (2001), Extreme Honor (2001), Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002), Shattered Lies (2002), Gentle Ben (2002), Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002), Barbarian (2003), Alien Lockdown (2004), Seven Mummies (2006), Revamped (2007), Chinaman's Chance (2008) and War Wolves (2009).
 


 
Bert Kramer

 

 

 

Kramer guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Steve Donner" in episode: "The Mystery Of Witches' Hollow" (episode # 1.3) 2/13/1977


He played Mike Fitzpatrick in the short-lived The Fitzpatricks. He also had regular roles in season's of the daytime soap's Sara, The Young and the Restless, Texas and the animated series The Transformers.
To top it off did theatre and was a longtime member of Lonny Chapman's Group Repertory Theater in Burbank, California.
He also made television guest appearances on Mission: Impossible, M*A*S*H, Kojak, The Six Million Dollar Man, Doctors' Hospital, The Bionic Woman, The Rockford Files, Little House on the Prairie, CHiPs, The Fall Guy, Matlock and Paradise.
He died on June 20, 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA. from cancer


 
Stepfanie Kramer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Stepfanie Kramer guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" in the episode "Campus Terror" (episode # 2.22) 5/7/1978

Kramer is the daughter of actress Lily Kramer and is probably best known for her role as the tough-minded detective, Sgt. Dee Dee McCall on the popular NBC-TV series Hunter (In which she also, wrote, directed, produced and composed)  Although she left the series at the end of the sixth season.  Stepfanie's talent and energy helped make Hunter a true international hit. 
Her following includes fans from China to Paris, Germany to Australia and she has been a regular in the series of Married: The First Year, We Got it Made the short-lived The Secret Empire and is a regular in the new Hunter series.
She is also a powerful and unique singer, trained as a Mezzo Soprano as well as a talented composer and lyricist.  Her listening tastes in music are eclectic and include pop, big band, classical and folk music. 
Stepfanie holds extensive theatre and musical credits, and is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts/West.
  From childhood on, she focused her energies on a performance career, not unusual for a child from an artistic background. 
With a mother who is an artist, former model and had her own country/western radio show, and a father who was a professional violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and toured with big bands, Stepfanie grew up in a very creative environment. 
Currently utilizing her musical talents, she has finished work on a new adult contemporary album which contains a great deal of her own original material.  The album, titled "One Dream," was released by Fine Arts Records late in 1999, however, has received little airtime play.