Dan guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Griffin" in episode: "Will the Real Santa...?" (episode # 2.12) 18 December 1977

Dan O'Herlihy studied architecture at the National University of Ireland, but his heart was in the acting highlands. After racking up stage credits with the Gate Theater and the Abbey Players, O'Herlihy turned to films in 1946, impressing critics and filmgoers alike and then appeared in movies during the late 1940's like in Odd Man Out (1947), Hungry Hill (1947), Larceny (1947), Macbeth (1948) and Kidnapped (1948). In 1955, he earned an Oscar nomination for one of his roles in a film titled Robinson Crusoe (1955) and won a Western Heritage Award in 1961 in his guest role on the western TV series Rawhide for the episode "Incident at Dragoon Crossing". Dan was maturing into a versatile character player.
His TV credits include blarney-spouting Doc McPheeters in the short-lived The Travels of Jamie McPheeters, a stint as the town boss Will Varner in the short-lived The Long Hot Summer, a stint as Lt.-Col. Max Dodd in Colditz, "The Director" in the short-lived A Man Called Sloane, a stint in 1984 as an intelligence agent Carson Marsh in Whiz Kids, and in 1990 a stint as Alexander Packard in Twin Peaks, a role in The Secret Servant and he used his voice in the short-lived animated series Pirates of Darkwater.
He also had roles in the mini-series QB VII, Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill and Nancy Astor.
His hundreds of other film work through the decades includes How to Steal the World (1968), Waterloo (1970/I), MacArthur (1977), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), The Last Starfighter (1984), RoboCop (1987) and RoboCop 2 (1990)
He also guest starred in hundreds of television shows including Cavalcade of America, General Electric Theater, The United States Steel Hour, Stage 7, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Screen Directors Playhouse, Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre, Letter to Loretta, Playhouse 90, Kraft Television Theatre, Zane Grey Theater, Adventures in Paradise, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, The Quest, The Bionic Woman, Charlie's Angels, Battlestar Galactica, Barnaby Jones, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law and The Ray Bradbury Theatre.
Dan O'Herlihy is the brother of director Michael O'Herlihy.

Pataki guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Deputy Foley" in episode: "The Mystery Of The Solid Gold Kicker" (episode # 1.14) 22 May 1977

Michael Pataki's career spans 35 years. His name may not be on the tip of your tongue as he was noted as a cult actor, but his face is etched in all our memories. He has done just nearly every episodic television show you can name including Rawhide, My Favorite Martian, Ben Casey, Batman, Felony Squad, Mission: Impossible, Garrison's Gorillas, Star Trek, Cade's County, Bonanza, Cannon, All in the Family, Kung Fu, The Invisible Man, Harry O, Ellery Queen, Baretta, McCloud, Happy Days, Little House on the Prairie, Barney Miller, Alice, B.J. and the Bear, WKRP in Cincinatti, Charlie's Angels, Nero Wolfe, Father Murphy, The Fall Guy, One Day at a Time, Laverne & Shirley, The Jeffersons, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Airwolf, St. Elsewhere, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Highwayman and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
He also has gained a repuatation by acting in low budget horror films during the 70's and 80's including Dream No Evil (1970), Grave of the Vampire (1972), The Baby (1973), Dracula's Dog (1978), Love at First Bite (1979), Graduation Day (1981), Dead & Buried (1981), Sweet 16 (1983), Zombie Death House (1987) and Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988).
To top off his many hats in talents did voice-over's for animated TV shows and played the voice of George Liquor in the 90's MTV series The Ren & Stimpy Show, the voice of George Liquor in The Goddamn George Liquor Show and various voices including The Cow in Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures.
Pataki was a regular in 4 short-lived TV series (The Amazing Spiderman, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Phyl & Mikhy and a stint on Get Christie Love)

Persoff guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" in a 2-part episode of "Defection to Paradise"

Trivia buffs and diehard fans of Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront will know that the non-speaking cab driver in the film's famed 'taxicab scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger was noted character actor Nehemiah Persoff. An American resident from age 9, the Jerusalem-born Persoff spent his early adulthood working for the New York subway system. Asked in later years why he chose acting as a profession, Persoff would comment that the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe compelled him to prove himself worthy of his "gift of life."
On stage in community and non-professional productions from 1940, he studied with Stella Adler at the Actor's Studio before graduating to Broadway.
His first film appearance was a Manhattan based one in 1948 an unbilled bit in The Naked City (1948). After attaining prominence in the mid-1950s, Persoff alternated between villainy and sympathetic roles, utilizing his ear for dialects to depict a wide array of nationalities. He was often cast as a gangster, both serious and and satiric with his credits as Leo in The Harder They Fall (1956) with Humphrey Bogart, Gene Conforti in Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956), Albert in This Angry Age (1958) and gangster Johnny Torrio in Al Capone (1959). He played hundreds of intense, volatile and dominating characters in hundreds of television appearances on Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Philco Television Playhouse, Kraft Television Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Rawhide, The Legend of Jesse James, The Big Valley, The Wild, Wild West, I Spy, Hawaii Five-O, Mission: Impossible, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Six Million Dollar Man, Wonder Woman, Charlie's Angels, The Bionic Woman, Barney Miller, Magnum, P.I., MacGyver, L.A. Law, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Hunter, Murder, She Wrote, Law & Order and Chicago Hope.
Persoff's regular roles include various characters in The Untouchables, Dr. Aaron Herzog in High Hopes, as well as a regular in the short-lived B.A.D. Cats.

Arthur Peterson guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Old Man Jensen" in episode: "The Mystery of Pirate's Cove" (episode # 1.2) 6 February 1977

Arthur Peterson played character and supporting roles on stage, television, and feature films. On television, fans of the series Soap, a funny spoof of soap operas, may remember Peterson for playing the Major.
North Dakota born and raised, Peterson first obtained a degree in theater from the University of Minnesota before becoming a professional actor with the first Federal Theater Project. Peterson made his media debut in 1936 with a regular role on the radio serial The Guiding Light.
During WWII, Peterson fought within General Patton's third regimen. Upon his discharge, Peterson appeared in the ABC network's first situation comedy, That's O'Toole.
Peterson's stage work included appearances in such plays as Inherit the Wind.
His film career has been sporadic. Peterson spent 1981 to 1991 touring the country with his wife in a Pasadena Playhouse production of The Gin Game (a play made famous on Broadway by Jessica Tandy and her husband Hume Cronyn).
He has made guest appearances on Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, The Rebel, Gilligan's Island, The Iron Horse, Green Acres, Death Valley Days, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Bonanaza, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Mission: Impossible, Mannix, The Waltons, Adam-12 and Starsky and Hutch.
When the play's long run ended, Peterson retired from acting.

Penny guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Suzy Wilkens" in episode: "The Mystery Of The Flying Courier" (episode # 1.9) 10 April 1977

She played Cindy Fox in the series Crazy Like a Fox and was a regular in season's of the TV shows The Tony Randall Show and Knots Landing as well as having a part in the short-lived Rich Man Poor Man Book II. She was also a contestant on a TV special on Battle of the Network Stars XIII.
She has appeared in dozens of television movies including BJ and the Bear (1978), The Frisco Kid (1979), The In-Laws (1979), Wild Times (1980), Emergency Room (1983), Pigs Vs. Freeaks (1984), Pandora's Clock (1996), Under Wraps (1997) and made guest appearances on Switch, Barnaby Jones, The White Shadow, The Incredible Hulk, Knight Rider, The Powers of Matthew Star, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Masquerade, Amazing Stories, Quantum Leap, L.A. Law, Walker, Texas Ranger and 7th Heaven.

Joan guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Adriane" in episode: "The Mystery of the Ghostwriter's Cruise" (episode # 1.12) 1 May 1977

Joan was remembered as a semi-regular playing Janet McArthur Bradford in the one hour family sitcom Eight is Enough and also played Glory Dalessio in the short-lived Executive Smile.
One of Joan's early appearances as an actress was in a Highland Park Highschool production of The Music Man in March of 1963. Joan played the part of Amaryllis, and was 12 at the time.
During her high school years, she was a regular on a teen T.V. show, Somethin' Else, which was telecast on the local ABC affiliate station in Dallas, WFAA-TV.
He appeared in motion pictures and television movies including The Single Girls (1973), Big Bad Mama (1974), The Devil's Rain (1975), Smile (1975), Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976), Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Sins of the Father (1985) and LBJ: The Early Years (1987).
She made television appearances on The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Happy Days and CHiPs

Susan guest starred in "The Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Ann" in episode: "The Mystery of the Fallen Angels" (episode # 1.10) 17 April 1977

Susan was the wife of Nancy Drew semi-regular George O'Hanlon as she has gained a reputation in many daytime soaps like Dr. Claire Ramsey Jarrett and Barbara Montgomery in many seasons of The Guiding Light and All My Children, Anne 'Annie' Logan R.N. in General Hospital and stints on As the World Turns and Loving.
She started out in non soaps by have roles in the kids' shows like in Tarzan and the Super 7 and Jason of the Star Command.

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

John was a well known supporting character actor in many TV and film productions. He appeared in two short-lived TV shows. He played Clean Otto in Flatbush and Lucky Luke's sidekick in Lucky Luke.
His television appearances include Nichols, Cade's County, Dusty's Trail, Faraday and Company, McMillan and Wife, Kung Fu, McCloud, The Blue Knight, The Rockford Files, Kojak, The Quest, Starsky and Hutch, The Bionic Woman, Charlie's Angels, Baretta, Sword of Justice, B.J. and the Bear, How the West Was Won, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vega$, The Dukes of Hazzard, Galactica 1980, CHiPs, Palmerstown, U.S.A., The Fall Guy, Manimal, The A-Team, Hill Street Blues, Hunter, Baywatch and On the Air.
He appeared in dozens of television movies including Goodnight, My Love (1972), Honky Tonk (1974), Planet Earth (1974), The Virginia Hill Story (1974), Night Terror (1977), Escape from Bogen County (1977), Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977), Knight Rider (1982), No Man's Land (1984), Seasons in the Sun (1986), The B.R.A.T. Patrol (1986), Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986), Longarm (1988), and Unconquered (1989)

Michael guest starred in "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Hargrove" in episode: "Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom: Part 2" (episode # 2.5) 9 October 1977

Michael played Nick Craig in the British TV series Ghost Squad.

Roarke guest starred in "The Hardy Boys Mysteries" in the episode: "Life on the Line".

A Brooklyn street-gang member in his youth, actor Adam Roarke spent the bulk of his film career wearing a black leather jacket, sporting a menacing-looking beard, and roaring into view astride a motorcycle. During the biker-flick vogue of the 1960s and early 1970s, Roarke either starred or co-starred in a few chrome-plated epics.
Roarke was born into a show business family; his father was a vaudeville comedian and his mother a chorine. He himself did not take up acting until after he decided to clean up his act and serve two years in the Army.
He briefly studied acting and at age 19 signed a contract with Universal Studios where he appeared in the aforementioned biker cult flicks including Hells Angels on Wheels (1967) with Nicholson, The Savage Seven (1968), Psych-Out (1968) again with Nicholson, Hell's Belles (1970) and The Losers (1968) In addition, he appeared on horseback in John Wayne's western El Dorado (1966), and co-starred with Anthony Perkins in Play It As It Lays (1972), Peter Fonda in Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974), and Peter O'Toole in The Stunt Man (1980) and as a television guest star on shows including Arrest and Trial, The Mod Squad, Star Trek, Medical Center and CHiPs.
In the early '80s, a Dallas-located Halloween party populated by young actors such as Lou Diamond Phillips, inspired Roarke to open an acting school in the Texas city. His Film Actors Lab opened at the Dallas Communications Complex in Las Colinas, Texas in 1982.
In 1986, Adam Roarke made his directorial debut with Trespasses (1986).

Rodriguez guest starred in "The "Hardy Boys Mysteries" playing "Minister" in episode: "The Mystery Of The African Safari" (episode # 2.6) 10/16/1977

He played Iroqois Chieftain in the series Radisson as well as other regular roles in (Peyton Place, Somerset and the short-lived Executive Suite as well as a stint on the short-lived Sanford).
In the beginning he narrated two films titled No Longer Vanishing (1955) and Honey Bees and Pollination (1957) which led to having roles in The Sweet Ride (1968), The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970), The Forgotten Man (1971), Genesis II (1973), The Legend of Hillbilly John (1973), The Last Survivors (1975), The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975), Invisible Strangler (1976), Ring of Passion (1978), Brainwaves (1982) and Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987).
His roles in mini-series include The Atlanta Child Murders, Roots: The Next Generations and Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers
He made guest appearances on Naked City, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek, The Fugitive, Adventures in Rainbow Country, Then Came Bronson, Marcus Welby, M.D., Mannix, The Sixth Sense, Cannon, Banacek, Shaft, Planet of the Apes, Good Times, The Jeffersons, The Fall Guy, Benson and T.J. Hooker.