NCIS Cast in Other Roles: Gibbs was Shoop!

[GHScorpiosRule]

Aside from the awesome character of Shoop in Summer School, Harmon has a plethora of roles from 240-Robert to the dastardly bastard in Flamingo Road not to mention the AIDS ridden doctor in St. Elsewhere. But...but...BUT!!! How could I forget that he appeared on The Love Boat! As a Fucking go-for??? Sporting a porno 'stache??!!!???

It didn't detract from his looks, and that the woman he's in love with is boinking their boss is bad enough, but said boss is FUGLY.??I'm sure idiot woman will dump boss for whatever, but he DESERVED so much better!?

Edited July 11, 2017 by GHScorpiosRule

[GHScorpiosRule]

Love him or hate him, but a good number of actors who were cast in this show, originally appeared on JAG first, and that was due to Bellisario.

How could I forget that Fornell Spano appeared as a CO of a pilot in Italy, charged with manslaighter; Sean Murray-first as a Ensign charged with rape (he was innocent-"Innocence"), then as the jealous pothead son of the doctor Chegwidden was dating. In that same episode was Muse Watson, who played Murray's CO (or is that XO?)-an Admiral. A number of writers and directors transferred over.

And of course his children!?

And Bellisario himself in the third season ender as a friend of Harm's stepfather, who gave Harm money in Russia to buy a mig to find his father. And his name? Hugh Blackadder!?????

Wonder if he gave that name to Robin Lively in this show's backdoor pilot because he loved the name!

Which bums me out that DJE and Catherine Bell didn't appear!!!

Edited September 13, 2017 by GHScorpiosRule

[hrkelley]

I always wanted to see Tony reference a movie staring Mark Harmon.

I did see an episode of Adam 12 where Harmon played a bumbling rookie cop named Gus who at one point dropped his gun during a chase.  Which I found hilarious because in season 1 episode 22.  "Split Decision" when Abby was working up an ID for Gibbs he said "Anything but Gus".  (of course Gus was the name Tony used in his backstopped ID)

[GHScorpiosRule]

9 minutes ago, hrkelley said:

I always wanted to see Tony reference a movie staring Mark Harmon.

Agree! Summer School would have been a good one! And Tony sort of referenced a movie- I forgot the episode, but it was where Tony told someone that someone messed with "Superman's cape" meaning Gibbs. Harmon had provided the voice of Supes in the most recent Justice League animated straight to home dvd.

[MyAimIsTrue]

4 hours ago, hrkelley said:

I always wanted to see Tony reference a movie staring Mark Harmon.

 

In a similar vein my favorite line of the entire show was when someone asked Gibbs what a young Ducky looked like and he said "Ilya Kuriakin," a reference to the role David McCallum played on the show The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

[GHScorpiosRule]

And Tony said he would love to date Jessica Alba, who he either was dating in real life, or played her boyfriend in her short-lived series Dark Angel???

[Aliconehead]

20 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

And Tony said he would love to date Jessica Alba, who he either was dating in real life, or played her boyfriend in her short-lived series Dark Angel???

Both.  He was her boyfriend on Dark Angel and Michael Weatherly dated and was engaged to Jessica Alba for 2 or 3 years

[Raja]

On 9/16/2017 at 0:29 PM, hrkelley said:

I

I did see an episode of Adam 12 where Harmon played a bumbling rookie cop named Gus who at one point dropped his gun during a chase.  Which I found hilarious because in season 1 episode 22.  "Split Decision" when Abby was working up an ID for Gibbs he said "Anything but Gus".  (of course Gus was the name Tony used in his backstopped ID)

I wouldn't have called him bumbling but eager in a no time for backup type of way.. If anything his "officer presence" to use a term Malloy did when holding suspects at bay with an empty weapon was a call back to that first season episode of Adam-12 when Reed was the boot and not helping train the new boot Gus.

[betsyboo]

I apologize if this has already been discussed elsewhere, but I thought this was the best place to post this. I have always been a devoted West Wing fan and have finally given up enough bad television to catch up on The West Wing Weekly podcast. (Which is divine as a whole if you are even a person who just enjoyed TWW.) anyway I just finished listening to an interview with MH about his role as Secret Service agent Simon Donovan. He was so so so so so kind (clearly not a surprise) and so thrilled to talk about his time there. His love for Allison Janney could not be contained. It’s a great listen. SPOILER: if you ever think you are going to watch TWW then don’t listen because it discusses the outcome for his character. Even if you’ve never watched, still worth it for his soothing voice!!  If you want to skip to just him - FF to the 41:00 mark. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-west-wing-weekly/id1093364587?mt=2&i=1000391903433

[GHScorpiosRule]

Thanks @betsyboo! I can NEVER get enough of ❤️????❤️Mark Harmon!!!❤️????❤️

[Ohmo]

Jump in the wayback machine with me if you're interested in seeing the opening credits from Reasonable Doubts.  The YouTube clip is included in this short interview with Marlee Matlin.

I loved that show.

Marlee Matlin Reminisces About Having Reasonable Doubts With Mark Harmon

[Pyanfar]

Most of the Reasonable Doubts episodes are on Youtube.  They hold up pretty well...

[Magnumfangirl]

I loved Reasonable Doubts.  I'm still mad at NBC for cancelling it and I've been waiting for a DVD release forever!   You'd think it would have gotten a release when NCIS and Harmon were at their height of popularity.

[Ohmo]

2 hours ago, Pyanfar said:

Most of the Reasonable Doubts episodes are on Youtube.  They hold up pretty well...

I didn't know about YouTube, but I really wish the rights could be worked out so a streaming service could have it.  Then the quality might be somewhat better.  YouTube can be dicey.  If a streaming service got the rights, I would so binge the crap out of this.  Mark is still looking good now, but he was in the prime of HAWTness back then.  Plus, he and Marlee had mad chemistry as Tess and Dickie.  I also liked the man who served as Tess's courtroom interpreter, and there was a quirky judge whom I thought was cool.  I know that licensing is a big deal and I don't wish to deprive anyone of  his/her money, but technology exists to stream content, and it's annoying when the monetary issues can't be worked out.

[Pyanfar]

I agree; I'd love to be able to see cleaner copies of Reasonable Doubts. What I think is interesting is how many RD cast members and guest stars have made appearances on NCIS.

[Ohmo]

35 minutes ago, Pyanfar said:

I agree; I'd love to be able to see cleaner copies of Reasonable Doubts. What I think is interesting is how many RD cast members and guest stars have made appearances on NCIS.

Except, of course, Marlee Matlin.  Maybe next season.  That reminds me of "Bait," one of the early episodes when the audience learned that Gibbs knew sign language.  It wasn't explained how Gibbs learned to sign, so fans came up with the "logical" TV land answer (and Reasonable Doubts reference): Tess taught it to Dickie.  I bet over the course of RD, Mark did actually learn some sign language from Marlee, as well as from other experts who were probably on set.

[slothgirl]

Looked at MH's IMDB page to see what all he'd been in. Didn't know he'd been the hearthrob in Goliath Awaits (because who really knew who MH was way back then?) Googled GA and found it on You Tube... yep the whole movie. Got sucked into watching it last night until 3AM.

The internet is a dangerous rabbit hole.

There was a scene where he jumped on a table to make an announcment and it sounded and played JUST LIKE "Listen up everybody... we've opened a package containing a white powder". OR was it "Listen up everybody... our #1 most wanted.. Go!" For most of the rest of it he was over-acting in completely Non-Gibbs fashion, but there were glimpses.

He was basically the weakest link in the cast, obviously cast for "pretty" rather than skill.

[Driad]

I became truly aware of Mark Harmon in his guest arc on The West Wing as an agent guarding CJ Cregg.  That's why I have suggested that Allison Janney could come fetch him in the series finale.  After all, she's a redhead.

[slothgirl]

1 hour ago, Driad said:

I became truly aware of Mark Harmon in his guest arc on The West Wing as an agent guarding CJ Cregg.  That's why I have suggested that Allison Janney could come fetch him in the series finale.  After all, she's a redhead.

A Mark Harmon / Allison Janney reunion would be awesome. I always hoped they'd find a recurring role for her on NCIS

[Dr.OO7]

Weatherly's first acting role was as one of Theo's college roommates/classmates on "The Cosby Show", but the one that made him famous was that of Cooper Alden on the soap opera "Loving".

When I first started watching the show, I kept wondering how I knew him. Then for some reason, Tony put on a pair of glasses and it clicked instantly. (He wore them when he played Cooper).

Edited June 19, 2018 by Camille

[GalvDuck]

Some of my favorites - 
Mark Harmon as Ted Bundy in "The Deliberate Stranger" (along with his role in "St. Elswhere.")

Joe Spano as Detective Corso in the short-lived Patty Duke series "Amazing Grace"

Lauren Holly as Officer Maxine Stewart in "Picket Fences"

David Callum as Dr. Joseph Bloom in "VR5"

[Dr.OO7]

1 hour ago, GalvDuck said:

Mark Harmon as Ted Bundy in "The Deliberate Stranger" (along with his role in "St. Elswhere.")

He scared the hell out of HIMSELF by how good a job he did playing such a psycho. He gives an equally scary performance as Thomas Capano in "And Never Let Her Go". It's funny how such a nice guy whose built his career on playing good guys gave his best performances playing murderous bastards.

[scorpio1031]

When they were showing The Streets of San Francisco on MeTv, Joe Spano was a bad guy on an episode with a full head of hair.  This was over 40 years ago, so he was just a young un:)  And of course, I liked Mark H on 240 Robert, Emergency for the one episode and all episodes of Battle of the Network Stars that he appears in.  

[slothgirl]

I just saw an ad for an episode of Mom (with Allison Janney who we all want to see Gibbs ride off into the sunset with) showing Dornegut in some role. I ahven't watched the show so I don't know if it's a guest role or recurring

[Aliconehead]

Dornegut plays the former son in law of Allison Janney’s character. He is the father of one of the kids. In early seasons he was more regular but now he is more of a recurring guest star

[Dr.OO7]

I was rewatching a TV movie from the early '90's, "The Great Los Angeles Earthquake", and who should be there as a Jerkass supervisor but Agent Fornell! He gets electrocuted trying to escape, and adding insult to injury, a ton of debris falls on him as if to make sure he's really dead.

[anna0852]

Apparently Michael and Cote are producing a crime drama together for CBS. Whatever it was that caused her abrupt departure from NCIS, this shows it wasn't her working relationship with MW.

[Dr.OO7]

From what I hear, it was contract negotiations that fell through.

[Callietwo]

 

So.. I'm watching Hocus Pocus today for the very first time and I see a name that is familiar.. the show starts and yep, there he is as a young teen of 16.  Come here to search the forum to see if this is ever discussed because how the heck did I miss this?  But nothing!

So, Sean Murray played Thackery Binx in the Movie Hocus Pocus and was even nominated for an award for the role– Young Artist Award for Best Youth Actor Leading Role in a Motion Picture Comedy.  I'm surprised this didn't come up for conversation as Hocus Pocus seems like such a beloved movie. 

Given it's continued growth in popularity year to year, I sure hope his manager did right by him for royalties.  

(I posted this 1) in the wrong forum earlier today and moved it here once I realized and 2) prior to seeing he was barely in the movie.. he was good for the few minutes he was in but how did that little bit of screen time garner the award??)  

[stonehaven]

Caught the last minute of a Touched By An Angel rerun and saw Sean Murray as an Olympic skier. That threw me. Now I gotta watch the whole episode.

[Linderhill]

over the last weekend I was subjected to my sister's obsession with the Hallmark channel.  There in one of the promos for an upcoming broadcast was Katrina Law as one of the romantic leads.  Usually it's "spot the Supernatural alum" on that channel but not this time.

[blackwing]

I saw an article saying Wilmer Valderamma has been cast as Zorro in a new Zorro series that will air on Disney Plus.  Interesting.  I think this guy is a terrible actor but if this Zorro show makes him quit NCIS then I may start watching NCIS regularly.

[South]

On 5/9/2022 at 11:31 AM, Linderhill said:

over the last weekend I was subjected to my sister's obsession with the Hallmark channel.  There in one of the promos for an upcoming broadcast was Katrina Law as one of the romantic leads.  Usually it's "spot the Supernatural alum" on that channel but not this time.

I spotted her, too, while flipping through channels.  Last week I spotted her on an episode of Reba from 2002.

[UncleChuck]

For anyone interested, you can check out another side of Katrina Law in "Spartacus".  Actually, you can check out ALL of her sides!