Daktari Cast List

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Updated October 14, 2018 7 items

Daktari cast list, including photos of the actors when available. This list includes all of the Daktari main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below. You can various bits of trivia about these Daktari stars, such as where the actor was born and what their year of birth is. This cast list of actors from Daktari focuses primarily on the main characters, but there may be a few actors who played smaller roles on Daktari that are on here as well.

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  • Erin Moran
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    Erin Moran

    Erin Marie Moran-Fleischmann (October 18, 1960 – April 22, 2017) was an American actress, best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on the television sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi.
  • Hari Rhodes
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    Hari Rhodes

    Hari Rhodes (April 10, 1932 – January 15, 1992) was an American author and actor whose career spanned three decades beginning around 1960. He was sometimes billed as Harry Rhodes and appeared in sixty-six films or television programs, such as ABC's 1963 TV medical drama series about psychiatry Breaking Point.
  • Marshall Thompson
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    Marshall Thompson

    Marshall Thompson (November 27, 1925 – May 18, 1992) was an American film and television actor.
  • Yale Summers
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    Yale Summers

    Yale Summers was an American actor, who credits included the 1960s CBS television series, Daktari, with Marshall Thompson. Summers was heavily involved with the Screen Actors Guild. He was a member of the SAG national board of directors for twenty-seven years and the national executive committee for eighteen years.

  • Hedley Mattingly

    Hedley Mattingly (May 7, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was a British actor who appeared in many American films and television series.
  • Cheryl Miller
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    Cheryl Miller

    Cheryl Lynn Miller (born February 4, 1943, in Sherman Oaks, California) is an American actress of film and television and a musician in her own right.
  • Ross Hagen
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    Ross Hagen

    Ross Hagen was an American voice actor, actor, director, screenwriter and producer whose television acting credits included Daktari. His film credits included The Hellcats in 1967 and The Sidehackers in 1969. His video game credits included Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare. Hagen was born Leland Lando Lilly in Williams, Arizona, on May 21, 1938. However, he was raised on an Oregon farm. Hagen and his first wife had two children, Bob Lilly and Julie Lilly-Beloit. He was married to his second wife, Claire Polan, an actress from 1963 until her death in 2003. Outside of acting, Hagen also served in the United States Army. Hagen began his acting career during the 1960s. His early career included guest appearances on The Virginian and The Big Valley. He was cast in the CBS television series Daktari, in 1968. He portrayed a safari photographer named Bart Jason until the end of the show in 1969. Hagen's other film credits included The Mini-Skirt Mob and Speedway in 1968, The Devil's 8, The Organization, Angels' Wild Women, Melinda, Wonder Women, Night Creature, Angel, Avenging Angel and Armed Response.