Hope & Faith Original Pilot Photo

[Sitcomwriter]

Who's the old dude?

[Dragonflies]

That's Harve Presnell

He also played Lois Lane's(Teri Hatcher) dad on Lois and Clark the New Adventures of Superman

You can find out more about him here:

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0696193/

[ricardo/mertz]

Who is the other guy in the picture. Is this like the pilot picture?

[factsoflife]

most likely this is a picture from the pilot episode. Sometimes what happens is a pilot episode is shot and the network orders changes before they pick it up as a series. Sometimes they will recast parts, such as they did w/ the role of Charlie Ted McGinley was not the first choice, he came in after someone else was repalced. And the old guy was a character that must have been taken out. sometimes networks wil ask writers/producers to change scripts and get rid or characters they think serve no purpose or hurt the show. my hunch is thats what happened.

[Pavan]

I have a huge video clip of the original pilot, with the original cast(the grandpa, different dad, and different kids).

Here is the video:
http://www.sitcomsonline.com/videoclips/hopeandfaithpromo.asf

[aussieguypearce]

They should have kept the old cast! Looks much better!:)

[db108108]

I think the father is Michael O'Keefe, the former Mr. Bonnie Raitt and the guy who played "Fred" on Roseanne.

[db108108]

Actually, it's not. I just watched the promo

[factsoflife]

I miss the first sydne. Megan Fox stinks.

[Tish]

That Blond girl (Sidney) doesn't look like the original. Is MF the third (sidney)?

[Miss Golden]

I think they should bring the Grandpa on, it might help ratings.

[hopeandfaith06]

I'm glad they changed the cast, don't like the original cast, how come in the pilot episode, Justin is played by a different person, who i must say is even worse than the one they have now.

[hopeandfaith06]

I love the pilot episode where hope and faith fight with the sauce and food, so funny. Glad they didn't pick that cast though, don't like the grandad