Cast members that originally weren't mentioned in the opening credits but later were are also eligible.

Green Acres:

Tom Lester
Pat Buttram
Frank Cady
Hank Patterson

etc....

Family Ties

Marc Price
Scott Valentine
Tracy Pollan
Courtney Cox

The Waltons:

Jon Walmsley
Eric Scott
David W. Harper
Mary McDonough
Judy Norton
Kami Kotler
Joe Conley
Ronnie Claire Edwards

The MTM produced sitcoms usually just had 1 or 2 main stars credited while the rest of the cast was spotlighted in the closing credits with their own photos.

THE BEVERLY HILLBILIES
Raymond Bailey
Nancy Kulp

THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW
Richard Deacon (but then, Mel, Jerry & Milly weren't in every episode)
Jerry Paris
Ann Morgan Guilbert

E/R:
Jason Alexander
George Clooney

In the first season of Gilligan's Island Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson weren't mentioned in the opening credits being credited only as "and the rest" !

All the kids on The Brady Bunch.

WKRP in Cincinnati:

Loni Anderson
Frank Bonner
Howard Hesseman
Tim Reid
Richard Sanders
Jan Smithers

Roseanne: Glenn Quinn and Johnny Galecki.

Freaks and Geeks: Busy Philipps.

Apparently, in the case of Freaks and Geeks, Busy Philipps' absence from the opening credits was due to contractual obligations. She was supposedly committed to another show on another network that never materialized, and Freaks and Geeks was unable to include her in the opening sequence. According to Judd Apatow, she would have been added to the opening had the show been renewed for a second season.

I'm not sure why Quinn and Galecki were never added to the opening credits of Roseanne.

Andrea Barber as Kimmy Gibbler on Full House. She was a recurring character that was added to the main cast.

Linda Gray (Dallas)
Steve Kanaly (Dallas)
Larry Riley (Knots Landing)
Lynne Moody (Knots Landing)

Freaks and Geeks: Busy Philipps.

Apparently, in the case of Freaks and Geeks, Busy Philipps' absence from the opening credits was due to contractual obligations. She was supposedly committed to another show on another network that never materialized, and Freaks and Geeks was unable to include her in the opening sequence. According to Judd Apatow, she would have been added to the opening had the show been renewed for a second season.



I always found it kind of funny that she's missing if you look at from a character point of view. The opening credits are centered around picture day at school and Kim Kelly probably wouldn't show up for that. :lol:

Hawaii Five-O (original)
Herman Wedemeyer played quite a few different characters in the 1st 4 seasons before he became Duke Lukela from S5-on. But Duke was a semi-regular until Season 9 when he was finally made a regular cast member and was added to the opening credits.

Mission: Impossible (1966-73)
Martin Landau who played Rollin Hand in the 1st 3 seasons was only credited as a special guest star in the 1st season before he was added to the opening credits in S2 and S3.

HUNTER:
None of Hunter's captains was ever mentioned in the opening credits. Charles Hallahan as Capt. Devane debuted in S3 but like the other captains before him wasn't given opening credits billing. But starting in S4, Hallahan became the only captain to receive opening credits billing.

STAR TREK-Nichelle Nichols, George Tackei, Walter Koening, James Doohan & Majel Barret

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW-Howard McNEAR, Jim Nabors, George Lindsey

McHALES NAVY-Carl Ballentine, Billy Sands, Gavin Mcloud and the others who played his crew, also the guy who played Fooji and Bob Hastings

Matlock:
Don Knotts
Warren Frost

Remington Steele:
Janet Demay(Season 1)

Home Improvement:
Debbie Dunning- Although her name finally got promoted to the opening credits by Season 7

Dennis the Menace
Sylvia Field as Mrs.Wilson

Newhart
Larry
Darryl
Darryl

The Office (NBC).

Sanford and Son- Only Fred and Lamont were in the opening credits. None of the supporting characters were there and some of them could have been especially in the later seasons

RALPH The Doorman was never in the opening credits on the jeffersons he was in a lot of episodes

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Dirk Blocker
Joel McKinnon Miller

I'm not sure if they are in the more current opening but in the first season they were recurring.

in the 2nd season of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Diana Muldaur wasn't listed in the opening credits even though she was a regular cast member that season.

Jo Marie Payton's name never appeared in the opening credits of Perfect Strangers. I'm not sure why. Maybe it had something to do with her contract.

Ann Nelson as Ms. Berg on the TV show "Fame". She was with the show from season one but didn't appear until the 4th season.

Cherie Johnson from Family Matters never appeared in the opening credits but she was on the show from seasons 2-9. Michelle Thomas appeared in the opening credits despite the fact she joined later in season 4.