{Actors & actresses} This was the first ever on-screen role – by a particular actor or actress. And I myself have viewed that film/TV programme.

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Diagnosis Murder' (1993–2001) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "A History of Murder" (S04 E14: ep aired 1997) [Character:] Young 'Manny' Tubbs

{Now famous for: TV series 'Warehouse 13' (2009–2014)}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'All At Number 20' (1986–1987) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "The Prowler" (S02 E06: ep aired 1987) [Character:] Police Constable

Note: BTW: I also happen to have seen all of his first FOUR acting roles!:

4th role: 'After Henry' (TV Series) - episode "Intellectual Aspirations" (1989) ... Julian

3rd role: 'The Return of Shelley' (TV Series) - episode "Why Me?" (1988) ... PC Knight

2nd role: 'Never the Twain' (TV Series) - episode "Fasten Your Seat Belts" (1988) ... Darran

1st role: 'All at Number 20' (TV Series) - episode "The Prowler" (1987) ... Police Constable

{Now famous for: many TV roles e.g. 'Drop the Dead Donkey' (1990–1998)}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Quincy M.E.' (1976–1983) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Visitors in Paradise" (S02 E04: ep aired 1977) [Character:] Girl in Dressing Room

{Now famous for: many films}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'The Beachcomber' (1954) [Character:] Tromp

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV two years before this film, in 1952 – but it was his first ever film role.

{Now famous for: many films}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Agony' (1979–1981) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "From Here To Maternity" (S03 E01: ep aired 1981) [Character:] Gudrun

{Now famous for: many TV roles, etc.}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Kojak' (1973–1978) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Kojak's Days: Part 1" (S04 E19: ep aired 1977); "Kojak's Days: Part 2" (S04 E20: ep aired 1977) [Character:] Thomas Rindone

{Now famous for: TV series 'Star Trek: Voyager' (1995–2001)}

BTW, this was also the TV episode that offered the first ever on-screen role for the actor William Hurt.

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Kojak' (1973–1978) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Kojak's Days: Part 1" (S04 E19: ep aired 1977); "Kojak's Days: Part 2" (S04 E20: ep aired 1977) [Character:] Jake

{Now famous for: many films}

BTW, this was also the TV episode that offered the first ever on-screen role for the actor for the actor Robert Picardo.

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'Gideon's Day' (1958) [Character:] Sally Gideon

N.B. this was NOT actually her first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV three years before this film, in 1955 – but it was her first ever film role.

{Now famous for: many films}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Starsky and Hutch' (1975–1979) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Discomania" (S04 E01: ep aired 1978) [Character:] Marty Decker

{Now famous for: TV series 'T.J. Hooker' (1982–1986)}

First ever TV role:

[TV series:] 'The Equalizer' (1985–1989) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Counterfire" (S02 E07: ep aired 1987) [Character:] Thomas Marley Jr.

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role in a film four years before this TV episode, in 1983 ('The First Turn-On!!') – but it was his first ever TV role.

{Now famous for: many films & TV roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'The Equalizer' (1985–1989) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "In the Money" (S03 E04: ep aired 1987) [Character:] Norm Jameson

{Now famous for: many films}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Never the Twain' (1981–1991) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "A Home of Your Own" (S04 E01: ep aired 1984) [Character:] Lorraine

{Now famous for: many TV roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Bugsy Malone' (1976) [Character:] Baby Face

{Now famous for: 'Press Gang' (1989–1993) & other TV series}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'The Equalizer' (1985–1989) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Something Green" (S03 E15: ep aired 1988) [Character:] Paul Gephardt

Well, this was the first role where he was actually cited on the credits. This was actually his 2nd on-screen role, as he was in an earlier TV drama ('The Midnight Hour' [1985]) where he was not cited in the on-screen credits.

{Now famous for: film series 'Home Alone' (1990), etc.}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'Port of New York' (1949) [Character:] Paul Vicola

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role in a TV series five years before this film, in 1944 ('Mr. Jones and His Neighbors') – but it was his first ever film role.

{Now famous for: many films, live theatre, etc.}

First ever TV role:

[TV series:] 'Kojak' (1973–1978) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard" (S02 E27: ep aired 1975) [Character:] Billy Jo

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role in a film two years before this TV episode, in 1973 ('Shamus') – but it was his first ever TV role.

{Now famous for: many TV roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Rooms' (1974–1977) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Susan" Parts 1 & 2 (S1 E28 & E29: eps aired 1975) [Character:] Susan

{Now famous for: TV series 'Midsomer Murders' (1997+)}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Keep It in the Family' (1980–1983) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "A Game of No Chance" (S03 E03: ep aired 1981) [Character:] Walk-On (uncredited)

Admittedly it was almost/effectively an 'extra' role, as she had no script/lines (i.e. it is a non-speaking role), the character had no name, was not spoken to by another character, & she is only on-screen for about 8 seconds in total.

{Now famous for: many TV roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Kojak' (1973–1978) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars" (S03 E15: ep aired 1975) [Character:] Elenora

{Now famous for: TV series 'Hill Street Blues' (1981–1987)}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'The Extra Day' (1956) [Character:] Extra (uncredited)

Admittedly it was almost/effectively an 'extra' role, as she had no script/lines (i.e. it is a non-speaking role), the character had no name, was not spoken to by another character, & she is only on-screen for about 3 seconds in total! But she is focused on by the camera (at 1h 30m), as her character is required to faint on-screen.

{Now famous for: many films, live theatre, etc.}

First ever film role [although some sources cite this as another film made the same year: 'One Wild Oat' (1951) (character: Hotel Receptionist)]:

[Film:] 'Laughter in Paradise' (1951) [Character:] Cigarette Girl

N.B. this was NOT actually her first ever on-screen role – as that was a role two years before this film, in a TV movie in 1949 ('Sauce Tartare') (N.B. no character name is cited) – but it was her first ever film role.

{Now famous for: many films}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Together Again' (1944) [Character:] Gilbert Parker

First ever TV role:

[TV series:] 'Hunter' (1984–1991) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "The Garbage Man" (S1 E11: ep aired 1985) [Character:] Nina Sloan (as Fran McDormand)

N.B. this was NOT actually her first ever on-screen role – as that was a role in a film one year before this TV episode, in 1984 ('Blood Simple') – but it was her first ever TV role.

{Now famous for: many films}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'True as a Turtle' (1957) [Character:] Harry Bell

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV six years before this film, in 1951 – but it was his first ever film role.

{Now famous for: e.g. repeat guest role in TV series 'Murder She Wrote' (1984+)}

{ Hmmm . . . Not quite his first ever on-screen role! See my note, below! }

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Loser Takes All' (1956) [Character:] Tony

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role, but it was the film that claims in the opening credits to be 'introducing' the actor.

His actual first ever on-screen roles were, according to IMDb.com, in 3 earlier films: (i) an uncredited role in 2 films of 1950: (a) 'Waterfront' (1950), as the uncredited character 'Deck-hand' (b) 'Cage of Gold' (1950), as the uncredited character of 'Nicky' (ii) a credited role of 1952 (made 4 years earlier than 'Loser Takes All'): 'Salute the Toff' (1952), as the character 'Draycott'

{Now famous for: many films & TV roles}

{ Hmmm . . . Not quite her first ever on-screen role! See my note, below! }

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Ghosts on the Loose' (1943) [Character:] Betty

N.B. this was NOT actually her first ever on-screen role, but it was the first CREDITED role by the actor.

His actual first ever on-screen roles were, according to IMDb.com, in 11 earlier films, starting 2 years earlier in 1941. All were UNcredited roles.

{Now famous for: many films}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'Laxdale Hall' (1953) [Character:] Morag McLeod

N.B. this was NOT actually her first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV one year before this film, in 1952 – but it was her first ever film role.

{Now famous for: many on-screen roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Hunter' (1984–1991) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Killer in a Halloween Mask" (S2 E05: ep aired 1985) [Character:] Sam

{Now famous for: TV series 'Star Trek: Voyager' (1995–2001)}

First ever TV role:

[TV series:] 'Sliders ' (1995–2000) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "The Good, the Bad and the Wealthy" (S2 E04 or E05: ep aired 1997) [Character:] Jack Bullock

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role in a film four years before this TV episode, in 1993 ('Thieves Quartet') – but it was his first ever TV role.

{Now famous for: TV series 'Desperate Housewives' (2004–2012)}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Forever Female ' (1953) [Character:] Patty (as Marian Ross)

{Now famous for: TV series 'Happy Days' (1974–1984)}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'High Hopes' (1988) [Character:] Wayne

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV one year before this film, in 1987 – but it was his first ever film role.

{Now famous for: many TV roles e.g. 'Being Human' (2008–2013)}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Raising the Wind' (1961) [Character:] Bass Trombone (Phil)

{Now famous for: many roles e.g. the 'Carry On' film series}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'Manhattan Murder Mystery' (1993) [Character:] Nick Lipton

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV four years before this film, in 1989 ('High' [TV movie]) – but it was his first ever film role.

{Now famous for: many TV roles e.g. 'Scrubs' (2001–2010)}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV miniseries:] 'Reilly: Ace of Spies' (1983) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Prelude to War" (E2) [Character:] Vanderberg

{Now well known for: many roles e.g. TV series 'Fat Friends' (2000–2005)}

First ever TV role:

[TV series:] 'Burke's Law ' (1963–1966) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings?" (S2 E20: ep aired 1965) [Character:] Choo Choo

N.B. this was NOT actually her first ever on-screen role – as that was a role in a film 1 year before this TV episode, in 1964 ('The Killers') – but it was her first ever TV role.

{Now famous for: jazz singing career}

(aka: Wayne Morris)

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Inspector Morse' (1987–2000) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "The Dead of Jericho" (S1 E1: ep aired 1987) [Character:] Constable Dixon (as Wayne Morris)

{Now famous for (as Wayne Morris): the role of "Robin" in 'Maid Marian and Her Merry Men' (1989–1994)}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Taggart' (1983–2010) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Death Call Part One" (S2 E2: ep aired 1986) [Character:] Kathleen Kelly

{Now well known for: many roles}

First ever on-screen role

[Although some sources cite his first on-screen role as another TV series made the same year: 'Carry on Laughing!'; episode: "Orgy and Bess" (1975); character: 1st Crew Member. But as Callow's scene was ultimately cut from that 'Carry On Laughing!' episode pre-broadcast, although he is listed in the closing credits, whether that can be considered to be his first actual on-screen role is moot!]:

[TV series:] 'Get Some In!' (1975–78) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "36-Hour Pass" (S1 E7: ep aired 1975) [Character:] Wally

{Now well known for: many roles}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'Coming to America' (1988) [Character:] Boy Getting Haircut

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV two years before this film, in 1986 ('Better Days' [TV series]) – but it was his first ever film role.

{Now well known for: many film roles}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'Landslide' (1937) [Character:] Dinah [sic] Shaw

{Now well known for: many film roles}

BTW - 2 facts: 1. the actress appeared in this film alongside her future husband, Jimmy Hanley, who she married 5 years later 2. Jimmy Hanley's role in this film was also a first for him: it was his first adult role, he having already been a child actor for some years

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'The Advocates' (1991–1992) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] Episodes 1-3 (S2 E1-3: eps aired 1992) [Character:] Sarah Thompson

{Now well known for: many film roles}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'Krull' (1983) [Character:] Lyssa

N.B. this was NOT actually her first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV a year before this film, in 1982 – but it was her first ever film role.

{Now well known for: many roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Taggart' (1983–2010) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "'Violent Delights" (S7 E1: ep aired 1992) [Character:] Sheila MacIntosh

{Now well known for: [TV series:] 'Doctors'; [character:] Dr Jude Carlyle; [Years:] 2001-04}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Dempsey and Makepeace' (1985–1986) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "'Hors de Combat" (S1 E5: ep aired 1985) [Character:] Debbie

I don't watch TV soap operas, but even I! recognised the little girl in this episode of 'Dempsey and Makepeace'. I saw the episode when the series was recently rerun on TV. Something about the face of the kid, even a face at the young age of approx. 8 years old, ran a bell . . . Now WHERE did I know that face from?! . . . A little research via Google told me . . . She's been a regular actor in 'Eastenders'. I must have seen her face, as an adult, in a tabloid newspaper somewhere!

{Now well known for: [TV series:] 'Eastenders'; [character:] Mandy (Salter); [Years:] 1992-2012}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Kiss of Death' (1947) [Character:] Tommy Udo [Info:] This was an auspicious start to an acting career: it was his first film, & it was a film in which he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination as his role of the psychopathic killer 'Tommy Udo'.

{Now famous for: many film roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Call Me Mister' (1951) [Character:] The Kid

Although technically his first role was in film 'Julius Caesar' (1950), that appears to be a non-speaking role of "Third Plebian (uncredited)" i.e. !TBC! it was almost/effectively an 'extra' role, he had no script/lines (i.e. it is a non-speaking role), the character had no name, was not spoken to by another character, & he is only on-screen for about 8 seconds in total.

{Now famous for (& he only acted for a decade or so, as he tragically died, after an accident, at the young age of 42): e.g. film 'The Searchers' (1956); TV pilot of series 'Star Trek'.}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Dempsey and Makepeace' (1985–1986) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "The Cortez Connection" (S3 E8: ep aired 1986) [Character:] Barman

{Now well known for: [TV series:] 'Doctors'; [character:] policeman Sgt Rob Hollins; [Years:] 2009-present}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Return of a Stranger' [aka: 'The Face Behind the Scar'] (1937) [Character:] Dr. Young (uncredited)

{Now well known for: many film roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Bergerac' (1981–1991) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "'The Hood and the Harlequin" (S1 E10: ep aired 1981) [Character:] Annie

{Now well known for: many film roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Just Good Friends' (1983–1986) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Fatherly Advice" (S1 E4: ep aired 1983) [Character:] the Girl

{Now famous for: several TV roles as a supporting actor}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Spenser: For Hire' (1985–1988) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "The Choice" (S1 E3: ep aired 1985) [Character:] Elizabeth Haller

{Now famous for: many roles as a supporting actor}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'A Yank at Oxford' (1938) [Character:] Latin Speaker at Dinner (uncredited)

{Now famous for: many roles as a supporting actor}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV Miniseries:] 'Close & True' (2000) [Episodes:] E1-E5 [Character:] Mark Sheedy

{Now famous for: 'Billy Elliot', a film that was released in the same year that this TV miniseries 'Close & True' was broadcast i.e. 2000}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Surgical Spirit' (1989–1995) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "The Holiday Job" (S3 E1: ep aired 1991) [Character:] Girlfriend

{Now well known for: many roles}

Nearly the first ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Spenser: For Hire' (1985–1988) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Home Is the Hero" (S02 E07: ep aired 1986) [Character:] Emily Brown

Well, I have taken a bit of a episode aired liberty, as this was actually her 3rd on-screen role. She was in 2 films/TV pilots prior to this episode of 'Spenser: For Hire'. But I have taken the liberty of citing this role in this list as all 3 roles were released in the same year (1986) i.e. this was actually the 3rd cited role of that year, according to IMDb.

{Now famous for: several TV series e.g. 'NCIS' (2003+), etc.}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Spenser: For Hire' (1985–1988) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Shadowsight" (S02 E09: ep aired 1986) [Character:] Garrett

{Now famous for: several TV series e.g. 'The Closer' (2005–12), 'Major Crimes' (2012–18), etc.}

Nearly the first ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Sorry!' (1981–1988) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Every Clown Wants to Play Hamlet" (S05 E02: ep aired 1986) [Character:] Geoffrey

Well, I have taken a LOT of a liberty, as this was actually his 2nd on-screen role. He was in a TV episode prior to this episode of 'Sorry!'. But I have taken the liberty of citing this role in this list as it was released only 1 year (1986) after his first televised role in 1985, according to IMDb.

{Now famous for: many TV & film roles}

First ever film role:

[Film:] 'Witness' (1985) [Character:] Moses Hochleitner

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role on TV a year before this film, in 1984 ('George Washington' miniseries) – but it was his first ever film role.

{Now well known for: several roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Drop the Dead Donkey' (1990–1998) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] 4 episodes in Series 1 (S01 E05, E06, E08, E10: eps aired 1990) [Character:] Jenny

{Now famous for: many roles as a supporting actor}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Drop the Dead Donkey' (1990–1998) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] Baseball (S02 E04: ep aired 1991) [Character:] Star Batter

{Now famous for: many roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Drop the Dead Donkey' (1990–1998) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] Births and Deaths (S04 E04: ep aired 1994) [Character:] Terry

{Now famous for: TV's 'This Life', 'Teachers', 'The Walking Dead'}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Blue Heaven' (1994) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] E2: ep aired 1994 [Character:] Ursula

{Now famous for: TV's 'Doctors' (character: Mrs. Tembe (2009–2019; 1072 eps)}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Blue Heaven' (1994) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] E2: ep aired 1994 [Character:] Prof. Wiseman (as Tasmin Greig)

{Now famous for: many roles)}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Vega$' (1978–1981) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] Seek and Destroy (S3 E19: ep aired 1981) [Character:] Julie (as Victoria Spelling)

{Now famous for: several TV roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] '2point4 Children' (1991–1999) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Go Shopping (S1 E3: ep aired 1991) [Character:] Sharma

{Now famous for: several TV roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] '2point4 Children' (1991–1999) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] One Night in Bangkok (S2 E4: ep aired 1992) [Character:] Duane

{Now famous for: TV's 'Emmerdale'}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Spenser: For Hire' (1985–1988) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] Gone Fishin' (S3 E8: ep aired 1987) [Character:] Helen

{Now famous for: TV's 'That '70s Show' (1998–2006)}

First ever on-screen role that was made outside of her homeland of Poland & in the UK:

[TV series:] 'Rumpole of the Bailey' (1985–1988) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] Rumpole and the Bright Seraphim (S4 E5: ep aired 1987) [Character:] Hanni Boyne

{Now famous for: many roles as a supporting actor}

First ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'The Long Goodbye' (1973) [Character:] Hood in Augustine's Office (uncredited)

Admittedly it was a non-speaking role, as he had no script/lines.

{Now well known for: many roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Doctors' (2000+) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Confidential Information" (S01 E08: ep aired 2000) [Character:] Terry Hyde

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role in a film five years before this TV episode, in 1995 ('Angels and Insects') – but it was his first ever TV role.

{Now famous for: TV's 'Motherland' (2016-22)}

First ever on-screen* role:

[TV series:] 'The Return of Shelley' (1988–1992) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (S02 E06: ep aired 1989) [Character:] Denis

* However, as he plays a voice on a radio - an interviewee on a radio chat show - we do not actually see Andy Hamilton's face on screen. We only ever hear his voice from the radio.

{Now famous as a screenwriter for many TV comedy dramas etc., incl. 'Drop the Dead Donkey', 'Outnumbered', 'Shelley', & 'The Return of Shelley' - including this very episode.}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'The Return of Shelley' (1988–1992) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Help!" (S02 E13: ep aired 1990) [Character:] Constable Myers

{Now famous for: many roles}

{ Hmmm . . . Not quite his first ever on-screen role! See my note, below! }

In fact this was his SECOND ever on-screen role:

[Film:] 'Luv '(1967) [Character:] Irate Motorist (uncredited)

N.B. this was NOT actually his first ever on-screen role – as that was a role in a James Coburn film of the year before i.e. 1966. But I have taken the liberty of putting this entry on this list as (i) when he was in this film he had only been acting in movies for 1 year (ii) it is, after, Harrison Ford ! ! ,-)

Blink & you’ll miss him! He’s on screen for less than 20 seconds, & has 1 word of script to say: “Hi”.

{Now famous for: many films}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV miniseries:] 'Madson' (1996) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] E4 [Character:] Ray McGreevy

{Now famous for: 'Doctors' (character: Dr Nick West (2006–2008; 474 eps)}

Nearly the first ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Dad' (1997–1999) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Dadaholic" (S01 E05: ep aired 1997) [Character:] WPC

Well, I have taken a LOT of a liberty, as this was actually her 2nd on-screen role. She was in a TV drama prior to this episode of 'Dad'. But I have taken the liberty of citing this role in this list as it was released in the same year (1997) as her first televised role, according to IMDb.

{Now famous for: many TV roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'A Very Peculiar Practice' (1986-1988) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "Death of a University" (S02 E07: ep aired 1988) [Character:] Placard Carrier (uncredited)

Admittedly it was an 'extra' role as he had no script/lines (i.e. it is a non-speaking role), the character had no name, was not spoken to by another character, & he is only on-screen for 2 camera shots of only a few seconds each.

{Now famous for many TV roles e.g. 'Hustle'}

Nearly the first ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Shoestring' (1979–1980) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] "An Uncertain Circle" (S1 E04: ep aired 1979) [Character:] JoJo

Well, I have taken a LOT of a liberty, as this was actually her 2nd on-screen role. She was in a TV drama prior to this episode of 'Shoestring'. But I have taken the liberty of citing this role in this list as it was released in the same year (1979) as her first televised role, according to IMDb.

{Now famous for: many TV roles}

First ever on-screen role:

[TV series:] 'Kiss Me Kate' (1998–2000) [Episode: title, series & broadcast date (year):] Kate's Niece (S3 E7: ep aired 2000) [Character:] Ben

{Now famous for: TV's 'Miranda', 'Lucifer'}