Doug's daughter Natalie Scharf, a music teacher, has appeared with him on Svengoolie (1995), playing saxophone in-character as "Anita X. Orcist"/"Anita Exorcist".
Longtime musical director for Chicago-area TV horror host Svengoolie (Rich Koz), appearing on Son of Svengoolie (1978) and Svengoolie (1995) in-character as keyboardist "Doug Graves" (the "man in the other hat") during the song parodies. Scharf normally plays keyboard or piano, but occasionally plays trumpet as well.