Pilot show cast changes

The only reason Mark Hamill wasn't on Eight is Enough was because he was in a car accident.
Even with Star Wars, the producers were going to hold him to his contract. He wanted out. After the car accident, they recast the part.
I think he fits in well with the cast. His replacement was better though

 

OMG , i've never seen that ! and i own the S01 box

 

Game of Thrones did a first pilot that was so confusing they had to refilm it, though a few scenes survived to the second version. Jennifer Ehle played Catelyn Stark and Tamzin Merchant played Daenerys.

 

That pilot also had two female supporting characters instead of Howard and Raj.

 

Amanda Walsh:

 

Last time I looked the pilot you mention was on YouTube. It wasn't very good. They made the right decision to go with the show the way they did.

P.S. Here's part one . The second part is available on Youtube also.

 

The Andy Griffith show pilot, which actually was an episode of the Danny Thomas show, had Ron Howard as Opie. and Francis Bavier was in the pilot , but was a towns person, not Aunt Bea and there was a different town drunk, not Otis. Barney wasn't in the pilot. Don Knotts told Andy Griffith that he could use a deputy...him.

And the rest is TV magic.

 

They REALLY wanted a blonde named Suzanne/Susan!

 

Full House (Danny Tanner):


Starsky & Hutch (Cpt. Dobey):

 

On "The Munsters",Eddie was played by Happy Derman,who was anything But Happy,and as Marilyn Beverley Owen with Lily played by Joan Marshall! Plus,the Original print was Shot in Color! When it was Remade,Derman was replaced by Butch Patrick,Owen by Pat Priest and Marshall by Beauty Queen Winner Yvonne DeCarlo! Only Gwynne and Lewis were the ones that remained in the Original cast! Sadly,of the 30 Minutes that was shot,only 13 Minutes remain of it.

 

And Beverley Owen as Marilyn! As I'd wrote,only 13 Minutes survive of the Original Pilot.

 

Joan played Phoebe not Lily ,
and Bev would play Marilyn for 15 episodes .

 

From what I understand, Beverly Owen was part of the cast of the regular series, but left part way through the show's run. She was then replaced by Pat Priest.

 

Phoebe was Lily's Original Name,BTW,changed after Yvonne took over the role.

She'd only thought She was going to be on 15 Episodes,but gotten upset when it was extended! She'd gotten Homesick and depressed and was Crying constantly! It took Al and Fred to finally convince Universal to let Her go.

 

Though I don't believe this version of the pilot was ever aired. They refilmed all of the Aaron scenes with Lee, and aired the 2nd version pilot.

and Kerry Washington was the original Mahandra, also recast before the show aired the refilmed scenes pilot.

 

Cagney and Lacey.
Loretta Swit in the TV pilot as Cagney.
I wonder why she never took up the series role?

 

That's correct. I did not notice that the original poster was only asking about pilots that had actually been aired.

All of the ones I named were not aired, though some made it to reviewers (and on from there to fans). I treasure the ones I have.

 

@will_b_free

I wish the producers of Wonderfalls had put the unaired pilot in the DVD box, It might have made an interesting extra.

 

I never knew that. Jennifer Ehle is really beautiful. Maybe too much for Catelyn.

 

I am pretty sure she wanted to but M*A*S*H would not let her go. Some big time TV producers such as Jack Webb and Aaron Spelling were pitched the idea of two female police detectives but couldn't see the value in it.

 

The two part pilot of The Rockford Files had Robert Donley playing the part of Rocky, Rockford's father. The series had Noah Beery Jr. as Rocky.

 

Speaking of M*A*S*H, a different actor (whose name I forget at the moment) played Father Mulcahy in the pilot episode (the only time the character was referred to as "Dago Red" as in the movie); William Christopher took over the role after that and remained for the next eleven seasons.

 

I was about to post this. His name is George Morgan. (I thought it was the same actor who played him in the film, but I was wrong.) If I remember correctly, he has no lines in the pilot.

 

Right, George Morgan, thanks. No, he has no lines that I recall but he does win the raffle prize of the weekend in Tokyo with Lieutenant Dish