List of Falcon Crest characters


The following is a list of characters from Falcon Crest, an American primetime television soap opera which aired from 1981 to 1990.

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Main characters

;Angela Channing – Jane Wyman
;Chase Gioberti – Robert Foxworth
;Lance Cumson – Lorenzo Lamas
;Cole Gioberti – William R. Moses
;Vickie Gioberti – Jamie Rose, Dana Sparks
;Julia Cumson – Abby Dalton
;Maggie Gioberti Channing – Susan Sullivan
;Emma Channing – Margaret Ladd
;Chao-Li – Chao-Li Chi
;Phillip Erikson – Mel Ferrer
;Melissa Agretti – Delores Cantu, Ana Alicia
;Richard Channing – David Selby
;Terry Hartford – Laura Johnson
;Pamela Lynch – Sarah Douglas, Martine Beswick
;Greg Reardon – Simon MacCorkindale
;Gustav Riebmann – Paul Freeman
;Father Christopher Rossini – Ken Olin
;Peter Stavros – Cesar Romero
;Eric Stavros – John Callahan
;Dan Fixx – Brett Cullen
;Frank Agretti – Rod Taylor
;Nick Agretti – David Beecroft
;Pilar Ortega – Kristian Alfonso
;Lauren Sharpe DanielsWendy Phillips
;Michael Sharpe – Gregory Harrison
;Genele Ericson – Andrea Thompson

Recurring characters

;Joseph Gioberti – Jason Goldberg
Joseph is the son of Cole Gioberti and Melissa Agretti. Although Melissa was already pregnant with Joseph by the time she married Lance, it emerged that Cole was his father and a bitter custody battle ensued. Angela later convinced Melissa to give Joseph to Cole in return for Chase returning her half of Falcon Crest after a legal dispute. Melissa agreed on the condition that she was to become Angela's sole heir. Years later, when Melissa became increasingly unstable, Joseph eventually went to live with Cole in Australia.
;Douglas Channing – Stephen Elliott
;Tony Cumson – John Saxon / Robert Loggia
;Father Bob – Bob Curtis
;Carlo Agretti – Carlos Romero
;Anna Gioberti - Vanna Salviati
;Gus Nunouz – Nick Ramus
;Mario Nunouz – Mario Marcelino
;Alicia Nunouz – Silvana Gallardo
;Diana Hunter – Shannon Tweed
;Darryl Clayton – Bradford Dillman
;Katherine Demery – Joanna Cassidy
;Nick Hogan – Roy Thinnes
;Sheila Hogan – Katherine Justice
;Amanda Croft - Anne Jeffreys
;Linda Caproni – Mary Kate McGeehan
;Vince Caproni – Harry Basch
;Joel McCarthy – Parker Stevenson
;Lorraine Prescott – Kate Vernon
;Charlotte Pershing – Jane Greer
;Connie Giannini – Carla Borelli
;Damon Ross – Jonathan Frakes
;Robin Agretti – Barbara Howard
;Apollonia – Apollonia Kotero
;Dwayne Cooley – Daniel Greene
;Jeff Wainwright – Edward Albert
;Li-Ying Chi – Rosalind Chao
;Erin Jones – Jill Jacobson
;Meredith Braxton – Jane Badler
;Guy Stafford – Jeff Kober
;Vince Karlotti – Marjoe Gortner
;Francine Hope – Melba Moore
;Gabrielle Short – Cindy Morgan
;Dina Wells – Robin Greer
;Garth – Carl Held
;John Remick – Ed Marinaro
;Carly Fixx – Mariska Hargitay
;Ben Agretti – Brandon Douglas
;Anna Cellini – Assumpta Serna
;Cesar Ortega – Castulo Guerra
;Mercedes Vargas – Martha Velez
;Tommy Ortega – Dan Ferro
;Gabriel Ortega – Danny Nucci
;Chris Agretti - Chris Young
;Charley St. James – Mark Lindsay Chapman
;Ian St. James – David Hunt
;Sydney St. James – Carla Gugino
;Danny Sharpe – David Sheinkopf
;Walker Daniels – Robert Ginty

Special guest stars

;Jacqueline Perrault – Lana Turner
;Dr. Michael Ranson – Cliff Robertson
;Francesca Gioberti – Gina Lollobrigida
;Paul Hartford - Andrew Duggan
;Cassandra Wilder – Anne Archer
;Anna Rossini – Celeste Holm
;Jordan RobertsMorgan Fairchild
;Kit Marlowe – Kim Novak
;Roland Saunders – Robert Stack
;Nicole Sauguet – Leslie Caron
;Liz McDowell – Lauren Hutton
;Carlton Travis – Eddie Albert
;Lillian Nash Darlington – Eve Arden
;Rosemont - Roscoe Lee Browne
;Madame Malec – Ursula Andress