The following is a complete list of the characters on The Red Green Show.
Main characters
The show's principal characters are Red Green, Harold Green and Bill Smith. Beyond those characters, the designation "main character" is somewhat arbitrary, since characters tended to come and go throughout the show's span. Characters appearing in this list were designated "main" characters because of their long tenure on the show and their involvement in the main plot segments, particularly in later seasons.
| Name | Played By | Seasons | Occupation/Traits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Green | Steve Smith | 1-15 | Lodge leader, handyman |
| Harold Green | Patrick McKenna | 1-9 11-15 |
Red's nephew, nerd |
| Bill Smith | Rick Green | 1-8 13-15 |
Red's friend, star of Adventures With Bill |
| Ranger Gord | Peter Keleghan | 1-13 | Forest Ranger |
| Dalton Humphrey | Bob Bainborough | 4-15 | Runs an antique/junk shop, cheapskate |
| Winston Rothschild III | Jeff Lumby | 4-15 | Operates Rothschild's Sewage and Septic Sucking Services |
| Mike Hamar | Wayne Robson | 4-15 | Career criminal |
| Edgar K.B. Montrose | Graham Greene | 4-15 | Explosives enthusiast, hard of hearing |
| Ed Frid | Jerry Schaefer | 8-15 | Animal control officer, replaces Garth Harble |
Secondary, minor and guest characters
Recurring characters
The following characters appear on the show, but are generally not integral to the show's main plotlines. These include characters that only appear in side segments, have only appeared in one or two seasons, or have appeared as special guests on the show. (This does not include unnamed characters, fans and members of the show's audience who only appear in one episode - those that are given credit in the show are mentioned in the episode article.)
| Name | Played By | Seasons | Occupation/Traits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Black | Paul Gross | 6-8 | City slicker, buys a rural cabin in Possum Lake |
| Glen Brachston | Mark Wilson | 1-15 | Lazy marina operator, obsessed with his RV |
| Dwight Cardiff | George Buza | 10-11 | Lazy marina operator, similar to Glen Brachston, only lazier |
| Arnie Dogan | Albert Schultz | 6-8 | Clumsy local roofer, aspiring country singer |
| Dougie Franklin | Ian Thomas | 1-7 | Auto mechanic, loves his monster truck |
| Bonnie Green | Laurie Elliot | 13-15 | Truck driver, girlfriend and later wife of Harold |
| Hap Shaughnessy | Gordon Pinsent | 1-15 | Water taxi captain, tells tall tales |
| Buzz Sherwood | Peter Wildman | 3-7 | Local bush pilot |
| Bob Stuyvesant | Bruce Hunter | 1-6 | Works for the Dept of Natural Resouces, avid golf player |
| Walter | Joel Harris | 9-14 | Very strong. Replaces Bill in the "Adventures" segments in Seasons 9-12, continued to appear alongside Bill afterward. |
Single-season and one-shot characters
The following characters appeared in only one season, or in very few episodes as guests of the show.
| Name | Played By | Seasons | Years | Occupation/Traits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Battersby | Boyd Banks | 8 | Bait shop operator, believes in extra-terrestrials and ESP | |
| Blair Cobden | Brad Cowan | 14 | Has a show about him riding a snowmobile | |
| Kelly Cook | Stephanie Beard | 10 | Network executive with an unusually high voice | |
| Crystal | Kim Bubbs | 10 | Foster child who was sponsored by Old Man Sedgwick years ago | |
| Dale | Gavin Crawford | 9 | Gas station attendant | |
| Charlie Farquharson | Donald Harron | 13, 14 | Retired fellow from another small town | |
| "Big Al" Finkleman | Rich Burdett | 11 | An ex-con who Mike once ratted out and sent to prison | |
| Franco | George Buza | 9 | Mike Hamar's "guardian angel" | |
| Ben Franklin | Dave Thomas | 4 | Dougie's slow half-witted brother | |
| Garth Harble | Derek McGrath | 5 | Animal control officer, now retired | |
| Sparky Hoover | Paul O'Sullivan | 7 | School bus driver, radio operator, conspiracy theorist | |
| Anne-Marie Humphrey | Jennifer Irwin (voice) | 9, 15 | Nagging wife of Dalton Humphrey (see Unseen characters) | |
| Reg Hunter | Lawrence Dane | 3 | A vegetarian who loves hunting, former lawyer | |
| Jack the Hermit | Tim Sims | 1 | Former executive who now lives in a cave, fearing an economic collapse | |
| Brian Jacobs | Derek Edwards | 10 | Local undertaker | |
| Frank Kepke | Colin Mochrie | 14 | Hot dog enthusiast, can make things out of them | |
| Jimmy McVeigh | Will Millar | 1 | Postal worker, obsesses over the boat he's restoring | |
| Sam | Samantha Weinstein | 13 | Local spelling bee champ | |
| Thornton | Louis Robson | 11 | Gifted child | |
| Joshua Twofeathers | Billy Merasty | 3 | Native-American, land developer |
Season 2 characters
These characters only appeared in Season 2, when the show was temporarily reconceived as a sitcom.
| Name | Played By | Seasons | Occupation/Traits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Christmas | Kevin Frank | 2 | Lodge security |
| Dwayne | Nick Johne | 2 | Murray's dim-witted assistant |
| Douglas Hendrychuck | David Huband | 2 | Lodge treasurer |
| Eddie Johnson | Bill Carr | 2 | Lodge cook, loves to sing |
| Doc Render | Neil Crone | 2 | The lodge doctor, always in debt |
| Helmut Wintergarden | B.J. Woodbury | 2 | Lodge maintenance, mama's boy |
| Murray Woolworth | Ed Sahely | 2 | Local store owner, sells overpriced and defective items |
Unseen characters
- Main article: Unseen characters
See Also
- Character Quirks