Some of the important recurring characters (and the actors who play them) include:

Beverly Bridge (Joanna Cassidy)
Donny Crane (Freddie Prinze, Jr)
Bernard Ferrion (Leslie Jordan)
Missy Frank Tiggs (Meredith Patterson)
Gracie Jane (Jill Brennan)
Bella Horowitz (Delta Burke)
Bethany Horowitz (Meredith Eaton-Gilden)
Melissa Hughes (Marisa Coughlan)
Nora Jacobs (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe)
Rachel Lewiston (Jayne Brook)
Barbara Little (Katey Sagal)
Lincoln Meyer (David Dean Bottrell)
Joanna Miller (Jane Lynch)
Christine Pauley (Elizabeth Mitchell)
Catherine Piper (Betty White)
Edwin Poole (Larry Miller)
Daniel Post (Michael J. Fox)
Marlene Stanger (Parker Posey)
Ivan Tiggs (Tom Selleck)
Vanessa Walker (Nia Long)