The inventor of the Starfighter arcade game, who is actually a disguised alien. He recruits Alex to Rylos, pilots a spacecraft disguised as a car, and protects Alex from assassins. Mortally wounded, he returns Alex to command before dying, later recovering to help rebuild the Rylan Starfighter legion.
Detective Lieutenant Michael Crane is assigned to pursue Philip Raven after Albert Baker's murder and travels between San Francisco and Los Angeles while searching for him. He is Ellen Graham's boyfriend and repeatedly tries to protect her, eventually confronting Raven at Nitro Chemical and wounding him in a gunfight.
A con man who arrives in River City planning to swindle families into buying band instruments. He fakes musical expertise, manipulates townspeople into adopting his Think System, and initially plans to flee after collecting the money. However, he falls in love with Marian and ultimately stays when the boys successfully play their instruments.
A smooth-talking manipulator and former friend of Garry who orchestrates a scheme to force John Lufton into selling his herd cheaply. He conns homesteaders into blocking the cattle and ultimately tracks down Garry. He is fatally wounded and dies during the final gunfight.
April's brother and a Mountie stationed at a lookout post, Ronnie is deeply in love with Louvette despite their opposing loyalties. Louvette tries to save him from an ambush by having him confined, but he returns on Dusty's horse and is killed when an assassin mistakes him for Dusty.
Fowler is a carpetbagger who owns a powerful detective agency. He is determined to have the surviving members of Quantrill's Raiders arrested for the reward, despite Jeff Clanton's promise that they would be paroled. After Fowler's deputy is killed in a shootout, Clanton is framed for the murder and later leads the outlaws in a vendetta against Fowler's agency.
An aging gay performer who gets fired after a club brawl and devises the plan to pass Victoria off as a male impersonator, becoming her manager and boyfriend.
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside meets Mame Dennis when she tries to sell him roller skates at a department store. He later invites her household to dinner, falls in love with her, and marries her despite his family's objections. His death in an avalanche brings Mame back home.
Joseph Dobbs is an easy-going, well-liked English teacher at St. Charles. Jerome Malley suspects him of sending threatening phone calls and written notes, creating the central rivalry between the two faculty members. Paul Reis becomes caught between Dobbs and Malley as he tries to understand the conflict and Malley’s personal suffering.
A private in Caton's garrison, Doyle is identified alongside Randall as a troublemaker during the commander's inspection. Caton punishes both men by assigning them to dig a large slit trench by hand, placing Doyle in an early conflict between the enlisted Marines and the island's military leadership.
The eldest Geste brother who also falsely confesses to the gem theft and joins the Legion. After discovering the destroyed fort and his brothers' deaths, he gives Beau a Viking funeral, deserts, and is killed by an Arab shot while tricking rival scouts.
Big Ed is the owner of the Miami professional football team and Barbara Jane's father. He supports her wedding to Shake and escorts her to the altar. After Shake refuses to marry her, Big Ed angrily threatens to trade him to the league's worst team and punches Bismark, setting off a brawl.
Robert Preston has 66 screen credits in a career dating back to 1938. Signature works include The Last Starfighter, The Music Man, This Gun for Hire. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
