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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
...| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | |
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_(cropped).jpg) The 2023 recipient: Sam Richardson | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1986 |
| Currently held by | Sam Richardson, Ted Lasso (2023) |
| Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. Prior to 1988 the category was not gender specific, thus was called Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. These awards, like the other "Guest" awards, are not presented at the Primetime Emmy Award ceremony, but rather at the Creative Arts Emmy Award ceremony.
Winners and nominations
indicates the winner
1970s
| Year | Actor | Program | Role | Submitted episode(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series | |||||
| 1975 (27th) [1] | |||||
| Patrick McGoohan | Columbo | Col. Lyle C. Rumford | "By Dawn's Early Light" | NBC | |
| Lew Ayres | Kung Fu | Beaumont | "The Vanishing Image" | ABC | |
| Harold Gould | Police Story | Andrea Basic | "Fathers and Sons" | NBC | |
| Harry Morgan | M*A*S*H | Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele | "The General Flipped at Dawn" | CBS | |
| 1976 (28th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[2] | |||||
| Ed Asner | Rich Man, Poor Man | Axel Jordache | "Parts I" | ABC | |
| Bill Bixby | The Streets of San Francisco | Eric Doyle | "The Police Buff" | ABC | |
| Tony Musante | Medical Story | Dr. Paul Brandon | "The Quality of Mercy" | NBC | |
| Robert Reed | Medical Center | Dr. Pat Caddison | "John Quincy Adams, Diplomat" | CBS | |
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[3] | |||||
| Gordon Jackson | Upstairs, Downstairs | Hudson | "The Beastly Hun" | PBS | |
| Bill Bixby | Rich Man, Poor Man | Willie Abbott | "Part VI" | ABC | |
| Roscoe Lee Browne | Barney Miller | Charlie Jeffers | "The Escape Artist" | ||
| Norman Fell | Rich Man, Poor Man | Smitty | "Part V" | ||
| Van Johnson | Marsh Goodwin | "Parts VII" | |||
| 1977 (29th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[4] | |||||
| Louis Gossett Jr. | Roots | Fiddler | "Part IV" | ABC | |
| John Amos | Roots | Toby | "Part V" | ABC | |
| LeVar Burton | Kunta Kinte | "Part I" | |||
| Ben Vereen | "Chicken" George Moore | "Part VI" | |||
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[5] | |||||
| Ed Asner | Roots | Capt. Davies | "Part 1" | ABC | |
| Charles Durning | Captains and the Kings | Billy Rice | "Chapter 2" | NBC | |
| Moses Gunn | Roots | Kintango | "Part I" | ABC | |
| Robert Reed | Dr. William Reynolds | "Part V" | |||
| Ralph Waite | Third mate Slater | "Part I" | |||
| 1978 (30th) | |||||
| Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series[6] | |||||
| Barnard Hughes | Lou Grant | Judge Felix Rushman | "Judge" | CBS | |
| David Cassidy | Police Story | Officer Dan Shay | "A Chance to Live" | NBC | |
| Will Geer | The Love Boat | Franklyn Bootherstone | "The Old Man and the Runaway" | ABC | |
| Judd Hirsch | Rhoda | Mike Andretti | "Rhoda Likes Mike" | CBS | |
| John Rubinstein | Family | Jeff Maitland | "And Baby Makes Three" | ABC | |
| Keenan Wynn | Police Woman | Ben Fletcher | "Good Old Uncle Ben" | NBC | |
| Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series[7] | |||||
| Ricardo Montalbán | How the West Was Won | Satangkai | "Part I" | ABC | |
| Will Geer | Eight is Enough | Santa Claus | "Yes, Nicholas... There is a Santa Claus" | ABC | |
| Larry Gelman | Barney Miller | Edward Sellers | "Goodbye, Mr. Fish" | ||
| Harold Gould | Rhoda | Martin Morgenstern | "Happy Anniversary" | CBS | |
| Abe Vigoda | Barney Miller | Det. Phil Fish | "Goodbye, Mr. Fish" | ABC | |
1980s
| Year | Actor/Actress | Program | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | ||||
| 1986 (38th) | ||||
| Roscoe Lee Browne | The Cosby Show | Dr. Barnabus Foster | NBC | |
| Earle Hyman | The Cosby Show | Russell Huxtable | NBC | |
| Danny Kaye | Dr. Burns | |||
| Clarice Taylor | Anna Huxtable | |||
| Stevie Wonder | Himself | |||
| 1987 (39th) | ||||
| John Cleese | Cheers | Dr. Simon Finch-Royce | NBC | |
| Art Carney | The Cavanaughs | James "Weasel" Cavanaugh | CBS | |
| Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stan Zbornak | NBC | |
| Lois Nettleton | Jean | |||
| Nancy Walker | Angela | |||
| 1988 (40th) | ||||
| Beah Richards | Frank's Place | Mrs. Varden | CBS | |
| Herb Edelman | The Golden Girls | Stan Zbornak | NBC | |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald | Anna | |||
| Eileen Heckart | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Hickson | ||
| Gilda Radner | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Herself | Showtime | |
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | ||||
| 1989 (41st) | ||||
| Cleavon Little | Dear John | Tony Larkin | NBC | |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | The Cosby Show | Ray Palomino | NBC | |
| Jack Gilford | The Golden Girls | Max Weinstock | ||
| Leslie Nielsen | Day by Day | Jack Harper | ||
| Robert Picardo | The Wonder Years | Mr. Cutlip | ABC | |