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==Cast and characters==

{{main|List of Knots Landing characters}}

===Main cast===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" | Character
! rowspan="2" | Actor
! colspan="15" | Seasons
|-
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 1 (1979–80)|1]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 2 (1980–81)|2]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 3 (1981–82)|3]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 4 (1982–83)|4]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 5 (1983–84)|5]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 6 (1984–85)|6]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 7 (1985–86)|7]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 8 (1986–87)|8]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 9 (1987–88)|9]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 10 (1988–89)|10]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 11 (1989–90)|11]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 12 (1990–91)|12]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 13 (1991–92)|13]]
! |[[List of Knots Landing episodes#Season 14 (1992–93)|14]]
! |''[[Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac|Reunion]]''
|-
| {{sortname|Kenny|Ward|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|James|Houghton|Jim Houghton}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="11" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Ginger|Ward|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Kim|Lankford}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="10" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Karen Fairgate|MacKenzie|Karen MacKenzie}}
| {{sortname|Michele|Lee}}
| colspan="15" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Laura Avery|Sumner}}
| {{sortname|Constance|McCashin}}
| colspan="9" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|McCashin departs in "Noises Everywhere (Part 2)" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.11).}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Sid|Fairgate|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Don|Murray|dab=actor}}
| colspan="3" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Murray departs in "Critical Condition" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 3.2).}}
| colspan="12" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Richard|Avery|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|John|Pleshette}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Gary|Ewing}}
| {{sortname|Ted|Shackelford}}
| colspan="15" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Valene Clements Ewing Gibson|Waleska Ewing|Valene Ewing}}
| {{sortname|Joan|Van Ark}}
| colspan="13" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Abby Fairgate Cunningham Ewing|Sumner|Abby Cunningham}}
| {{sortname|Donna|Mills}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| colspan="9" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Mack|MacKenzie|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Kevin|Dobson}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="12" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| {{sortname|Lilimae|Clements}}
| {{sortname|Julie|Harris|dab=American actress}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="6" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Harris departs in "Flight of the Sunbirds" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.9).}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Diana Fairgate|Roberts|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Claudia|Lonow}}
| colspan="4" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Ben|Gibson|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Douglas|Sheehan}}
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Sumner|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|William|Devane}}
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="11" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Devane is added to the opening credits from "Marital Privilege" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 5.4).}}
|-
| {{sortname|Joshua|Rush|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Alec|Baldwin}}
| colspan="5" {{CNone}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Baldwin departs in "Rise and Fall" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 7.10).}}
| colspan="8" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Ciji|Dunne|nolink=1}}
| rowspan="2" | {{sortname|Lisa|Hartman}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="13" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Cathy Geary|Rush}}
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="10" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Jill|Bennett|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Teri|Austin}}
| colspan="5" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="5" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Paige|Matheson}}
| {{sortname|Nicollette|Sheridan}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="2" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Olivia Cunningham|Dyer|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Tonya|Crowe}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| colspan="9" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Fairgate|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Patrick|Petersen}}
| colspan="10" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| {{sortname|Anne|Matheson}}
| {{sortname|Michelle|Phillips}}
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="3" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CAlso starring|Also Starring}}
|-
| {{sortname|Frank|Williams|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Larry|Riley|dab=actor}}
| colspan="8" {{CNone}}
| colspan="3" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
|-
| {{sortname|Kate|Whittaker|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Stacy|Galina}}
| colspan="11" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CAlso starring|Also Starring}}
|-
| {{sortname|Claudia|Whittaker|nolink=1}}
| {{sortname|Kathleen|Noone}}
| colspan="11" {{CNone}}
| colspan="1" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2"  {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
|}

;Cast notes
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===Supporting cast===
Throughout the show's fourteen seasons, there were a wide array of actors in supporting roles. The most notable of these include:

* [[Steve Shaw (actor)|Steve Shaw]] as Eric Fairgate (seasons 1–11), Sid and Karen's eldest son;
* [[Robert Jayne|Bobby Jacoby]] (seasons 2–5) and [[Brian Austin Green]] (seasons 6–10 and Reunion) as Brian Cunningham, Abby's son;
* [[Michael Sabatino]] as Chip Roberts (seasons 4–5), Valene's publicist who murders Ciji and marries Diana;
* [[Joseph Chapman (actor)|Joseph Chapman]] as Mark St. Claire (seasons 5–6), villainous character<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/181177636/|title='Knots' lands new season of suds|work=[[The Clarion-Ledger]]|location=[[Jackson, Mississippi]]|date=October 4, 1984|access-date=May 28, 2022|page=25|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
* [[Howard Duff]] as Paul Galveston (seasons 6 and 11), a millionaire industrialist who turns out to be Greg Sumner's biological father;
* [[Ava Gardner]] as Ruth Sumner Galveston (season 6), Greg and Claudia's wildlife photographer mother;
* [[Hunt Block]] as Peter Hollister (seasons 7–8), Jill Bennett's brother who poses as Paul's son and Greg's half-brother, eventually killed by Paige;
* [[Ruth Roman]] as Sylvia Lean (seasons 7–8), a former fling of Paul Galveston's hired by Peter to pose as his mother;
* [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]] as Charles Scott (season 9), Abby's childhood sweetheart and eventual third husband;
* [[Lar Park Lincoln]] as Linda Fairgate (seasons 9 and 11–13), Eric's wife who has an affair with Michael, and uncredited as "Sally's Friend" (Season 10), with whom Gary accidentally strikes up a friendship over the phone;
* [[Lynne Moody]] as Patricia Williams (seasons 9–11), wife of Frank and mother of Julie;
* [[Paul Carafotes]] as Harold Dyer (seasons 9–11), Olivia's mobster husband;
* [[Kent Masters King]] as Julie Williams (seasons 9–13), Frank and Pat's teenage daughter;
* [[Robert Desiderio]] as Ted Melcher (seasons 10–11), Greg's murderous campaign manager when he runs for mayor;
* [[Betsy Palmer]] as Virginia Bullock (seasons 10–12), Lilimae's sister and Valene's aunt;
* [[Sam Behrens]] as Danny Waleska (seasons 10–12), Valene's psychopathic third husband;
* [[Penny Peyser]] as Amanda Michaels (seasons 10–11), Danny's abused ex-wife and girlfriend of Gary;
* [[Melinda Culea]] as Paula Vertosick (seasons 10–11), former Forest Ranger and romance of Greg's;
* [[Joseph Gian]] as Tom Ryan (seasons 11–12 and 14), a corrupt detective who romances Paige;
* [[Lorenzo Caccialanza]] as Nick Schillace/Dimitri Pappas (seasons 12 and 14), bankrupt Italian playboy-turned-conman;
* [[Tracy Reed (American actress)|Tracy Reed]] as Charlotte Anderson (season 12), Julie's English teacher and Frank's first romance after Pat's death;
* [[Lance Guest]] as Steve Brewer (season 12), Claudia's illegitimate son by Paul Galveston;
* [[Mark Soper]] as Joseph Barringer (season 13), environmentalist businessman;
* [[Bruce Greenwood]] as Pierce Lawton (seasons 13–14), Paige's unhinged lover;
* [[Felicity Waterman]] as Vanessa Hunt (seasons 13–14), Kate's bisexual tennis cohort;
* [[Maree Cheatham]] as Mary Robeson (seasons 13–14), a woman claiming to be Meg's biological grandmother.