Editing Cameo appearance (section)

===Actors and writers===
Directors sometimes cast well-known lead actors with whom they have worked in the past in other films. In ''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1943), [[Elizabeth Taylor]] makes a cameo appearance as Helen Burns, Jane's friend from school who dies from a cold. [[Mike Todd]]'s film ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956) was filled with cameo roles: [[John Gielgud]] as an English butler, [[Frank Sinatra]] playing piano in a saloon, and others. The stars in cameo roles were pictured in oval insets in posters for the film, and gave the term wide circulation outside the theatrical profession.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'' (1963), an "epic comedy", also features cameos from nearly every popular American comedian alive at the time, including [[The Three Stooges]], [[Jerry Lewis]], [[Buster Keaton]] and a voice-only cameo by [[Selma Diamond]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Sobczynski |first=Peter |title="It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" Gets the Deluxe Treatment from Criterion |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-gets-the-deluxe-treatment-from-criterion |work=[[RogerEbert.com]] |access-date=15 September 2016 |date=21 January 2014 |archive-date=4 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404120339/https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-gets-the-deluxe-treatment-from-criterion |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Anthony Daniels]] made a cameo appearance in [[Attack of the Clones|''Attack of the Clones'']], despite already starring in the film. Daniels voiced the droid [[C-3PO]], but also made a brief appearance (revealing the actor's actual face and body) as a patron in the background of the Outlander Club.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-attack-clones-anthony-daniels-cameo-explained/ | title=C-3PO Actor Explains Origin of His Attack of the Clones Cameo | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=30 May 2022 }}</ref>

"Murder on High C", a 1975 episode of the TV series ''[[Get Christie Love!]]'', which starred former ''[[Laugh-In]]'' cast member [[Teresa Graves]], featured a number of her former cast members, including the villain 
([[Arte Johnson]]), [[Johnny Brown (actor)|Johnny Brown]], [[Judy Carne]], [[Henry Gibson]], [[Gary Owens]] and [[Joanne Worley]].

''[[Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood]]'' (1976) features cameos by dozens of actors from Hollywood's golden age.

''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]'' (1992) features cameos from 65 Hollywood actors.

''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run for Your Wife]]'' (2012) is filled with cameos from 80 of Britain's film and TV stars from the 1960s, '70s and '80s.

[[Aaron Sorkin]] also had cameos in some works he wrote: as a bar customer speaking about the law in his debut film screenplay ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' (1992), as an advertising executive in ''[[The Social Network]]'', and as a guest at the inauguration of President [[Matt Santos]] in the final episode of ''[[The West Wing]]''.

[[Franco Nero]], the actor who portrayed the Django character in the original [[Django (1966 film)|1966 film]], appears in a bar scene of the Tarantino film ''[[Django Unchained]]''. There, he asks Django ([[Jamie Foxx]]) to spell his name, which led to the famous promotional tagline for the film - "The 'D' is silent". Franco's character responds simply, "I know."

Many cameos featured in ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'' (1994), directed by [[Richard Donner]]. Among them, [[Danny Glover]] &ndash; [[Mel Gibson]]'s co-star in the ''[[Lethal Weapon (film series)|Lethal Weapon]]'' franchise also directed by Donner &ndash; appears as the lead [[bank robber]]. He and Maverick (Gibson) share a scene where they look as if they knew each other, but then shake it off. As Glover makes his escape with the money, he mutters "I'm too old for this shit", his character's [[catchphrase]] in the ''Lethal Weapon'' films. In addition, a strain of the main [[Theme (music)|theme]] from ''Lethal Weapon'' plays in the [[Film score|score]] when Glover is revealed. Actress [[Margot Kidder]] made a cameo appearance in the same film as a robbed villager: she had previously starred as [[Lois Lane]] in Donner's ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' (1978).<ref name=RevEbert>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940520/REVIEWS/405200302 |title=Maverick |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |publisher=[[Sun-Times Media Group]] |date=20 May 1994 |access-date=15 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511023955/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19940520%2FREVIEWS%2F405200302 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |author-link=Roger Ebert |via=[[rogerebert.com]] |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[J. Michael Straczynski]] makes an appearance in the [[science fiction]] television series [[Babylon 5]] finale episode "[[Sleeping in Light]]" (1998) as a maintenance man turning off the lights for the last time.

[[Ben Stiller]], [[Vince Vaughn]], [[Owen Wilson]], [[Luke Wilson]] and [[Will Ferrell]] have made appearances in so many of the same films (whether as lead characters or cameos) that ''[[USA Today]]'' coined the term "[[Frat Pack]]" to name the group.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |title=Wilson and Vaughn: Leaders of the 'Frat Pack' |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-06-15-frat-pack_x.htm |date=15 June 2004 |access-date=23 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013085711/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2004-06-15-frat-pack_x.htm |archive-date=13 October 2005 |publisher=[[Gannett Co. Inc.]] |url-status=live }}</ref> Actor [[Adam Sandler]] is also known for frequently casting fellow ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' performers (including [[Rob Schneider]] and [[David Spade]]) in various roles in his films (as well as making cameo appearances of his own in theirs, most of which he co-produces). [[Sam Raimi]] frequently uses his brother [[Ted Raimi|Ted]] and [[Bruce Campbell]] in his films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monsters-movies.com/sam_raimi.htm |work=Monsters-Movies.com |access-date=18 February 2017 |title=Sam Raimi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925114711/http://monsters-movies.com/sam_raimi.htm |archive-date=25 September 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The American singer/actress [[Cher]] had a couple of cameos. She had two cameos in ''[[Will & Grace]]'' and she even had a few in the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

Actor [[Edward Norton]] appeared as himself in the satirical film ''[[The Dictator (2012 film)|The Dictator]]'' (2012) starring [[Sacha Baron Cohen]].

The mangaka [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] made many cameos in his ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series.

The animated series ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (TV series)|The Adventures of Tintin]]'' featured its author [[Hergé]] in all the episodes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Talbot |first1=John |last2=Adams |first2=Edmund |last3=Winkels |first3=Rob |last4=Mar |first4=Irene |title=Hergé's Cameo Appearances |url=http://www.tintinologist.org/guides/lists/hergecameos.html |work=[[Tintinologist]] |access-date=15 September 2016 |date=27 March 2009 |publisher=Hergé/Moulinsart S.A. |archive-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830190752/http://www.tintinologist.org/guides/lists/hergecameos.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Stephen King]] is famous for making short cameo appearances in almost every movie based on his novels.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kaye|first=Don|date=2019-09-21|title=Every Stephen King Movie Cameo: From Creepshow to It Chapter Two|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/every-stephen-king-movie-cameo/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Den of Geek|language=en-US|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503080330/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/every-stephen-king-movie-cameo/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[An Adventure in Space and Time]]'', a drama about how ''[[Doctor Who]]'' began, features many [[An Adventure in Space and Time#Cast|actors from the show's past]], including two past companions in a party scene, another as a mother calling her children in for dinner and a fourth in a car park at the BBC as a guard.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Dan |title=Doctor Who: 17 things for Who fans to spot in An Adventure in Space and Time by Mark Gatiss |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/21/doctor-who-17-things-for-who-fans-to-spot-in-an-adventure-in-space-and-time-by-mark-gatiss-4191651/ |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=15 September 2016 |date=21 November 2013 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222062615/https://metro.co.uk/2013/11/21/doctor-who-17-things-for-who-fans-to-spot-in-an-adventure-in-space-and-time-by-mark-gatiss-4191651/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the movie adaptation of ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Miserables]]'', [[Colm Wilkinson]], who originated the role of Jean Valjean in the West End and on Broadway, made a cameo as the [[Bishop Myriel|Bishop of Digne]].<ref name="lati">{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=David |title=Colm Wilkinson, original Jean Valjean, on 'Les Miserables' movie |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-dec-31-la-et-cm-colm-wilkinson-original-jean-valjean-on-les-miserables-movie-20121230-story.html |access-date=28 July 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2012-12-31 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728165029/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-dec-31-la-et-cm-colm-wilkinson-original-jean-valjean-on-les-miserables-movie-20121230-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 
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In the Soviet film ''[[Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears]]'', [[Innokenty Smoktunovsky]] appeared for a minute as himself.

In [[Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)|''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'']], author [[Rick Riordan]] appeared as a teacher in the first episode.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamadrid |first=Amanda |date=2023-12-23 |title=Percy Jackson Episode 1's Major Cameo Explained By Disney+ Show Star & Producer |url=https://screenrant.com/percy-jackson-episode-1-rick-riordan-cameo-explained/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>