the first time i remember hearing "the part of....will be played by...." on d.s. was with the burke devlin re-casting.did they do it with sam evans,matthew morgan or willie loomis in earlier re-casts?i forget.did they do it when betsy durkin took over as v.?
They didn't annouce the Matthew Morgan recast, probably because the first actor only appeared three times in the first 2 weeks and then the character didn't appear for a couple of months.
Sam Evans' recast was announced.
One recast character that oddly didn't get any announcement was Lt. Riley from the 1967 Laura story. They changed actors after the character appeared twice and in the next episode. The actors couldn't have been more different as the first had a New York look and accent and the second (Vince O'Brien) was more New England.
They did announce the recasting of Dr. Woodard the first time (from Richard Woods to Robert Gerringher) as well as the second (Robert Gerringher to Peter Turgeon).
Burke Devlins' recast from Mitchell Ryan to Anthony George was announced in about five episodes.
Sheriff Patterson's one episode recast from Dana Elcar to Vince O'Brien did get an announcement. Elcar appeared only once more after that, in the next episode. There was no announcement when Angus Cairns took over the role two weeks later.
No announcement was made when the Cemetary Caretaker was recast from Daniel Keyes to Peter Murphy.
The next recast occurs when Vince O'Brien returned as Sheriff Patterson in 1968, probably because so much time had passed since the character last appeared and he was not as relevant as he used to be. The same thing when Alfred Sandor temporarily played him in one episode.
Victoria Winters got an announcement from Alexandra Moltke to Betsy Durkin over three episodes and from Betsey Durkin to Carolyn Groves. That was the last announced recast.
Strangely though, no announcement was made when Edward Marshall replaced Craig Slocum as Harry Johnson, even though the character appeared quite a lot prior to that. EM was in one episode and the character disappeared.
No recasts were made after that.