| The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Gene Barry | Glenn Howard | 30 |
| Susan Saint James | Peggy Maxwell | 28 |
| Robert Stack | Dan Farrell | 26 |
| Anthony Franciosa | Jeff Dillon | 17 |
| Ben Murphy | Joe Sample | 11 |
| Cliff Potts | Andy Hill | 7 |
| Mark Miller | Ross Craig | 3 |
| Robert Culp | Paul Tyler | 2 |
| Barry Sullivan | Creston Collins | 2 |
| Bernie Hamilton | Jason | 2 |
| George Murdock | Dave | 2 |
| Redd Foxx | Redd Foxx | 2 |
| Leslie Nielsen | 1 | |
| Peter Falk | Lewis Corbett | 1 |
| Donald Sutherland | Jerry Trevor | 1 |
| Robert Wagner | David Corey | 1 |
| David Carradine | Jason Blake | 1 |
| Veronica Cartwright | Nancy Robins | 1 |
| Harry Dean Stanton | Joe Joe | 1 |
| Orson Welles | Narrator | 1 |
| Suzanne Pleshette | 1 | |
| Suzanne Pleshette | Geneva Rogers | 1 |
| Suzanne Pleshette | Amy Averlin | 1 |
| William Shatner | Peter | 1 |
| Roddy McDowall | Philip Saxon | 1 |
| Roddy McDowall | Early McCorley | 1 |
| Martin Balsam | Herb Witmer | 1 |
| Harold J. Stone | Harry Mudd | 1 |
| Ron Hayes | James Wynn | 1 |
| Rudy Vallee | Myron Lesser | 1 |
| Dane Clark | Brian Smith | 1 |
| Dane Clark | Bill Oliver | 1 |
| Lester Matthews | Winston More | 1 |
| Don Keefer | Chaplain | 1 |
| Susan Strasberg | Cheryl Bridges | 1 |
| George Sawaya | Harv Miller | 1 |
| Jill Townsend | Jackie Buchanan | 1 |
| Richard Kiley | Arlen McKittrick | 1 |
| Richard Kiley | Dr. Judson Strode | 1 |
| Troy Donahue | Norman Hoak | 1 |
| Burt Brinckerhoff | Philip McKenna | 1 |
| Murray Matheson | Dave Rogers | 1 |
| Anthony Caruso | Eddie Clark | 1 |
| Diana Muldaur | Terry Lanson | 1 |
| John Agar | Bert Walker | 1 |
| Julie Sommars | Barbara Ellis | 1 |
| Hal Holbrook | John Adrian | 1 |
| Kevin McCarthy | Carter Haines | 1 |
| Lee Grant | Edwina Booker | 1 |
| Darren McGavin | Jesse Gil McCray | 1 |
| Darren McGavin | Sam Hardy | 1 |
| Darren McGavin | Eddie Gannon | 1 |
| Ida Lupino | Monique Madison | 1 |
| Carolyn Jones | Lydia Mulholland | 1 |
| Jill St. John | Michelle Howell | 1 |
| Joan Crawford | Committee Member (uncredited) | 1 |
| John Ireland | Mel Wexler | 1 |
| Russ Tamblyn | John Earl | 1 |
| Dana Elcar | Hood | 1 |
| Monte Markham | 1 | |
| Ricardo Montalban | 1 | |
| Ricardo Montalban | Bernard Torres | 1 |
| Susan Oliver | Tatiana Czaleynokis | 1 |
| Geoffrey Lewis | Bates | 1 |
| Dennis Weaver | Walter Grayson | 1 |
| Anne Francis | Carol Sherman | 1 |
| Anne Francis | Marsha Ryman | 1 |
| Richard Jaeckel | Malchek | 1 |
| Larry Hagman | 1 | |
| Pamela Franklin | Jenny Wilde | 1 |
| Ruth Roman | Bea Decker | 1 |
| Tom Bosley | Charlie Reid | 1 |
| Victor Jory | Victor Foss | 1 |
| Shirley Jones | Jackie Harding | 1 |
| William Windom | Charlie Ross | 1 |
| William Windom | D.W. | 1 |
| Cloris Leachman | Vera Walker | 1 |
| Pernell Roberts | Hank | 1 |
| Pernell Roberts | Ernie Subich | 1 |
| Louis Jourdan | Mario Lompardi | 1 |
| Clu Gulager | Steve Heywood | 1 |
| Clu Gulager | Bill Danziger | 1 |
| Clu Gulager | Rex Dakota | 1 |
| Gene Evans | Ernest Maxwell | 1 |
| Antoinette Bower | Katherine Benning | 1 |
| Gloria Grahame | Madame Noh | 1 |
| Boris Karloff | Mikhail Orlov | 1 |
| Van Johnson | Sullivan | 1 |
| Van Johnson | Jack Newell | 1 |
| Robert Young | Herman Allison | 1 |
| Edmond O'Brien | John Bergman | 1 |
| Joan Hackett | Jean Thorndyke | 1 |
| Michael Anderson Jr. | Bobby | 1 |
| Kevin Coughlin | Sonny | 1 |
| Yaphet Kotto | Wyman Jackson | 1 |
| Michael Ansara | Ben Kaliman | 1 |
| O. J. Simpson | Gas Chamber Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1 |
| Bethel Leslie | Miss Haggblad | 1 |
| Raymond St. Jacques | Ross Cutler | 1 |
| John Saxon | Peter Max | 1 |
| Matt Clark | Frankie | 1 |
| Matt Clark | Harris | 1 |
| Sal Mineo | Sheldon | 1 |
| Paul Winfield | Barada | 1 |
| Leon Ames | 1 | |
| Maurice Evans | Harold Wyler | 1 |
| Scott Brady | Marty Lench | 1 |
| Laurence Naismith | Reddington | 1 |
| Diane Baker | Elaine Brennan | 1 |
| Robert Webber | William McKendricks | 1 |
| Tim O'Connor | Callahan | 1 |
| Robert Loggia | Arnold | 1 |
| Julie Harris | Verna Ward | 1 |
| Barry Sullivan | Dane Bigelow | 1 |
| Jack Klugman | Frank Dovnik | 1 |
| Jack Klugman | Art Trager | 1 |
| Jack Klugman | Captain Garrig | 1 |
| Paul Fix | Old Bob | 1 |
| Paul Fix | Judge O'Connor | 1 |
| Denny Miller | Bill Beauregard | 1 |
| Gene Barry | Glenn Howard / Will Manning | 1 |
| Jeff Morrow | Dr. Wallace | 1 |
| Jeff Morrow | Malcolm Parks | 1 |
| Lois Nettleton | Ruth Prochek | 1 |
| Warren Stevens | Charles Lawrence | 1 |
| Nehemiah Persoff | Ambassador | 1 |
| Gavin MacLeod | Lewie Franklin | 1 |
| Ralph Meeker | Senator Goddard | 1 |
| Ina Balin | Thalia | 1 |
| Broderick Crawford | Harry Ricco | 1 |
| Broderick Crawford | Wolf Lang | 1 |
| Broderick Crawford | Bianchi | 1 |
| Martha Hyer | Billie Ramsey | 1 |
| Lee Meriwether | Bridget | 1 |
| Chuck Connors | 1 | |
| Roy Jenson | Dillon's Interrogator | 1 |
| Gia Scala | Renata Marino | 1 |
| Michele Carey | Evelyn Trager | 1 |
| John Marley | Frank Chaney | 1 |
| Robert Lansing | Fred Martin | 1 |
| Jessica Walter | Linda Ramsey | 1 |
| Jessica Walter | Rita Mason / Allie Chambers | 1 |
| Senta Berger | Mariette Bern | 1 |
| Pat Crowley | 1 | |
| Harry Guardino | Raul Oliva | 1 |
| Nigel Davenport | David Windom | 1 |
| Warren Oates | Lew Weatherford / John Weatherford | 1 |
| Anne Baxter | Magda Blain | 1 |
| Anne Baxter | Betty-Jean Currier | 1 |
| Anne Baxter | Magda Blaine | 1 |
| Anne Baxter | Louise Harris | 1 |
| Roscoe Lee Browne | Wamumba | 1 |
| Stephen McNally | Albert Lang | 1 |
| Stephen McNally | Ed Brock | 1 |
| Dorothy Lamour | Stella Fisher | 1 |
| Bradford Dillman | Earl Keith | 1 |
| Marsha Hunt | Claudia Loring | 1 |
| Charles Drake | Tom Laraby | 1 |
| Charles Drake | Jonathan Galley | 1 |
| Hari Rhodes | Captain Adzuwe | 1 |
| Karen Black | Monica Garrison | 1 |
| Juliet Prowse | Aja Fowler | 1 |
| Fritz Weaver | Walter Scharz | 1 |
| Robert DoQui | Ollie O'Neill | 1 |
| Glenda Farrell | Woman | 1 |
| Nancy Kovack | Linda Mathews | 1 |
| Jack Kelly | Frank Fowler | 1 |
| Jack Kelly | Creighton Howell | 1 |
| Mercedes McCambridge | 1 | |
| Jack Carter | Ernie Cori | 1 |
| Jack Carter | Bill Crail | 1 |
| Nina Foch | Angela Morgan | 1 |
| Strother Martin | Nanyface | 1 |
| Dana Wynter | Countess Lompardi | 1 |
| Edward Everett Horton | Philip Armistead | 1 |
| John Payne | Russ (FBI Agent) | 1 |
| Paul Stewart | Dr. Rubias | 1 |
| Lloyd Bochner | Tom Ramsey | 1 |
| H.M. Wynant | Colonel Mara | 1 |
| Farley Granger | Hoagland Walters | 1 |
| Hermione Gingold | Vivian Forsyte | 1 |
| Arthur Hill | Gerald Brighton | 1 |
| Alan Oppenheimer | Harvey | 1 |
| Joanna Barnes | Ardith Williams | 1 |
| Stanley Adams | Mr. Stephens | 1 |
| Eric Christmas | Alfred Crammidge | 1 |
| Ed Peck | Charles Stein | 1 |
| Kaz Garas | Sheriff Finnegan | 1 |
| Lonny Chapman | Ralph Currier | 1 |
| Charles Aidman | 1 | |
| Jay C. Flippen | Grover | 1 |
| Jay C. Flippen | Zack Witten | 1 |
| Dina Merrill | Nancy Devlin | 1 |
| Larry D. Mann | Max Korbell | 1 |
| Bernie Hamilton | Doc Cullen | 1 |
| David Brian | Elton Wakefield | 1 |
| William Lucking | Gruber | 1 |
| Coleen Gray | Sylvia Trager | 1 |
| Ray Danton | Pietro Bertelli | 1 |
| Felice Orlandi | Angelito Fidel | 1 |
| David Sheiner | Lieutenant Martinez | 1 |
| David Sheiner | Colonel Bandar | 1 |
| Grace Lee Whitney | Suzette | 1 |
| Larry Storch | James Kelso | 1 |
| Larry Storch | Norman Turley | 1 |
| Paul Mantee | Father Minetti | 1 |
| Laraine Day | Grace Jellicoe | 1 |
| Honor Blackman | Bethany Cromwell | 1 |
| Carol Lawrence | Janice Ridgely | 1 |
| Peter Brocco | Man | 1 |
| Victoria Paige Meyerink | Nancy Farrell | 1 |
| Brandon De Wilde | Bobby Currier | 1 |
| Keenan Wynn | Ed Wallaby | 1 |
| Keenan Wynn | Lester | 1 |
| Keenan Wynn | Joe Williams | 1 |
| Ed Asner | Cesare Marino | 1 |
| Ed Asner | Vince Leonard | 1 |
| Vera Miles | Marisa Cummings | 1 |
| Vera Miles | Tracy Cannon | 1 |
| Yvonne De Carlo | Mrs. Levene | 1 |
| Andrew Prine | Jigger | 1 |
| Charlie Picerni | Parker | 1 |
| Ed Begley | Gabe Sobel | 1 |
| Henry Jones | Mr. McKim | 1 |
| Henry Jones | George | 1 |
| Woodrow Parfrey | Dr. Felix Louden | 1 |
| Lloyd Kino | Coroner | 1 |
| Diana Hyland | Lisa Adrian | 1 |
| Ann Prentiss | Leona | 1 |
| Albert Salmi | Luke Halloran / Warren (mayor) | 1 |
| John van Dreelen | Deist | 1 |
| Simon Oakland | Luis Fierro | 1 |
| Harvey Lembeck | Jack Stephens | 1 |
| June Allyson | Joanne Robins | 1 |
| Sue Ane Langdon | Harriet | 1 |
| Whit Bissell | Donald Merrick | 1 |
| Whit Bissell | Wainwright | 1 |
| Rossano Brazzi | Karim Lazanos | 1 |
| Ivan Dixon | Conway Walker | 1 |
| Ivan Dixon | John X. Lee | 1 |
| Jan Sterling | Elsa Roarke | 1 |
| Steve Ihnat | Ralph Hoak | 1 |
| Steve Ihnat | Captain Oliver | 1 |
| Steve Forrest | A.J. Ward | 1 |
| Steve Forrest | Walter Royce | 1 |
| Jonathan Hole | Victor Masters | 1 |
| Anne Helm | Maria Ward | 1 |
| John Colicos | Rafael | 1 |
| Celeste Holm | Irene Comdon | 1 |
| George Murdock | George Bertrand | 1 |
| George Murdock | Joe Ames | 1 |
| William Conrad | Arnold Wexler | 1 |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor | Mira Retzyk | 1 |
| Geraldine Page | Sister Lucia | 1 |
| Severn Darden | Cameron | 1 |
| James Whitmore | Harry Roarke | 1 |
| Joseph Campanella | Charles Thorndyke | 1 |
| William Smithers | Dave Martin | 1 |
| Estelle Winwood | Henrietta Tate | 1 |
| Estelle Winwood | Hester Collins | 1 |
| Cesare Danova | Alfieri | 1 |
| Shelly Novack | Russ Dickson | 1 |
| Shelly Novack | Mike Wojcik | 1 |
| Phyllis Kirk | Edith | 1 |
| Ann Blyth | Kay Martin | 1 |
| Michael Constantine | Jay Johnson | 1 |
| Don Gordon | Art Panadero | 1 |
| Charles Boyer | Henri Jarnoux | 1 |
| Robert Goulet | Claude Evenhauer | 1 |
| Sharon Farrell | Sandrelle | 1 |
| Sharon Farrell | Jesse Boone | 1 |
| Lorraine Gary | Carla Frazier | 1 |
| Davey Davison | Julie Witten | 1 |
| Barry Nelson | Frank Sandler | 1 |
| Ed Flanders | Lazlo Subich | 1 |
| Albert Paulsen | Benitez | 1 |
| Jean-Pierre Aumont | Emilio Fazio | 1 |
| Herbert Anderson | Roger Dall | 1 |
| Bo Svenson | G.B. Mosbie | 1 |
| Edward Andrews | Milton Spencer | 1 |
| Mel Tormé | Mort Binder | 1 |
| Pierre Jalbert | Dr. Nieves | 1 |
| Janet MacLachlan | Nicole | 1 |
| Alan Caillou | Graham | 1 |
| John Kerr | Billy Keaton | 1 |
| John Kerr | Stuart Clark | 1 |
| Albert Popwell | Chagga | 1 |
| Ben Murphy | Joseph Sample | 1 |
| Michael C. Gwynne | Dr. Parker | 1 |
| Louise Sorel | Marie Fazio | 1 |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | Dedushko | 1 |
| Joan Blondell | Miss Wall | 1 |
| Tisha Sterling | Niobe Redsmith | 1 |
| Tisha Sterling | Alice Ward | 1 |
| Don Stroud | Lincoln Bridges | 1 |
| David Opatoshu | Arthur Serokin | 1 |
| David Opatoshu | Anartha | 1 |
| Georg Stanford Brown | Kajid | 1 |
| Regis Cordic | Chairman Walt | 1 |
| Ossie Davis | Kubani | 1 |
| Peter Mark Richman | Latimer | 1 |
| Peter Mark Richman | Robert Coates | 1 |
| Burl Ives | Arthur Jellicoe | 1 |
| Michael Callan | Tommy Crail | 1 |
| Jeanne Crain | Mrs. McKendricks | 1 |
| JoAnna Cameron | Carole Crown | 1 |
| Sidney Blackmer | Roman Stepanak | 1 |
| Sidney Blackmer | Clarence Dunhill | 1 |
| Tom Ewell | District Attorney Simpson | 1 |
| Luther Adler | 1 | |
| Jan Murray | Doc Haller | 1 |
| Paul Lukas | Baron Vincennes | 1 |
| Rod Cameron | Esau Billings | 1 |
| James McEachin | Henderson | 1 |
| James McEachin | Jackson | 1 |
| James McEachin | Stuart | 1 |
| Richard Webb | Warren Travis | 1 |
| Arthur O'Connell | Charlie Sherwin | 1 |
| Percy Rodriguez | Reston | 1 |
| Percy Rodriguez | Paul Reston | 1 |
| Charles Seel | Bellhop | 1 |
| Jonathan Goldsmith | Frank Monroe | 1 |
| Bobby Troup | Slip Sherman | 1 |
| Gypsy Rose Lee | Rosetta Stewart | 1 |
| Robert Lipton | Billy Wizard | 1 |
| Shepperd Strudwick | Dr. Witherton | 1 |
| Adrienne Marden | Judge Davidson | 1 |
| Simon Scott | Harbald | 1 |
| Gary Collins | Sheriff Beal | 1 |
| Craig Stevens | Lang Roberts | 1 |
| Robert Emhardt | Creighton | 1 |
| Stuart Nisbet | Dr. Simmons | 1 |
| Hazel Court | Miss Playfair | 1 |
| Laraine Stephens | Lorraine Farrell | 1 |
| Jacqueline deWit | Mattie | 1 |
| Arch Johnson | Sergeant Cook | 1 |
| Arch Johnson | Harry Murdock | 1 |
| Barbara Werle | Roberta | 1 |
| Tristram Coffin | General | 1 |
| Edward G. Robinson Jr. | Carl Rodenski | 1 |
| Geraldine Brooks | Evelyn Smith | 1 |
| Ken Renard | William | 1 |
| D'Urville Martin | Carlton | 1 |
| Jason Wingreen | District Attorney Hammond | 1 |
| Jason Wingreen | Hammond | 1 |
| Brenda Scott | Angela Dean | 1 |
| Brenda Scott | Suzie Murdock | 1 |
| Ray Ballard | Shelly | 1 |
| Ray Ballard | Photographer | 1 |
| Kathie Browne | Vicky | 1 |
| Sándor Szabó | Professor Zorkin | 1 |
| Anna Navarro | Amelia | 1 |
| Anna Navarro | Madame Bandar | 1 |
| Robert Carricart | Colonel Kraton | 1 |
| Richard Peel | Martin Ross | 1 |
| Jordan Christopher | Bruce Roxton | 1 |
| Patrick O'Moore | Lord Lansdale | 1 |
| Madeleine Sherwood | Myra Louden | 1 |
| Clive Clerk | Tino Torres | 1 |
| Allison McKay | Mrs. Rosen | 1 |
| Shannon Farnon | Phyllis Hoak | 1 |
| George O'Hanlon | Manager | 1 |
| Pete Duel | Andrei Chernin | 1 |
| Lilia Skala | Madame Orlov | 1 |
| Richard Van Vleet | Hal Martin | 1 |
| Alex Dreier | 1 | |
| Janice Rule | Madeline Grey | 1 |
| David Wayne | Emory Ward | 1 |
| Josephine Hutchinson | Millie Farrell | 1 |
| Warren Berlinger | Jimmy Crowder | 1 |
| Mark Miller | Luther Storm | 1 |
| Mark Miller | Nate Pearson | 1 |
| Barry Atwater | Sheriff Lucas | 1 |
| Abbey Lincoln | Claudia Lee | 1 |
| Claudine Longet | Lianne Jevret | 1 |
| Irene Tsu | Miss Takashima | 1 |
| James Robertson Justice | Fitzwilliam | 1 |