| On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Robbins | Arthur Rudge | 74 |
| Anna Karen | Olive Rudge | 74 |
| Bob Grant | Jack Harper | 74 |
| Stephen Lewis | Inspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake | 74 |
| Reg Varney | Stan Butler | 74 |
| Cicely Courtneidge | Mum | 7 |
| Michael Sheard | 6 | |
| Terry Duggan | Irate Passenger | 5 |
| John Lyons | 4 | |
| Nosher Powell | Bert | 3 |
| Kate Williams | 2 | |
| Norman Mitchell | 2 | |
| Gwendolyn Watts | Iris | 2 |
| Larry Martyn | 2 | |
| Claire Davenport | 2 | |
| Wendy Richard | 1 | |
| Campbell Singer | 1 | |
| Cheryl Hall | 1 | |
| Rudolph Walker | George | 1 |
| Roger Avon | 1 | |
| Helen Fraser | 1 | |
| Yootha Joyce | 1 | |
| Garfield Morgan | 1 | |
| Pat Ashton | 1 | |
| Richard Caldicot | Doctor Clark | 1 |
| Lucy Griffiths | 1 | |
| Geoffrey Denton | Old Gentleman | 1 |
| Johnny Briggs | 1 | |
| Brian Grellis | 1 | |
| John Crocker | 1 | |
| Albert Moses | 1 | |
| Bob Todd | 1 | |
| Maurice Bush | 1 | |
| Shirley Steedman | 1 | |
| Ishaq Bux | 1 | |
| Marcia Ashton | 1 | |
| Luan Peters | 1 |