PR | Bobby | Cole | Frank's neighbor. Was killed on the railroad tracks. |
1 | Jake | Drum | Frank's brother. aka: Howdy Doody. |
| Cleve | Blake | Police officer. |
| Frank | Drum | Narrator. Protagonist. |
| Gus | | Mr. Drum's brother-like friend. |
| Lizzie | | Frank's family car. A 1995 Packard Clipper car. Frank's favorite. |
| Zelda | | Frank's family car. A studebaker. |
| Little | Lulu | Frank's family car. A pontiac star. |
| Nathan | Drum | Frank's father. Minister. |
| Morris | Engdahl | Prisoner. Frank's acquaintance. |
| Doyle | | Police officer. |
| Jim | Gant | First deputy officer to respond on Cole's incident. |
| Ariel Louise | Drum | Frank and Steve's sister. |
2 | Ruth | Drum | Frank's mother. |
| Avis | Sweeney | Edna's husband. A neighbor of the Drums. |
| Edna | Sweeney | Avis's wife. The woman Frank was spying on. |
| Mrs. | Cole | Bobby's mother. |
3 | Mr. | Halderson | Drugstore owner. |
| Bon | Ton | Barber shop owner. |
4 | Gregor | | County sheriff. |
| Van der | Waal | Funeral home owner. Mortician. |
| Karl | Brandt | Ariel's boyfriend. |
5 | Amelia | Klement | Church choir member. An alto. |
| Peter | Klement | Amelia's son. |
| Thaddeus | Porter | Town banker. |
| Travis | Klement | Amelia's husband. |
| Emil | Brandt | Ariel's song teacher. Ruth's former fiance. |
6 | Axel | Brandt | Karl's father. Emil's brother. |
| Julia | Brandt | Karl's mother. |
| Danny | O'Keefe | Frank's friend. Indian. |
7 | Lise | Brandt | Emil's deaf sister. |
| Aaron | Copland | Emil's hollywood friend. |
| Scott | Fitzgerald | Emil's famous author friend. |
| Judy | Garland | Emil's friend. |
| Frances | Gumm | Emil's friend. |
8 | Elizabeth | | Frank's grandfather's secretary. |
| Liz | | Frank's grandmother. |
| Ed | Florine | Mail man. A member of Mr. Nathan Drum's Congregation. |
| Jerry | Stowe | Nathan's friend. Couple Counselling Consultant. |
9 | Warren | Redstone | Danny's great uncle. A troublemaker. |
10 | Albert | Griswold | Town councilman. Deacon. |
| Lorraine | Griswold | Albert's wife. Choir organist. |
12 | Lee | Kelly | Frank's playmate. The kid who has bad breath. |
14 | Peter | Driscoll | Nathan's companion. aka: Father Peter, Pete. |
15 | Kaczamarek | | Owns a large farm. |
| Lorrie | Diedrich | Frank's first kiss. |
16 | Bob | Hartwig | Weekly New Bremen Courier editor. |
17 | Cindy | Westroom | The girl who won $25 in the essay writing contest. |
18 | Zolee | Hauptmann | Police officer. |
| Hans | Hoyle | Morris's enemy. |
19 | Hector | Padilla | Called Mr. Frank for the meeting for the Migrant Workers Shelter. |
| Gladys | Rheingold | Ruth's friend. |
| Judy | Kleinschimidt | Morris's girlfriend. |
22 | Conrad | Stephens | The Methodist district superintendent. |
| Oscar | | Frank's grandfather. |
23 | Cordelia | Lundgren | Ariel's friend. Halderson's Drug cashier. |
24 | Bud | Sorenson | Lay reader. |
27 | Simon | Geiger | The Brandts's servant. |
28 | Petrov | | Groundskeeper. |
| Ivan | | Petrov's son. Frank's schoolmate. |
30 | Mr. | Baake | Barber. |
| Ginger | French | Gus's girlfriend. |
32 | Coach | Mortenson | Mr. Baake's client. |
| Dave | | Mr. Baake's client. |
33 | Lloyd | Arvin | Grave digger. |
| Marty | Schoenfeldt | One of the kids playing baseball. |
EP | Sam | | Axel and Julia's adopted child. |