| Pro | Charles B. | Whiting | An artist. aka: C.B. |
| | Honus | Whiting | C.B. Whiting's father. |
| | Elijah | Whiting | Honus' father. |
| | Franceine | Robideaux | C.B. Whiting's wife. |
| | | | Part I |
| 1 | Miles | Roby | The proprietor of the Empire Grill. |
| | Christina | Roby | Miles' daughter. aka: Tick. |
| | Walt | Comeau | Miles' acquaintance. |
| | Horace | Weymouth | A reporter. |
| | Peter | | Miles' old friend. |
| | Dawn | | Peter's wife. |
| | Buster | | Miles' alternate at the Empire Grill. |
| | Max | Roby | Miles' father. |
| | Cindy | Whiting | Mrs. Franceine Whiting's daughter. |
| | Perry | Como | American singer, actor, television personality. |
| | David | | Miles' younger brother. |
| | Janine | Louise | Miles' ex-wife. |
| | Barry | Manilow | American musician. |
| | Roger | Sperry | Former proprietor of the Empire Grill. |
| | Grace | Roby | Miles' mother. |
| | Candace | Burke | Tick's new friend. aka: Candy. |
| | Zachary | Minty | Tick's ex-boyfriend. aka: Zack. |
| | Donny | | Tick's acquaintance. |
| | Charlene | Gardiner | A waitress at the Empire Grill. |
| | Jetta | | Miles' car. |
| | James | Minty | Zack's father. aka: Jimmy. |
| 2 | Father | Mark | Assistant pastor. |
| | Father | Tom | Pastor at St. Catherine. |
| | Mrs. | Dumbrowski | A housekeeper. |
| | Father | Tibideaux | A priest. |
| | Marcia | | Miles' high school friend. |
| | Timmy | | Mrs. Whiting's cat. |
| 3 | Bea | Majeski | Janine's mother. |
| 4 | Doris | Roderigue | An art teacher. |
| | Bobby | | Candace's boyfriend. |
| | Mr. | Meyer | The principal. |
| | Craig | | Candace's ex-boyfriend. |
| | Justin | Dibble | One of Tick's classmates in art. |
| | John | Voss | One of Tick's classmates in art. |
| | Heather | | Zack's new girlfriend. |
| 5 | Mick | Jagger | English singer. |
| | Officer | Pollard | A cop. |
| 6 | Bill | Roderigue | A local insurance man. |
| | Andrew | Wyeth | American visual artist. |
| | Jackson | Pollock | American painter. |
| 7 | Ernest | Hemingway | American novelist. |
| 8 | Coach | LaSalle | A baseball coach. |
| | Mr. | Miller | Grace's acquaintance. |
| | Charlie | Mayne | Grace's new acquaintance. |
| | | | Part II |
| 9 | John | Marin | American artist. |
| 10 | Billy | Wolff | Zack's acquaintance |
| | Pablo | Picasso | Spanish painter. |
| 11 | Nolan | Ryan | A baseball pitcher. |
| | Oprah | Winfrey | American host. |
| | Rosie | O'Donnell | American comedian. |
| | Otis | | Bea's acquaintance. |
| 12 | Jane | | Father Mark's aunt. |
| | Phyllis | | Father Mark's cousin. |
| | Harpo | Marx | American comedian, actor, mime artist and musician. |
| 14 | Mr. | Brown | A baseball coach. |
| | Otto | Meyer Jr. | Miles old friend. |
| | Clarence | Boniface | The principal. |
| | Gladys | Boniface | Mr. Boniface's wife. |
| | Emily | Dickenson | American poet. |
| | | | Part III |
| 15 | Oscar F. | Mayer | German American who founded the processed meat. |
| 16 | William | Minty | Jimmy Minty's father. |
| 17 | Billy | Barnes | Jimmy Minty's friend. |
| | Walter | Cronkite | American broadcast journalist. |
| | Candy | Burke | An author. |
| | Bill | Daws | Chief of police. |
| 18 | Buster | | Miles' fry cook. |
| | Bill | Gates | American business magnate. |
| 19 | Maud | | Charlie Mayne's employee. |
| | Pete | | Max's older brother. |
| 20 | Irene | Walsh | A housekeeper. |
| | Geoffrey | Chaucer | English poet and author. |
| 22 | William | Vandermark | A man who worked for a Boston firm. |
| | | | Part IV |
| 23 | Vincent | van Gogh | Dutch painter. |
| 24 | Zed | | One of Zack's friends. |
| | Thomas | | One of Zack's friends. |
| 25 | Bill | Traylor | African-American self-taught artist. |
| | Bill | | Mrs. Roderigue's husband. |
| 26 | Ann | Pacero | Otto's date. |
| 27 | Glady | | Otto Meyer's secretary. |
| | Adam | | Otto's acquaintance. |
| | Charlotte | Owen | John Voss' grandmother. |
| | David | Irving | English author. |
| 28 | Mrs. | Neuman | Janine's acquaintance. |
| | Amber | | Janine's co-worker. |
| | Randy | Danillac | Janine's acquaintance. |
| | Harold | DuFresne | Miles' acquaintance. |
| 29 | Brenda | | Charlene's substitute. |
| | Curtis | | A regular state guy. |
| 31 | Francis Lee | Bailey | American criminal defense attorney. |