His is a level of evil that couldn't possibly be sustained if he was a regular character – before long he'd be forced to meaningfully communicate with other characters, or find himself involved in a funny subplot about trying to buy a silly hat for a dog.
In the television series, broadcast from 1998 to 2004, fashion — the industry, the designers, the clothes — was a regular character, cleverly manipulated by the stylist Patricia Field to refine the personalities of Carrie (whimsical, eclectic), Miranda (independent, biting), Samantha (racy, sensational) and Charlotte (preppy, endearing).
Roy was a regular character in the show's first three seasons.
The episode also included the death of Rita Morgan, who had been a regular character since the beginning of the series.
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (Professeur Tryphon Tournesol in Hergé's original version), an absent-minded and half-deaf physicist, is a regular character alongside Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock.
Even though Muldaur was a regular character on The Next Generation, she was only listed in the opening credits as a "Special Guest Star".
"Roy's Wedding" saw the return of Denman as Roy, who was a regular character in the show's first three seasons.
She reported that the atmosphere on the set of "The Body" was strange and tense because she had been a regular character through the series and she was suddenly playing a corpse.
Played by Mike Reid, Frank had been a regular character in the serial from 1987 to 1994, and had appeared in a recurring role until 1998, when Reid agreed to return full-time.
He has played a Farsi-speaking terrorist on "JAG," the recurring villain Syed Ali on "24" and is a regular character in the final season of "The Shield," which begins airing next month.
