Characters

Main Characters

• Dr. Quincy – The principled and tenacious medical examiner at the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.
• Sam Fujiyama – Quincy's loyal lab assistant, known for his technical skills and sharp insight.
• Dr. Robert Astin – Quincy's often bureaucratic but well-meaning supervisor.
• Lt. Frank Monahan – The gruff but dependable LAPD homicide detective frequently working with Quincy.
• Brill - Monahan's right hand man and backup.

Recurring Characters

• Danny Tovo – Owner of Danny's, Quincy's favorite hangout and source of friendly advice.
• Lee Potter – Quincy's love interest and later fiancée in later seasons.
• Marc – Medical student occasionally shadowing Quincy.

One-Time & Guest Characters

• Dr. Hiro Tanaka – Guest medical examiner featured in select episodes.
• Judge Winston – Appeared in several court-related episodes.
• Tony Costello – A friend and journalist involved in an investigative subplot.

Victims

• Season 1
  • Go Fight City Hall... to the Death - Dianne Johnson (Martha Smith), Peter Gordon (Rick Podell), Harold P. Marcus (George Wyner), Unnamed hitman, Arnold Bower
  • Who's Who in Neverland - Margo Bentley (Joanna Barnes), Arthur Ellis (Fred Sadoff)
  • A Star Is Dead - Roberta Rhodes (Donna Mills)
  • Hot Ice, Cold Hearts - Alex Kale (Andrew Prine)
• Season 1+
  • Snake Eyes, Part 1 & 2 - Howard Matthau (Val Avery), Betty Martin, Harry Tyser, Unnamed convention attendees
  • ...The Thigh Bone's Connected to the Knee Bone... - John Doe (prehistoric remains)
  • Visitors in Paradise - Mrs. Constance Fry (Janice Sterling)
  • The Two Sides of Truth - William Farrell
  • Hit and Run at Danny's - Unnamed woman (Kristina Wayborn)
  • Has Anybody Here Seen Quincy? - Unnamed man on gurney
  • A Good Smack in the Mouth - Johnny Carter (Frank Parker)
  • The Hot Dog Murder - Unnamed medical cadaver
  • An Unfriendly Radiance - Mr. Bigelow (Eddie Quillan)
  • Sullied Be Thy Name - Father John Terrell (Joseph Campanella)
  • Valleyview - Mr. Gardner, Anne Freedman
  • Let Me Light the Way - Nurse Becker

• Season 2
  • No Deadly Secret - Paul Colby (John Karlen)
  • A Blow to the Head... a Blow to the Heart - Billy Harrigan (Ben Piazza)
  • A Dead Man's Truth - Joe, the burglar (Charles Dierkop)
  • A Question of Time - Mr. Ainsworth (Martin E. Brooks)
  • Death Casts a Vote - Frank Munson (Warren Stevens)
  • Tissue of Truth - Danny, the kidnapper (Michael Lane)
  • Holding Pattern - Dr. Herb Garris (Air France doctor) (George Gaynes), Frank (hijacker) (Marc Alaimo)
  • Main Man - Ted Franklin (Paul Carr)
  • The Hero Syndrome - Lou Chesler (Michael Constantine)
  • Touch of Death - Jimmy (James Shigeta)
  • The Deadly Connection - Multiple unnamed townspeople
  • Last of the Dinosaurs - Unnamed drunk driver (The primary victim is the pedestrian, Charles Sinclair, played by Henry Darrow)
  • Crib Job - Unnamed teenager (Mark Shera)
  • Matters of Life and Death - Helen (Louise Latham)
  • Passing - Unnamed woman (The investigation centers on a deceased John Doe)
  • Accomplice to Murder - Sarah, the abused wife (Caroline McWilliams)
  • Ashes to Ashes - Ann Trask, Helen's sister (Zohra Lampert)
  • Gone But Not Forgotten - John Hillman (Tim O'Connor)
  • Double Death - Unnamed burn victim (Identified as a John Doe)
  • Requiem for the Living - Unnamed man (John Doe)

• Season 3
  • The Last Six Hours - Woman in car crash (John Doe)
  • Speed Trap - Jerry Block (Albert Paulsen)
  • A Test for Living - Autistic boy (David Hollander)
  • Death by Good Intentions - Indigent patient (John Doe)
  • Images - Unnamed woman in fire (Jane Doe)
  • Even Odds - Bar owner (Ned Wilson)
  • Dead and Alive - Unnamed van driver (John Doe)
  • No Way to Treat a Body - Four elderly women (Jane Does)
  • A Night to Raise the Dead - Unnamed man (John Doe, a medical student)
  • A Question of Death - Unnamed organ donor (John Doe)
  • House of No Return - Unnamed individuals (Multiple Jane/John Does)
  • A Small Circle of Friends - Playboy football player (James Keach)
  • The Depth of Beauty - Two women, disfigured actress (Brenda Benet)
  • Walk Softly Through the Night, Part 1 & 2 - Unnamed individuals (Multiple victims of a toxic chemical)
  • Aftermath - Airplane crash passengers and crew (Multiple victims)
  • Dark Angel - Unnamed murder victim (Jane Doe)
  • Physician, Heal Thyself - Unnamed patient (John de Lancie)
  • Promises to Keep - Quincy's godson (John Fink)
  • Semper-Fidelis - Marine Private (Peter Coffield)
  • An Ounce of Prevention - Construction worker (Jeff Corey)
  • The Death Challenge - Magician's assistant (M. Emmet Walsh)
  • The Eye of the Needle - Unnamed victim (John Doe)

• Season 4
  • No Way to Treat a Flower - Teenage girl and her boyfriend (Jane/John Doe)
  • Dead Last - Two jockeys (Don Chastain, John Petlock)
  • By the Death of a Child - Numerous babies (Multiple infant victims)
  • Never a Child - Young runaway girl (Jane Doe)
  • Hot Ice - Diamond courier (Joseph Sirola)
  • Sweet Land of Liberty - Steve Yomashira (Sam's friend) (James Sutorius)
  • Mode of Death - Televangelist (Jeff Pomerantz)
  • Nowhere to Run - Pregnant young woman (Jane Doe)
  • The Money Plague - Forest ranger (Mills Watson), original hijacker (John Doe)
  • For the Benefit of My Patients - Two lower-income patients (Jane/John Does)
  • Murder by S.O.P. - Four prisoners in jail fire, town doctor (Robert Alda)
  • Honor Thy Elders - Elderly man and woman (Jane/John Does)
  • Diplomatic Immunity - Unnamed woman (Jane Doe)
  • Riot - Unnamed individuals (Multiple victims)
  • Cover-up - Heart attack victim (John Doe)
  • Unhappy Hour - Dr. Astin's niece's boyfriend (Charles Bloom)
  • The Winning Edge - Young gymnast (Kelly Garrett)
  • New Blood - Unnamed victim of new M.E. (John Doe)
  • T.K.O. - Boxing champion (Denny Evans), Alfredo (Danny's chef) (Val Bisoglio)
  • The Final Gift - Max, the circus chimp
  • Deadly Arena - Unnamed individual (John Doe)
  • The Murder in Question - Gunshot victim (John Doe)

• Season 5
  • Last Rights - Unnamed individuals in a small industrial town (Multiple victims)
  • A Matter of Principle - Rape victim (Jane Doe)
  • Last Day, First Day - Lawyer/cocaine dealer (Joseph Ruskin)
  • The Night Killer - Baby twin (Infant Jane Doe)
  • The Hope of Elkwood - Young track athlete (Donald Petrie)
  • Welcome to Paradise Palms - Chester (Quincy's foster son) - (suffers from bubonic plague, but does not die)
  • By Their Faith - Unnamed individuals seemingly cured by a young woman
  • Stain of Guilt - Unnamed victim (John Doe)
  • Dear Mummy - Polly Carmody (nine-year-old girl)
  • Who Speaks for the Children - Child abuse victim
  • Seldom Silent, Never Heard - Teenager with Tourette's syndrome
  • Of all Sad Words - Allison Sirella / Mary Latham (Sharon Acker), two other men (John Does)
  • To Kill in Plain Sight - Man in explosion (John Doe)
  • Sugar and Spice - Model (Barbi Benton)
  • Vigil of Fear - Innocent bystander (John Doe)

• Season 6
  • Memories of Allison - Allison Sirella / Mary Latham (Sharon Acker)
  • The Golden Hour - Daughter of car accident victim (Georgann Johnson)
  • Slow Boat to Madness, Part 1 & 2 - Crewman, murderer, and other passengers on a cruise ship (Multiple victims)
  • D.U.I. - Man killed by drunk driver (John Doe)
  • For Want of a Horse - Ranch owner (Edward Grover)
  • Gentle Into That Good Night - Nineteen-year-old boy with a malignant tumor (Timothy Wead)
  • Dead Stop - Truck driver (John Doe)
  • Bitter Pill - Teenager who took "look-alike" pep pills (Jane Doe)
  • Guns Don't Die - Man, young boy, cop (Multiple victims)
  • When Luck Ran Out - Prized racehorse
  • Smoke Screen - Unnamed individuals (Multiple victims)
  • For Love of Joshua - Baby with Down's Syndrome
  • Into the Murdering Mind - Father, brother, and sister of a young man diagnosed with schizophrenia (Multiple victims)
  • To Clear the Air - Elderly man (John Doe)
  • The Shadow of Death - Holocaust survivor (Nehemiah Persoff)
  • The Flight of the Nightingale - Unnamed patient (Jane Doe)
  • Stolen Away - Kidnapped girl (survives)
  • The Face of Fear - Big-time politician (Simon Oakland)
  • Expert in Murder - Unnamed victim (John Doe)
  • The Unquiet Grave - Rear Admiral McKenzie (Robert F. Simon)
  • The Last of Leadbottom - Unnamed victim (John Doe)
  • Deadly Protection - Young girl (mauled by a dog, but survives)
  • The Mourning After - Unnamed individuals (Multiple victims)

• Season 7
  • Baby Rattlesnakes - Young girl in a drive-by shooting
  • Ghost of a Chance - Man who dies after bypass surgery
  • Give Me Your Weak - David Bowman (Peter Hobbs)
  • Dying for a Drink - Dr. Lindeman (suffers from alcoholism, but does not die)
  • Unreasonable Doubt - Infant with a degenerative illness
  • Sleeping Dogs - Harry Muller (Alan Miller)
  • Science for Sale - Unnamed individuals
  • Next Stop, Nowhere - Teenager in a punk rock club
  • Across the Line - Hostage shot by a police officer
  • Sword of Honor, Blade of Death - Sam's friend, an LAPD officer
  • The Law Is a Fool - Unnamed victim
  • Guilty Until Proven Innocent - Unnamed victim
  • Cry for Help - Young girl who commits suicide
  • A Loss for Words - Unnamed victim
  • Beyond the Open Door - Several young women (victims of the "hit-and-run" strangler)
  • On Dying High - Unnamed individuals
  • Quincy's Wedding, Part 1 & 2 - Elderly husband in a rest home
  • The Cutting Edge - Baby who dies after a difficult birth
  • A Hero to Believe In - Unnamed individuals
  • Women of Valor - Unnamed individuals
  • Suffer the Little Children - Elderly woman killed by a burglar
  • Whatever Happened to Morris Perlmutter? - Elderly woman with Alzheimer's disease

Perpetrators

Season 1 (1976–77)

• City official – Go Fight City Hall… to the Death! (Oct 3, 1976): Deliberately ignored food safety violations, causing a fatal outbreak.
• Kidnapper posing as social worker – Who’s Who in Neverland? (Oct 10, 1976): Abducted a child under the guise of child services.
• Paul Reardon (journalist/publicist) – A Star Is Dead (Nov 28, 1976): Killed a famous actress to generate a scandalous exposé.
• Jewelry thief ring member – Hot Ice, Cold Hearts (Jan 2, 1977): Murdered a security guard during a heist.

Season 2 (1977)

• Medical staff conspirator – Snake Eyes (Part 1 & 2) (Feb 4, 1977): Caused a Legionnaires’-style outbreak at a resort by negligence or foul play.
• Unknown individual – A Blow to the Head… A Blow to the Heart (Feb 18, 1977): Suspected foul play disguised as accidental fall.
• Perpetrator spreading plague bacteria – The Deadly Connection (Feb 25, 1977): Introduced a deadly pathogen to a small community.

Season 3 (1977–78)

• Glenn Werner – Into the Murdering Mind (1978): Psychotic family mass-murderer.
• Unknown arsonist – Ashes to Ashes (Nov 1977): Set a fatal fire to cover up embezzlement or abuse at a nursing home.
• Factory manager (suspected cover-up) – The Two Sides of Truth (Dec 1977): Hid evidence related to unsafe workplace conditions.

Season 4 (1978–79)

• Catherine Benton (evil twin) – Images (Nov 2, 1978): Faked her sister’s death and assumed her identity after poisoning her.
• Dr. Stanley Warner – The Law Is a Fool (Dec 14, 1978): Conducted illegal human experiments.
• Assailant of elderly woman – Death of a Minor (Jan 11, 1979): Victim of elder abuse and neglect leading to death.

Season 5 (1979–80)

• Unknown drug dealer – No Way to Treat a Flower (Sep 20, 1979): Marijuana laced with toxic chemicals leads to a child's poisoning.
• Unknown jockey/racetrack associate – Dead Last (Sep 27, 1979): A jockey is killed under suspicious, competitive circumstances.
• Abusive boyfriend – Shattered Images (Nov 1979): Domestic violence leads to a young woman’s death, staged as suicide.
• Unlicensed doctor – Unwelcome Guest (Dec 1979): Caused a death by using unapproved medical treatments.

Season 6 (1980–81)

• Art smuggler using ancient mummy – Dear Mummy (Jan 21, 1981): Used a preserved body to smuggle drugs or microchips.
• Drug operation insider – Headhunter (Feb 4, 1981): Killed a flight attendant who learned about trafficking operation.
• Corrupt employer – For the Benefit of My Patients (Feb 18, 1981): Cut costs on critical care equipment, resulting in preventable deaths.
• Neighborhood vigilante – Vigil of Fear (May 6, 1981): Took justice into his own hands, accidentally killing an innocent man.

Season 7 (1981–82)

• Unknown smuggler – The Last of Leadbottom (Apr 28, 1982): Used human body cavity to smuggle microchips into the country.
• Security consultant/guard dog handler – Deadly Protection (May 5, 1982): Set a dog on someone to commit murder under cover of security protocol.
• Fraternity members (cover-up) – The Mourning After (May 12, 1982): Covered up a fraternity pledge’s alcohol poisoning death during hazing.

Character Categories

index.php?title=Category:Quincy M.E.