List of 7th Heaven characters

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This is a list of characters from The WB/The CW (1996-2007) family drama, 7th Heaven.

Contents 1 A Family of Nine 1.1 Eric Camden 1.2 Annie Camden 1.3 Matt Camden 1.4 Mary Camden Rivera 1.5 Lucy Camden Kinkirk 1.6 Simon Camden 1.7 Ruthie Camden 1.8 Sam and David Camden 1.9 Kevin Kinkirk 1.10 Martin Brewer 1.11 Sarah Glass 1.12 Happy 2 Friends of the Camdens 3 Recurring/Guest Characters 4 External links

[edit] A Family of Nine

Eric and Annie Camden are a married couple. They have seven children: Dr. Matt Camden (married), Mary Camden (Mrs. Rivera, married), Lucy Camden (Mrs. Kinkirk, married), Simon Camden, Ruth Camden, Sam , and David. They are very organized and un-organized at times.

[edit] Eric Camden

Reverend Eric Camden, played by Stephen Collins, is the minister of the Glen Oak Community Church, and is close friends with Reverend Morgan Hamilton. Eric attended college for five years and graduated from Kolbel Seminary. Shortly thereafter he married and began a family with Annie Camden. He also has one sister, Julie Camden-Hastings, who ended up marrying the doctor that delivered Matt and Sam and David.

Eric has been the pastor of Glen Oak Community Church - in the fictional town of Glen Oak, California for over 25 years. Almost every episode of the series has involved him helping members of the community. Some of these people have been churchgoers, teens in trouble, and friends of the Camden children. Throughout the first six seasons Eric was the only acting minister of the church. During season seven, the church deacons hired Chandler Hampton, a young college graduate played by Jeremy London, as the new Associate Pastor in order to help facilitate church operations following Eric's double bypass surgery. The sudden move was frowned upon by Eric and he left the church for six months, making an inspirational return in April 2003 as the Celebration of Holy Matrimony from Lucy to Kevin. The congregation enjoyed his return and was happy that he had. For one year Eric and Chandler worked side by side, until Chandler left the church in the Season eight finale. Soon after, Eric and Lucy worked side by side for the rest of the show. He is the grandfather of Savannah, Charlie, Mary's twin girls, and Matt's twin boys. He is happy that he has a huge family in his life. It is the best thing that he could ever hope for.

[edit] Annie Camden

Annie Camden (née Jackson), portrayed by Catherine Hicks, has a half sister named Lily, through her father, Charles Jackson. Her mother was Jenny Jackson. During her college education, Annie studied everything from art to business and economics, and in later seasons returned to school to earn her Masters. Annie was the only daughter of her parents. Her mother, Jenny, dies early in the first season from cancer (leukemia), which strikes Annie hard. Harder yet is her father's quick bounce into a relationship with Ginger. Annie accepts Ginger slowly and Ginger and her father wed. Her father suffered from Alzheimer's. She gave birth to twins in season three. Though she has chosen to be a stay at home mother, Annie is a jill of all trades. She balances a family of nine on a minister's pay, is a plumber, builder, seamstress, cook, and much more. She also serves from time to time as the treasurer for the church. Annie is the backbone of her family. The mother of seven, she is often the one the children come to talk to, often over milk and cookies. A grandmother of six, she tries with her husband to instill strong morals in her children. Notwithstanding her upright nature as an adult mother and grandmother, several references are made in the course of the series to a wild adolescence. On one occasion, she reveals to her son, Matt, that as a teenager, she went through a phase in which she smoked marijuana with friends. But after one of her friends is killed in a car accident due to smoking, she decides never to smoke again. She has many grandbabies to look after. She loves her family with all that she is.

[edit] Matt Camden

Dr. Matt Camden, played by Barry Watson is the eldest son and child of the Camden family. When the show was introduced, Matt was oldest of five and a junior in high school, but later became the eldest of seven when the Camden twins, Sam and David, were born. Matt was seen as the family flirt, having numerous serious and casual relationships. These have included Heather, a deaf woman he dated from time to time, and Shana. He bounced from job to job, including being a delivery man for the Dairy Shack, and a tutor.

Pulling his grades up, he graduated top of his class, and was accepted for a White House internship in Washington, D.C., with First Lady Hillary Clinton. He went to college in town and, for a while, roomed with friend John Hamilton, a fellow reverend's son, his father is a long time friend of the Camden family. His uncle, Hank Hastings, helped get him a job in the cafeteria at the hospital and, during his work there, he decided to become a doctor. He later ended up working at a women's clinic where, after helping save the life of a woman with ectopic pregnancy, he began working with Hank.

He met Sarah Glass, a fellow medical student. They went out and married on their first date, Ruthie finding out when she called them at the honeymoon suite. Their marriage was kept secret and they had a large family wedding presided over by Matt's father, and Sarah's father, a Rabbi. The wedding almost didn't take place as their fathers feuded over Matt planning when he decided to convert to Judaism. The couple moved to New York to attend med school and, while there have been problems, they have remained married. At the end of the Season ten they graduated medical school and it was announced that Sarah was pregnant with twin boys.

[edit] Mary Camden Rivera

Played by actress Jessica Biel, Mary Rivera (née Camden) is the eldest daughter of Eric and Annie. By the time she was 14, Mary was an aspiring athlete with an immense love for basketball. As the months progressed, she seemed to rise in both ability and confidence (so much so that she wanted to play in the WNBA someday) until an accident that took place before the end of her freshman year in which she was hit by a car, critically injuring her knee. She spent months of recuperation afterwards and seemed to be on the right track for the most part. She had a series of different boyfriends and began dating Wilson West, a man with a child from a previous relationship, who would become a more serious person in her life. By Season 4, problems in different subjects like math caused the basketball coach to impose a lockout on her and her teammates. After a secret meeting, the team decided to enact their frustrations by vandalizing the school gym, something that got all of them caught and arrested, Mary included. Through a special program for first offenders, Mary was able to evade serious punishment by doing community service, which was where she met Robbie Palmer, the second serious boyfriend she would have after breaking up with Wilson in season two.

Mary fell into further trouble. She could not hold down a job, being fired from everywhere from the pool hall to a book store. Her parents learned that she had been caught drinking while babysitting her cousin Erica; about being pulled over by the cops; her loss of another job; and her debt. In the end Eric and Annie decided it was best she go to New York because they couldn't give her the attention she needed. She lived with her grandparents, the Colonel and Grandma Ruth, worked at a homeless shelter in the fall, and started college in the winter. She left home angry at her entire family, whom she saw as betraying her and refusing to speak to her father. In time, she calmed down and returned home to her father's birthday party.

She became involved again with Wilson who was going to school in New York but decided to train as a firefighter. She started training as a firefighter with Ben Kinkirk and she kissed him, which Wilson walked in on and they broke up. She returned home to California for a time, but on a trip to New York with Lucy she revealed she was moving back, and training to be a flight attendant. She began dating Ben again though this did not last. She moved to Florida for a time, where she dated a much older pilot but she eventually was reintroduced to Carlos Rivera. Carlos and Mary were married shortly after Lucy wed and revealed her pregnancy and the marriage to her family at the same time. Her parents visited at the birth of her son, Charles Miguel (Charlie), named in honor of her and Carlos' late grandfathers. They eventually divorced and Carlos took Charlie back to Puerto Rico when Mary gave her son up. It was announced by Carlos when he attended Simon's marriage that the two were back together and that Mary was expecting twin girls. Though Mary was not at Simon's wedding (though she made an appearance in one of Eric's dream sequences of a possible outcome for the wedding, with Mary convincing Simon to not go through with it) she was able to still see her family the next day as she finally graduated college the same day as Matt and Sarah. During the following summer, Mary gave birth to twin daughters.

[edit] Lucy Camden Kinkirk

Reverend Lucy Kinkirk (née Camden) portrayed by Beverley Mitchell, is the third Camden child, second daughter and was the middle child before Sam and David Camden were born. Lucy is known for the many boyfriends she had in the earlier seasons, as well as being overly emotional. Her first boyfriend was Jimmy Moone. She has one "normal" relationship with him but they broke up. Later Jimmy was shown when he had some problems with drugs and finally the last time Jimmy was shown was when Lucy had case as juror in the 7th season but nobody told what it was about. She has lots of friends: Nicole the girl who cut herself, Ashley the hocer etc. She once was engaged to Jeremy but eventually they broke it off. She had a very good relationship with her friend Mike, who was placed in a mental hospital and was otherwise ostracized. Although Mike liked Lucy, it never quite worked out, and later on he fell in love with Elena. Lucy followed in her father's footsteps and became a minister because of her strong religious devotion. She eventually married Kevin Kinkirk and had a child (Savannah) with him, however they did not move out of the apartment above the garage in the Camdens' house until well after Savannah was born. She also was pregnant with twin boys, which she later lost in a miscarriage that deeply upset her emotional state, though she eventually recovered. She was a working mother (working as an Associate Pastor), while her husband Kevin was a stay-at-home dad. However, the stay-at-home dad gig was subject to change when Kevin was offered a job back as a police sheriff in Inked. Later on, Lucy helped Sandy with her pregnancy and they soon became best friends. In the season ten finale, Lucy and Kevin announced that they were having twin boys, but she had a miscarriage over the summer. In the 11th season, Lucy continued on with her life as a minister, friend, mother, and wife. She was offered another position in a diefferent town as a mininster. In the Series Finale, she announced that she was pregnant again.

[edit] Simon Camden

Simon Camden portrayed by David Gallagher is the fourth child and second son. In the early part of his childhood, he was known to his siblings as "The Bank of Simon" because he always seemed to have money. He used to also be very fascinated with The Tick. He always wanted to make magic until he got older. He was the one who had originally wanted to get the family dog, Happy; however, in a later episode, a child saw Happy on TV and wanted her back. At the resolution of that show, the Camdens still got to keep her.

It was a rough transition for Simon into high school, though his older sister Lucy helped him meet new people. At the beginning of the summer before his senior year, Simon killed Paul Smith, a young boy, in a car accident. The death was ruled accidental and Simon was not brought up on criminal charges, but he couldn't escape the pain and blame he inflicted on himself for Paul's death. Fearing that Paul's brother would retaliate, Simon graduated school early and started college.

Simon had three serious girlfriends over the course of the show, Deena, Cecilia, and Rose. He did not sleep with Rose initially because he had given a vow of abstinence until marriage. Once they got engaged, Rose did mention how happy she was to be having sex in a committed relationship. While in college, he broke the family tradition of not having sex before marriage. After a scare involving Georgia being pregnant (it was later revealed that she only made the claim so Simon would stay with her) he met Rose. Rose loved Simon very much, though Simon was unsure whether or not he loved her the same. They got engaged and planned a wedding. After a long engagement, they decided to not get married during the wedding because neither was ready for marriage yet and Rose still had feelings for an ex-boyfriend. In the series finale Ruthie mentions to Rev. Camden that Simon has something to tell them, which might have indicated that he had eloped, possibly with Cecilia. He soon changed his major in college and graduated.

[edit] Ruthie Camden

Ruth "Ruthie" Camden portrayed by Mackenzie Rosman, is the youngest and third daughter Camden child, named after her Grandma Ruth. During her youth she was portrayed as the family sneak. Ruthie ages quickly over 7th Heaven's run, so that she starts elementary school, presumably at the age of five or six, near the end of the first season. She once was attending private school in season 5 and at the beginning of season 6. However she moved back to public school because she found out the private school wouldn't let her friend Yasmeen transfer there. But by the end of the tenth season she is as old as the actress that plays her and is currently 17 years old. However, Ruthie has always been portrayed as mature for her age.

During her freshman year of high school she started developing feelings for the Camdens' house guest, Martin Brewer. She went so far as to tell him that she loved him, but quickly covered by saying as a brother. During her sophomore year of high school, she started dating older boys, hoping that it would eventually lead her to a relationship with Martin. Unfortunately Martin went against his beliefs during the previous summer and slept with a girl named Sandy at Simon's college. Ruthie was crushed when she learned that Martin was expecting a child with Sandy, the girl whom he met and slept with only once. She tried to be his friend and support him, while he was being emotionally unresponsive to the baby's mother, and was present when Aaron was born along with Martin and her immediate family. Upon Aaron's birth, Martin left Glen Oak for college and now lives near his son. This left Ruthie heartbroken, though by the end of Season eleven, Martin finally admitted to Ruthie that he loved her but at this point Ruthie was involved with T-Bone. In the final season it was revealed that she could graduate high school a year early.

[edit] Sam and David Camden

Samuel and David Camden (born February 14, 1999) are fraternal twin boys on the television series 7th Heaven. They were originally played by all four Brino quadruplets, but once the quads started aging and showing differences between them, Sam and David have been played by Lorenzo and Nikolas (since Season six), respectively. Born during the 14th episode the Season three episode In Praise of Women (the episode that holds The WB's most watched hour), they are currently being home schooled by their parents.

[edit] Kevin Kinkirk

(former) Officer Kevin Kinkirk played by George Stults was first introduced as a police officer in a New York airport, and soon revealed to be Ben's older brother. Kevin and Lucy set up a date as soon as they met, and like each other so much they decide to pursue a long distance relationship. Kevin eventually transfers to the Glen Oak police force, and moves in with the Camdens. Kevin and Lucy eventually get engaged and marry each other, living together in the apartment over the garage and then moving into the house directly behind the Camdens at the end of Season nine.

Kevin has a daughter with Lucy named Savannah (named after Savannah, Georgia, where Lucy and Kevin's honeymoon took place). At the beginning of Season ten, Kevin gets shot at and decides to be a stay at home dad. He convinces Lucy to adopt a Great Dane named Sampson, but Lucy also makes the decision to adopt a tiny Yorkshire terrier named Delilah. It was revealed at the end of the 10th season that Kevin and Lucy were expecting twin boys, however Lucy had a miscarriage over the summer. In the Series Finale, Lucy told him that she was pregnant again.

[edit] Martin Brewer

Martin Brewer portrayed by Tyler Hoechlin, is the only son of the Marine, Beau Brewer. His mother died when he was young and, until he was 16, he lived with his Aunt Betsy. During his sophomore year in high school the Brewers moved to Glen Oak. Martin literally walked into the Camdens' life by chance. He followed Ruthie and her then boyfriend Peter to the Camden house and everyone assumed that he was a friend of Simon's, except Simon who thought he was there to see his dad. While Martin's aunt, an aspiring fashion designer, wanted the two of them to move to New York, Eric managed to convince her to let Martin stay with them so as not to uproot him again.

Martin's favorite sport is baseball and has been scouted by both colleges and professional baseball teams. One team even offered him a contract during his sophomore year in high school (which he eventually turned down to complete his education). Martin lived with the Camdens for two years before his father's tour in Iraq finally ended and he returned home. Prior to his senior year in high school, while visiting Simon Camden, Martin met and (against his personal beliefs) slept with a girl named Sandy Jameson. The event resulted in Sandy getting pregnant. Martin graduated a year early and with the assistance of Eric and his high school baseball coach started college. He now lives near Sandy and his son. While Martin was not in the Season 10 finale, Sandy makes an appearance after the failed wedding of Simon and Rose. The episode ends with Sandy telling Simon she needs to speak with him. Much speculation surrounded this, that it was in fact Simon's baby. Ruthie falls in love with Martin in the meantime, when Martin loves Sandy. Finally, near the end of the 11th season, Martin declares his love for Ruthie, but Ruthie chooses T-Bone.

[edit] Sarah Glass

Dr. Sarah Glass, portrayed by Sarah Danielle Madison, is the only child of Richard and Rosina Glass and the wife of Matt Camden, oldest son of Eric and Annie. She first appears in the Season six episode I Really Do as one of Matt's co-workers in the free women's clinic where both Matt and Hank work. In that episode Matt is determined to find the woman he's going to marry as soon as possible. He has a date with some girl he does not know, but since he is called in to go to work instead at the last minute, he ends up talking to Sarah all night. The recurring character of Doc, played by Ron Zimmerman (who wrote four Season one episodes), persuades Matt to marry Sarah instead.

Matt asks her out for coffee and they grow quite close. Sarah is an only child with a Rabbi for a father - thus her Jewish faith is very important to her. Sarah reveals that she is independently wealthy, unlike Matt, along with many other "intimate" details. The next night, they go out for dinner after introducing the other to their parents. They marry that night, but when they try to tell Sarah's parents they end up only admitting they "got engaged". Ruthie is the only person other than Matt and Sarah to find out about the marriage (and keeps it a secret until the Season ten episode Secrets). The Camdens have dinner at the Glass house, in an attempt by Matt and Sarah to bring the families closer. After both fathers do all they can to stop it, Matt and Sarah marry for the second time.

Matt and Sarah attend medical school at Columbia University in New York City, although they return (sometimes together, sometime separately) to Glen Oak every so often. Their marriage has some shaky patches, and Matt getting re-acquainted with his ex-girlfriend Heather does not help matters. Sarah keeps her maiden name for the hospital, and at first Matt and Sarah do not reveal to the others at the hospital that they are married. It is revealed in the Season ten finale that Sarah is pregnant with twin boys. She and Matt graduate medical school on the same day the finale took place on.

[edit] Happy

Happy the Dog in the pilot episode, Anything You Want, Simon begged his parents for a dog, so Annie picked her up from the pound and saved her from being put to sleep. Matt suspected she was pregnant and ready to have puppies, and Simon told his parents in the following episode after Happy chewed on all of Eric's shoes. She was hit by a car in Happy's Valentine, but recovered quickly. Happy was mainly Simon's dog, especially when Simon was young.

[edit] Friends of the Camdens

• Rose Taylor (Sarah Thompson) - was introduced in the Season nine finale Mi Familia Part 1 in 2005 as Simon's current girlfriend. The two were not necessarily serious but she seemed eager to engage and marry, pressuring Simon into proposing. When at first he refused she took it as disinterest in her and backed away, provoking him to commit to marrying her. By Season 10 they were engaged and she was making wedding plans. The initial plan was for the two to engage at the end of their current school year and wed at the end of the following year, but she pressured him into moving the engagement date forward. During Rose's time on the show, she became a very disliked person by all except for Sandy Jameson, who was her one friend there. Rose was known for being selfish, rude, inconsiderate, and thoughtless, rubbing Eric and Annie the wrong way more than anyone.

By 2006, Simon and Rose changed plans to marry in May, something they both wanted to be ready for but still held insecurities and doubts. Annie, however, had decided that they could not marry, and when an ex-boyfriend of Rose's surfaced in March, she saw an opportunity. Though most had come to accept Simon dating Rose, no one knew her at all, and it was this boyfriend who convinced Rose that she was not being a good person. In the April 2006 episode Invitation to Disaster, she had a sit-down confession with Annie, explaining that she had been unaware of how she was acting and that her relationship with her parents and never really being disciplined or close to them at all was part of the reason. This provoked Annie to see her in a different light, and while she and Annie took on a mother/daughter relationship, no one else was crazy about them marrying. It was her ex-boyfriend Umberto who made her realize she was not ready to marry and that he still had feelings for her. So although they had gotten to the wedding day, they ended up parting ways amicably. It is unknown whether they still keep in touch.

• Robbie Palmer (Adam LaVorgna) - Mary's and then later Lucy's boyfriend. He resided in the Camdens' residence for a while when he became homeless. He first came into the show when he met Mary through Community Service, when they were both sentenced to clean up trash. He left the show under dubious circumstances.

• Shana Sullivan - (Maureen Flannigan) is one of Matt's major girlfriends, who eventually decides to go to NYU. The resulting long-distance relationship between Matt and Shana fails.

• Cecilia Smith (Ashlee Simpson) - Simon's girlfriend who later dates Martin. She later dumps Martin because he loved her but she was not sure she felt just as strongly. Another reason which is not very clearly shown might be that she thought Simon was returning-whereas he only came for vacations-and they might get back together (because it would no longer be a long-distance relationship). When Simon came home at the end of Season 8, it was vaguely revealed that their relationship did not work out because over the summer Cecilia went away to college, and it was only when Simon began dating and having sex with Georgia in Season 9 that it was revealed that they had broken up. However, fans have believed that Simon's wife is actually Cecilia.

• Peter Petrowski (Scotty Leavenworth) - a neighbor to the Camdens and Ruthie's friend (and later her on again and off again boyfriend), Peter is the son of Vick and Paris.

• Dr. Chandler Hampton (Jeremy London) - the Associate Pastor of the Glen Oak Community Church in Seasons seven and eight. He dates Roxanne and Paris, but eventually adopts a child and the two of them move away, leaving a vacant position as associate pastor for Lucy to take over starting in season 10.

• Roxanne Richardson (Rachel Blanchard) - Kevin's partner, the object of much of Lucy's jealousy but later become close friends with Lucy and they set up girls nights out where Lucy tells Roxanne what's going on in her life with her husband. She was an old crush of Robbie, and Chandler's girlfriend. Later on, Roxanne reveals that she will be going to Iraq.

• Ben Kinkirk (Geoff Stults) - introduced as Mary's fellow firefighter trainee in Buffalo in the Season six episode Relationships Ben becomes interested in Mary while she is pondering Wilson's marriage proposal. They shared a kiss in the first episode he appears, and this kiss seriously complicates matters for Mary. Geoff Stults guest starred as Ben in seven episodes of Season six. Thirteen episodes after Ben is introduced to the series, Ben's older brother Kevin, played by Geoff Stults' real-life older brother George Stults, is introduced as a police officer. Geoff goes on to star starting with Season seven. Ben attends Kevin and Lucy's wedding in the episode We Do and does not appear again until the Season nine episodes, Fathers and Honor Thy Mother. The last episode he appeared in was in Season eleven's Pain in the Neck.

• Sandy Jameson (Haylie Duff) - Sandy was introduced in the Season ten premiere of 7th Heaven as Simon's fiancée Rose's best friend, who Martin had lost his virginity to the previous summer and in the season opener Sandy reveals she might be pregnant. She turns out to be pregnant, and gives birth to a baby boy she named Aaron (after Martin's grandfather and also quite possibly producer Aaron Spelling). In the Season ten finale, she had to speak with Simon, possibly about the baby's paternity.

[edit] Recurring/Guest Characters

• Jeff (Ryan Bittle) - Jeff first appeared in the pilot episode, Anything You Want. He is Matt's best friend since age six and Mary's crush since age ten. While jogging with Lucy, Mary runs into him and Jeff asks her if she wants help with her foul shot. He later goes over to the Camden house and shoots baskets with Mary, while Matt spies on him. In the episode, In the Blink of an Eye, Jeff asks Mary to go to a party with him, which Mary was not allow to, then he asked her to go to an R-rated movie in which Mary knew she was not allowed to go to. In No Funerals and a Wedding Jeff attended the memorial service at the Camdens where he wanted to talk to Mary. Later, Lucy told him that she was sorry they broke up, even though Mary had not dumped him.

• Gladys Bink (Eileen Brennan) - Mrs. Bink first appeared in the pilot episode, Anything You Want where Eric paid her to pretend she lost a lung, breathing on an oxygen tank, and trying to still smoke cigarettes. This trick made Matt quit smoking. Later, she appeared in With a Little Help from My Friends where Matt helped her with a few things around the house. However, when Matt did not want his parents to know he did not help Mrs. Bink with getting her money on a high shelf. As a result, Mrs. Bink took a hard fall and ended up in the hospital. Later, Matt and Eric visited her. In Dangerous Liaisons, Part 2 she visited Mary at the hospital and persuaded Annie's father to solve the problem by using her "ways". (i.e. lying) She has been a member of the Glen Oak Community Church for many years, and has a reputation of being an excellent fund raiser. She was diagnosed with cancer at the end of the 7th season. Chandler moved into her guest house, where he helped her with certain things. Chandler was the minister who married Gladys and Fred, who would be her third husband. Fred's mother however, did not approve of the marriage. She even confronted Eric with this. She is the longest recurring character on the show.

• Odile Hinkle (Peg Phillips) - Mrs. Hinkle is a neighbor and best friend on Mrs. Bink. In "We The People", Mrs. Hinkle provides a rest stop for erstwhile newspaper delivery kids Simon and Ruthie, then literally rides to their rescue. In "Says Who?", Mrs. Hinkle disappears from her house to a seniors' residence without informing close friends. Rev. Camden and Mrs. Bink covertly investigate her disappearance.

• Jenny Jackson (Alice Hirson) - Annie's mother. She was introduced in the pilot episode, Anything You Want when she came to Glen Oak to tell Annie that she had Leukemia. In the episode, In the Blink of an Eye, after spending her final days living life to its fullest, (i.e. shopping for the family, drinking wine, flying first class, not watching her cholesterol) she passes away while staying with the Camdens. She tells Annie goodbye and disappears in her room. Her post-funeral and memorial occurred in No Funerals and a Wedding. She resided in Phoenix, Arizona.

• Charles Jackson (Graham Jarvis) - Annie's father, who was introduced in the pilot episode, Anything You Want. In the episode, In the Blink of an Eye, he almost tells Simon that his moon rocks aren't real, and then receives them later and declares that he is lucky to have them. He quickly took off after Jenny's funeral in No Funerals and a Wedding because he did not want to fall apart. He ended up turning back from the airport and sat at the cemetery for a few hours before finally returning to the Camdens' house to apologize to Annie. He later appeared in Dangerous Liaisons, Part 1 where he introduced his new girlfriend, Ginger, to the Camdens. This angered Annie, but the problem was solved in Dangerous Liaisons, Part 2. He died of Alzheimers disease in a later season. He resided in Phoenix, Arizona.

• Renee Nicholson (Ashlee Levitch) - introduced in the episode, Family Secrets. Matt met her at the library two weeks prior to the episode, and befriender her. She is expecting a daughter with Lou. When Matt when over to her house to talk to her, he fell asleep on her couch and did not get back until 5:15 am where he was then grounded for three weeks. She later joined the Glen Oak Community Church choir and sang a solo on Sunday. She went into labor in No Funerals and a Wedding.

• Jimmy Moon (Matthew Linville) - introduced in the episode, Family Secrets. Jimmy Moon is Lucy's first boyfriend, and first true love ("true loser" to Simon). In the episode, In the Blink of an Eye, he and Lucy go on their first date by watching a French film in the Camdens' living room. However, Eric messes this up by playing country songs. In See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, he wanted to break up with Lucy because of a school class president election. He later withdrew followed by Lucy because they wanted to stay together. In Happy's Valentine, he took Lucy, Simon, Nigel, Ruthie, and Lynn to the movies. He and Lucy saw a separate movie (a French film) for their first Valentine's together. His grades in science started to drop, and so Lucy told Mary to tutor him in Faith, Hope and the Bottom Line. Lucy regretted this, because she thought that Mary was going to steal her boyfriend. The issue is resolved at the end of the episode. In It's About George... he meets The Colonel and Grandma Ruth Camden, who he declares to be the scariest people he ever met. He breaks up with Lucy in Dangerous Liaisons, Part 1 after she changed her hair color.

The next year, Lucy got jealous of anyone with Jimmy Moon. She finally got to decide between her old boyfriend and her new one. She didn't get either of them.

He later gets caught up in marijuana, and eventually is the defendant in a crime that Lucy was assigned to have jury duty on.

• Reverend Morgan Hamilton (Dorian Harewood) - a minister at Trinity Church. He first appeared in No Funerals and a Wedding where he attended Jenny Jackson's funeral. Reverend Morgan Hamilton is Eric's friend. In The Color of God his church was burnt to the ground by racists and they were invited to stay at the Camdens. He spoke at Eric's church where his entire congregation attended the week after the church was burnt. He felt sad and angry, but was relieved when the Glen Oak Community Church gave him a fund to rebuild his church. He later appeared in America's Most Wanted where he rounded up all of the athletes who stole items from the Varsity Cafe and brought them to the courthouse. This caused the manager of the restaurant to drop the charges. He later appeared in Happy's Valentine where he went camping with his wife, Eric, and Annie. He and Eric secretly called Sgt. Michaels to check the house and make sure everything is okay.

• Patricia Hamilton (Olivia Brown) - first appeared in No Funerals and a Wedding where she attended Jenny Jackson's funeral. Patricia is Morgan's wife, and she is in her second marriage. When her church was burnt down she felt scared until she found out that the church would have a new security system with volunteer cops. They had some marital problems during one of the last seasons but it was quickly solved. She later talked with Annie in See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil about the car-jacking. She later appeared in Happy's Valentine where she went camping with her husband, Eric, and Annie. During the camping trip, her ex-husband called like usual, which drove Morgan crazy.

• John Hamilton (Chaz Lamar Shepherd) - the oldest of Morgan and Patricia Hamilton's children who first appeared in The Color of God. When his father's church was burned down, he stayed in Matt's room. At first, the two were not real fond of each other, but this later changed. He later appeared in America's Most Wanted where he eye-witnessed Mary steal a glass from a restaurant as part of a team ritual. He appeared in Happy's Valentine where he brought a date to the Camdens' while his parents and Eric and Annie were out of town. He joined the wild party that Mary and Keesha's friends were throwing. He later becomes Matt's roommate. Chaz Lamar Shepherd stars as John in the 1999-2000 season.

• Keesha Hamilton (Gabrielle Union) - the second oldest Hamilton child. She first appeared in The Color of God where she stayed in Lucy and Mary's room after her father's church was burnt down. She later appeared in America's Most Wanted where she eye-witnessed Mary steal a glass from a restaurant as part of a team ritual. She then appeared in Happy's Valentine where she attended a party that she was partial responsible for. She is a friend of Mary and Lucy's in a few episodes.

• Nigel Hamilton (David Netter) - the third Hamilton child. He is a friend of Simon who first appeared in The Color of God. He had a racial comment said to him, in which Simon responded with violence, result in a suspension. He later appeared in What Will People Say? where he witnesses Simon's embarrassing moment where his "love letter" was intercepted by a bully. He then appeared in Happy's Valentine where he went to a movie with Simon, Ruthie, Lynn, Lucy, and Jimmy. He and Simon got in trouble for throwing popcorn.

• Lynn Hamilton (Camille Winbush) - the youngest of the Hamiltons and is Ruthie's friend who first appeared in The Color of God. In Happy's Valentine, she attended a movie with Simon, Nigel, Ruthie, Lucy, and Jimmy. She and Ruthie fell asleep while the movie was going on.

• Chief of Police Michaels (Christopher Michael) - first appeared in Saturday as a Sergeant where he found that Simon, Ruthie, and Happy were lost. He took them home, but discovered that no one was there. So, he took them to Mary's basketball game where he met with Eric. He later appeared in See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil where he investigated the Camdens' car-jacking. In Happy's Valentine, Eric and Morgon called him from a camping trip to check out the kids at the house. He caught his son with beer and sent him home there by ending the wild party. He then notified Matt that Happy was hit by a car, and he took her to Abbott Animal Hospital. He was later promoted to Detective then to Captain. In Faith, Hope and the Bottom Line, he and Officer McGuire rushed over to the Camdens' after Ruthie called "911" because Simon was hiding in his room. He told Ruthie not to called that number unless it was an emergency. He was promoted to Police Chief of Glen Oak near the end of Season 11.

• Corey Conway (Alicia Leigh Willis) - first appeared in Saturday as Mary's basketball teammate. She passed to Mary who eventually won the game after being commended by Annie. Mary and Corey were good friends until she began to date Wilson, Mary's long time flame. Corey had a daughter at 14. Wilson and Corey are married as we hear from Wilson in the Season nine episode Fathers.

• Julie Camden-Hastings (Deborah Raffin) - Eric's younger sister who first appeared in The Last Call for Aunt Julie. In that episode, she flew in from New York City to stay with the Camdens' for Thanksgiving. She drank liquor while there and eventually got to the point where, while Simon was playing "Batman" he took the keys and said that he was to return them to Gotham City and Julie wrestled with him and swore in his face. This upset Annie and later the rest of the family. Eric kept her in a room in the Camdens' house to help her recover for the first few days. She even tried to get Matt to bring her a beer, which resulted in hatred. She later got into a rehab center and recovered. In a later seasons, she married a doctor and had a daughter named Erica and a son. She is released from rehab in the episode It's About George... where she almost had a drink because she felt she needed it, when Matt told her that she needed her father. She strengthened her relationship with her father afterward.

• John "The Colonel" Camden (Peter Graves) - Eric's father, who used to be in the Marines. He was a Colonel in the Korean War and was evacuated for an unknown explanation in 1953. He met Ruth the same year and they were expecting Eric and had to get married. He first appeared in Seven Is Enough where he and Ruth went on their annual visit to the Camdens, where they always bring candy that their grandkids dislike. During their visit, they go to a hardware store with Annie, Mary, and Lucy. The cashier, Emma, has rings that are a replica of Annie's stolen ones. She suspected this but then excused this thought. The Colonel visits Eric at the church and was forced to put a cigar away because of a church rule. He suspected someone was in the room, and sure enough, a homeless orphan named George was hiding there. The Colonel and Ruth adopted him after Eric let them. He later appears in It's About George... where George's father wants his son back. He did not want this to happen, so he was willing to sue. Eric later creates a compromise and he accepts. He also met Jimmy Moon in this episode, where he and Ruth scared him, but later apologized. He thought that Julie hated him and that he lost all of his children. Julie later confronts him and tells him that she loves him. He and Grandma Ruth buy Eric an RV In the season 11 finale though he is not actually seen on screen.

• "Grandma Ruth" Camden (Barbara Rush) - Eric's mother. She first appeared in Seven Is Enough on an annual trip to the Camdens. She gave Lucy the first letter that The Colonel gave to her and both Mary and Lucy read it. She and The Colonel later adopted George at the end of the episode. In It's About George... she hears that George's father wants him back, and gets upset. She blamed Julie for this, but then apologized. She also met Jimmy Moon in this episode, where she and The Colonel scared him, but later apologized.

• George Grayson (Camden) (Sam Saletta) - A homeless orphan who went from one foster home to the next until he was found in Eric's office. At first, Eric and Annie wanted to adopt him, but The Colonel and Ruth became his adopted parents, thereby becoming Eric's brother. In It's About George... he meets his real father. He gets upset and would rather live at the orphanage. His dad later moves in with him, at The Colonel and Ruth's in Buffalo. In Tit for Tat, it is revealed that he is a private in the army and went to Iraq. It was also revealed that he married Jane, who ironically had stayed at the Camdens.

• Lou Dalton (Alan Fudge) - works for Glen Oak Community Church. He first appeared in Faith, Hope and the Bottom Line where he did not like the fact that Eric was going to hire an ex-convict to work as the new organ player (since Mrs. Hinkles retired). He later said that he would wait and see what happens, there by giving the organ player a chance. He resigned as head of the deacons and moved away from Glen Oak in the eleventh season.

• Will Grayson (William Katt) - appeared in It's About George... He was a detective in 1986, who testified in a court which resulted him into leaving the country. He had a son whom his wife had after dying while in labor. He put his child up for adoption and left the country. Ten years later, he returns to the U.S. and confronts Eric. It is revealed that he is George's father. He later meets George and is offered a home with The Colonel and Ruth Camden. He gives Julie a ride back to Buffalo, New York.

• Ginger (Beverly Garland) - Charles Jackson's girlfriend, whom he met three months after Jenny's death. She first appeared in Dangerous Liaisons, Part 1 where she was introduced to the Camden family. However, Annie said she hated her. She makes peace with Annie in Dangerous Liaisons, Part 2.

• Heather Cain (Andrea Ferrell) - a deaf girl whom Matt saw at the airport in Dangerous Liaisons, Part 1. Matt wanted change for a dollar but did not get it. He went over to her house and met her and her mother, Donna Cain (Meg Wittner). They went on their first date the following night, but when Heather was made fun of, she ran out of the party. In Dangerous Liaisons, Part 2, Eric "lures" Matt to a cafe where deaf people work and eat. Matt meets Heather there and they eventually apologize and say they want to get to know each other.

• Wilson West (Andrew Keegan) - first appeared in Dangerous Liaisons, Part 1. He met Mary at the park and asked her out. At first, Eric tried to do anything he could to prevent their date, but he later found out that he knows his father. Wilson took Mary to Eddie's Pool Hall where they played pinball and pool. Michael Towner and a couple of his friends harassed him, which ended his date with Mary. He came to church the following Sunday where he apologized to Mary. He has a son called Billy, whose mother died before Mary met them both. Dangerous Liaisons, Part 2, Mary's parents find out about Wilson being a father. Mary dated Wilson a few times, including when she was sent to Buffalo, to live with her grandparents but they broke up when Wilson caught her kissing Ben.

• Carlos Rivera (Carlos Ponce) - Carlos becomes Mary's husband in Season eight after a guest appearance five seasons earlier in the episode Here Comes Santa Claus. While Jessica Biel was absent from the show, her character of Mary continued with the help of Carlos - Mary and Carlos even had a son, Charles Miguel "Charlie", without Mary ever appearing. Although Mary filed for divorce from Carlos and even signed away custody of her son in the two part Season nine finale, by the Season ten finale they were back together and expecting twin girls and Mary was graduating college. In the beginning of Season eleven, it's mentioned that Mary gave birth to her twins over the summer and was teaching at a high school and coaching a girls high school basketball team in New York, where she and Carlos live with their three children.

• Deena Stewart (Nicole Cherié) - Simon's ex-girlfriend.

• Cheryl (Barret Swatek) - is Robbie's ex-girlfriend, whom he almost married. Cheryl also dated Matt for a short while.

• Andrew Nayloss (Will Estes) - Andrew was the boy that Lucy did not like at first but then he moved away and had a child and Lucy was heartbroken.

• Meredith Davis (Megan Henning) - Martin's ex-girlfriend she broke up with him after he told her about Sandy and the baby. Meredith, her siblings were taken in by Cecilia's parents. Cecilia was both Simon's and Martin's ex-girlfriend.

• Beau Brewer (Costas Mandylor) - Martin Brewer's father, served in Iraq. When he came home for three days, he did not speak to Martin until the last day. During those days, he manages to "convince" Roxanne's perspective of the war. He has a hard time talking to Martin before he leaves, because it may be his last conversation. Beau came home in the Season 9 finale after two tours with Irag and in the Season 10 premiere it's mentioned that he started up a landscaping business.

• Mike Pierce (Jeremy Lelliott) - Lucy's ex-boyfriend who tried to commit suicide and as a result, his mother became severely depressed and despondent until he helped talk her out of it with Lucy's help.

• Pete (James Keane) - Johnney's uncle; the owner of Pete's Pizza.

• Frankie (Chyler Leigh) - Mary's friend who got in trouble for drinking, has a daughter named Mercy, has a husband named Johnny, skipped college and eventually left town without her family.

• Johnny (Nathan West) - Frankie's husband; Pete's nephew, who ended up being a single parent.

• Johnny - Another Johnny went to Simon's school. He was previously in a relationship with Deena, who was at the time Simon's new girlfriend. He broke up with a girl he was out with and this upset Deena. She told Simon on the phone he was going to go after him, and when Johnny confronted Simon and told him to stay out of his and Deena's conversation, he told him he would take Simon out of it, then indicating Simon that he was going to shoot him by making a hand gesture, and making a click sound like a real gun. Simon got upset and told Eric, and Eric and Michaels investigated Johnny's family, in which they have evidence that Johnny is capable of killing Simon (abused animals, throwing a brick at a police car, breaking into a construction site, and a locker that shows signs of being a shooter in general). Johnny's father refused to believe this and made Johnny leave the school, which afterwards, Johnny would shoot Eric inside the church, but survives. Johnny is caught and sentence to prison until he is 25 years old.

• Mick - Another kid who knew Simon, and had problems almost similar to Johnny. However, he wasn't always with Simon at school. He had recently moved ten times, and had to move because of the abuse that was given to him by the people at his school, including the school he is at now with Simon. He is picked on one day, by a couple of kids. Simon, who has already had this experience with Johnny and doesn't want to risk being shot at again, tells the kids to leave Mick alone, even saying he doesn't want him bringing a gun to school for people like them. That night, Mick calls Simon and tells him he wants to shoot them, but promises he won't kill Simon. Simon, who is worried, calls Detective Michaels about it, and he looks into Mick's home, finding no evidence. The next day, they are both being picked on by the same kids, but this time, Mick doesn't stay down, and stares at them. Simon, who still doesn't want Eric to be involved in this case due to what happened the last time with Johnny, tells him anyways. Mick is arrested before using the gun, which he had put in his locker.

• Mercy - Frankie and Johnny's daughter.

• Savannah Kinkirk (Alyssa & Hannah Yadrick) - Born in the Season 9 Paper or Plastic?, Savannah is Kevin and Lucy 's oldest child. She is named after Savannah, Georgia, where Kevin and Lucy went on their honeymoon and Savannah was born in an elevator with Matt and Kevin helping with the delivery.

• Betsy Brewer (Keri Lynn Pratt) - Martin's aunt with whom he was staying in Glen Oak while his dad was off fighting for their country.

• Charles Miguel "Charlie" Rivera - Mary and Carlos's baby boy named after Carlos' & Mary's grandfathers who've both passed away.

• George Smith (Brad Maule) - Cecilia's father. He never married his wife, and never told Cecilia this fact. After twenty years, Eric married them in his office. He and his wife eventually become Foster Parents to the Davis children.

• Paris Petrowski (Shannon Kenny) - Peter Petrowski's mother. Paris dated once Ben Kinkirk, Lucy's brother-in-law. Later she goes out with Chandler and it seems they will stay together, until her ex-husband appears. She decides to give him another chance and they move away. Later on it is told that she is pregnant and she and her ex were married again.

• George "Vick" Vickery (Bryan Callen) - Peter's father, who is a recovering alcoholic. He works as a college art teacher.

• Rabbi Richard Glass (Richard Lewis) - Sarah's father. He did not approve of Matt at first because he was not Jewish.

• Rosina Glass (Laraine Newman) - Sarah's mother. Unlike her husband Rosina liked Matt and helped Sarah plan her wedding to Matt.

• Dr. Hank Hastings (Ed Begley Jr.) - Julie's husband. He was Annie's doctor when she was pregnant with Matt which almost ended in fatal results.

• Mac (Kyle Searles)) - Martin's best friend. He was dating Pam when he first appeared in the series. He rented an apartment with Jane and Margaret in Season eleven. He is dating Margaret.

• Georgia Huffington (Rheagan Wallace) -Simon's ex-girlfriend who shared an intimate relationship with him. The relationship ended because Georgia lied about being pregnant.

• Vincent (Thomas Dekker) - Ruthie's first date and the person she had her first kiss with. He broke up with her, twice.

• Aaron - The son of Martin Brewer and Sandy Jameson.

• Umberto (Fidel Gomez) - Rose's ex-boyfriend whom almost married Rose. He kept on trying to get Rose back while she was preparing to marry Simon.

• Daniel (Aaron Staton) - Sandy's friend at school, who was introduced in Turn, Turn, Turn. He later tells Sandy that he is in love with her, and wants to be her boyfriend. This upsets Sandy, and so she calls Eric for advice. He is mentioned in You Take the High Road, where Sandy desperately tries to break up with him by getting advice from Lucy.

• Theodore "T-Bone" Jr. (Colton James) - A sixteen year old who works as the ticket vendor at the movie theater in the promenade. He was introduced in And Tonight's Specials Are... when he had pizza with Lucy, which upset Kevin. Two months prior to his stay at the Camdens, T-Bone breaks into Glen Oak Community Church to sleep and use the bathroom, since his father is dead, and his mother ran away. Upon staying at the Camdens, T-Bone told Eric that he vaguely knows about what is going on with his health. In You Take the High Road he stays at Kevin and Lucy's while Eric and Annie are on a trip to seen Ruthie in Scotland. In Thanks and Giving, he and Jane insisted that a salesman donate a bed for Eric and Annie. They both liked it, not knowing it was donated. In You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til He's Gone he reveals that he likes Ruthie and kisses her. Eric and Annie are glad that Ruthie has found a possible boyfriend, of whom they approve of. In Can I Just Get Something to Eat he works with Ruthie on a research project about Darfur. In Deacon Blues, he and Ruthie discuss the topic of having sex. Kevin threatens him not to do it, and when Annie finds out, they are stopped. In Tit for Tat Ruthie convinces him to get tattoos. He did, but only a small one on his ankle. He warned Ruthie that he has a fear of sharp objects.

• Ms. Margo (Rachel Boston) - Sam and David's teacher who first appeared in A Pain in the Neck. She felt attracted to Eric, forcing Sam and David to tell her that Eric is their grandfather. This was soon resolved, and Ms. Margo then asked to go out for dinner with Eric and the twins. Eric resisted her advances, and ended up taking Sam and David out of the school and home schooling them. Ben tried hitting on her that same day. Later, she popped up at the Camdens' door, much to the annoyance of Eric.

• Stanley Sunday (Keith David) - A homeless man seen in the promenade. He was first seen at the hospital, where he went in for testing. Lucy was suppose to visit him, but she could not make it, and Eric went in her place. Stanley ended up convincing Eric to give him his coat, although Eric was hesitant. He appeared in the next episode where Kevin went to him to get some information about what Eric did at the hospital. Stanley convinced Kevin to give up his shoes and pants. In You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til He's Gone Stanley encounters Eric just as he is leaving to go home and asked him if he asked God to let him live. In Christmas! it is revealed that Stanley is one of Eric's guardian angels. He was there when Eric was brought to heaven. In the series finale, he joins Eric and the family on their RV.

• Jane (Sarah Mason) - a homeless girl who stays at the Camdens. Her father left her mother, and her mother met a man on the internet who lives with them, but threatened to harm Jane, causing her to run away from home. Her parents smoked pot when she was younger. She tried to get a room at the home for teenage mothers (despite not actually being pregnant), but Lucy turned her down. She then went to Eric, and he let her and her friend stay in the garage apartment. She got a job at the Dairy Shack in Broken Hearts and Promises. In You Take the High Road it is revealed that she was married to a soldier (It is revealed in Tit for Tat that she married George, Eric's adopted brother) three weeks prior to the episode's events, then tried to hide from her husband. She later resolved this issue with the help of Kevin. She tried to divorce her husband in And I'll Take the Low Road. However, he did not show up. While arguing with T-Bone about his mother coming to see him, she blurted out Eric's heart problems in the promenade. In Thanks and Giving, she and T-Bone insisted that a salesman donate a bed for Eric and Annie. They both liked it, not knowing it was donated. In the series finale, she announced that her Mom is in rehab and her Mom's boyfriend is in jail as he broke his probation.

• Margaret (Andrea Morris) - Jane's very shy friend. She got highly emotional when Annie called the paramedics because she thought something was wrong with Eric. She got a job at the Dairy Shack in Broken Hearts and Promises. She reveals to T-Bone in You Take the High Road that Jane called his mother and she is coming to see him. She later revealed her past in And I'll Take the Low Road. Her father abused her mother and so she ended up going from home to home. She did not want to say the wrong thing and get abused so she became shy. In Thanks and Giving, she helped Sam and David prepare the song, "This Land is Our Land" for Eric, Annie, and Ruthie's homecoming. In that episode she revealed she wanted to teach Pre-K. In the series finale, she was offered a scholarship to a college. She turned it down and decided to go on the roadtrip with the camdens. She is dating Mac.

• Dr. Jonathan Sanders (Nick Zano) - a doctor whom Sandy dated in Season eleven. He then proposed to her in which she said yes. This caused a conflict between Sandy and Martin.

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