Character List

the Max Headroom chronicles: Characters

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Character

A-7

Episodes

1.4

Portrayed by

Sally Stevens (voice)

Telebiography

The A-7 artificial intelligence unit was the controller of all of Security System Inc.'s computer systems and data banks. Programmed and befriended by Valerie Towne, she was wooed and won by Max, and turned against Towne. Other than being taken off line for extensive reprogramming after the Carter incident, her fate is unknown.

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Character

Announcer, Edison Carter Show (voice)

Episodes

1.4

Portrayed by

Unknown

Telebiography

Engineer/Announcer of the show information at the beginning of the episode.

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Character

Announcer, "The Late Report"

Episodes

1.2

Portrayed by

Kimberly Delfin

Telebiography

Announcer on "The Late Report" news show who scoops 23 on the Bureau Burner's escape after Murray sends Carter and Martinez to the wrong location.

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Character

Announcer, Network 66 (female)

Episodes

2.3

Portrayed by

Unknown

Telebiography

Announcer who appears several times to describe the chaos over the telelection.

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Character

Announcer, Network 66 (male) (voice)

Episodes

2.3

Portrayed by

Unknown

Telebiography

Announcer who describes the upcoming conclusion of the telelection.

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Character

Announcer, "Orbitthon"

Episodes

1.2

Portrayed by

Tain Bodkin

Telebiography

Announcer who describes the ongoing space shuttle "orbit-thon."

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Character

Announcer, Security Systems Ad (voice)

Episodes

1.4

Portrayed by

Unknown

Telebiography

Announcer of the SS ad at the beginning of the episode.

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Character

Arrested Blank

Episodes

1.6

Portrayed by

Elizabeth Gorcey

Telebiography

A Blank who knows Bruno and his cohorts and may be associated with them, she is arrested and convicted by Computer Court 9. She is hauled away to prison shouting "Blank is Beautiful!" but is later freed by Bruno and Carter's manipulation of Simon Peller.

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Character

Ashwell, Gene

Episodes

Telefilm, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 2.3

Portrayed by

Gary Hope (Telefilm)

Hank Garrett (US Series)

Telebiography

Network 23 board member who in the telefilm asks Grossman if he wants a live demonstration of the blipvert effect. (In the US pilot, the line is given to Cheviot.)

Ashwell seems to be the old-school member of the board, always ready with the obvious idea and the self-promoting comment. He is dismissed and patronized by the other members of the board.

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Character

Asian Controller

Episodes

1.6

Portrayed by

Rob Narita

Telebiography

Controller who helps Murray try to trace the micro-link between Blank Reg and Blank Bruno.

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Character

TV Astrologer

Episodes

1.6

Portrayed by

Cynthia Stevenson

Telebiography

TV astrologer telling the day's horoscopes using the positions of network satellites.

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Character

Angela Barry

Episodes

2.3

Portrayed by

Rosalind Chao

Telebiography

Helicopter pilot and field assistant for Edison Carter, as well as junior reporter. She is apparently a character meld, replacing Martinez and Janie Crane in the second season. Known as "Angie" to some.

Carter makes a patronizing comment about her status as a reporter in episode 2.2. She then appears to get Carter in trouble in episode 2.3 by taking his camera and pushing too hard in interviewing Harriet Garth's visitor.

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Character

Mr. Bartlett (Network 66 board)

Episodes

2.3

Portrayed by

Andreas Katsulas

Telebiography

Board member of Network 66 who not only goes along with Grossberg's manipulations to force Thatcher from the chairmanship, but concedes the position to Grossberg despite (apparently) longer tenure. Clearly becomes Grossberg's toady.

His name may have originated because he and Grossberg make quite a, um, pear.

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Character

Black Controller

Episodes

1.3

Portrayed by

Jay Arlen Jones

Telebiography

Controller who first answers call from Mel when he is trying to reach Edison Carter.

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Character

Blank Bruno

Episodes

1.6

Portrayed by

Peter Crook

Telebiography

Brilliant computer hacker and former teacher at the elite Academy of Computer Sciences, where Bryce Lynch was one of his pupils. Erased his central computer files, becoming a Blank, as a protest against the "false worship" of the computer and its use in controlling the masses. Essentially ethical, though, and will stay within limits to avoid harming individuals.

Has a pet toad he charmingly refers to as "God."

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Character

Blank Reg

Episodes

Telefilm, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6
Regular cast member, second season

Portrayed by

William Morgan Sheppard

Telebiography

Burned-out and aging ex-heavy metal fan Reg is a "blank" - someone who has had themselves erased from the online data banks. He is the anchor, VJ and technical man for Big Time Television.

In "Blanks," we find out how and why Reg became a Blank: He was working with some computer hackers (apparently Bruno, Traker and the others we see in this episode), in "a bit of bother" - tax and minor violence problems - and the hackers kindly erased his central computer files. Life as a Blank has become something of a philosophy now for Reg... and others.

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Character

[Blank] Dominique

Episodes

Telefilm, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6

Portrayed by

Hilary Tindall (Telefilm)

Concetta Tomei (US Series)

Telebiography

The improbably elegant Dominique is, like her employee Reg, a "blank." She is the owner of Big Time Television and rather helplessly dependent on Reg's technical abilities and viewer popularity, although she clearly despises his programming.

Her exact relationship with Reg is unclear. She is "the boss," but a distant affection passes between them. She objects to Reg seeing another woman in "Body Banks," but is careful to deflect Reg's comment about loving her in "Blanks."

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Character

Blond Controller

Episodes

1.2, 1.3

Portrayed by

B.L. Collins (?)

Telebiography

Controller who is fishing for stories and catches the Bureau Burner attack that Murray fumbles.

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Character

Braddock, Frank

Episodes

1.5

Portrayed by

Gary Swanson

Telebiography

Braddock is a sleazy and low-rent "packager" who puts together programs for sale to the networks. His stock in trade has been a pretend revolutionary group, the White Brigade, whose antics do not impress Cheviot and don't generate ratings.

When the terrorists turn real, Braddock is there to sell them to the highest bidder... until he is caught in one their staged explosions and wiped out along with the White Brigade.

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Character

Breakthru TV Anchor

Episodes

1.5

Portrayed by

Unknown

Telebiography

Anchor/newsreader for Breakthru TV, Channel 96.

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Character

Breakthru TV Reporter

Episodes

1.5

Portrayed by

Unknown

Telebiography

Field reporter for Breakthru TV, Channel 96, who elbows Carter out of the way at the first White Brigades explosion scene.

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Character

Breugal
aka Breughal, Breughel

Episodes

Telefilm, 1.1, 1.3

Portrayed by

Hilton McRae (Telefilm)

Jere Burns (US Series)

Telebiography

The charmingly brutal Breugal is a thug for hire with a taste for dirty work. He's also a body snatcher who makes a living picking up dead or nearly dead victims and delivering them to body banks for a bounty. He and his dim partner Mahler have discovered that creating their own still-warm, perhaps even still-living victims is good for a bonus.

Intelligent and either well-educated or well-read, Breugal is known to quote Shakespeare, sing popular old songs and reason incisively while performing his unpleasant work.

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Character

Carter, Edison

Episodes

All

Portrayed by

Matt Frewer

Telebiography

The best reporter on television, Carter satellites globally for Network 23. His show, "What I Want to Know," (aka "The Edison Carter Show") commands instant attention when it airs with his hard-hitting, no-holds-barred investigations.

While investigating viewer deaths due to his own network's use of the compressed "blipvert" ads, he was knocked unconscious while trying to elude capture by thugs Breugal and Mahler. While unconscious, his memories were scanned by Bryce Lynch and used to create the simulation that named itself Max Headroom.

Befitting his status, his income appears to be substantial, as in an era when most seem to be homeless or living in squalid tenements, his apartment is a luxurious penthouse atop one of the taller buildings in the city - so luxurious that network president Cheviot once commandeers it for a company party.

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Character

Cheviot, Ben

Episodes

All

Portrayed by

Constantine Gregory (Telefilm)

George Coe (US Series)

Telebiography

Network 23 board member who, in the telefilm and first series episode, opposes Grossman/Grossberg and ultimately replaces him. President of Network 23 throughout remainder of TV series.

In the series, Cheviot is co-builder of Network 23, along with Grossberg.

In the unproduced episode "Theora's Tale," Cheviot is revealed to be Theora's father.

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Character

Club Dancer

Episodes

1.3

Portrayed by

James "Gypsy" Haake

Telebiography

Dancer of uncertain gender in "Caligula's," where Carter catches up with Breugal and Mahler.

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Character

Crane, Janie

Episodes

1.5, 1.6

Portrayed by

Lisa Niemi

Telebiography

Janie Crane is an "eager new staff reporter" at Network 23. In "War," she wiles an RR-7 gun camera from equipment manager Phil and sets out after a dangerous story - the first staged explosion by the phony terrorist group, the White Brigade. Injured in the blast and then captured by the terrorists, she is seconds from becoming shrapnel in another staged explosion when she is rescued by Carter and Martinez.

She apparently becomes a regular reporter, as she is in the field covering the arrest of Blanks in "Blanks."

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Character

David

Episodes

1.2

Portrayed by

David Preston

Telebiography

Controller roped in by Theora to cover her console (and Edison Carter) when she hurries away to help Winnie. Is later slapped away by Murray as the "old timer" tries to get Carter to a hot story.

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Character

Dusty, aka "Doc"

Episodes

1.2

Portrayed by

Wynn Irwin

Telebiography

Doctor who works with the promoter to keep the rakers patched up and able to keep playing.

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Character

Dragul (City Prosecutor)

Episodes

1.6

Portrayed by

John Durbin

Telebiography

Creepy city prosecutor who brings the arrested Blanks before the Computer Court for instant trial and sentencing.

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Character

Nurse Edie

Episodes

1.3

Portrayed by

Grace Simmons

Telebiography

Dr. Mason's assistant at Nightingale's Body Bank at the time of the Fringer body-snatchings.

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Character

Edison's First Kiss Girl

Episodes

1.3

Portrayed by

Unknown

Telebiography

First girl Edison kissed, from his memories as shown to Bryce by Max.

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Character

Edwards

Episodes

Telefilm, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 2.3

Portrayed by

Lloyd McGuire (Telefilm)

Lee Wilkof (US Series)

Telebiography

Channel 23 board member. Watchful, sharp, conniving, a total company man.

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Character

Exploding Viewer (McWilliams)

Episodes

Telefilm, 1.1

Portrayed by

Michael Cule (Telefilm)

Skip O'Brien (US Series)

Telebiography

The unfortunate victim of a blipvert explosion, caught on the Rebus tape.

Unnamed in the telefilm, named McWilliams (wife: Gladys) in the US series pilot.

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Character

Eyewitness

Episodes

Telefilm, 1.1

Portrayed by

Val McLane (Telefilm)

Viola Kates Stimpson (US Series)

Telebiography

The eyewitness neighbor of the exploding blipvert viewer.

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