Sellers – Black Hawk (pilot), Cloud Dancing William Shockley – Hank Lawson Geoffrey Lower – Rev. Timothy Johnson Henry G. Sanders – Robert E. Jonelle Allen – Grace Nick Ramus – Chief Black Kettle (seasons 1–3) Heidi Kozak – Emily Donovan (season 1) Gail Strickland – Olive Davis (season 1) Ben Murphy –Ethan Cooper (seasons 1–3) Jennifer Youngs – Ingrid (seasons 1–4) Helene Udy – Myra Bing (seasons 1–4; guest: season 5) Haylie Johnson – Becky Bonner (seasons 1–6) Barbara Babcock – Dorothy Jennings (seasons 2–6) Georgann Johnson – Elizabeth Quinn (seasons 2–6) Alley Mills – Marjorie Quinn (seasons 2–6) (saloon girl, season 1) Elinor Donahue – Rebecka Quinn Dickinson (seasons 2–6) Charlotte Chatton – Emma (seasons 4–5) Michelle Bonilla – Teresa Morales (season 5) Alex Meneses – Teresa Morales Slicker (season 6) Brandon Douglas – Randolph Cummings (episode 4.16), Dr. Andrew Cook (seasons 4–6) Jason Leland Adams – George Armstrong Custer (seasons 2–3), Preston A. Lodge III (seasons 4–6) John Schneider – Red McCall (episode 1.09), Daniel Simon (seasons 5–6) Brenden Jefferson – Anthony (season 4) Brandon Hammond – Anthony (seasons 5–6) Guest stars Edward Albert – Dr. William Burke (episode 2.06) David Beecroft – Sergeant Terence McKay (episodes 5.25, 26; 6.1–3, 11) Bibi Besch – Beatrice Cartwright (episode 4.23) Verna Bloom – Maude Bray (pilot) Guy Boyd – Loren Bray (pilot) David Carradine – Houston Currier (episode 5.20) June Carter Cash – Sister Ruth (episodes 2.05, 3.09, 5.16) Johnny Cash – Kid Cole (episodes 1.04, 2.05, 3.09, 5.16) Maxwell Caulfield – Andrew Strauss/David Lewis (episode 2.24) Denise Crosby – Isabelle Maynard (episode 4.25) Robert Culp – Dr. Elias Jackson (episode 1.07) Steven Culp – Peter Doyle (episode 5.21) Jon Cypher – Preston A. Lodge II (episode 5.10) Kristin Davis – Carey McGee (episode 3.09) Fionnula Flanagan – Heart (episode 2.14) Zach Galligan – Chester Barnes (episode 6.12) Megan Gallivan – Abigail Bray Sully (episode 2.3) Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Zach Lawson, Hank's son (episode 1.15) Dorian Harewood – Sgt. Zachary Carver (episode 2.17) Jerry Haynes – Mr. Royce (episodes 6.8, 9) Christine Healy – Dr. Miriam Tilson (episode 4.22) Richard Herd – Dr. John Hansen (episodes 2.6, 7) James Keach – Brent Currier (episode 5.20) Stacy Keach Sr. – Judge Webster (episodes 5.3, 7, 14) Diane Ladd – Charlotte Cooper (pilot, episode 2.11) Sheryl Lee – Catherine / Shivering Deer (episode 2.15) Matt Letscher – Tom Jennings, Dorothy's son