 Recurring characters appear alongside the Griffin family . These include the family 's neighbors : sex @-@ crazed airline pilot bachelor Quagmire ; African American deli owner Cleveland and his wife Loretta ( later Donna ) ; paraplegic police officer Joe , his wife Bonnie and their baby daughter Susie ; neurotic Jewish pharmacist Mort , his wife Muriel , and their geeky and annoying son Neil ; and elderly child molester Herbert . TV news anchors Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons , Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa , and <unk> @-@ Weather meteorologist Ollie Williams also make frequent appearances . Actors Adam West and James Woods guest star as themselves in various episodes . 
