Ted Danson ultimately won the role, but Dryer later appeared as sportscaster (and former Red Sox teammate of Sam's) Dave Richards in the episodes ``Sam at Eleven'', ``Old Flames'', ``Love Thy Neighbor'', and ``'I' On Sports''. Dryer's best-known acting role came in the 1980s television crime drama Hunter, in which he costarred with Stepfanie Kramer.
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