
That’s a retcon of what happened at the end of Needful Things, though. One last fact about Pangborn: in the show’s continuity, the former sheriff leaves Castle Rock, moving to Texas to live out the rest of his days, but returns to the haunted town to be with Ruth Deaver. In fact, he appeared in TWO movies in 1993, played by Michael Rooker in The Dark Half and Ed Harris in Needful Things.

Pangborn most famously appeared in the novels The Dark Half and Needful Things, but has also shown up in the novella “The Sun Dog” and been mentioned in the novels Bag of Bones and Gerald’s Game.Ĭastle Rock isn’t the first time Pangborn has been on screen, either. While we meet him as a retiree on the show, the former sheriff has also appeared in other King stories. – Alan Pangborn, played by Scott Glenn, has seen some things during his time in Castle Rock. Subscribe Further Reading: Castle Rock Season 2 Details The Characters


– The brilliant Frances Conroy, who plays Martha Lacy, recently starred as religious cult leader Nathalie Raven in The Mist TV series. – Terry O’Quinn, who plays Dale Lacy, showed up as Sheriff Joe Haller in the great werewolf movie from 1985, Silver Bullet. Mercedes as a character named Olivia Trelawney. She recently appeared in a few episodes of Mr. – Ann Cusack, who plays Warden Porter, is a recent King alum. In case you missed it, Rose Red was an ABC miniseries from 2002 written by King about a group of psychics that investigate a haunted mansion in Washington.

– Melanie Lynskey, who plays Molly Strand, first appeared in Rose Redas Rachel Wheaton. – Bill Skarsgard, who plays The Kid, recently donned a clown costume to become the big-screen version of Pennywise the Dancing Clown in Andy Muschietti’s IT adaptation. Spacek played the troubled Carrie White, an ostracized teenage girl who develops psychic abilities and uses them to get revenge on those who bullied her. – Sissy Spacek, who plays Ruth Deaver, was the star of the very first movie adapted from the writer’s work: 1976’s Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma.
