<Ul> <Li> Strother Martin as Tyrone Lovey ( Season 1 ) , an unscrupulous poacher and junk dealer </Li> <Li> Edward Andrews as Colonel Fairburn ( Seasons 2 -- 5 ) , publisher of Today 's World </Li> <Li> Larry Storch as Duke Farentino ( Seasons 2 -- 3 ) , a boxer turned wannabe nightclub headliner </Li> <Li> Lew Ayres as William Tyler ( Seasons 2 -- 3 ) , a reclusive billionaire businessman </Li> <Li> Johnny Haymer as Montagne ( Seasons 2 -- 3 ) , a Parisian couturier </Li> <Li> Carol Worthington as Ethel Weber ( Season 3 ) , Doris 's kooky friend who often acted as Billy and Toby 's sitter ( Worthington portrayed several other minor characters in the series prior to the Ethel Weber character ) </Li> <Li> Van Johnson as Charlie Webb ( Seasons 3 -- 4 ) , Doris 's free - spirited cousin </Li> <Li> Jon Cypher as Sir Robert Kingsley ( Seasons 4 -- 5 ) , a British knight and author , who was one of Doris 's love interests </Li> <Li> Patrick O'Neal as Jonathan Rusk ( Season 5 ) , Doris 's old boyfriend , aspiring politician , fellow journalist and another of her current love interests </Li> </Ul>
who played ethel on the doris day show
Carol Worthington