Sitcom fans from the 1990s will remember Boy Meets World, which ran on ABC for seven seasons between September 1993 and May 2000. The show followed the daily life of a character called Cory Matthews, as he charted his way from sixth grade all the way to college. Illinois-born actor Ben Savage portrayed Cory for all 158 episodes of the show, and he has also since reprised the role in Girl Meets World, a spin-off series that aired on Disney Channel from 2014 to 2017.
One quirky thing about the actors from Boy Meets World is that many who portrayed recurring characters have ended up being generally more successful than their counterparts in more central roles - both in terms of subsequent gigs as well as how much they are worth today. As a matter of fact, the current, richest cast member is Marcia Cross, who only featured in three episodes of the show. She is estimated to be worth about $30 million.
Marcia Cross Replaced Annette O'Toole As Rhiannon Lawrence On The Show
Boy Meets World was a bit notorious for changing actors for specific roles, which is how Cross found herself on the series. She was cast as Rhiannon Lawrence, the mother of Cory's main love interest in the story, known as Topanga. Rhiannon was originally portrayed by Annette O'Toole - later famous for playing Martha Kent on Smallville.
O'Toole only played the part for one episode, the Season 6 finale in May 1999. When the show returned later that year, she had been replaced by Cross. The Juilliard-educated actress portrayed Rhiannon in the second, fourth and seventh episodes of Season 7. She was already an established star in the industry by then, most notably for her work as Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place.
The same is true of O'Toole, who has been acting since the late 1960s. She is currently starring in Virgin River, a romantic drama series that streams on Netflix. For her five-odd decades of work, she boasts a reported net worth of just under $10 million. This might be less than a third of Cross', but it still is more than that of most of the other stars of Boy Meets World.
Lead Star Ben Savage Is The Second-Richest 'Boy Meets World' Cast Member
Lead star Savage is in fact the second-richest cast member of Boy Meets World, although there is an $18 million gap that exists between him and Cross. He was only 13 years old when the show premiered in 1993, but he had already been acting for about half a dozen years before then.
His first-ever acting gig was a recurring role on another sitcom, by the name Dear John on NBC. He was also a regular on A Family for Joe, another similar genre production on the same network. Girl Meets World has been his longest TV gig since the end of the original show, although he has also appeared on dramas such as Bones, Without a Trace and Homeland.
Trina McGee played a character called Angela Moore, who was a love interest of Cory's best friend, Shawn Hunter. While she was eventually promoted to series regular, she only came in during Season 5, mostly in a recurring role. Her total wealth today is approximated to be about $8 million.
Marcia Cross Stands Heads And Shoulders Above Everyone With Her $30 Million
Of all the stars of Boy Meets World, William Daniels is the oldest, with the two-time Primetime Emmy award winner set to celebrate his 95th birthday in March 2022. His character in the series was known as George Feeney, who was Cory's teacher.
Daniels has been acting for more than half a century now, with his latest acting job being the voice of KITT in the 2020 film Superintelligence. Before that, he reprised his George Feeney role in five episodes of Girl Meets World. The veteran actor's body of work has earned him a handsome - if comparatively underwhelming - net worth of about $5 million.
All of the other main members of the program's cast fall at or below the $4 million mark. This is the estimated net worth of Danielle Fishel, who played the part of Topanga. Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter) is worth $ 3 million, while Betsy Randle (Cory's mother, Amy), Lily Nicksay (Cory's sister, Morgan) and Maitland Ward (Rachel McGuire) are all valued at about $2 million.
Linda Cardellini, Olivia Hussey and Adam Scott (all $8 million), as well as Blake Clark ($5 million) and Danny McNulty ($4 million) have all amassed a good amount of riches, despite having only played bit-part roles on the show. Still, with her $30 million treasure chest, Marcia Cross stands heads and shoulders above all her former colleagues.
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