It’s wedding time for Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin (Cobie Smulders), so it’s hardly surprising that the groom’s father will be in attendance. John Lithgow is returning to How I Met Your Mother as Barney’s father for an episode during the upcoming season, EW has confirmed.
Lithgow appeared in two previous episodes as Barney’s father, Jerry Whitaker. The wedding is drawing a number of guest stars to the table, including returning guest star Wayne Brady as well as Sherri Shepherd and Ellie Kemper.
How I Met Your Mother returns to CBS for its ninth and final season on Sept.
Lithgow appeared in two previous episodes as Barney’s father, Jerry Whitaker. The wedding is drawing a number of guest stars to the table, including returning guest star Wayne Brady as well as Sherri Shepherd and Ellie Kemper.
How I Met Your Mother returns to CBS for its ninth and final season on Sept.
- 7/29/2013
- by Laura Hertzfeld
- EW - Inside TV
John Lithgow is returning to "How I Met Your Mother" for the show's final season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Lithgow plays Barney's (Neil Patrick Harris) father Jerry Whitaker. The final season of "How I Met Your Mother" will take place over one weekend, the wedding of Barney and Robin (Cobie Smulders). Wayne Brady, who plays Barney's brother, will also appear in the final season. Other guest stars include Sherri Shepherd and Ellie Kemper.
Shepherd will play a woman who's on a plane with Jason Segel's character. Kemper, who just wrapped "The Office," will play Cassie, a guest at the wedding.
"How I Met Your Mother" returns for its final season Monday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. Et on CBS.
Lithgow plays Barney's (Neil Patrick Harris) father Jerry Whitaker. The final season of "How I Met Your Mother" will take place over one weekend, the wedding of Barney and Robin (Cobie Smulders). Wayne Brady, who plays Barney's brother, will also appear in the final season. Other guest stars include Sherri Shepherd and Ellie Kemper.
Shepherd will play a woman who's on a plane with Jason Segel's character. Kemper, who just wrapped "The Office," will play Cassie, a guest at the wedding.
"How I Met Your Mother" returns for its final season Monday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. Et on CBS.
- 7/29/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
More actors keep sending in their RSVPs for Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin's (Cobie Smulders) wedding on How I Met Your Mother. Photos: Stars of 'How I Met Your Mother' and More at THR's Comic-Con Lounge CBS announced Monday that John Lithgow is the latest prominent guest star of the past to sign on for the upcoming final season, which focuses largely on the long weekend nuptials of two of the main characters. Lythgow, who appeared twice on the series in 2011, will reprise the role of Barney's do-gooder dad Jerry Whitaker. He joins previously announced returning
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- 7/29/2013
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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