DeBerg's reputation is that of a journeyman, and he was also very much a "witness to history" who played an incidental role in significant events.

The cat plays an incidental role in the first two and is a major character of the third.

In Means's stories place is just the opposite - a determinant, a given, in which human beings play a notable, but ultimately incidental, role.

He played incidental roles in scores of Hollywood features and shorts, almost always as a mousy, nondescript fellow, usually with no dialogue.

Lockin had a number of guest-star and incidental roles on television as well.

His stories generally feature solitary men, with women playing more incidental roles.

He does wonders with the incidental (and quite tricky) role he's been handed.

Lea, a singer whose incidental role in the novel is greatly expanded here.

The original Broadway cast included 16 contestants, a number of incidental roles, and the principal roles listed below.

His starring days were over; he played only incidental roles for the next decade.