The Walking Dead: Every Character Ranked Worst To Best
26. Dale Horvath
Appearances: Season 1-2 (16 episodes).
Hard as it may be to remember now, but in the early days of The Walking Dead, Dale was its most vocal voice of reason and hope.
An innocent soul too pure for the brutality of the new world, he filled the screen with a fatherly warmth that made his relationships with Glenn, Andrea, T-Dog and Daryl feel especially poignant and, eventually, quite tragic.
His role was short-lived due to actor Jeffrey DeMunn's desire to leave the series, but watching him fight so tirelessly for the darkening souls of his only friends makes one wish he'd stuck around.