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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 321106" data-attributes="member: 27">It is difficult to keep up with, but I am 99% sure the actor whose scenes are being used will receive some small residual payment, since their likeness is being used to create new product (that is, a new episode that includes their past work).  If a decision is made to use a lot of flashbacks (like a tribute episode) then they may decide to add the actor's name to the closing credits, which would give them a larger residual payment.  I'm pretty sure they will reach out to the actor (or the actor's manager/agent, or his/her estate if they're no longer with us) to get permission to use the scenes if they're going to be part of a newly-produced episode. If the producers simply re-aired an episode in which the actor appeared, the residuals would be in a totally different category since it's just reruns.  They may get nothing, dollar-wise.  It's only if old material is used to create new episodes that the actor gets some say in whether their material airs again.</blockquote>