The U.S. Marshals have joined the search for missing actor and director Timothy Busfield, who is facing two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor and an open count of child abuse.

Busfield, 68, is best known for playing journalist Danny Concannon in the HBO political drama The West Wing and has also appeared in films including Revenge of the Nerds, Field of Dreams, and Quiz Show.

An arrest warrant was issued in New Mexico on Friday after Busfield was accused of touching two juvenile actors inappropriately while working on the now-cancelled Fox crime series The Cleaning Lady (2022-25), on which he served as executive producer and directed several episodes.

“Albuquerque Police Department is working with the U.S. Marshal Service to get Mr Busfield into custody,” APD spokesperson Gilbert Gallegos told Deadline.
While Gallegos said he did not have “a timeline” for the fugitive’s apprehension, the outlet cites law enforcement sources as saying they expect him to be brought into custody within the next few days.

The incidents over which he has been accused allegedly occurred around five or six times, beginning in November 2022.

Court documents show that the APD began its investigation into him in November 2024 after staff at the University of New Mexico Hospital told police it appeared children were being groomed on the set of The Cleaning Lady.

Busfield protested his innocence in a November 2025 phone interview with APD Officer Marvin Brown, cited in the 12-page arrest warrant affidavit, and made a counter-allegation, claiming that an actress on the show had told him that the mother of the two children in question had threatened revenge after they were written out of the project’s final season.
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