diff --git a/tvdb_api.py b/tvdb_api.py
index 3072c3e..38919c3 100644
--- a/tvdb_api.py
+++ b/tvdb_api.py
@@ -1028,7 +1028,10 @@ def _parseActors(self, sid):
         data from the XML)
         """
         LOG.debug("Getting actors for %s" % (sid))
-        actors_resp = self._getetsrc(self.config['url_actorsInfo'] % (sid))
+        try:
+            actors_resp = self._getetsrc(self.config['url_actorsInfo'] % (sid))
+        except tvdb_error:
+            actors_resp = []
 
         cur_actors = Actors()
         for cur_actor_item in actors_resp: