Offhand, there's Ray Romano as Raymond on Everybody Loves Raymond.

Cheers did this often. Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd, Paul Wilson as Paul, Harry Anderson as 'Harry the Hat, and Al Rosen as Al.

Mary Tyler Moore was Mary Richards on the MTM show.

Others?

How about the following:

Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show
Tim Allen as Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on Home Improvement

Ted Baxter, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Fran Fine, The Nanny
Tony Micelli, Who's the Boss?

Tony Danza also played Tony Banta on Taxi.

roseannee on roseanne and joey lawrence on blossom and brotherly love

Bob Hartley- The Bob Newhart Show
Lucy Ricardo-I Love Lucy
Vivian Bagley(Vivian Vance) - The Lucy Show

Nell-Gimme a Break

Molly Ringwald's character on Facts of Life was named Molly

Susan on Eight is Enough was played by Susan Richardson

Marion Ross played Marion Cunningham on Happy Days

Dave Foley played Dave Nelson on "NewsRadio"

Ellen Degeneres played Ellen Morgan on "Ellen"

Harry Anderson played Judge Harry Stone on "Night Court"

The Monkees kept their first and last names for "The Monkees", although I guess that really doesn't count.

Will Smith on Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Drew Carey on his self-titled sitcom
Kevin Hart on The Big House

Originally posted by Janice
Cheers did this often. Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd, Paul Wilson as Paul, Harry Anderson as 'Harry the Hat, and Al Rosen as Al.

Im sure the others were just easy to use because of real names.... but I've read that the name Woody was chosen before Woody Harrelson was cast.

Steve Harvey as Steve Hightower-Steve Harvey Show

Jamie Foxx as Jamie King-Jamie Foxx Show

Bob Hartley-The Bob Newhart show
Bob something-"Bob"-Bob Newharts short-lived sitcom

I think Drew Carey is one of the only examples where the character kept the full name of the actor.

Roseanne could have done this, of course, the Conner name would have changed every two seasons!

John Ritter as Jack, for some reason Jack is short of John...

Originally posted by db108108
I think Drew Carey is one of the only examples where the character kept the full name of the actor.

Roseanne could have done this, of course, the Conner name would have changed every two seasons!

No Will Smith kept his real name on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air :)

Originally posted by Angela Micelli
No Will Smith kept his real name on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air :)

As did Jerry Seinfeld.

What about Jerry Seinfeld who played Jerry Seinfeld?

Originally posted by AKA
As did Jerry Seinfeld. You beat me to it. :lol:

Originally posted by mr roper
You beat me to it. :lol:

:D

I think Tony Danza had a short-lived show during the late '90s in which he played Tony Danza.

Jeff Foxworthy played Jeff Foxworthy on his sitcom.

Originally posted by ThirteenInchEscape
John Ritter as Jack, for some reason Jack is short of John...

It does?:confused:

Mary-Kate and Ashley in Two of a Kind
Raven in That's So Raven

Danny Thomas played Danny Williams on 'Make Room For Daddy'.

Joey Bishop played Joey Barnes on 'The Joey Bishop Show'.

Larry David plays himself on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'. His wife Cheryl is played by Cheryl Hines, and his friend Jeff Greene is played by Jeff Garlin.

On 'The Cosby Show', Peter is played by Peter Costa.

Ron Glass played Detective Ron Harris on 'Barney Miller'.

Paul Reiser played Paul Buchman on 'Mad About You'.

Funny thing about Will Smith...on Fresh Prince, he was WILLIAM Smith, but in real life, Will's short for WILLARD.

Keeping on topic...Bernie Mac as Bernie Mac on the self-titled Fox sitcom. Mac (in real life and on the show) is short for MacCullough.

Also, Martin Lawrence as Martin Payne and Tommy Ford as Tommy Strong (or Strawn, according to some) on Martin.

Jim Belushi on 'According To Jim'.

Bonnie Hunt on 'Life With Bonnie'.

For one-time appearances, how about Ken Berry, who played Ken Kelly on The Brady Bunch as a guest star in #107 "Kelly's Kids"? Granted, there was talk of this being the basis of a spinoff.

Ray Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Oh, and how could I forget the Sam Gorpley character on Perfect Strangers, played by Sam Anderson? :crazy:

Didn't Kirk Cameron keep the name Kirk on his WB show "Kirk" ?

didn't Jennifer Gray keep her real name on a short-lived sitcom called something like "Two Guys, A Girl & A pizza Place" or something?
I only vagely remember hearing about it somewhere. It was on around 95 or 96.

Jennifer Grey was playing herself in "It's Like... you know," the unfortunate titled sitcom which premiered in March 1999 after Dharma & Greg on ABC. It got renewed for the fall, but only lasted an additional 13 episodes or so, on Tuesday night, I believe.

Kate Mulgrew did it twice-once on a short-lived show on NBC in the 70s called "Mrs. Columbo" where she played Kate Columbo, the often mentioned but never seen wife of Peter Falks Lt. Columbo on the show "Columbo".
And again when she played Capt. Katherine Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager"-and had a cameo in the last Star Trek movie as Adm. Janeway.

Jason Marsden, played Jason Marsden on Boy Meets World for a couple of seasons.

Interestingly enough, ALL of the regular characters on “What’s Happening” had either the first or last names of the actors who portrayed them: “Roger Thomas” played by Ernest Thomas, ”Freddie ‘Rerun’ Stubbs” played by Fred Berry, “Danielle ‘Dee’ Thomas” played by Danielle Spencer, “Duane Nelson” played by Haywood Nelson, “Mabel ‘Mama’ Thomas” played by Mabel King, and “Shirley Wilson” played by Shirley Hemphill.

I know many. But I'll start by using this one:

Gabe Kotter-Gabe Kaplan.

Jerry Seinfeld, of course!!!

Ellen DeGeneres and her character.

Lucille Ball - is she the queen of this or what? :lol:

Lucy Barker - Life With Lucy
Lucille Carter - Here's Lucy
Lucy Carmichael - The Lucy Show
Lucy Ricardo - The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo - I Love Lucy

Danny Thomas
Danny Williams - Make Room For Daddy

Mary Richards--Mary Tyler Moore Show

Chris Elliott = Chris Peterson, Get A Life.

Tony Danza=Tony Micelli Who's the Boss?

Tony Danza=Tony Micelli Who's the Boss?

Tony Danza must just be slow, his name on Taxi was Tony too.

Anyways, almost everyone show based upon the life of a comedian uses the real name of the main character.
Except for on The Cosby Show.

Tony Danza must just be slow, his name on Taxi was Tony too.

Aynways, almost everyone show based upon the life of a comedian uses the real name of the main character.
Except for on The Cosby Show.

Tony was also a "Tony" on The Tony Danza Show (not the talk show, but a flop NBC sitcom in the late 90's) and also that other flop sitcom he did with Lori Loughlin.

There was some joke that said he only plays Tony's because he doesn't know how to answer to another name, lol

George Lopez uses his full name for his character. Has any other actor done that?

George Lopez uses his full name for his character. Has any other actor done that?

Seinfeld

Drew Carey

Roseanne Connor=Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas :lol:

Aynways, almost everyone show based upon the life of a comedian uses the real name of the main character.


Hence, Ray Barone/Ray Romano

Andy Griffith-Andy Taylor/The Andy Griffith Show
Fran Dresher-Fran Fine/The Nanny

Fran Drescher was Fran Fine

Tim Allen - Tim Taylor on Home Improvement

MaryKate and Ashley Olsen used there names Marykate and Ashley in Two of a Kind.Mel :)

Harry Anderson was Judge Harry T. Stone on Night Court.

Tim Allen played Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on Home Improvement.

<grunts>

and also that other flop sitcom he did with Lori Loughlin.


Hudson Street.

Why do I remember that? :lol:

Richard Dawson- Richard Richardson on The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Worst character name ever. :lol:

Hudson Street.

Why do I remember that? :lol:


It had a great theme song. Thats probably the most memorable thing about it.. :lol:

Michael J. Fox-Mike Flaterly on "Spin City"
Charlie Sheen-Charlie Crawford on "Spin City" Doris Day-Doris Martin on "The Doris Day show"

Andy Griffith-Andy Taylor on "The Andy Griffith show"
" " -Andy something on "The new Andy Griffith show" (I'm sure some people are scratching their heads because they don't remember the show. It was a flop sitcom in the late 60s)

Charlie Sheen-Charlie Harper on "Two and a Half Men"

Dick Van Dyke-Dick Preston on "The New Dick Van Dyke show"

Ray Romano-Ray Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Jack Benny-Jack Benny on "The Jack Benny show"-although it was't a sitcom all the time-other times it was a sitcom/variety show, or a straight variety show.

Redd Foxx-Fred Sanford on "Sanford and Son"-(Redd Foxxes real name was John Sanford)

I'm surprised noone's mentioned Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry Sienfeld on "Seinfeld"

Raven-Symone is Raven Baxter on That's So Raven

D.L. Hughley used his full name in The Hugleys
Will Smith in the Fresh Prince (note) on the show is name is William in real life it's Willard.
Nell Carter was Nell in Gimmie a Break

George Lopez uses his full name for his character. Has any other actor done that?
Will Smith, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Ted Knight/Ted Baxter - The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Bob Newhart - Bob Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show, Bob McKay in Bob
Woody Harrelson - Woody Boyd in Cheers

The character was named Woody before Woody Harrelson was ever cast. That's just a coincidence.

Donna - Donna Reed Show
Patti Duke - The Pattie Duke Show

Joey Lawrence played Joey Russo on Blossom.

The Lucy Show
Vivian Bagley Vivian Vance

All the stars of the Monkees. LOL

Cherie Johnson played Cherie Johnson on Punky Brewster

Rick Schroder played Ricky Stratton on Silver Spoons

Tia and Tamera Mowry = Tia and Tamera Campbell on Sister, Sister

Dick Van Dyke played Dick Preston on The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Marion Ross played Marion Cunningham on Happy Days

Jennifer Grey played Jennifer Grey on Its Like, You Know. :D:

Reba McEntire plays Reba Hart on Reba


That's a mouthful. :lol:

Shawn Wayons played Shawn Williams on the Wayons Bros.

Martin Lawrence played Martin Payne on Martin

John Ritter played John Hartman on Hearts Afire.

Thomas Mikal Ford played Thomas "Tommy" Strawn on Martin

Thomas Mikal Ford played Thomas "Tommy" Strawn on Martin
I never could get into Martin. :lol:

Joey Lawrence played Joey Donovan on Gimme A Break.

I never could get into Martin. :lol:

Joey Lawrence played Joey Donovan on Gimme A Break.



:lol:

Paul Reiser played Paul Buchman on Mad About You.

On "What's Happening?...

Danielle "Dee" Spencer played Dee Thomas.
Shirley Hemphill played Shirley Wilson
Mabel King played Mabel Thomas
Fred Berry played Fred "Rerun" Stubbs

and for good measure...

Ernest Lee Thomas played Roger Thomas
Haywood Nelson played Dwayne Nelson

On "What's Happening?...

Danielle "Dee" Spencer played Dee Thomas.
Shirley Hemphill played Shirley Wilson
Mabel King played Mabel Thomas
Fred Berry played Fred "Rerun" Stubbs

and for good measure...

Ernest Lee Thomas played Roger Thomas
Haywood Nelson played Dwayne Nelson
I noticed that for years. Looks like the writers were'nt that creative.

Tony Danza was Tony Banta on "Taxi"
Wasn't his name also Tony on "Who's the Boss?"-I never saw the show, so I don't know.

Jennifer Gray played Jennifer Gray on "It's Like, You Know..."

All the stars of the Monkees. LOL

:lol:

Ron Glass played Ron Harris on Barney Miller :)

Richard Dawson- Richard Richardson on The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Worst character name ever. :lol:
Richard Richardson! I think that is actually a cool name :lol:

Here is one no one thought of.....


Shirley Partridge ....shirley jones
Danny Partridge ....danny bonaduce

Marion Ross
Al Milinaro

All tony danza sitcoms he is a Tony

Roseanne Barr (Roseanne Conner)
Fran Drescher (Fran Fine-Sheffield)

Reba
Ellen
Seinfeld
Jaime Foxx
Roseanne
Fran Drescher

Jerry Seinfeld was Jerry Seinfeld on "Seinfeld"

Ray Rommano was Ray Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"

Jack Benny was Jack Benny on "The Jack Benny show"

George Burns and Gracie Allen were George Burns and Gracie Allen om "Burns & Allen"

Danny Thomas was Danny Williams on "Make Room For Daddy"/"The Danny Thomas show"

Luccile Ball was Lucy Ricardo on "I Love Lucy", Lucy Carmicheal on "The Lucy Show", and Lucy Carter on "Heres Lucy"

Vivian Vance was Vivian Baggley on "The Lucy Show"

Bob Crane was Col. Robert Hogan on "Hogans Heroes"

Bob Newhart was Bob Hartley on "The Bob Newhart show"

Andy Griffith was Andy Taylor on "The Andy Griffith show"

Tim Allen was Tim Taylor on "Home Improvment"

Dave Foley played Dave Nelson on NewsRadio

The ones previously named were the only ones I could think of...but on another note...character names on many TV shows are based on the names of other members of the cast.

Example:

Pat MacDougal on Everybody Loves Raymond is based on Patricia Heaton (Debra).
Peter MacDougal on Everybody Loves Raymond is based on Peter Boyle (Frank).

Charlie Sheen - Charlie Harper (TWO AND A HALF MEN)
Ray Romano - Ray Barone (EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND)
Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor (ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW)
Lucille Ball - Lucy Ricardo (I LOVE LUCY), Lucy Carmichael (LUCY SHOW)
Danny Thomas - Danny Williams (DANNY THOMAS SHOW)
Marion Ross - Marion Cunningham (HAPPY DAYS)
Joan Davis - Joan Stevens (I MARRIED JOAN)
Jack Colvin - Jack McGee (THE INCREDIBLE HULK)
Shirley Jones - Shirley Partridge (THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY)
Danny Bonaduce - Danny Partridge (THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY)
Gabe Kaplan - Gabe Kotter (WELCOME BACK, KOTTER)
Reba McEntire - Reba Hart (REBA)

Jim Belushi - Jim (According To Jim)
Tim Allen - Tim Taylor (Home Improvement)

I'm sure there's more, but my brain's on vacation today.

Tony Micelli- Tony Danza (Who's the Boss)
Shirley Wilson- Shirley Hemphill (What's Happening)

Andy Griffith - Andy Sawyer (The New Andy Griffith Show)
Andy Griffith - Andy Thompson (The Headmaster)
Dick Van Dyke - Dick Preston (The New Dick Van Dyke Show)
Bob Newhart - Dr. Robert 'Bob' Hartley (The Bob Newhart Show)

Marco Lopez - Marco Lopez & Mike Stoker - Engineer Mike Stoker (Emergency) This is probably the only primetime series where 2 actors played characters with the same first and surnames.

Mary Tyler Moore - Mary Richards on "The Mary Tyler Moore" Show.

Welcome Back Kotter - Gabe Kaplan/Gabe Kotter
Seinfeld - Jerry Seinfeld/Jerry Seinfeld

Tony Danza -Tony Banta (Taxi)
Woody Harrelson -Woody err..whatever his last name was, lol (Cheers)

Mabel King - Mabel Thomas (What's Happening)
Vivian Vance - Vivian Bagley (The Lucy Show)
Bob Collins - Bob Cummings (The Bob Cummings Show/Love That Bob)
Ted Knight - Ted Baxter (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Tony Danza - Tony Banta (Taxi)
Cherie Johnson - Cherie Johnson (Punky Brewster)
Harry Anderson - Judge Harry T. Stone (Night Court)
Florence Halop - Florence Kleiner (Night Court)
Selma Diamond - Selma Hacker (Night Court)
Dave Foley - Dave Nelson (Newsradio)
Joe Rogen - Joe Garelli (Newsradio)
Nia Vardalos - Nia Portakalos Miller (My Big Fat Greek Life)
Bonnie Hunt - Bonnie Molloy (Life With Bonnie)
Samantha Browne-Walters - Samantha Molloy (Life With Bonnie)
Charlie Stewart - Charlie Molloy(Life With Bonnie)
John Larroquette -John Hemingway (The John Larroquette Show)
Al Molinaro - Al Delvecchio (Happy Days)
Marion Ross - Marion Cunningham (Happy Days)
Nell Carter - Nell Harper (Gimme a Break)
Ray Romano - Ray Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Susan Richardson - Susan Bradford (Eight is Enough)
Donna Reed - Donna Stone (The Donna Reed Show)
Cybill Shepherd - Cybill Sheridan (Cybill)
Joey Lawrence - Joey Russo (Blossom)
James Noble - Governor James Gatling (Benson)
Ron Glass - Det. Ron Harris (Barney Miller)
Margaret Cho - Margaret Kim (All-American Girl)
Woody Harrelson - Woody Boyd (Cheers)

Mabel King - Mabel Thomas (What's Happening)
Vivian Vance - Vivian Bagley (The Lucy Show)
Bob Collins - Bob Cummings (The Bob Cummings Show/Love That Bob)
Ted Knight - Ted Baxter (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Tony Danza - Tony Banta (Taxi)
Cherie Johnson - Cherie Johnson (Punky Brewster)
Harry Anderson - Judge Harry T. Stone (Night Court)
Florence Halop - Florence Kleiner (Night Court)
Selma Diamond - Selma Hacker (Night Court)
Dave Foley - Dave Nelson (Newsradio)
Joe Rogen - Joe Garelli (Newsradio)
Nia Vardalos - Nia Portakalos Miller (My Big Fat Greek Life)
Bonnie Hunt - Bonnie Molloy (Life With Bonnie)
Samantha Browne-Walters - Samantha Molloy (Life With Bonnie)
Charlie Stewart - Charlie Molloy(Life With Bonnie)
John Larroquette -John Hemingway (The John Larroquette Show)
Al Molinaro - Al Delvecchio (Happy Days)
Marion Ross - Marion Cunningham (Happy Days)
Nell Carter - Nell Harper (Gimme a Break)
Ray Romano - Ray Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Susan Richardson - Susan Bradford (Eight is Enough)
Donna Reed - Donna Stone (The Donna Reed Show)
Cybill Shepherd - Cybill Sheridan (Cybill)
Joey Lawrence - Joey Russo (Blossom)
James Noble - Governor James Gatling (Benson)
Ron Glass - Det. Ron Harris (Barney Miller)
Margaret Cho - Margaret Kim (All-American Girl)
Woody Harrelson - Woody Boyd (Cheers)

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Too many unimaginative writers. ohno:

Roseanne Barr-Roseanne Connor(Roseanne)
Ellen DeGeneres-Ellen Morgan (Ellen)

here is another one Matthew Albie ....matthew perry on Studio 60 0n the Sunset Strip

Too many unimaginative writers. ohno:

I agree, but I know that Jerry Seinfeld kept his name the same as his alter ego because he said that the only way he would do the show is if he could play himself, since he's a comedian and not an actor. I seriously hope he didn't really treat women the way his alter-ego did! If he did, then his wife Jessica must REALLY love him to put up with that! :lol:

Ozzie Nelson -- Ozzie, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Harriet Hilliard Nelson -- Harriet, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
David Nelson -- David, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Eric "Ricky" Nelson -- Ricky, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
June Blair Nelson -- June, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Kristin Harmon "Kris" Nelson -- Kris, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Constance "Connie" Harper -- Connie Edwards, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Jack Wagner -- Jack, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Kent McCord -- Kent, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Barry Livingston -- Barry, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Jimmy Hawkins -- Jimmy, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Roberta Shore -- Roberta, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

~~~ And that's only a partial list!

I agree, but I know that Jerry Seinfeld kept his name the same as his alter ego because he said that the only way he would do the show is if he could play himself, since he's a comedian and not an actor. I seriously hope he didn't really treat women the way his alter-ego did! If he did, then his wife Jessica must REALLY love him to put up with that! :lol:

As long as she doesn't have man-hands she should be fine.

Here are a few more not yet mentioned:

Mary Jane Croft -- regular roles as Mary Jane Lewis on both The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy

Lucille "Lucy" Ball -- Lucy Carter on Here's Lucy

Lucille "Lucy" Ball -- Lucy Barker on Life with Lucy

Vivian Vance -- guested several times as Vivian Jones on Here's Lucy

Carol Burnett -- guested several times as Carol Bradford on The Lucy Show

Fred Berry as Freddie Stubbs on "What's Happening"
Jimmie Walker as James Evans on "Good Times"
Gary Coleman as Gary on "Good Times"

John Larroquette -John Hemingway (The John Larroquette Show)

I want this show on DVD SO BADLY and The Storm is taking so long to premiere that I've sort of lost interest and given up on him. The guy isn't producing anything worth watching anymore, just joining in on crap shows/TV movies. I'm jonesing for some old school Larroquette in the worst way and I've watched Night Court to death. :(

That was a good show. I can't recall very many particular episodes, but I enjoyed it. John is (or was) a collector of first edition novels in real life. Hemingway anyone?

How many people can you recall who pulled "The Danza," by which I mean that the names of the characters they played were the same as their real names (or similar)? It's known as "The Danza" in honor of Tony Danza, who played a "Tony" in several shows in his career, as in "Taxi" (Tony Banta), "Who's The Boss?" (Tony Micelli), et al.

Here are some of the ones I've heard of:

Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Richards, in "MTM")

Kate Mulgrew (Kate Columbo/Callahan, in NBC's ill-fated "Columbo" spinoff "Mrs. Columbo" [later renamed "Kate the Detective" and "Kate Loves A
Mystery"]); she almost did it with "Voyager" as well, but the character there was Kathryn Janeway

Lucille Ball (who played several well-known characters named Lucy in her long career, the foremost of course being Lucy Ricardo in CBS' classic comedy "I Love Lucy")

At least once, some last names were "Danzified"; this occurred w/"What's Happening!!" in the '70's, where Ernest Thomas played Roger "Raj" Thomas, and Haywood Nelson played Dwayne Nelson. Fred Berry got the first-name "Danza" treatment, however, being known as Freddy "Rerun" Stubbs, and so did Mabel King and Shirley Hemphill, as Mabel Thomas and Shirley Wilson respectively.

So did Tim Allen, who played Tim Taylor in "Home Improvement," and Andy Griffith, who played Sheriff Andy Taylor in "The Andy Griffith Show."

What I'd like to know is, do you happen to know of any others?

Ted Baxter - Ted Knight 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'
Bob Hartley - Bob Newhart 'The Bob Newhart Show'
Al Delvecchio - Al Molinaro 'Happy Days' 'Joanie Loves Chachi'
Marion Cunningham - Marion Ross 'Happy Days'
Mac Robinson - Charles Robinson 'Night Court'
Florence Kleiner - Florence Halop 'Night Court'
Selma Hacker - Selma Diamond 'Night Court'

Bob Newhart - Bob Hartley The Bob Newhart show
Nell Carter - Nell Harper Gimme a Break
Marion Ross - Marion Cunningham Happy Days
Joey Lawrence -Joey Russo Blossom
Bob Collins - Bob Cummings Love That Bob
George Carlin - George O'Grady The George Carlin Show
George Lopez - George Lopez The George Lopez Show
Shirley Jones - Shirley Partridge the Partridge Family
Danny Bonaduce - Danny Partridge The Partridge Family
Julie McCullough - Julie Costello Growing Pains
Al Molinaro - Al Delvecchio Happy Days
Valerie Harper - Valerie Hogan The Hogan Family
Sandy Duncan - Sandy Hogan The Hogan Family
Richard Correll - Richard Rickover Leave it to Beaver

Harry Anderson - Harold "Harry" T. Stone: Night Court

Martin Lawrence - Martin Payne on Martin

Rick "Ricky" Schroder - Richard "Ricky"/"Rick" Stratton: Silver Spoons

Alfonso Ribeiro - Alfonso Spears: Silver Spoons

Ron Glass - Ron Harris: Barney Miller

Roseanne - Roseanne Connor: Roseanne

Cherie Johnson - Cherie: Punky Brewster

Gabe Kaplan - Gabe Kotter (Welcomr Back Kotter)
Malcolm Jamal Warner - Malcom McGee (Malcom and Eddie)
Eddie Griffin - Eddie Sherman (Malcolm and Eddie)
Martin Lawrence - Martin Payne (Martin)
Fran Drescher - Fran Fine (The Nanny)
Dave Foley - Dave Nelson (Newsradio)
Joe Rogan - Joe Garelli (Newsradio)
Ricky Segall - Ricky Stevens (Partridge Family)

Andrea Parker - Miss Parker : The Pretender

Dee Wallace - Dee McCulloug :The New Lassie

Christopher Stone - Chris McCullough :The New Lassie

Will Estes (Will Nipper at the time) - Will McCullough :The New Lassie

Jeffrey Tambor - Jeffrey P. Brookes III, The Ropers

Jeffrey told Bill Kennedy that the character was named Jeffrey when he went in to read for it, so that was (according to him) really mere coincidence.

Paul Lynde - Paul Simms, The Paul Lynde Show
Mary Jane Croft - Mary Jane Lewis, The Lucy Show; Here's Lucy

The principal cast of The Mothers In Law during the first season all had characters with the same first name as the actors who played them.

Clifton Davis - Clifton Curtis:That's My Mama

Joey Lawrence -Joey Russo Blossom
Joey Lawrence also played Joe Roman in Brotherly Love. His younger brothers, Matthew and Andrew, played Matt and Andy Roman.

Jack Benny-Jack Benny "THE JACK BENNY SHOW"
George Burns and Gracie Allen-George Burns and Gracie Allen "BURNS AND ALLEN"
Bud Abbot and Lou Cosstelo-Bud Abbott and Lou Costello "ABBOTT AND COSTELLO"
Bob Newhart-Bob something "BOB"
Jerry Sienfeld-Jerry Sienfeld "SIENFELD"
Gary Shandling-Garry Shandling "IT'S GARY SHANDLINGS SHOW"
Vivian Vance-Vivian Bagley-"THE LUCY SHOW"

Norm Macdonald played Norm Henderson on the short lived The Norm Show/Norm.

Bob Newhart-Bob something "BOB"


Pretty sure it was Bob McKay. [Googles it] Yep, Bob McKay.

I can't believe no one has said Woody Harrelson/Woody Boyd yet :lol:

Reba McEntire played Reba Hart on Reba.

I merged some similar threads.

Tony Danza might have the record with five characters named Tony. He had one more since this thread was created.

Tony Banta - Taxi
Tony Micelli - Who's the Boss?
Tony Canetti - Hudson Street
Tony DiMeo - The Tony Danza Show
Tony Caruso Sr. - The Good Cop

George Foreman - George Foster in George

George Wendt - George Coleman in The George Wendt Show

Alfonso on Silver Spoons.

Ray on Everybody Loves Raymond

Marion Cunningham/Marion Ross