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Dynomite
03-25-2007, 08:35 AM
I can point out some actors from the United Kingdom whom have appeared on television in the United States. Here's my list, so far:

1. Alan Young
2. Richard Dawson
3. Nicolette Sheridan
4. Mark Addy
5. Angela Lansbury
6. John Cleese

If anyone else can name other British actors whom have appeared on American television, please start posting.

friendsfan77
03-25-2007, 09:14 AM
Hugh Laurie

Zoneboy
03-25-2007, 09:24 AM
Gladys Cooper
Wilfred Hyde-White
Patrick Macnee
Cedric Hardwicke
Helen Mirren
Alan Napier
Cyril Delevanti
Ida Lupino
Kenneth Haigh
Cecil Kellaway

waichingliu81
03-29-2007, 10:20 AM
richard e.grant in one of the later episodes of frasier as one of daphne's brother's
hugh laurie- dr gregory house, house
alex kingston- elizabeth corday, ER
parminder nagra- ER
jane leeves- daphne, frasier
joseph marcell-geoffrey the butler, fresh prince of bel air
ashley jensen-christina, ugly betty

Jaqui-Michel
03-29-2007, 12:36 PM
Paul Blackthorne - Dresden Files
James Callis - Battlestar Galactica
Juliet Mills - Passions
Christopher Eccleston - Heroes
Charles Shaughnessy - The Nanny/Days of Our Lives
Naveen Andrews - Lost

snl 70s show fan
03-30-2007, 01:42 AM
peter cook the two of us and john mahoney of frasier who was born in manchester england.

AB
03-30-2007, 04:52 PM
Edward Woodward - The Equalizer

Coffeecup
03-30-2007, 07:12 PM
What about Dominic Monagan. Charlie from Lost

SBTB Geek
03-30-2007, 07:41 PM
Nicolette plays a slut too well, I just knew she wasn't American.

roseha
03-31-2007, 01:59 AM
I was amazed to find out that Barry Morse, Lt Gerard in The Fugitive, was British. His American accent, as I recall, was *great*.

Marvo301
03-31-2007, 04:48 AM
Christopher Hewitt - Mr Belvedere
Sebastion Cabot - Family Affair:wave:

catlover79
03-31-2007, 03:15 PM
Finola Hughes of General Hospital fame

Maurice Evans of Bewitched

Dick Wilson of Bewitched and "Mr. Whipple" fame

Hermione Baddeley of Maude

Lesley-Anne Down of Bold & Beautiful

Anna Lee of General Hospital

Emma Samms of General Hospital and Dynasty

Joan Collins of Dynasty

James
03-31-2007, 10:26 PM
Olivia d'Abo (Karen Arnold on The Wonder Years)

Rosslover
04-27-2007, 05:11 PM
john cleese ..will and grace...
minnie driver...will and grace
jennifer saunders ...rosanne and friends
tom conti ...friends
she is a british tv star but helen baxendale...who played the british witch emily waltham
hugh laurie on friends

Brian Damage
04-27-2007, 07:18 PM
Jonathan Rhys Meyers---The Tudors

Dusty's Fan
04-27-2007, 07:22 PM
Bernard Fox -- Bewitched ("Dr. Bombay") and many other shows.