Meaning where they grew up. Like my examples:

Lindsay Monroe-Messer (CSI:NY)- Lives in NYC, but was from Montana.

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) - Lives in NYC, but originally from Cuba.

Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI) - Lives on Oahu, but originally from Virginia.

You get the idea...let's make a list and see how geographically diverse we are!


I decided to do a master list like Benjamoon did in his settings thread.

Arkansas

Wood Newton (Evening Shade)

California

Hikaru Sulu (Star Trek)
Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
Chrissy Snow (Three's Company)

Connecticut

Elliot (Scrubs)

Georgia

Blanche Devereaux (Golden Girls)

Illinois

Henry Blake (M*A*S*H)
Rob Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
Mac Taylor (CSI:NY)
Lt. Robert Boyle (Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron)

Indiana

Frank Burns (M*A*S*H)
Janet Wood (Three's Company)
Woody (Cheers)
Anne Romano (One Day at a Time)
Cissy, Buffy, and Jody Davis (Family Affair)

Iowa

Radar O'Reilly (M*A*S*H)
James T. Kirk (Star Trek)
Jennifer Lyons (Perfect Strangers)

Kansas

Mary Ann Summers (Gilligan's Island)

Louisiana

Luther Rizzo (M*A*S*H)

Maine

Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Massachusetts

Charles Emerson Winchester III (M*A*S*H)
Trapper MacIntyre (M*A*S*H)
Joe and Brian Hackett (Wings)
Carol Brady (The Brady Bunch)

Michigan

James Kinchloe (Hogan's Heroes)

Minnesota

Rose Nylund (Golden Girls)
Sam Gorpley (Perfect Strangers)
Hutch (Starsky and Hutch)

Missouri

Sherman Potter (M*A*S*H)

Montana

Lindsay Monroe-Messer (CSI:NY)

Nebraska

Julie Kotter (Welcome Back, Kotter)

New Jersey

Alice Hyatt (Alice)

New Mexico

Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy)

New York

Dorothy Zbornak (Golden Girls)
Zelmo Zale (M*A*S*H)
Joey Tribbiani (Friends/Joey)
Fran Fine (The Nanny)
Alice Nelson (The Brady Bunch)
Hank Rutherford Hill (King of the Hill)
Starsky (Starsky and Hutch)

Ohio

Maxwell Klinger (M*A*S*H)

Oklahoma

Reba Hart (Reba)

Pennsylvania

David Addison (Moonlighting)

Tennessee

Daisy "Granny" Moses (The Beverly Hillbillies)

Texas

Florence Jean Castleberry (Alice, Flo)
Helen and Casey (Wings)

Virginia

Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI)

Washington

Frasier Crane (Cheers/Frasier)
Maj. Greg Boyington (Baa Baa Black Sheep/Black Sheep Squadron)

Wisconsin

Roz Doyle (Frasier)
Larry Appleton (Perfect Strangers)


Outside the US

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) - Cuba
Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: NG) - France/England
Daphne Moon (Frasier) - England
Sophia Petrillo (Golden Girls) - Italy
Sgt. Chano Amenguale (Barney Miller) - Puerto Rico
Julio Fuentes (Sanford & Son) - Puerto Rico
Peter Newkirk (Hogan's Heroes) - England
Louis Lebeau (Hogan's Heroes) - France
Maxwell Sheffield (The Nanny) - England
Niles (The Nanny) - England
Antonio (Wings) -Italy
Balki Bartokomous (Perfect Strangers) - Mypos (fictional Mediterranean Island)
Giles French (Family Affair) - England
Peter Tong (Bachelor Father) - China

Hawkeye Pierce was from Crabapple Cove, Maine
Radar O'Reilley was from Ottumwa, Iowa
Maxwell Klinger was from Toledo, Ohio
Charles Emerson Winchester III was from Boston, Mass.

well, let's see...
Col. Henry Blake was from Illonois (or however it's spelled)
Capt. James Tiberious Kirk was from Iowa
Capt. Jean-Luc Picard was, I think, born in France then moved to england
Rob Petrie lived in New York but is from-I forget-is it Illonois?
Capt. Hikaru (they never said his first name in the show and movies, but they have in the books) Sulu is from San Fransisco

Frasier lived in Boston but grew up in Seattle Wa. on Cheers and ended up moving back to Seattle on Frasier.
Daphne Moon originally from Manchester England wound lives in Seattle on Frasier.
Roz Doyle originally from Wisconcin lives in Seattle on Frasier.

Rose Nylund - St. Olaf, Minnesota (doesn't exist)
Blanche Devereaux - Atlanta, Georgia
Dorothy Zbornak - Brooklyn, New York
Sophia Petrillo - Sicily, Italy

Max Klinger - Toledo, Ohio
Frank Burns - Fort Wayne, Indiana
Trapper MacIntyre - Boston, Massachusetts
Sherman Potter - Hannibal, Missouri
Zelmo Zale - Brooklyn, New York
Luther Rizzo - New Orleans, Louisiana

Sgt. Chano Amenguale (Barney Miller) - Puerto Rico
Julio Fuentes (Sanford & Son) - Puerto Rico

(Both played by my man, Gregory Sierra. :eyes:)

Sgt. Chano Amenguale (Barney Miller) - Puerto Rico
Julio Fuentes (Sanford & Son) - Puerto Rico

(Both played by my man, Gregory Sierra. :eyes:)
Is he really Puerto Rican?

Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy) - New Mexico
James Kinchloe (Hogan's Heroes) - Michigan
Peter Newkirk (Hogan's Heroes) - England
Louis Lebeau (Hogan's Heroes) - France
Mac Taylor (CSI:NY) - Illinois

Is he really Puerto Rican?
Gregory Sierra was born and raised in the Spanish Harlem section of NYC. I don't know if his parents emigrated to the US or what, but Gregory is an American-born citizen.

Meaning where they grew up. Like my examples:

Lindsay Monroe-Messer (CSI:NY)- Lives in NYC, but was from Montana.

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) - Lives in NYC, but originally from Cuba.

Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI) - Lives on Oahu, but originally from Virginia.

You get the idea...let's make a list and see how geographically diverse we are!


I decided to do a master list like Benjamoon did in his settings thread.

California

Hikaru Sulu (Star Trek)

Georgia

Blanche Devereaux (Golden Girls)

Illinois

Henry Blake (M*A*S*H)
Rob Petrie (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
Mac Taylor (CSI:NY)

Indiana

Frank Burns (M*A*S*H)

Iowa

Radar O'Reilly (M*A*S*H)
James T. Kirk (Star Trek)

Louisiana

Luther Rizzo (M*A*S*H)

Maine

Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H)

Massachusetts

Charles Emerson Winchester III (M*A*S*H)
Trapper MacIntyre (M*A*S*H)

Michigan

James Kinchloe (Hogan's Heroes)

Minnesota

Rose Nylund (Golden Girls)

Missouri

Sherman Potter (M*A*S*H)

Montana

Lindsay Monroe-Messer (CSI:NY)

New Mexico

Ethel Mertz (I Love Lucy)

New York

Dorothy Zbornak (Golden Girls)
Zelmo Zale (M*A*S*H)

Ohio

Maxwell Klinger (M*A*S*H)

Virginia

Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI)

Washington

Frasier Crane (Cheers/Frasier)

Wisconsin

Roz Doyle (Frasier)


Outside the US

Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) - Cuba
Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: NG) - France/England
Daphne Moon (Frasier) - England
Sophia Petrillo (Golden Girls) - Italy
Sgt. Chano Amenguale (Barney Miller) - Puerto Rico
Julio Fuentes (Sanford & Son) - Puerto Rico
Peter Newkirk (Hogan's Heroes) - England
Louis Lebeau (Hogan's Heroes) - France

I got 2 more states covered:

New Jersey

Alice Hyatt (Alice)

Texas

Florence Jean Castleberry (Alice, Flo)

Mary Ann Summers (Gilligan's Island) was from Kansas
Wood Newton (Evening Shade) was from Arkansas

Mac Taylor of CSI NY is from Chicago
Joey Tribbiani is from Queens NY and moved to LA
David Addison is from Philadelphia
Flo was from Cowtown Texas

Indiana:
Janet Wood (Three's Company)

California:
Jack Tripper
Chrissy Snow (both Three's Company)

New York:
Fran Fine (The Nanny)

We've got 23 states and 5 countries covered. Keep adding to the list! :)

Woody (Cheers) -Hanover, Indiana
Elliot (Scrubs) -Connecticut
Joe and Brian Hackett (Wings) -Nantucket, Massachusetts
Helen and Casey (Wings) -Texas
Antonio (Wings) -Italy

For Perfect Strangers:

Wisconsin: Larry Appleton (Madison, specifically)
Minnesota: Sam Gorpley (he said in one episode he was from Minneapolis)
Iowa: Jennifer Lyons
Mypos (fictional Mediterranean Island, outside the U.S.A.): Balki Bartokomous

All eventually settled in Chicago.

For The Brady Bunch:

Carol Brady - Massachusetts (she said she was from there, specifically Swampscott, in the episode "A Fistful of Reasons" in which Cindy is teased about her lisp)

Alice Nelson - New York state

Anne Romano (One Day at a Time) - Logansport, Indiana

Hank Rutherford Hill (King of the Hill) - New York, b/c one ep. Cotton spills the beans on Hank not being a true native Texan by saying that his Hank's mom and himself gave birth to Hank during a game in NY.

Julie Kotter (Welcome Back, Kotter) - Nebraska

Starsky & Hutch (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=556) - Starsky, New York - Hutch, Minnesota

24 states covered!

Reba Hart on Reba is from Oaklahoma and lives in Texas.

Half the states down! Keep thinking!

Another state, Tennessee -

Daisy "Granny" Moses of The Beverly Hillbillies

Also:

Terre Haute, Indiana: Cissy, Jody, and Buffy Davis, Family Affair

England: Giles French, Family Affair

Outside the USRicky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) - Cuba
Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: NG) - France/England
Daphne Moon (Frasier) - England
Sophia Petrillo (Golden Girls) - Italy
Sgt. Chano Amenguale (Barney Miller) - Puerto Rico
Julio Fuentes (Sanford & Son) - Puerto Rico
Peter Newkirk (Hogan's Heroes) - England
Louis Lebeau (Hogan's Heroes) - France
Maxwell Sheffield (The Nanny) - England
Niles (The Nanny) - England
Antonio (Wings) -Italy
Balki Bartokomous (Perfect Strangers) - Mypos (fictional Mediterranean Island)
Giles French (Family Affair) - England
Peter Tong (Bachelor Father) - China

Puerto Rico is part of the US.