View Full Version : Name 3 Sitcom Stars that Found Success in Dramas and Vice-Versa


Zoneboy
10-13-2009, 06:05 AM
Limit 3 per non-consecutive post please.

1. Buddy Ebsen - The Beverly Hillbillies/Barnaby Jones
2. Larry Hagman - I Dream of Jeannie/Dallas
3. Carroll O'Connor - All in the Family/In the Heat of the Night

tv star collector
10-13-2009, 08:30 AM
Andy Griffith (The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock)
Bill Cosby (I Spy, The Cosby Show)
Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis Murder)

Zoneboy
10-13-2009, 10:03 AM
Patrick Duffy - Dallas/Step by Step
Bill Bixby - My Favorite Martian/The Incredible Hulk
Robert Young - Father Knows Best/Marcus Welby M.D.

JamesG
10-13-2009, 12:47 PM
Katey Sagal - Married... with Children / Sons of Anarchy
Alyson Hannigan - Buffy the Vampire Slayer / How I Met Your Mother
Neil Patrick Harris - Doogie Howser, M.D. / How I Met Your Mother

Zoneboy
10-13-2009, 01:41 PM
Susan Dey - The Partridge Family/L.A. Law
Brian Keith - Family Affair/Hardcastle and McCormick
Ernest Borgnine - McHale's Navy/Airwolf

mayberry66guy
10-13-2009, 01:54 PM
Ed Asner (Mary Tyler Moore Show/Lou Grant)
Jack Klugman (Odd Couple/Quincy)
Gavin McLeod (MTM/The Love Boat)

megamanj2004
10-13-2009, 01:54 PM
Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Saved By the Bell/NYPD Blue)
Gerald McRaney (Simon & Simon/Major Dad)
Craig T. Nelson (Coach/The District)

JamesG
10-13-2009, 02:15 PM
Maura Tierney - NewsRadio / ER
John Lithgow - 3rd Rock from the Sun / Dexter
Tony Shalhoub - Wings / Monk

Zoneboy
10-13-2009, 02:30 PM
Richard Long - The Big Valley/Nanny and the Professor
Rick Schroder - Silver Spoons/NYPD Blue
John Forsythe - Bachelor Father/Dynasty

megamanj2004
10-13-2009, 02:33 PM
Tiffany Amber-Theissen (Saved By the Bell/Beverly Hills 90210)

John Larroquette (Black Sheep Squadron/Night Court & The John Larroquette Show/McBride/Boston Legal)

Markie Post (The Fall Guy/Night Court)

Zoneboy
10-13-2009, 02:37 PM
John Larroquette (Black Sheep Squadron/Night Court & The John Larroquette Show/McBride/Boston Legal)

Two shows per actor/actress will suffice, This will give others a chance to name some.

tv star collector
10-13-2009, 02:42 PM
Victor French (Carter Country, Highway to Heaven)
Kaley Cuoco (Charmed, Big Bang Theory)
Jay Mohr (Ghost Whisperer, Gary Unmarried)

Zoneboy
10-13-2009, 02:45 PM
Harry Morgan - Dragnet/M*A*S*H
Tom Bosley - Happy Days/Father Dowling Mysteries
Cybill Sheperd - Moonlighting/Cybill

JamesG
10-13-2009, 02:57 PM
Sally Field - The Flying Nun / Brothers & Sisters
Connie Britton - Spin City / Friday Night Lights
Jamie Luner - Just the Ten of Us / Melrose Place

biffbronson
10-13-2009, 05:04 PM
Erin Moran - Daktari (starred in final season) / Happy Days
Tim Considine - Spin & Marty (MM Club series) / My Three Sons
Beverly Garland - Decoy (syndicated series) / My Three Sons

megamanj2004
10-13-2009, 08:32 PM
Alyssa Milano (Who's the Boss?/Charmed)
Robert Hedgyes (Welcome Back, Kotter/Cagney & Lacey - the final 2 seasons of this show)
Tim Reid (WKRP in Cincinnati/Simon & Simon, from 1983-until '87)

janet42
10-15-2009, 08:18 PM
Jenilee Harrison (Three's Company/Dallas)
Nancy McKeon (Facts of Life/Division)
Eddie Albert (Green Acres/Switch)

Rosslover
10-15-2009, 11:09 PM
if we are counting sitcom stars that made a success in drama...if that included the movies would include

George Clooney.....Roseanne/ ER(sitcom), Facts of life, Sisters, ? ER and all his movies
John Travolta...Welcome Back Kotter/ movies
Bruce Willis....Moonlighting and all his movies
Courteney Cox ... Friends/ Scream 1, 2, and 3...she was the only one of the six who made the transition from tv to movies successfully

Zoneboy
10-15-2009, 11:26 PM
if we are counting sitcom stars that made a success in drama...if that included the movies would include

George Clooney.....Roseanne/ ER(sitcom), Facts of life, Sisters, ? ER and all his movies
John Travolta...Welcome Back Kotter/ movies
Bruce Willis....Moonlighting and all his movies
Courteney Cox ... Friends/ Scream 1, 2, and 3...she was the only one of the six who made the transition from tv to movies successfully

Movies don't count and the limit is 3 per non-consecutive post.

70s show watcher
10-16-2009, 05:55 AM
garrett morris saturday night live/hunter

comedyfreak
10-16-2009, 08:39 AM
Robert Reed...The Defenders/The Brady Bunch
Judd Hirsch...Taxi/Numbers

megamanj2004
10-22-2009, 02:14 AM
I got some new ones here:

Anne Schedeen - Switch/ALF
Candace Bergen - Murphy Brown/Boston Legal
Erin Gray - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century/Silver Spoons