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
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