View Full Version : Nice and Not so Nice Characters Played by the Same Person


Zoneboy
02-01-2010, 04:37 AM
#1. Larry Hagman:

Nice - Major Tony Nelson (I Dream of Jeannie)

Not so nice - J.R. Ewing (Dallas)

#2. Allan Melvin:

Nice - Sam Franklin (The Brady Bunch), Barney Hefner (All in the Family/Archie Bunker's Place)

Not so nice - Sgt Charlie Hacker (Gomer Pyle USMC)

JamesG
02-01-2010, 04:44 AM
John Lithgow:

Nice: Dr. Dick Solomon "3rd Rock from the Sun"

Not So Nice: Arthur Mitchell (The Trinity Killer) "Dexter"

70s show watcher
02-01-2010, 06:36 AM
howard hessman nice dr. johnny fever wkrp not so nice sam royer one day at a time

GARFIELDKOOL
02-01-2010, 01:53 PM
Carroll O'Connor

Nice-Chief William Gillespie (In the Heat of the Night)

Not so nice-Archie Bunker (All in the Family)

Chocoholic
02-01-2010, 02:43 PM
Ted Danson

nice- Sam Malone (Cheers)

not so nice- Dr. John Becker (Becker)

TV_on_the_Porch
02-02-2010, 06:55 AM
Betty White

Nice: Vicki Angel (A Date With The Angels), Rose Nylund (The Golden Girls)

Not-so-nice: Sue Ann Nivens (Mary Tyler Moore), Ellen Jackson (Mama's Family)

biffbronson
02-02-2010, 09:35 AM
Mary Jane Croft

Nice: Mary Jane Lewis (The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy)

Not so nice: Betty Ramsey (I Love Lucy)

Reverend Jim
02-02-2010, 12:39 PM
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Two actresses on two popular, television comedy-fantasies,of the Sixties, portrayed dual roles as good women,and their identical ,but evil,twin sisters.Elizabeth Montgomery portrayed both benevolent blonde,Samantha Stephens, as well as her black-haired evil sister,Serena,on the ,''Bewitched'',television series,on ABC-TV.
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The other actress who did the same thing on another comedy-fantasy was Barbara Eden. On NBC-TV,Eden portrayed two sisters,one good and the other one bad,on the,''I Dream Of Jeannie'',television series.Both sisters,in this second case,were named Jeannie. Whenever the bad sister was being referred to,in media references,she would always be described as Jeannie 2.

It was interesting that,in both cases, on both seperate programs,the evil sisters were brunettes.The original nice ladies of both shows,however,were both blondes.

Sincerely,
Reverend Jim..

megamanj2004
02-02-2010, 05:00 PM
Andy Kaufman played both:

Latka - nice and naive &...Vic - brash and cocky

ThomasE
02-02-2010, 07:19 PM
Zeena Sherman-Taxi (Nice)

Carla Tortelli-LeBec-Cheers (Not so nice)

McGillicuddy
02-02-2010, 08:12 PM
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Two actresses on two popular, television comedy-fantasies,of the Sixties, portrayed dual roles as good women,and their identical ,but evil,twin sisters.Elizabeth Montgomery portrayed both benevolent blonde,Samantha Stephens, as well as her black-haired evil sister,Serena,on the ,''Bewitched'',television series,on ABC-TV.
http://i50.tinypic.com/2hdxswi.jpg

The other actress who did the same thing on another comedy-fantasy was Barbara Eden. On NBC-TV,Eden portrayed two sisters,one good and the other one bad,on the,''I Dream Of Jeannie'',television series.Both sisters,in this second case,were named Jeannie. Whenever the bad sister was being referred to,in media references,she would always be described as Jeannie 2.

It was interesting that,in both cases, on both seperate programs,the evil sisters were brunettes.The original nice ladies of both shows,however,were both blondes.

Sincerely,
Reverend Jim..
Actually, Serena was Samantha's identical cousin, not sister.

factsoflife
02-02-2010, 08:48 PM
Carroll O'Connor

Nice-Chief William Gillespie (In the Heat of the Night)

Not so nice-Archie Bunker (All in the Family)

I've never seen the show but wasn't his character on In the Heat of the night a total racist?

Ian
02-02-2010, 11:15 PM
Not so nice-Archie Bunker (All in the Family)


I have to disagree.

Yes, Archie Bunker was misguided and ignorant, but deep down he had a good heart.

ThomasE
02-02-2010, 11:18 PM
I have to disagree.

Yes, Archie Bunker was misguided and ignorant, but deep down he had a good heart.

You do have a point but I would have categorized him in the not so nice category though. He would the lesser of two evils though.

Marvo301
02-03-2010, 01:03 AM
Harry Morgan

Nice: Colonel Sherman T. Potter

Not So Nice: Major General Brantford Hamilton Steele

factsoflife
02-03-2010, 01:07 AM
Heather Locklear:

Nice: Sami Jo Carrington

Naughty: Amanda Woodward.


Grant Aleksander:

Nice: Philip Spaulding

Naughty: Alec McEntyre


Betty White:

Nice: Rose Nylund

Naughty: Sue Anne Nivens

comedyfreak
02-05-2010, 09:29 AM
Neil Patrick Harris

Nice: Doogie Houser- Doogie Houser MD
Naughty: Barney Stinson-How I Met Your Mother

megamanj2004
02-06-2010, 12:46 AM
I've never seen the show but wasn't his character on In the Heat of the night a total racist?

In the very beginning he was sort of a bit of a racist, considering how Sparta, MS was still trying to settle down the racial tensions mounting throughout the city.

Of course he later wound up marrying an African-American woman named Harriet DeLong.