Dick Van Dyke - Mary Tyler Moore & Hope Lange

Ted Knight - Georgia Engel & Nancy Dussault

Bea Arthur - Bill Macy & Herb Edelman

Patrick Duffy - Victoria Principal & Suzanne Somers
Bob Newhart - Suzanne Pleshette & Mary Frann
Tom Bosley - Marion Ross & Joan Gerber

Elizabeth Montgomery - Dick York and Dick Sargent
Patricia Heaton - Ray Romano and Neil Flynn
Larry Hagman - Barbara Eden and Linda Gray

John Ritter - Markie Post (Hearts Afire) & Katey Sagal (8 Simple Rules)
Same Show: Amanda Bearse - David Garrison & Ted McGinley (Married with Children)
Megyn Price - Donal Logue (Grounded for Life) & Patrick Warbutron (Rules of Engagement)

Conrad Bain - Rue McClanahan and Dixie Carter/Mary Ann Mobley
Katey Sagal - Ed O'Neill and John Ritter
Ed O'Neill - Katey Sagal and Sofia Vergara

Tim Allen- Patricia Richardson and Nancy Travis

This is a little of Topic but Bill Cosby Had Two TV Wives but played by the same Actress(Phylicia Rashad on The Cosby Show and Cosby). But Is he the only Actor to have the same Actress play his TV Wife on Two separate TV Shows?

This is a little of Topic but Bill Cosby Had Two TV Wives but played by the same Actress(Phylicia Rashad on The Cosby Show and Cosby). But Is he the only Actor to have the same Actress play his TV Wife on Two separate TV Shows?[/QUOTE]

I thought about that--and I don't know that there are any other instances of this!

Dick Van Patten - Diana Hyland and Betty Buckly (same series)

Danny Thomas- Jean Hagen and Marjorie Lord.(same series-Make Room for Daddy) , Jackie Gleason had several actresses play Alice on The Honeymooners, Pert Kelton, Audry Meadows, Sue Ann Langdon, and Sheala Macrea.

Marion Ross - Tom Bosley, Gavin MacLeod & Louis Zorich
Gavin MacLeod - Joyce Bulifant & Marion Ross
Richard Mulligan - Mariette Hartley & Kathryn Damon

Bob Newhart (In addition to Suzanne Pleshette and Mary Frann) - Carlene Watkins (Bob)

John Ritter (In addition to Markie Post and Katie Segal) - Mary Cadorette (Three's A Crowd)

Brad Garrett - Monica Horan and Joely Fisher

Meridith Baxter - David Birney, John Rubinstein, and Michael Gross

Valerie Harper - David Groh and Josh Taylor

Carroll O'Connor - Jean Stapleton and Denise Nicholas

Tisha Campbell - Martin Lawrence and Damon Wayans

Susan Sullivan - Robert Foxworth and Mitchell Ryan

In the case of Susan Sullivan, you could argue Robert Foxworth and David Selby (on the same show, Falcon Crest).

Hal Linden - Barbara Barrie & Suzanne Pleshette
John Forsythe - Linda Evans, Joan Collins (Ex) & Holland Taylor
Richard Crenna - Kathleen Nolan & Patty Duke

Craig T. Nelson- Shelly Fabares & Bonnie Bedelia.

Scott Baio had the same woman play his Mom on more then one show. Lol

Suzanne Pleshette - Bob Newhart and Hal Linden
Barbara Bel Geddes - Jim Davis and Howard Keel
Donna Reed - Carl Betz and Howard Keel
Gordon Jump - Allyn Ann McLerie and Jane Powell
Scott Baio - Erin Moran and Mary Page Keller*

*Scott's characters married in the series finale of two shows!! Joanie and Chachi married in the finale of Happy Days, and Maggie married James in the last episode of Baby Talk. How's that for a fun fact? :lol:

Anthony Geary on General Hospital is best known for his two TV wives; Genie Francis and Jane Elliot who respectively played Laura and Tracy.

Maurice Bernard on the same show has numerous wives, including Vanessa Marcil, Lily Melgar and Laura Wright.

If I was doing soaps I could do this all day, but I'll just do a few more...

David Canary on All My Children has so many, but too name just a few--- Marcy Walker, Bobbie Eakes, Julia Barr and Susan Lucci.

Speaking of Susan Lucci... she's famous for having more than 8 husbands on All My Children... Her character Erica Kane was married about 11 times to 8 different men (I'm not sure of the exact number)...

Erika Slezak on One Life To Lives has been married 9 or 10 times to about 8 different men...

It goes on and on...

John Astin - Emmaline Henry, Carolyn Jones & Nancy Linari
Lee Meriwether - Andy Griffith & John Schuck
Fred Gwynne - Ruth Masters & Yvonne DeCarlo

On Frasier, David Hyde Pierce's character Niles was married three times but only two of them were played by real actresses. He was first married to Maris but the character was never seen or heard and no actress ever played the role. The other two were Jane Adams and Jane Leeves.

On The Golden Girls Dorothy (Bea Arthur) was married in the series finale so you can add Leslie Nielsen to that list.

Betty Garrett - Vincent Gardenia (All in the Family) and Phil Foster (Laverne & Shirley)

Jim Backus - Joan Davis (I Married Joan) and Natalie Schafer (Gilligan's Island)

Joe E. Ross - Bea Pons (Car 54, Where Are You) and Imogene Coco (Its About Time)

Bea Benaderet - Hal March, John Brown, Fred Clark & Larry Keating (The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show) and Mel Blanc (The Flintstones)

Berlinda Tolbert - Mike Evans and Damon Evans
Bronson Pinchot - Rebeca Arthur and Shanna Reed
Shanna Reed - Gerald McRaney and Bronson Pinchot
Dean Butler - Melissa Gilbert and Caryn Richman
Edie McClurg - Frank Bonner and Willard Scott (!!)

David White - Irene Vernon and Kasey Rogers (Bewitched)

George Tobias - Alice Pearce and Sandra Gould (Bewitched)

Mable Albertson - Roy Roberts and Robert F. Simon (Bewitched)

Rosemary DeCamp - Lew Parker (That Girl) and Ray Bolger (The Partridge Family)

Mark Linn-Baker - Melanie Wilson and Melanie Griffith
Ken Berry - Brooke Bundy and Dorothy Lyman
Don Johnson - Belinda J. Montgomery and Sheena Easton
Belinda J. Montgomery - Don Johnson and Merlin Olsen
Caryn Richman - Dean Butler and Barry Williams
Katherine Helmond - Robert Mandan and Robert Culp
Merlin Olsen - Hersha Parady, Katherine Cannon (aka the real life Mrs. Dean Butler) and Belinda J. Montgomery
Melissa Gilbert - Dean Butler and Bruce Boxleitner (the latter in both reel & real life)

Estelle Getty - Sid Melton and Jack Gilford (The Golden Girls)

Rue McClanahan - Conrad Bain (Maude), Dabney Coleman (Apple Pie) and George Grizzard (The Golden Girls)

Betty White - Del Moore (Life With Elizabeth), Bill Williams (Date With the Angels), John Hillerman (The Betty White Show), Don Rickles (Hot In Cleveland), Tom Poston (That '70's Show), Husband never seen, Bruce Jackson (Mama's Family)----plus Betty almost married: Harold Gould (The Golden Girls); Eddie Bracken (The Golden Girls); Carl Reiner (Hot In Cleveland) and Buck Henry (Hot In Cleveland).

Here's more:

Bruce Boxleitner - Kate Jackson (Scarecrow & Mrs. King) and Melissa Gilbert (Babylon 5)

Joel Higgins - Anne Wyndham (Search For Tomorrow) and Erin Gray (Silver Spoons)

Carolyn Jones - John Astin (The Addams Family) and Richard Egan (Capitol)

Teri Hatcher-Dean Cain(Lois & Clark) & James Denton(Desperate Housewives)

Marcia Cross - Thomas Calabro (Melrose Place) and Steven Culp (Desperate Housewives)

Georgia Engel had at least 4!
Exidor (Mork and Mindy)
Ted Baxter (Mary Tyler Moore)
Howard Burleigh (Coach)
Hank McDougal (Everybody Loves Raymond)

Georgia Engel had at least 4!
Exidor (Mork and Mindy)
Ted Baxter (Mary Tyler Moore)
Howard Burleigh (Coach)
Hank McDougal (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Make it at least 5 - she played the wife of Brandon Maggart in the short-lived Jennifer Slept Here, which starred Ann Jillian in the title role.

Eva Longoria - Doug Davidson (The Young & The Restless) and Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Desperate Housewives)

Eva Longoria - Doug Davidson (The Young & The Restless) and Ricardo Antonio Chavira (Desperate Housewives)

and John Slattery on DH!

and John Slattery on DH!
Yup, you're right!!

Kaye Ballard - Roger Carmel & Richard Deacon (The Mothers-In-Law) and Bernie Kopell (The Doris Day Show)

Esther Rolle - John Amos and Moses Gunn (Good Times)

Jean Smart - Doug Barr (Designing Women) and Kevin Dunn (Samantha Who?)

Dixie Carter - Michael Lombard (Filthy Rich) and Conrad Bain (Diff'rent Strokes)

Delta Burke - Gerald McRaney (Designing Women) and Forest Tucker (Filthy Rich)

Annie Potts - Scott Bakula (Designing Women) and Chris Mulkey (Any Day Now)

Julia Duffy - Peter Scolari (Newhart) and Peter Scolari (Mommies)

Rhea Perlman - Dan Hedaya and Jay Thomas (Cheers)

Dan Hedaya - Rhea Perlman (Cheers) and Jean Kasem (The Tortellis)