Sitcoms, dramas, soaps etc... Regular or recurring stars/characters only.


Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
Gabe Kaplan - Gabe Kotter
Donna Reed - Donna Stone

Sitcoms, dramas, soaps etc... Regular or recurring stars/characters only.


Andy Griffith - Andy Taylor
Gabe Kaplan - Gabe Kotter
Donna Reed - Donna Stone

Jimmie Walker - James Evans Jr
Thomas Mikal Ford - Tommy Strong
Fred Berry - Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs

Mabel King = Mabel Thomas on What's Happening
Sharon Case = Sharon Newman on The Young And The Restless
Shriley Hemphill = Shirley Wilson on What's Happening

Patty Duke - Patty Lane
Lucille Ball - Lucy Ricardo
Bob Newhart - Bob Hartley

Sean Ringgold - Sean Evans (One Life to Live)
Roseanne Barr - Roseanne Harris Conner (Roseanne)
Martin Lawrence - Martin Payne (Martin)

Dave Nelson played by Dave Foley (NewsRadio)
Joe Garrelli played by Joe Rogan (NewsRadio)
Ellen Morgan played by Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen)

Marion Ross - Marion Cunningham
Danny Bonaduce - Danny Partridge
Shirley Jones - Shirley Partridge

Note: There are some names that are really, really obvious but I don't want to use them without giving others a chance so I'm digging really deep for others:

Laverne Fields Hurd - Laverne Hunter (Living Single)
Rita Owens - Rita James (Living Single)
George Foreman - George Foster (George)

Note: There are some names that are really, really obvious but I don't want to use them without giving others a chance so I'm digging really deep for others:

Good idea!

Tia Mowry = Tia Landry on Sister Sister
Tamera Mowry = Tamera Campbell on Sister Sister
Billy Miller = Billy Abbott on The Young And The Restless

Tia Mowry = Tia Landry on Sister Sister
Tamera Mowry = Tamera Campbell on Sister Sister
Billy Miller = Billy Abbott on The Young And The Restless


LOL. Tia and Tamera were some of the names that crossed my mind. :lol:

Danny Thomas - Danny Williams (Make Room for Daddy)
Jenny McCarthy - Jenny McMillian (Jenny)
Kim Fields - Kim (Good Times)

Clifton Davis - Clifton Curtis (That's My Mama)
Bob Cummings - Bob Collins (The Bob Cummings Show/Love That Bob)
Doris Day - Doris Martin (The Doris Day Show)

Clifton is one name I was trying to avoid. LOL.

Bob McGrath - Bob (Sesame Street)
Linda Bove - Linda (Sesame Street)
Darryl "D.L." Hugley - Darryl Hughley (The Hughleys)

Michael Flaherty played by Michael J Fox (Spin City)
Charlie Crawford played by Charlie Sheen (Spin City)
Tony Banta played by Tony Danza (Taxi)

Mary Tyler Moore: Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) :)

Mary Tyler Moore: Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) :)


Richard Kline - Richie Grey (It's a living)
Arseman Yohannes - Arseman Lee (Fifteen)
Michael DeLorezno - Michael (Fame)

Ted Knight - Ted Baxter (The Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Richard Correll - Richard Rickover (Leave it to Beaver)
Vivian Vance - Vivian Bagley (The Lucy Show)

VickiLynn Reynolds- VickiLynn Fontaine Clayton (Sugar and Spice)
Loretta Devine - Loretta Fontaine (Sugar and Spice)
Phyllis Yyvonne Stickney - Yyvonne St. James (New Attitude)

Tony Banta played by Tony Danza (Taxi)

Was also Tony Micelli on Who's the Boss.

Was also Tony Micelli on Who's the Boss.


You're a rockstar! ;)

Eartha D. Robinson - Eartha (Fame)
David Wright - Dave (Fifteen)
Claude Brooks - Claude (Claude's Crib)

Tim "The Toolman" Taylor played by Tim Allen (Home Improvement)
Nell Harper played by Nell Carter (Gimme a Break!)
Charlie Harper played by Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)

Tim "The Toolman" Taylor played by Tim Allen (Home Improvement)
Nell Harper played by Nell Carter (Gimme a Break!)
Charlie Harper played by Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)


Ha Ha Ha! I was trying to keep my mouth shut on Nell and Charlie. It was hard! Thank you! I can breathe now. :crazy:

Eve Arden - Eve Hubbard (The Mothers-in-Law)
Kaye Ballard - Kaye Buell (The Mothers-in-Law)
Roger Carmel - Roger Buell (The Mothers-in-Law)

Eartha D. Robinson - Eartha (Fame)I don't remember an Eartha character.

George Burns and Grace Allen: (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show)

I don't remember an Eartha character.


She was a recurring dancer on the show from 1981-1985. She also choreographed some dance segments like the ones in the "Coco Returns" episode from Feb 1985.

Mike Stoker - Fireman Mike Stoker (Emergency!)
Marco Lopez - Fireman Marco Lopez (Emergency!)
Al Molinaro - Al Delvecchio (Happy Days)

Tony Danza - Tony Canetti (Hudson Street)
Erin Inglis - Erin (Fifteen)
Robin Givens - Robin Givens (The Game)

I'm still skating around some good ones. I'm surprised no one has figured them out yet. :lol:

Woody Boyd played by Woody Harrelson (Cheers)
Andy Barker played by Andy Richter (Andy Barker, P.I.)
Jeff Greene played by Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm)


I don't know if last names count as well. I mean Andy Richter played "Andy Richter" on "Andy Richter Controls the Universe." I didn't include it because I don't know if this is first name only or not. So instead, I went for the other Andy short-lived sitcom.

Susan Richardson - Susan Bradford (Eight is Enough)
Herb Rudley - Herb Hubbard (The Mothers-in-law)
Jerry Fogel - Jerry Buell (The Mothers-in-Law)

Bonnie Hunt – Bonnie Malloy (Life With Bonnie)
John Boyd - John (Fifteen)
Pepper Alexander - Pepper (Fifteen)

Angela Kinsey - Angela Martin (The Office)
Oscar Nunez - Oscar Martinez (The Office)
Creed Bratton - Creed Bratton (The Office)

:triplets

Lisa Antille - Lisa Flores (The Ted Knight Show)
Nikki Vannice - Nikki Hale (Getting By)
Carlos Cantu - Carlos (Knots Landing)

Andy Griffith - Andy Thompson (The Headmaster)
Andy Griffith - Andy Sawyer (The New Andy Griffith Show)
Ken Howard - Ken Reeves (The White Shadow)

Douglas Robinson - Doug (Alice)
Phil Perlman - Phil (Cheers)
Steve Harvey - Steve Hightower (Steve Harvey Show)

Will Smith - Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
Raven Symoné - Raven Baxter (That's so Raven)
Mark Curry - Mark Cooper (Hanging out with Mr Cooper)
Mary-Kate Olsen - Mary-Kate Burke (Two of a kind)
Ashley Olsen - Ashley Burke (Two of a kind)
Kenan Thompson - Kenan Rockmore (Kenan & Kel)
Kel Mitchell - Kel Kimble (Kenan & Kel)

Will Smith - Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
Raven Symoné - Raven Baxter (That's so Raven)
Mark Curry - Mark Cooper (Hanging out with Mr Cooper)
Mary-Kate Olsen - Mary-Kate Burke (Two of a kind)
Ashley Olsen - Ashley Burke (Two of a kind)
Kenan Thompson - Kenan Rockmore (Kenan & Kel)
Kel Mitchell - Kel Kimble (Kenan & Kel)

3 per-turn please.

Cybill Shepherd - Cybill Sheridan (Cybill)
Ray Romano - Ray Barone (Everybody Loves Raymond)
Bobby Sherman - Bobby Conway (Getting Together)

Valerie Harper - Valerie Hogan (Valerie)
Sandy Duncan - Sandy Hogan (Valerie's Family & The Hogan Family)
Rick/Ricky Schroder - Rick/Ricky Stratton (Silver Spoons)

Robert/Bob Crane - Colonel Robert Hogan (Hogan's Heroes)
Larry Hovis - Larry (Gomer Pyle USMC)
Roy Goldman - Roy Goldman (M*A*S*H)

Jonathan Silverman as Jonathan Elliot on The Single Guy
Rodney Carrington as Rodney Hamilton on Rodney
Reba McEntire as Reba Hart on Reba

Very nice, folks! I love these. Plus, some of you called out some actors that I purposely didn't use. Cool.

Jonathan Silverman - Jonathan Maxwell (Gimmie A Break)
Sue Budgen - Sue, the floor lady (Knots Landing)
Paul Wilson – Paul Krapence (Cheers)

Oscar Nunez- Oscar Martinez (The Office)
Creed Bratton- Creed Bratton (The Office)
James Van Der Beek- James Van Der Beek (Dont Trust The B**** In Apartment 23)

Robert Urich - Bob Sanders (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
Joan Davis - Joan Stevens (I Married Joan)
Lucille Ball - Lucy Carmichael (The Lucy Show)

Drake Bell-Drake Parker (Drake and Josh)
Charlie Sheen- Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)
Jerry Seinfeld- Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld)

George Cleveland - George "Gramps" Miller (Lassie)
Elinor Donahue - Elinor "Ellie" Walker (The Andy Griffith Show)
Heather O'Rourke - Heather Pfister (Happy Days)

Jerry Paris - Jerry Helper (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
James "Jim" Garner - Jim Rockford (The Rockford Files)
Danny Thomas - Danny Williams (The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room for Daddy & Make Room for Granddaddy)

Ruth Buzzi - Ruthie (Sesame Street)
Tony Danza - Tony DiMeo (The Tony Danza Show)
Harry Anderson - Harry (Cheers)

David Henesy - David Collins (Dark Shadows)
Dick Van Dyke - Dick Preston (The New Dick Van Dyke Show)
Richard Dawson - Richard Richardson (The New Dick Van Dyke Show)

Steve Harvey - Steve Tower (Me and the Boys)
Cedric the Entertainer - Cedric Jackie Robinson (The Steve Harvey Show)
Bernie Mac - Bernie Mac (The Bernie Mac Show)

Steve Harvey - Steve Towe (Me and the Boys)
Cedric the Entertainer - Cedric Jackie Robinson (The Steve Harvey Show)
Bernie Mac - Bernie Mac (The Bernie Mac Show)


Very Clever, megaman. For a second, I thought you took some of my answers but you skated around that and was able to give some good, legit, organic names. ;)

Paul Reiser – Paul Reiser (the Paul Reiser show)
Leonard Lightfoot - Leonard Collins (Silver Spoons)
Billy O’ Connolly - Billy MacGregoror (Billy)

Georgia Engel-Georgette Franklin (Mary Tyler Moore Show)-yes I realize name is slightly different, but STILL

Jimmy Stewart-Professor James K Howard (The Jimmy Stewart Show)

and even tho this last one doesnt technically count, in a way it does
John Ritter-Jack Tripper (Threes Company) Jack IS a nickname for John

Melissa Joan Hart as Melissa "Mel" Burke on Melissa & Joey
Paul Reiser as Paul Buchman on Mad About You
Joey Lawrence as Joey Russo on Blossom

Georgia Engel-Georgette Franklin (Mary Tyler Moore Show)-yes I realize name is slightly different, but STILL

Jimmy Stewart-Professor James K Howard (The Jimmy Stewart Show)

and even tho this last one doesnt technically count, in a way it does
John Ritter-Jack Tripper (Threes Company) Jack IS a nickname for John

I thought Ms. Engel's name was "Gloria". Maybe I'm wrong?
John and Jack? Really? I never knew.

Jurnee Smolett - Jurnee (Cosby)
Billy Connolly - Billy MacGregor (Head of the Class)
Madeline Kahn - Madeline (Oh, Madeline)

Selma Diamond - Selma Hacker (Night Court)
Florence Halop - Florence Kliener (Night Court)
Charles Hallahan - Capt. Charles "Charlie" Davanne (HUNTER)

Jerry Van Dyke - Jerry Webster (Accidental Family)
Jerry Van Dyke - Jerry Beauchamp (Teen Angel)
Jerry Van Dyke - Jerry Brownell (Headmaster)

Jamie Foxx- Jamie King (The Jamie Foxx Show)
Shawn Wayans- Shawn Williams (The Wayans Bros.)
Marlon Wayans- Marlon Williams (The Wayans Bros.)

Dr. Ken Park (played by Ken Jeong) on "Dr. Ken"

(Sorry for any repeats but I didn't feel like looking through all the posts)

Donna Stone (played by Donna Reed) on "The Donna Reed Show"
Ellen Richmond (played by Ellen DeGeneres) on "The Ellen Show"