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USATVFAN
08-07-2012, 12:29 PM
List the TV Characters who Fought/Served in a War:

That 70s Show- Red and Bob were both in Korean War(One in Army and other in National Guard)
Everybody Loves Raymond- Frank was in the in Korean war
The Cosby show- Cliff was in the n Korean war. Cliff dad was in World War 2
The Jeffweesons- George was in in Korean war

USATVFAN
08-07-2012, 02:23 PM
Simon and Simon
Rick Simon, Vietnam

WKRP in Cincinnati
"Venus Flytrap", Vietnam
Arthur Carlson, WW2

Mary Tyler Moore
Lou Grant, WW2

catlover79
08-07-2012, 02:26 PM
Good Times - James Evans (Korean War)

USATVFAN
08-07-2012, 02:52 PM
All in The Family: Archie Bunker-World War 2
Mary Tyler Moore Show: Lou Grant-World War 2
Three's Company: Jack Tripper-Vietnam War

phoebe7165
08-07-2012, 03:15 PM
Martin Crane on Frasier was in the Korean War.

USATVFAN
08-07-2012, 03:53 PM
Martin Crane on Frasier was in the Korean War.
I never realized until now how many TV characters were in the Korean War.

William Hogan Jr
08-07-2012, 07:06 PM
Skipper-WW 2 (Gilligan's Island), Captain Wilton Parmeter-Civil War (Sneezed and the soldiers thought he said charge!) (F Troop) Ward Cleaver-WW 2-Seabees(Leave It To Beaver) Colonel Hogan, Corporal Newkirk, Lebeu, KInchloe, Carter.POWs under Colonel Klink-Stalag 13, Schultz is the guard-WW2 (Hogan's Heroes)

Marvo301
08-08-2012, 01:51 PM
Howard Cunningham - Happy Days (WW II)

treky
08-09-2012, 12:05 AM
Sgt. Carter-GOMER PYLE: U.S.M.C.-korean war

Lee
08-09-2012, 01:45 AM
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Mrs. Ducky
08-09-2012, 03:03 AM
On The Waltons, Grandpa was in the Spanish-American War, John Sr. was in WWI, and all four Walton boys (actually, I'm not positive about Jim-Bob) seved in WWII.

biffbronson
08-15-2012, 05:48 AM
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis:
Herbert T. Gillis, World War 2

treky
08-16-2012, 01:12 AM
YEARS ago there was a show called THE REBEL and the title character was a civil war vet.

Capt. Palmeter-F TROOP-civil war vet

catlover79
08-17-2012, 10:16 PM
I never realized until now how many TV characters were in the Korean War.
Another character who fought in that war that I forgot to add earlier was Benson DuBois (Soap and Benson). They specifically mentioned his service in the first season Benson episode, "The Army Wants You".

biffbronson
06-06-2013, 11:23 PM
On The Partridge Family, Ruben Kinkaid says that he was drafted into the army in 1952. That would place the character on active duty back during the Korean War.

Also: On The Bob Newhart Show, I believe it was stated that Bob Hartley was a Korean War veteran.

loaferman
06-07-2013, 11:04 AM
Arthur Spooner from King of Queens

Retro4Life
06-07-2013, 04:27 PM
Dennis "The Animal" Price on Lou Grant.

MacLeaper
06-11-2013, 02:49 PM
Indiana Jones fought in World War I and World War II (though only his WWI exploits were shown on "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles")

Pete Thornton served in the Army and I'm pretty sure he was in the Korean War- MacGyver served in the Army during the Vietnam War- both on "MacGyver", of course.

Sam Beckett Leaped into his great grandfather who served in the Civil War on an episode of "Quantum Leap". He also Leaped into a member of his brother's unit in another episode and thus served in the Vietnam War as well.
Also, Al Calavicci served in the Vietnam War and was a POW, in fact.

Ohio8
06-11-2013, 06:06 PM
List the TV Characters who Fought/Served in a War:

That 70s Show- Red and Bob were both in Korean War(One in Army and other in National Guard)
Everybody Loves Raymond- Frank was in the in Korean war
The Cosby show- Cliff was in the n Korean war. Cliff dad was in World War 2
The Jeffweesons- George was in in Korean war

Red was in the Navy.

Ohio8
06-11-2013, 06:07 PM
Dennis "The Animal" Price on Lou Grant.

He was in Vietnam.

Ohio8
06-11-2013, 06:09 PM
Trapper John MD Trapper was in the Korean War as a MASH surgeon.

tooltime1987
06-11-2013, 07:17 PM
Home Improvement-Jill's Dad was in the Army.

biffbronson
07-03-2013, 10:38 AM
Green Acres:
Oliver Douglas states that he's a World War II veteran.

MacLeaper
07-03-2013, 11:58 AM
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu and Yoda served together in The Clone Wars on "Star Wars: The Clone Wars":) :cool:

Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Captain America, Black Cat, Iron Man and Storm all fought together in Secret Wars on "Spider-Man" (the '90s cartoon). (Fighting against villians Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, The Lizard, Alistair Smythe and Red Skull, as orchestrated by The Beyonder and Madame Web).

Captain America fought in World War II on the 1960s Captain America cartoon. He also made appearances on a number of other cartoons- Spider-Man (1980s cartoon), Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, X-Men ('90s cartoon), The Fantastic Four ('90s cartoon), The Avengers (1999 cartoon), X-Men: Evolution, Black Panther, The Super Hero Squad Show, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers: Assemble. And he also appeared in live action in TV-movies and films, of course.

Wolverine is revealed to have served alongside Captain America in World War II on the '90s X-Men cartoon. (And of course, Wolverine has also shown up in a number of other cartoons- "Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends", 1989 pilot "X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men", "The Fantastic Four" ['90s cartoon], X-Men: Evolution, Wolverine and The X-Men, The Super Hero Squad Show, Black Panther, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Ultimate Spider-Man and two anime miniseries- Marvel Anime: Wolverine and Marvel Anime: X-Men and Spider-Woman motion comics. And Wolverine has also appeared in the "Hulk Vs." movie and in all the live action X-Men movies (and Wolverine movies, of course) thus far.

Nick Fury fought in World War II and has appeared in a number of cartoons- "Iron Man" (1990s cartoon), "Spider-Man" (1990s cartoon), "X-Men" (1990s cartoon), "Spider-Man Unlimited", "X-Men: Evolution", "Wolverine and The X-Men", "Iron Man: Armored Adventures", "The Super Hero Squad Show", "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes", "Ultimate Spider-Man" and "Avengers: Assemble"- as well as the "Phineas and Ferb" special- "Mission Marvel". Nick Fury also appeared in direct-to-video specials "Ultimate Avengers" and "Ultimate Avengers 2" and in the Marvel Anime special "Iron Man: Rise of Technovore". And of course, Nick Fury has appeared in live action a number of times now- the first time as portrayed by David Hasselhoff in the 1998 TV-movie "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." and then by Samuel L. Jackson in the most recent set of Marvel movies- "Iron Man", "Iron Man 2", "Thor", "Captain America: The First Avenger", "The Avengers" and is set to appear in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", and most likely future Marvel films as well.

Regulus
07-03-2013, 12:05 PM
The 1967 FF Episode The Way It All Began Mentions Reed Richardson (Mr Fantastic) and Ben Grimm (The Thing) serving in World War II.

MacLeaper
07-03-2013, 12:15 PM
Cool- I guess it makes sense for that cartoon in its time period to mention that. I can see Reed Richardson and Benjamin Grimm in World War II.

Steve_uk
07-03-2013, 03:52 PM
The Winds of War..

Polly Bergen to Robert Mitchum:"Oh Pug.."