What would you say are your Top 10 Favorite male characters of television sitcoms?

Mine are . . .
1) Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
2) Herman Munster (The Munsters)
3) Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy)
4) Ralph Furley (Three's Company)
5) Fonzie (Happy Days)
6) Grandpa Munster (The Munsters)
7) Theodore J. Mooney (The Lucy Show)
8) Richie Cunningham (Happy Days)
9) Kevin Arnold (The Wonder Years)
10) Fred Mertz (I Love Lucy)

Note: This list is subject to change

1. Brian Hackett (Wings)
2. Lowell (Wings)
3. Antonio (Wings)
4. Joe Hackett (Wings)
5. Mr James (NewsRadio)
6. Bill McNeal (NewsRadio)
7. Norm (Cheers)
8. Cliff (Cheers)
9. Robert (Everybody Loves Raymond)
10. Dave (NewsRadio)

1) Barney Fife
2) Andy Taylor
3) Fred Sanford
4) Archie Bunker
5) Gomer Pyle
6) Ricky Ricardo
7) Eddie Haskell
8) Wally Cleaver
9) Beaver Cleaver
10) Opie Taylor

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Hottest Men alive:
Dale Midkiff
Anthony Starke
Tim McGraw
Jonathan Crombie

Lumpy: Did you go out for anything, Dud?

Dudley: Well, I went out for football, but I got my finger stepped on, so my mother made me quit.

Eddie: Well listen-- I went out for basketball and I got my hair pulled, and my mother made ME quit.

Dudley: It's not that I was afraid of getting hurt or anything; it's just that-- well, it's kind o' hard to play the flute with a busted finger.

[Eddie and Lumpy suppress laughter]

Dale Midkiff is my man! :)

Class of 2002! :)

Barney Fife (Andy Griffith Show)
Jethro Bodine (Beverly Hillbillies)
Buddy Sorrell (Dick Van Dyke)
Max Smart (Get Smart)
Gomer Pyle (Andy Griffith/Gomer Pyle)
Sargeant Schultz (Hogan's Heroes)
Colonel Klink (Hogan's Heroes)
Siegfried (Get Smart)
Richie Cunningham (Happy Days)
Ted Baxter (Mary Tyler Moore)

Archie Bunker
Dick Louden
Michael Harris
Dan Connor
Bubba Higgins
Vinton Harper
Fred Mertz
Vinnie Barbarino
Gabe Kotter
Miles Silverburg
Ed Higgins
Barney Fife

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Cupcake

[This message has been edited by NEWHART FAN (edited 11-04-2001).]

1. JACK TRIPPER!!! [Three's Company]
2. Alex P. Keaton [Family Ties]
3. George Jefferson [The Jeffersons]
4. Zack Morris [Saved by the Bell]
5. Ralph Furley [Three's Company]
6. Stanley Roper [Three's Company]
7. Mike Seaver [Growing Pains]
8. Carl Winslow [Family Matters]
9. Dan Conner [Roseanne]
10. Arnold Jackson [Diff'rent Strokes]

1. Al bundy NOT IN ORDER
2. Archie Bunker
3. Ricky Ricardo
4. Uncle Jed
5. George Jefferson
6. Hal ??? MITM
7. Beaver Cleaver
8. Wally Cleaver
9. Eddie Haskell
10. Fred Mertz

Cliff Huxtable (Cosby Show)
Andy Moffet (Facts of Life)
Stan Zbornak (Golden Girls)
A.C. Slater (Saved By The Bell)
Dan Conner (Roseanne)
Arnold Jackson (Diff'rent Strokes)
Jesse ? (Full House)
Fonzie (Happy Days)
Steve Urkel (Family Matters)
Mike Seaver (Growing Pains)

Jesse from Full House's last name was Katsopolis, but at the beginning it was Cochran.

Mine are:
1. Richie Cunningham
2. Opie Taylor
3. Tony Micelli
4. Ricky Ricardo
5. Andy Taylor
6. Max Smart
7. Rob Petrie
8. Zack Morris
9. Arnold Jackson
10. Potsie Webber

1. Juan Epstein
2. Lenny Kosnowski
3. Archie Bunker
4. Burt Campbell
5. Dan Conner
6. Cliff Huxtable
7. Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggmann
8. Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington
9. Danny Dallas
10. Mark Healy
11. Jimmy James

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1. Archie Bunker (All In The Family)
2. Fred Sanford (Sanford & Son)
3. John "Pops" Williams (Wayans Bros.)
4. George Jefferson (Jeffersons)
5. Fred "Rerun" Stubbs (What's Happening)
6. Ralph Furley (Three's Company)
7. Cosmo Krammer (Seinfeld)
8. Arnold Jackson (Diff'rent Strokes)
9. Jim "Reverend Jim" Ignatowski (Taxi)
10. Woody Boyd (Cheers)


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My ten favorite characters are, in no particular order:

1. Fred Savage (Kevin Arnold, "The Wonder Years")
2. Jerry Mathers (Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, "Leave It To Beaver")
3. Jason Hervey (Wayne Arnold, "The Wonder Years")
4. Barry Williams (Greg Brady, "The Brady Bunch")
5. Dan Lauria (Jack Arnold, "The Wonder Years")
6. Ralph Waite (John Walton, "The Waltons")
7. Hugh Beaumont (Ward Cleaver, "Leave It To Beaver")
8. Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton, "The Waltons")
9. Tony Dow (Wallace "Wally" Cleaver, "Leave It To Beaver")
10. Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell, "Leave It To Beaver")

When I usually make these kinds of lists, I just list the top favorites that come to my mind but I'm doing this list different. I took 2 days and wrote down all my favorite male sitcom characters, then I eliminated them one by one until I got ten. Then I sorted them in the absolute order of my favorites and the results are below...these may not be the "best" male sitcom characters but they're my favorites.

1. Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
2. Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
3. Fred Ziffel (Petticoat Junction & Green Acres)
4. George Jefferson (The Jeffersons)
5. Sam Drucker (Petticoat Junction & Green Acres)
6. Mister Ed (Mister Ed)
7. Barney Fife (The Andy Griffith Show)
8. George Feeny (Boy Meets World)
9. Carl Winslow (Family Matters)
10. Gordon "ALF" Shumway (ALF)

1. Richie Cunningham (Happy Days)
2. Stan Zbornak (Golden Girls)
3. Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
4. Fred Sanford (Sanford & Son)
5. Tom Willis (The Jeffersons)
6. George Jefferson (The Jeffersons)
7. Philip Drummond (Diff'rent Strokes)
8. Charles Ingalls (Little House on the Prairie)
9. Roger Thomas (What's Happening)
10. Gilligan (Gilligan's Island)

1. Fred Sanford (Sanford and Son)
2. Lamont Sanford (Sanford and Son)
3. George Jefferson (The Jeffersons)
4. Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
5. James Evans (Good Times)
6. Arnold Jackson (Different Strokes
7. Lester Jenkins (227)
8. Tony Nelson (I Dream Of Jeannie)
9. Phillip Drummond (Different Strokes)
10. Cliff Huxtable (Cosby Show)

richard karinsky - caroline in the city
george jefferson - the jeffersons
jamie king - the jamie foxx show
maxwell sheffield - the nanny
arnold jackson - diff'rent strokes
niles - the nanny
raj thomas - what's happening!!
carlton banks - fresh prince of bel air
braxton P. hartnebrig - the jamie foxx show
niles crane - frasier

Frank Poncherello ( CHIPS)
Lynn Belvedere ( Mr. Belvedere)
George Wilson ( Dennis the menace)
Fred G. Sanford ( Sanford & Son)
Sam Drucker ( Petticoat Junction & Green Acres)
Fred Ziffel ( Green Acres)
Ricky Ricardo ( I Love Lucy)
Wally Cleaver ( Leave it to Beaver)
Peter Brady ( Brady Bunch)
Fred Flintstone ( The Flintstones)


I wish I could add 10 more! ;) I feel bad , I'm leaving so many out! :(

Honorable mention to Fred Mertz (I Love Lucy) , Grady Wilson ( Sanford & Son) Kevin Owens ( Mr. Belvedere) Barney Rubble ( Flintstones) Eddie Haskell ( Leave it to Beaver) ;)

I don't have 10, but I do have three:

Barney Miller
Arthur Dietrich
Bob Hartley

Fred Sanford
I'll think of more later.

I don't have 10, but I do have three:

Barney Miller
Arthur Dietrich
Bob Hartley


WOW!! I have about 25 ! :eek:

Speaking of Bob Hartley , (He would be on my list too) and more favorites that come to mind are Dick Lowden & Larry and the two Darryl's from Newhart! ;)

Niles Crane (Frasier)
Martin Crane (Frasier)
Frasier Crane (Frasier - Cheers)
Alex P. Keaton (Family Ties)
Chandler Bing (Friends)
George Costanza (Seinfeld)
Al Bundy (Married With Children)
Dan Conner (Roseanne)
Steve Keaton (Family Ties)
Ross Geller (Friends)

I forgot Tony Micelli - Who's the boss. He is definitely one of my favorite characters. I love Tony Danza , so I would say Tony from Taxi too, but I don't like that show Taxi at all except to see Tony!

OK, this is impossible to narrow to just 10 classic male characters. So I will create a subcategory of shows in which all the male characters would qualify as "classic" to me. I know that is cheating, but how can you possible choose between Andy & Barney, Mr. Carlson or Les Nessman, or Oliver Douglas and Mr. Haney?!?!? So here is my list:

1. The Andy Griffith Show (Andy, Barney, young Opie, and Gomer)
2. Bob Newhart Show (Bob, Howard, Jerry, and most of the patients!)
3. WKRP In Cincinnati (Mr. Carlson, Les, Johnny, Venus, Herb, Andy)
4. Mary Tyler Moore Show (Lou, Ted, Murray)
5. Green Acres (Oliver, Mr. Haney, Hank Kimbell, Sam Drucker)
6. The Big Bang Theory (Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Raj and Stuart)
7. Modern Family (Jay, Cam, Mitchell, Phil, Manny & Luke)
8. The Odd Couple (Oscar, Felix)
9. SOAP (Chester, Burt, Benson)
10. Bewitched (1st Darrin, Abner Kravitz, Larry, Maurice, Uncle Arthur)

1. Gilligan (Gilligan's Island)
2. Beaver (Leave It To Beaver)
3. Fonzie (Happy Days)
4. Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke Show)
5. Alex Keaton (Family Ties)
6. Cliff Huxtable (The Cosby Show)
7. Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
8. Sgt. Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show)
9. Hank Kimball (Green Acres)
10. The Sweathogs (Welcome Back Kotter)
11. Lenny & Squiggy (Laverne & Shirley)
12. Darrin Stephens #2 (Dick Sargent - Bewitched)
13. Maxwell Smart (Get Smart)
14. Al Bundy (Married With Children)
15. Herman Munster (The Munsters)

In random order, here is my favorite 10 male characters:

1. Gilligan (Gilligan's Island)
2.Jack Tripper (Three's Company)
3. Cliff Huxtable (The Cosby Show)
4. Dan Conner (Roseanne)
5. Al Bundy (Married With Children)
6.Jack McFarland (Will and Grace)
7. Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld)
8. Phil Dunphy (Modern Family)
9. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory)
10. Joey Tribbiani (Friends)

1. Michael Scott (The Office)
2. Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke Show)
3. Ross Geller (Friends)
4. Lou Grant (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
5. Arthur Fonzarelli (Happy Days)
6. Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
7. Barney Fife (Andy Griffith Show)
8. Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart Show)
9. Maxwell Smart (Get Smart)
10. Woody Boyd (Cheers)

How can you not love Gilligan?
Is he not like the most loveable sitcom guy ever?

1. Jack Tripper (Threes Company)
2. Vince Carter (Gomer Pyle USMC)
3. Ralph Furley (Threes Company)
4. Martin Payne (Martin)
5. George Wilson (Dennis the Menace)
6. Gomer Pyle (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC)
7. Dennis Mitchell (Dennis the Menace)
8. Frank Lemmer (Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
9. Randy Hill (Enlisted)
10. Burt Chance (Raising Hope)