View Full Version : TV couples with a huge age difference in real-life


Heidi Dawn
01-05-2017, 09:39 PM
Anything more than 10 years basically.

Mr. Belvedere - Bob Uecker is 14 years, 1 month and 2 days older than Ilene Graff.

The Jeffersons - Isabel Sanford is 20 years, 5 months, and 3 days older than Sherman Hemsley.

Good Times - Esther Rolle is 19 years, 1 month, and 26 days older than John Amos.

It Takes Two - Richard Crenna is 20 years, and 15 days older than Patty Duke.

Fuller House - Dave Coulier is 21 years, 6 months, and 20 days older than Laura Bell Bundy. (Laura plays Ginger Gladstone, Joey's wife).

The Cosby Show - Bill Cosby is 10 years, 11 months, and 22 days older than Phylicia Rashad.

PhoenixAcres
01-05-2017, 09:50 PM
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Dick Van Dyke was 11 years older than Mary Tyler Moore

Green Acres - Eddie Albert was 13 years older than Eva Gabor
Green Acres - Hank Patterson was 27 years older than Barbara Pepper

I Love Lucy - William Frawley was 22 years older than Vivian Vance

Torgo
01-05-2017, 10:07 PM
Gilligan's Island - Natalie Schafer was 13 years older than Jim Backus

bmasters9
01-06-2017, 05:03 AM
Robert Wagner was 49 when he started on Hart to Hart, and his co-star Stefanie Powers was 36 at that time as well.

lakesgirl
01-06-2017, 04:06 PM
Dick Van Patten was 19 years older than Betty Buckley on Eight is Enough.

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Torgo
01-16-2017, 12:07 PM
The Waltons - Tom Bower was 20 years older than Judy Norton.

pkripper001
01-16-2017, 12:44 PM
Doctor Who - David Tennant was 11 years older than his co-star Billie Piper

Nurse Sully
01-17-2017, 09:25 PM
Don Defore(George Baxter) was 13 years older than Whitney Blake(Dorothy Baxter) from Hazel.

Heenan Fan
01-17-2017, 10:03 PM
Mr. Ed - Alan Young was 12 years older than Connie Hines

biffbronson
01-18-2017, 08:50 PM
I Dream of Jeannie: Dr. Bellows / Hayden Rorke was a full 18 years older than Mrs. Amanda Bellows / Emmaline Henry (b. 1910, 1928).

biffbronson
01-21-2017, 01:37 PM
My Three Sons (seasons 10-12): Fred MacMurray (b. 1908, Steve Douglas) was a full 18 years older than Beverly Garland (b. 1926, Barbara Harper Douglas).

Heenan Fan
01-23-2017, 04:27 PM
Doris Roberts (Marie) was 10 years older than Peter Boyle (Frank) on Everybody Loves Raymond.

Coffeecup
01-24-2017, 09:49 PM
OH we can't forget about Vivian Vance and William Frawley. There was big age difference there.

Coffeecup
01-24-2017, 10:44 PM
For playing schoolmates on OUr Miss Brooks, Richard Crenna who played Walter was born in 1926 and Gloria Mcmillian who played Harriet was born in 1936. The tv show went on the air in 1952, Gloria was 16. Richard was 26.

Heidi Dawn
01-27-2017, 11:35 AM
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Ted Knight was almost 25 years older than Georgia Engel in real life. Ted was born December 7, 1923; Georgia was born July 28, 1948.

Babalu
01-29-2017, 07:53 AM
Jeannie was almost 2,000 years older than Major Nelson.

king of comedy
01-29-2017, 08:51 AM
Jeannie was almost 2,000 years older than Major Nelson.
But they clicked. LOL!

Coffeecup
01-29-2017, 11:25 AM
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Ted Knight was almost 25 years older than Georgia Engel in real life. Ted was born December 7, 1923; Georgia was born July 28, 1948.
I remember the show when it was in production and would watch it often.
As for the charactors, I felt Ted Baxter took a young wife. The couple did have a child so Georgette was much younger than Ted.

Heenan Fan
01-29-2017, 02:01 PM
I remember the show when it was in production and would watch it often.
As for the charactors, I felt Ted Baxter took a young wife. The couple did have a child so Georgette was much younger than Ted.
Ted must of liked 'em young. His wife on Too Close For Comfort, Nancy Dussault was 13 years younger than him as well.

bmasters9
01-30-2017, 06:30 PM
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Dick Van Dyke was 11 years older than Mary Tyler Moore


Indeed-- MTM was 24 when she debuted as Laura Petrie, and Dick Van Dyke was 35 when he debuted as Rob Petrie.

broadmoor
01-31-2017, 01:38 AM
A somewhat obscure example, but on the mid-1960s sitcom "The Bing Crosby Show," there was a 23 year difference between Bing Crosby and Beverly Garland, who played husband and wife. It was accentuated further because Bing looked awfully old for his actual age, while Garland looked quite young for her age. Pretty awkward, unconvincing results.

Heenan Fan
02-08-2017, 05:53 PM
Did John Becker and Reggie ever become an item? If so, Ted Danson is 16 years older than Terry Farrell.

Retro4Life
02-08-2017, 06:04 PM
Gregory Sumner and Paige Mattheson on "Knots Landing".

In real life, William Devane is 26 years older than Nicollette Sheridan (79 and 53).

biffbronson
09-01-2023, 03:22 PM
Bump

McMillan & Wife: Rock Hudson was nearly 21 years older than Susan St. James...!

TMC
09-04-2023, 11:55 PM
Modern Family - Ed O'Neill is about 27 years older (https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/modern-family-age-difference-gloria-and-jay.html/) in real life (https://www.heraldweekly.com/the-most-scandalous-age-gaps-on-television/12/) than Sofia Vergara.

Alan Brady's Hair
09-05-2023, 08:19 AM
Bob Newhart was 43 when he started his first sitcom. Suzanne Pleshette was 35.
Newhart was 53 when he started his second sitcom. Mary Fran was 39.
Newhart was 63 when he started his third sitcom. Carlene Watkins was 40.
Newhart was 68 when he started his fourth sitcom. His TV wife was dead.

stevea
09-05-2023, 09:09 AM
Wasn't Isabel Sanford several years older than Sherman Hemsley?

TMC
12-15-2023, 01:13 AM
10 Great Sitcom Couples Whose Significant Age Difference Didn't Bother Viewers (https://screenrant.com/tv-show-sitcom-couples-age-difference-no-problem/)

Several of the greatest sitcom couples taught audiences that even with an age gap between them, they can still have a strong relationship.

Edward216
12-19-2023, 12:09 AM
Did John Becker and Reggie ever become an item? If so, Ted Danson is 16 years older than Terry Farrell.

No they didn't. As I remember they slept together once (I think they were drunk, but I might be wrong). Afterwards, Reggie was so repulsed and disgusted with herself she sold the cafe and moved away, and the character of Chris was brought on. This was because the producers had fired Farrell and were replacing her with Nancy Travis. :mad:

Ed.