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Janice · 07-21-2004, 01:45 AM

Offhand, there's Ray Romano as Raymond on Everybody Loves Raymond.

Cheers did this often. Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd, Paul Wilson as Paul, Harry Anderson as 'Harry the Hat, and Al Rosen as Al.

Mary Tyler Moore was Mary Richards on the MTM show.

Others?

James · 07-21-2004, 02:07 AM

How about the following:

Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show
Tim Allen as Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on Home Improvement

Kristen · 07-21-2004, 02:18 AM

Ted Baxter, The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Fran Fine, The Nanny
Tony Micelli, Who's the Boss?

Mr. Television · 07-21-2004, 02:30 AM

Tony Danza also played Tony Banta on Taxi.

Rene · 07-21-2004, 02:55 AM

roseannee on roseanne and joey lawrence on blossom and brotherly love

Penny Lane · 07-21-2004, 01:29 PM

Bob Hartley- The Bob Newhart Show
Lucy Ricardo-I Love Lucy
Vivian Bagley(Vivian Vance) - The Lucy Show

hawaii five-o · 07-21-2004, 01:50 PM

Nell-Gimme a Break

Molly Ringwald's character on Facts of Life was named Molly

Susan on Eight is Enough was played by Susan Richardson

Marion Ross played Marion Cunningham on Happy Days

Adamantium · 07-21-2004, 02:12 PM

Dave Foley played Dave Nelson on "NewsRadio"

Ellen Degeneres played Ellen Morgan on "Ellen"

Harry Anderson played Judge Harry Stone on "Night Court"

The Monkees kept their first and last names for "The Monkees", although I guess that really doesn't count.

vashti1999 · 07-21-2004, 02:28 PM

Will Smith on Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Drew Carey on his self-titled sitcom
Kevin Hart on The Big House

barwars · 07-21-2004, 03:36 PM

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Originally posted by Janice
Cheers did this often. Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd, Paul Wilson as Paul, Harry Anderson as 'Harry the Hat, and Al Rosen as Al.

Im sure the others were just easy to use because of real names.... but I've read that the name Woody was chosen before Woody Harrelson was cast.

Chain Gang Member · 07-21-2004, 04:29 PM

Steve Harvey as Steve Hightower-Steve Harvey Show

Jamie Foxx as Jamie King-Jamie Foxx Show

treky · 07-21-2004, 04:32 PM

Bob Hartley-The Bob Newhart show
Bob something-"Bob"-Bob Newharts short-lived sitcom

db108108 · 07-21-2004, 10:37 PM

I think Drew Carey is one of the only examples where the character kept the full name of the actor.

Roseanne could have done this, of course, the Conner name would have changed every two seasons!

ThirteenInchEscape · 07-22-2004, 12:52 AM

John Ritter as Jack, for some reason Jack is short of John...

spunkygirl · 07-22-2004, 12:55 AM

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Originally posted by db108108
I think Drew Carey is one of the only examples where the character kept the full name of the actor.

Roseanne could have done this, of course, the Conner name would have changed every two seasons!

No Will Smith kept his real name on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

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