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waichingliu81 · 06-02-2007, 08:49 AM

can anyone think of some examples of actors or actresses who starred in american sitcoms, but of whom weren't and aren't american themselves. for example:

sarah chalke- scrubs, roseanne (canadian)
eric mccormack aka will truman- will and grace (canadian)
joseph marcell aka geoffery- the fresh prince of bel air (british)

Zoneboy · 06-02-2007, 11:04 AM

Jane Leeves - Frasier (British)
Sebastian Cabot - Family Affair (British)

waichingliu81 · 06-02-2007, 12:14 PM

that guy in Courting Alex, hugh bonneville who plays julian (british)

Pentimento · 06-02-2007, 04:38 PM

Jane Carr - "Dear John" (British)
Portia de Rossi - "Arrested Development" (Australian)
Mark Addy - "Still Standing" (British)

freshprinceofLA · 06-02-2007, 05:23 PM

Joseph Marcell the guy who played geoffrey on the fresh prince was born in the caribbean

waichingliu81 · 06-02-2007, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by freshprinceofLA

Joseph Marcell the guy who played geoffrey on the fresh prince was born in the caribbean

i actually thought he was british because i thought that with the english accent he had, i thought it was genuine and that he hadn't faked it. but i just went on imdb and checked on the site and yep, you're right- joseph is originally from the carribean in st lucia

ky24943 · 06-02-2007, 06:39 PM

Mark Addy from Still Standing is from England
Jennifer Irwin from Still Standing is from Canada
Glen Quinn from Roseanne is from Ireland

waichingliu81 · 06-02-2007, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ky24943

Mark Addy from Still Standing is from England

yeah i've seen him before. he starred in a british film called 'the full monty' if any of you guys have heard of it.

oh and sean maguire i think, i read that he was once on a sitcom

Dynomite · 06-02-2007, 09:25 PM

Desperate Housewives' Nicolette Sheridan is from Great Britain.

dawsongirl · 06-03-2007, 01:36 AM

Half the cast of Hogan's Heroes wasn't from the US.

Werner Klemperer- Germany
John Banner- Austria
Robert Clary- France
Richard Dawson- England
Leon Askin- Austria

Frischman_Fan · 06-03-2007, 02:09 AM

I Love Lucy's, Desi Arnaz was from Havana, Cuba.

waichingliu81 · 06-03-2007, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Dynomite

Desperate Housewives' Nicolette Sheridan is from Great Britain.

wow, i never knew that

Classicshowsgurl15 · 06-03-2007, 09:34 PM

Olivia d' Abo - British
Jane Seymore - British
Michael J. Fox - Canadian

Sal · 06-03-2007, 11:49 PM

You want to talk about Canadian actors? I'll give you a whole bunch of them!

Eric McCormack "Will & Grace"
Sarah Chalke "Scrubs"
Michael J Fox "Family Ties"
Enrico Colantoni "Just Shoot Me"
Alan Thicke "Growing Pains"
Leslie Nielsen "Police Squad"
Dave Madden "The Partridge Family"
Alan Young "Mr. Ed" (born in England, moved to Canada at age 7)
Yvonne de Carlo "The Munsters"
Pamela Anderson "Baywatch"
Raymond Burr "Perry Mason"
Jim Carrey "In Living Color"
Mike Myers "SNL"
Howie Mandel "Deal Or No Deal"
Dave Foley "NewsRadio"
Norm MacDonald "Norm"
Dave Thomas "Grace Under Fire"
William Shatner "Star Trek"
Martin Short "SNL"
Paul Schaffer "Letterman"
Elisha Cuthbert "24"
Sandra Oh "Grey's Anatomy"
Gloria Reuben "ER"
Al Waxman "King Of Kensington; Cagney & Lacey"

Plus the casts of "SCTV", "Kids In The Hall", "Corner Gas", "Trailer Park Boys"

That's quite an impressive list if I do say so!

Zoneboy · 06-03-2007, 11:53 PM

Donnelly Rhodes - Canadian (Dutch on Soap)

06-02-2007, 08:49 AM	#1
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Sal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 20, 2001 Location: Oakville, Ont. Canada Posts: 6,202	You want to talk about Canadian actors? I'll give you a whole bunch of them! Eric McCormack "Will & Grace" Sarah Chalke "Scrubs" Michael J Fox "Family Ties" Enrico Colantoni "Just Shoot Me" Alan Thicke "Growing Pains" Leslie Nielsen "Police Squad" Dave Madden "The Partridge Family" Alan Young "Mr. Ed" (born in England, moved to Canada at age 7) Yvonne de Carlo "The Munsters" Pamela Anderson "Baywatch" Raymond Burr "Perry Mason" Jim Carrey "In Living Color" Mike Myers "SNL" Howie Mandel "Deal Or No Deal" Dave Foley "NewsRadio" Norm MacDonald "Norm" Dave Thomas "Grace Under Fire" William Shatner "Star Trek" Martin Short "SNL" Paul Schaffer "Letterman" Elisha Cuthbert "24" Sandra Oh "Grey's Anatomy" Gloria Reuben "ER" Al Waxman "King Of Kensington; Cagney & Lacey" Plus the casts of "SCTV", "Kids In The Hall", "Corner Gas", "Trailer Park Boys" That's quite an impressive list if I do say so!
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