Nice and Not so Nice Characters Played by the Same Person - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 02-01-2010, 04:37 AM

#1. Larry Hagman:

Nice - Major Tony Nelson (I Dream of Jeannie)

Not so nice - J.R. Ewing (Dallas)

#2. Allan Melvin:

Nice - Sam Franklin (The Brady Bunch), Barney Hefner (All in the Family/Archie Bunker's Place)

Not so nice - Sgt Charlie Hacker (Gomer Pyle USMC)

JamesG · 02-01-2010, 04:44 AM

John Lithgow:

Nice: Dr. Dick Solomon "3rd Rock from the Sun"

Not So Nice: Arthur Mitchell (The Trinity Killer) "Dexter"

70s show watcher · 02-01-2010, 06:36 AM

howard hessman nice dr. johnny fever wkrp not so nice sam royer one day at a time

GARFIELDKOOL · 02-01-2010, 01:53 PM

Carroll O'Connor

Nice-Chief William Gillespie (In the Heat of the Night)

Not so nice-Archie Bunker (All in the Family)

Chocoholic · 02-01-2010, 02:43 PM

Ted Danson

nice- Sam Malone (Cheers)

not so nice- Dr. John Becker (Becker)

TV_on_the_Porch · 02-02-2010, 06:55 AM

Betty White

Nice: Vicki Angel (A Date With The Angels), Rose Nylund (The Golden Girls)

Not-so-nice: Sue Ann Nivens (Mary Tyler Moore), Ellen Jackson (Mama's Family)

biffbronson · 02-02-2010, 09:35 AM

Mary Jane Croft

Nice: Mary Jane Lewis (The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy)

Not so nice: Betty Ramsey (I Love Lucy)

Reverend Jim · 02-02-2010, 12:39 PM

Two actresses on two popular, television comedy-fantasies,of the Sixties, portrayed dual roles as good women,and their identical ,but evil,twin sisters.Elizabeth Montgomery portrayed both benevolent blonde,Samantha Stephens, as well as her black-haired evil sister,Serena,on the ,''Bewitched'',television series,on ABC-TV.

The other actress who did the same thing on another comedy-fantasy was Barbara Eden. On NBC-TV,Eden portrayed two sisters,one good and the other one bad,on the,''I Dream Of Jeannie'',television series.Both sisters,in this second case,were named Jeannie. Whenever the bad sister was being referred to,in media references,she would always be described as Jeannie 2.

It was interesting that,in both cases, on both seperate programs,the evil sisters were brunettes.The original nice ladies of both shows,however,were both blondes.

Sincerely,
Reverend Jim..

megamanj2004 · 02-02-2010, 05:00 PM

Andy Kaufman played both:

Latka - nice and naive &...Vic - brash and cocky

ThomasE · 02-02-2010, 07:19 PM

Zeena Sherman-Taxi (Nice)

Carla Tortelli-LeBec-Cheers (Not so nice)

McGillicuddy · 02-02-2010, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reverend Jim

Two actresses on two popular, television comedy-fantasies,of the Sixties, portrayed dual roles as good women,and their identical ,but evil,twin sisters.Elizabeth Montgomery portrayed both benevolent blonde,Samantha Stephens, as well as her black-haired evil sister,Serena,on the ,''Bewitched'',television series,on ABC-TV.

The other actress who did the same thing on another comedy-fantasy was Barbara Eden. On NBC-TV,Eden portrayed two sisters,one good and the other one bad,on the,''I Dream Of Jeannie'',television series.Both sisters,in this second case,were named Jeannie. Whenever the bad sister was being referred to,in media references,she would always be described as Jeannie 2.

It was interesting that,in both cases, on both seperate programs,the evil sisters were brunettes.The original nice ladies of both shows,however,were both blondes.

Sincerely,
Reverend Jim..

Actually, Serena was Samantha's identical cousin, not sister.

factsoflife · 02-02-2010, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

Carroll O'Connor

Nice-Chief William Gillespie (In the Heat of the Night)

Not so nice-Archie Bunker (All in the Family)

I've never seen the show but wasn't his character on In the Heat of the night a total racist?

Ian · 02-02-2010, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

Not so nice-Archie Bunker (All in the Family)

I have to disagree.

Yes, Archie Bunker was misguided and ignorant, but deep down he had a good heart.

ThomasE · 02-02-2010, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian

I have to disagree.

Yes, Archie Bunker was misguided and ignorant, but deep down he had a good heart.

You do have a point but I would have categorized him in the not so nice category though. He would the lesser of two evils though.

Marvo301 · 02-03-2010, 01:03 AM

Harry Morgan

Nice: Colonel Sherman T. Potter

Not So Nice: Major General Brantford Hamilton Steele

02-01-2010, 04:37 AM	#1
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02-03-2010, 01:03 AM	#15
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02-01-2010, 04:44 AM	#2
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02-01-2010, 06:36 AM	#3
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02-01-2010, 01:53 PM	#4
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	Carroll O'Connor Nice-Chief William Gillespie (In the Heat of the Night) Not so nice-Archie Bunker (All in the Family)

02-01-2010, 02:43 PM	#5
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	Ted Danson nice- Sam Malone (Cheers) not so nice- Dr. John Becker (Becker)

02-02-2010, 09:35 AM	#7
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02-02-2010, 12:39 PM	#8
Reverend Jim Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 08, 2009 Location: New York City Posts: 783	Two actresses on two popular, television comedy-fantasies,of the Sixties, portrayed dual roles as good women,and their identical ,but evil,twin sisters.Elizabeth Montgomery portrayed both benevolent blonde,Samantha Stephens, as well as her black-haired evil sister,Serena,on the ,''Bewitched'',television series,on ABC-TV. The other actress who did the same thing on another comedy-fantasy was Barbara Eden. On NBC-TV,Eden portrayed two sisters,one good and the other one bad,on the,''I Dream Of Jeannie'',television series.Both sisters,in this second case,were named Jeannie. Whenever the bad sister was being referred to,in media references,she would always be described as Jeannie 2. It was interesting that,in both cases, on both seperate programs,the evil sisters were brunettes.The original nice ladies of both shows,however,were both blondes. Sincerely, Reverend Jim..