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| View Poll Results: Who was your favorite supporting senior gentleman? | |||
| William Frawley (I Love Lucy, My Three Sons) |
   
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4 | 40.00% |
| William Demarest (My Three Sons) |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Edgar Buchanan (Petticoat Junction) |
  
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1 | 10.00% |
| Howard McNear (Andy Griffith Show) |
  
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4 | 40.00% |
| Other |
  
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1 | 10.00% |
| Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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09-11-2020, 02:29 AM
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Best Older Supporting Character On Classic TV
There were a lot of great older characters on the classic TV shows we grew up with. Who was your favorite supporting senior gentleman?
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09-11-2020, 04:41 AM
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Other - Jim Backus (Gilligan’s Island)
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09-11-2020, 02:00 PM
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Mr. Wilson (Joseph Kearns) on Dennis the Menace
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09-11-2020, 02:51 PM
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I went with Howard McNear as Floyd, but Frawley as Fred and Bub would be very close. too.
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09-12-2020, 04:50 PM
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Obviously I should've mentioned Peter Boyle (Frank Barone) on Everybody Loves Raymond.
Does Conrad Bain count? He certainly looks older, but on Diff'rent Strokes I always thought of him as a parent of teenagers/adolescents who just happens to have gray hair. And I don't know whether you want to differentiate between "supporting" and "main" characters ... Bain's definitely the lead (adult) character on DS. |
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