Pick a show, which cast member went on to the most success after the show ended

[opus]

Should be someone who at one point was in the opening credits (no guest stars or recurring). Sometimes the choice may be obvious, sometimes it may be debatable.

I’ll say after One Day At A Time ended, Valerie Bertinelli had the most successful career (Michael Lembeck had big success behind the camera but I still have to give it to Valerie)

[ThisLittlePiggy]

ALF

Liz Sheridan who played Rachel Ochmonek on ALF and went on to play Jerry Seinfeld's mother on Seinfeld

[Bonniegirl]

I guess Jennifer Aniston had the most success of the Friends cast ?

[howilu]

Penny Marshall became a successful director after Laverne and Shirley ended its run.

[icecream]

Peter Falk was the most successful cast member on Columbo. He was also the 2nd most successful and the 3rd most successful cast member on Columbo.

Tony Shalhoub went on to the most success after Wings.

[TMC]

Girl Meets World - I think that at this point, is pretty safe to say that Sabrina Carpenter has become the breakout star of that show, surpassing Rowan Blanchard, who played the titular "girl" in Girl Meets World.

[ThisLittlePiggy]

The Waltons - Richard Thomas

The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour - Cher

[opus]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

I guess Jennifer Aniston had the most success of the Friends cast ?

That one’s a bit tricky, but I’d agree. They all continued to work. I’d go

First level, Aniston

Second level Cox, Perry, Kudrow

Third level Schwimmer, LeBlanc



For Happy Days, Ron Howard. Not only became a director, but a name brand director

[icecream]

Originally Posted by opus

That one’s a bit tricky, but I’d agree. They all continued to work. I’d go

First level, Aniston

Second level Cox, Perry, Kudrow

Third level Schwimmer, LeBlanc



For Happy Days, Ron Howard. Not only became a director, but a name brand director

I would switch the Matthews. Matthew Perry flopped in one season with both Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (which I heard was a really expensive flop) and Go On. The Odd Couple refake lasted a bit longer but it was awful and a pale shadow of the original. And of course there were his drug problems that led to premature death. Matt Leblanc's Man With a Plan lasted four seasons and is syndicated every day now on LAFF. Man With a Plan ratings were good enough to continue for season 5 but Paramount messed that up as it was shortly after they took over CBS again.

[Dream Canteen]

“Malcolm in the Middle” - Bryan Cranston

[Bonniegirl]

Tom Hanks . After his start on Bosom Buddies he went on to become a major movie star. A lot more successful than the other cast members .

[Dream Canteen]

“Cheers” - Woody Harrelson with Ted Danson a very close second.

[merlinjones]

Warren Beatty / Dobie Gillis

[merlinjones]

Sally Field / Gidget, The Flying Nun

[merlinjones]

Clint Eastwood / Rawhide