From: hamel@uakari.primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.games.trivia
Subject: *Four* show actors
Date: 28 Dec 1992 21:48:28 -0600
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> From: kubey@summit.wpd.sgi.com (Ken Kubey)
> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.games.trivia
> Can you name an actor or actress who has been a star on *four* or
> more successful shows while playing different characters?
> 
> Here are the criteria:
> 
> 1. Must play a character on each show (4 different characters)
> 2. All shows must be successful (run for more than 1 year)
> 3. Cable shows, non-prime-time cartoons, talk shows don't count.
> 4. The person must be one of the stars (listed in the credits)
>    in at least half of the shows each season he/she was on.
> 5. Guest appearances don't count.
> 

I don't think it's possible to prove all the criteria
imposed, so I'll just offer the following actors and actresses
as possibilities:


Gene Barry 
   OUR MISS BROOKS  (Gene Talbot)
   BAT MASTERSON  (Bat Masterson)
   BURKE'S LAW  (Amos Burke)
   THE NAME OF THE GAME  (Glenn Howard)

Bill Bixby
   MY FAVORITE MARTIAN  (Tim O'Hara)
   THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER  (Tom Corbett)
   THE INCREDIBLE HULK  (David Bruce Banner)
   GOODNIGHT, BEANTOWN  (Matt Cassidy)

Elinor Donahue
   FATHER KNOWS BEST  (Betty Anderson)
   THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW  (Ellie Walker)
   THE ODD COUPLE  (Miriam Welby)
   GET A LIFE  (Gladys Peterson)

Howard Duff
   MR ADAMS AND EVE  (Howard Adams)
   FELONY SQUAD  (Sam Stone)
   FLAMINGO ROAD  (Sheriff Titus Semple)
   KNOTS LANDING  (Paul Galveston)

Shelley Fabares
   THE DONNA REED SHOW  (Mary Stone)
   THE BRIAN KEITH SHOW  (Dr. Anne Jamison)
   MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN  (Eleanor Major)
   ONE DAY AT A TIME  (Francine Webster)
   COACH  (Christine Armstrong)

John Forsythe
   BACHELOR FATHER  (Bentley Gregg)
   TO ROME WITH LOVE  (Michael Endicott)
   DYNASTY  (Blake Carrington)
   THE POWERS THAT BE  (Sen. Bill Powers)  first aired 3/92

Sharon Gless
   MARCUS WELBY, MD  (Kathleen Faverty)
   SWITCH  (Maggie)
   CAGNEY AND LACEY  (Chris Cagney)
   THE TRIALS OF ROSIE O'NEILL  (Rosie O'Neill)

Gale Gordon
   OUR MISS BROOKS  (Osgood Conklin)
   PETE AND GLADYS  (Uncle Paul)
   DENNIS THE MENACE  (John Wilson)
   THE LUCY SHOW  (Theodore J. Mooney)
   HERE'S LUCY  (Harrison Otis Carter)

Kate Jackson
   DARK SHADOWS  (Daphne Harridge)
   THE ROOKIES  (Jill Danko)
   CHARLIE'S ANGELS  (Sabrina Duncan)
   SCARECROW AND MRS. KING  (Amanda King)
   BABY BOOM  (J. C. Wiatt)

Brian Keith
   THE CRUSADER  (Matt Anders)
   FAMILY AFFAIR  (Bill Davis)
   THE BRIAN KEITH SHOW  (Dr. Sean Jamison)
   HARDCASTLE AND McCORMICK  (Judge Milton Hardcastle)

Cloris Leachman
   CHARLIE WILD, PRIVATE DETECTIVE  (Effie Perrine)
   LASSIE  (Ruth Martin)
   THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW  (Phyllis Lindstrom)
   PHYLLIS  (Phyllis Lindstrom)
   THE FACTS OF LIFE  (Beverly Ann Stickle)

Lee Majors
   BIG VALLEY  (Heath Barkley)
   OWEN MARSHALL, COUNSELLOR AT LAW  (Jess Brandon)
   THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN  (Col. Steve Austin)
   THE FALL GUY  (Colt Seavers)
   RAVEN  (Ski)  first aired June 1992

Harry Morgan
   DECEMBER BRIDE  (Pete Porter)
   PETE AND GLADYS  (Pete Porter)
   DRAGNET  (Bill Gannon)
   HEC RAMSEY  (Dr. Amos Coogan)
   MASH  (Col. Sherman Potter)

Tony Randall
   ONE MAN'S FAMILY  (Mac)
   MR. PEEPERS  (Harvey Weskit)
   THE ODD COUPLE  (Felix Unger)
   THE TONY RANDALL SHOW  (Judge Walter Franklin)
   LOVE, SIDNEY  (Sidney Shorr)

Robert Reed
   THE DEFENDERS  (Kenneth Preston)
   THE BRADY BUNCH  (Mike Brady)
   MANNIX  (Lt. Adam Tobias)
   NURSE  (Dr. Adam Rose)

Tim Reid
   WKRP IN CINCINNATI  (Venus Flytrap)
   TEACHERS ONLY  (Michael Horne)
   SIMON AND SIMON  (Det. Downtown Brown)
   FRANK'S PLACE  (Frank Parrish)

Marion Ross
   LIFE WITH FATHER  (Nora)
   HAPPY DAYS  (Marion Cunningham)
   THE LOVE BOAT  (Emily Haywood Stubing)
   BROOKLYN BRIDGE  (Sophie Berger)

William Schallert
   THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS  (Leander Pomfritt)
   THE PATTY DUKE SHOW  (Martin Lane)
   THE NANCY DREW MYSTERIES  (Carson Drew)
   THE TORKELSONS  (Warner Hodges)

Nancy Walker
   FAMILY AFFAIR  (Emily Turner)  
   McMILLAN AND WIFE  (Mildred)  
   RHODA  (Ida Morgenstern)  
   TRUE COLORS  (Sara B)

Ray Hamel
University of Wisconsin