Who was your favorite TV dad ?Mine is Sheriff Andy on Mayberry

[debm55]

Edited. I didn't mean to replace your real dad. I am sorry if the original post came across that way.

[CoopersDad]

1. Me too, definitely!

Raised by a mom and grandma, I longed for a dad and related a little to Opie.

Good times!

[Glorfindel]

2. Blake Carrington from "Dynasty"

[calguy]

3. Luke, on the Rifleman

[True Dough]

4. The ultimate Family Guy, of course!

[Ocelot II]

5. None of the TV dads were as good as the one I had for real.

I sure miss him.

[debm55]

6. Sorry, Ocelot II

[Upthevibe]

23. Ocelot II........

Me too...........

He was killed in a car wreck when I was 12. He was everything anyone could ever want in a dad. I'm 66 years old and I still think of him every

[debm55]

24. I am very sorry for the loss of your father,Upthevibe.

[Ocelot II]

25. I'm so sorry you lost him so young! That must have been very hard.

My dad was 92, but even so...

[Jrose]

7. Number one: Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) of Bonanza

Also...
John Mahoney as Martin Crane (on Frazier)

[Elessar Zappa]

8. I can't imagine anyone being

better than the dad I have. He’s not perfect but he’s the perfect dad. But if I had to choose a tv dad I’d say Danny Tanner from Full House. Bob Saget was great in that role.

[debm55]

9. Thank you , Elessar Zappa.

[Elessar Zappa]

11. I edited and added a tv dad.

[Walleye]

10. I liked Ozzie Nelson, he seemed to never have a clue about what was going on

[Diamond_Dog]

12. I think Andy Griffith was a very good Dad to Opie

But for laughs it’s Al Bundy picking up daughter Kelly’s deadbeat boyfriends and throwing them out the front door.

[Attilatheblond]

13. Ben Cartwright!

His kids all got pretty free range and lots of opportunities to learn the hard way, but Ben was always there in a pinch. Plus, horses and tall trees around the ranch.

[jimfields33]

14. Charles Ingels but not that poor. A tough life was had by that family.

Mr. Brady wasn’t so bad either.

[ret5hd]

15. Gomez Addams, of course!

Closely followed by Herman Munster.

[Prairie_Seagull]

16. And now for the knuckle ball.

Dr. Quest, yes of Johnny Quest fame. Or was his real dad Race Bannon. haha

[debm55]

19. Mike Pence is a Race Bannon want to be.

[Ziggysmom]

17. Dan Conner. Can't stand Roseanne, but always liked John Goodman.

[Different Drummer]

18. Tom Corbett from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father."

I identified with that show and with Eddie because I was a fellow only child of a single parent (in my case, my mom since my dad died before I was old enough to have developed a conscious memory of him).

Honorable mentions: Russ Lawrence of "Gidget" and Ben Cartwright of "Bonanza."

[Mr.Bill]

20. Ward Cleaver.

I especially liked all the dining room scenes where he always takes an interest in how things are going for the boys. A tradition that has long ago left us in many families.

[thatcrowwoman]

21. Herman Munster

🕊tcw

[GP6971]

22. Fred MacMurray

My Three Sons.

[ShazzieB]

26. When I was a kid, it was

Robert Young as Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best.

Later on, I was very fond of Tom Bosley as Mr. C on Happy Days. I was an adult by that time, but he was old enough to be my father.