Name a character from a TV show & see if anyone knows the show without using Google - Part 1

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1) Franco Rivera

2) Holly Shumpert

3) Fiona Bickerton

4) Chris Peterson

5) Detective Eddie Arlette

6) Chief Jerry Reilly

7) Peggy Sue Gavin

8) George Sibley (answered)












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[no_hypocrisy]

1. George and Marian Kirby

[House of Roberts]

2. Topper

They were the ghosts.

[Brother Buzz]

11. Along with Neil, the Saint Bernard dog who has a propensity to drink brandy

[Brother Buzz]

3. Princess Summerfallwinterspring

[sanatanadharma]

5. Howdy Doody Show

[Brother Buzz]

9. Correct

[sdfernando]

4. Carlton

[rogerballard]

8. The Doorman on Mary Tyler Moore Show

and Rhoda I think?

[Brother Buzz]

10. Did we ever actually see Carlton, or just hear his voice on the squawk box?

[rogerballard]

12. I just googled and no he was not seen...

from what I can find. I thought he was on the MTM show but apparently just Rhoda.

[sanatanadharma]

14. Also a TV character on Fresh Prince of Bel Air (or whatever it was called)

Also a TV character on Fresh Prince of Bel Air (or whatever it was called); because I did Google but did not reply.

[Brother Buzz]

17. A really good trivia question: Who created The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?

Hint: His columns and tweets are diligently reposted to DU.

[sanatanadharma]

6. Joan Girardi

[VGNonly]

34. Joan of Arcadia

[sanatanadharma]

37. Yes

Correcto!

[rogerballard]

7. Craig Stirling

[msongs]

13. lucy ricardo lol nt

[rogerballard]

15. Lucy Mcgillicuddy

[doc03]

16. Egbert Gillis nt

[Brother Buzz]

18. Any relationship to Dobie Gillis?

[doc03]

29. No nt

[Brother Buzz]

44. I peaked and I have no memory if that character

[doc03]

46. He wasn't a charactor on the Dobbie Gillis

program.

[Brother Buzz]

50. I peeked and found an actual episode on 'The Life of Riley'

Was he the same guy the 'Boys' at the defense plant pranked by adding rationed gas to his car every day, and when he started gushing about his milage, they started siphoning a bit every day?

[doc03]

52. Riley and his conniving friend Jim Gillis woked as rivitors in an airplane

factory. I believe it was Jim Gillis they played that trick on. Jim was always braging about his son Egbert but Egbert
was only in a few episodes.

[Caribbeans]

19. Hannibal Heyes

[rogerballard]

20. The A Team

[Caribbeans]

21. incorrect

Hint: Kid Curry

[FemDemERA]

25. Alias Smith and Jones

Hannibal Heyes was one half of the duo, Kid Curry was the other

[Caribbeans]

28. One of the Best shows of the early '70s

Then Pete decided he didn't want to be here anymore. God Bless Pete Duel.

[JoseBalow]

22. Edna Babish

[rogerballard]

23. The maid on Maude

I think

[JoseBalow]

24. No, I think that was Mrs Naugatuck?

Or something like that, an older British lady I think

[Harker]

38. Portrayed by Hermione Baddeley. n/t

[Mad_Dem_X]

47. Laverne & Shirley (the landlady)

[JoseBalow]

49. You got it!

She later married Laverne's Pop

[rogerballard]

26. Claymore Gregg

[Walleye]

27. Detective Lieutenant Anita van Buren

[VGNonly]

35. Law and Order

[Walleye]

39. Yes, my favorite TV cop

[brewens]

30. Siegfried.

[rickford66]

31. The Vet on All Creatures Great and Small

[brewens]

32. That may be true but not what I was looking for. :) n/t

[Walleye]

40. Numbers?

[brewens]

41. Siegfried-Get Smart

[RazorbackExpat]

100. Siegfried (Bernie Koppel) was also the voice of Baron von Butcher,

the head chimp from CHUMP who was Lancelot Link's arch nemesis

[RazorbackExpat]

101. Phoebe Figalily

[The Wizard]

33. Dougal McGuire

[VGNonly]

36. Vera Peterson

[JoseBalow]

43. Alice

[VGNonly]

45. Good guess but...

She is heard in several episodes but never actually shown, takes a pie in the face.

[brewens]

42. Ralph Monroe.

[ArnoldLayne]

64. The Female Carpenter on Green Acres.

[brewens]

65. Yup. :)

[Mad_Dem_X]

48. An easy one: Troy McClure

[Angleae]

51. The Simpsons

[Mad_Dem_X]

59. You got it!

[sdfernando]

53. Darryl

[happybird]

54. Darryl or his other brother, Darryl?

Newhart

[sdfernando]

55. Yes...that one.

Side note: The absolute BEST series ending ever!

[XanaDUer2]

56. Hoss nt

[red dog 1]

57. Bonanza

[XanaDUer2]

58. Good!

I'm watching it now

[JoseBalow]

60. Dr. Chinstrap

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61. Doreen Tracey

[VGNonly]

62. Valery

[Upthevibe]

63. I think I know #8 George Sibley.....

Six Feet Under?

[red dog 1]

68. WinnerWinnerChickenDinner!

[Upthevibe]

70. red dog 1

Six Feet Under is one of my favorite shows of all time!

[red dog 1]

66. Major Gowen

[Harker]

67. "Lovely day for a round of golf!"

Fatty Owls.

[red dog 1]

69. You really know your Watery Fowls!

[Harker]

71. I saw them in the first PBS run, and many times since. n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

72. the professer . mary ann. lovey howell.

[JoseBalow]

73. Three's Company

[AllaN01Bear]

74. nope. please try again. thanks for ur answer.

[red dog 1]

85. Gilligan's Island?

[AllaN01Bear]

88. yes.

[red dog 1]

75. Larry Potter

[JoseBalow]

76. Col Potter from M.A.S.H. ?

My best guess

[Angleae]

77. That would be Sherman T Potter

[JoseBalow]

79. Oh, that's right

Doh!

[red dog 1]

80. Correct!

Sherman Tecumseh Potter.

[red dog 1]

78. Nope, he was Sherman Potter not Harry Potter

(Although he was played by Harry Morgan)

[JoseBalow]

81. Harry Potter's brother Larry?

Wait, no... Captain Morgan got promoted to Colonel? Is that like 151?

I don't know anything anymore

[red dog 1]

82. "Captain Morgan got promoted to Colonel"?

Who is "Captain Morgan"?

[JoseBalow]

83. Captain Morgan Spiced Rum

[JoseBalow]

84. Barnabas Collins

[Mad_Dem_X]

87. Dark Shadows

[JoseBalow]

89. That's it

[red dog 1]

86. Frank McPike

[VGNonly]

94. Wiseguy

Jonathan Banks

He was also in Airplane and 48 Hours.

[red dog 1]

95. Ding!

And he played Mike in Breaking Bad.

[bedazzled]

91. Arnold rimmer

Sounds like a lavatory cleaner

[Angleae]

92. Red Dwarf

[bedazzled]

93. Yes yes yes!

I love britcoms!

[red dog 1]

96. Angela Chase

[Mad_Dem_X]

108. My So-Called Life

[red dog 1]

113. Ding!

[Emile]

97. Denny Crane

[MacKasey]

102. Boston Legal

Played by William Shatner

[red dog 1]

98. Irene & Frank Lorenzo

[Harker]

110. "All in the Family." n/t

[red dog 1]

112. Ding!

[red dog 1]

99. Jodie Dallas

[MacKasey]

103. Soap

Played by Billy Crystal

[red dog 1]

105. Ding!

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104. Jin Yang

hint - "hot dog... not hot dog"

[Brother Buzz]

106. Henrietta Perkins

Kinda a trick question because Henrietta Perkins only appeared in the pilot, then was recast as a regular with another name and role.

[JoseBalow]

107. Isaac Washington

[Harker]

109. Didn't he step in for Kinchloe on "Hogan's Heroes"?

It's been a while.

[JoseBalow]

111. No, not Hogan's Heroes

I don't know of anything else memorable that this actor did beyond the 250 episodes of this show, which ran from 1977-1987

[red dog 1]

114. Black Sean

(or Black Shawn)

Hint: Three of the characters at the top of this OP are also in this F/X TV show

[red dog 1]

115. Aubrey Pitman

[JoseBalow]

116. Jayne Cobb