Favorite TV Characters

[IrishEyes]

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Who are your favorite TV characters? Not necessarily from your favorite shows. Here are a few of my favorites off the top of my head.

1. Lieutenant Columbo (Columbo)
2. Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)
3. Angus Macgyver (Macgyver)
4. Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
5. Phryne Fisher (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries)
6. Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
7. Charlie Pace (Lost)
8. Charlie Kelly (Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
9. Willow Rosenberg (Buffy)
10. Daryl Dixon (Walking Dead)

[ailsagirl]

1. Mine...

Poirot
All the guys from the 12th Precinct (Barney Miller, et al)
Inspector Morse
Charles Emerson Winchester III (M*A*S*H)

There's more but this is all I can think of for now

[LonePirate]

2. Fun topic!

In no particular order:

Dana Scully (The X Files)
Walter Bishop (Fringe)
Benjamin Linus (Lost)
Alexis Carrington Colby (Dynasty)
Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
Karen Walker (Will & Grace)
Sonny Kiriakis (Days of our Lives)
Rose Nylund (The Golden Girls)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Granny Clampett (The Beverly Hillbillies)
Niles Crane (Frasier)
Amy Farrah Fowler (The Big Bang Theory)

[WinkyDink]

3. Zorro---Adam Troy---James West---David Addison---John Drake. Handsomest characters EVER!!

Guy Williams.


Gardner McKay.


Robert Conrad.


Bruce Willis.


Patrick McGoohan.

[kairos12]

37. Patrick McGoohan. Great choice.

[WinkyDink]

39. He's in a couple "Columbos," too! Been watching on ME-TV!

[Enrique]

40. he's in four of them

and directed a few others!

[mackerel]

4. So many to choose from

Uncle Phil - Mad About You

[PasadenaTrudy]

5. Mike Ehrmantraut, Saul Goodman nt

[NV Whino]

6. Xena

[flying rabbit]

7. Emma Peel and John Steed

also everyone in Northern Exposure.

[Laffy Kat]

48. Wow. You are so right on.

We must be kindred spirits.

[flying rabbit]

50. Yes. Excellent taste!

[Va Lefty]

8. Here are some of mine:

1. Det. Andy Sipowicz (NYPD Blue)
2. Louie De Palma (Taxi)
3. Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
4. Spike (Buffy)
5. Titus Pullo (Rome)
6. Gabrielle (Xena)
7. Wayne Unser (Sons of Anarchy)
8. Arthur Carlson (WKRP)
9. Carmela Soprano (The Sopranos)
10. Jim Rockford (The Rockford Files)

[fizzgig]

24. i haven't thought about nypd blue for a long time

andy was a great character.

[femmocrat]

9. So many to choose from-- here are some that come to mind:

1. The entire cast of Downton Abbey
2. Doc Martin
3. Maude
4. Julia Sugarbaker
5. Newhart, Larry, Darryl and Darryl
6. Andy Griffith, Opie, Aunt Bea, Barney Fife
7. Selina Meyer (VEEP)
8. Nucky Thompson, Jimmy Darmody and Richard Harrow (Boardwalk Empire).

[Still Blue in PDX]

33. Re your #5: Discovered via Ancestry DNA that I have a brother Kenny and another brother Kenny.

A half-brother actually, but it tickles me because I absolutely adore Larry and the Darryls.

[ghostsinthemachine]

10. mine: 1: Costanza.

Nobody was so much like everyone than this guy.
2: Monk. I loved Mr Monk. Loved him. took the Columbo character and expounded beautifully on it.
3: Sam Malone. "Playing hard to get for me is having to wait through dinner". Was living that life then too, so Sam was a role model, and a cautionary tale all at the same time.
4: Ted Baxter. The best ever idiot on TV. And there's a lot of them out there....
5: Barney Fife. Dude still cracks me up.
6: Rose Nyland. Loved her naivete and her Saint Olaf stories.
7. Larry David. "Don't say it Larry" and then he does.
8: Marie Barone: the perfect meddlesome mother in law from hell.
9: Josh Lyman: the West Wing. I loved Josh, he kept the show together....
10: Jim Ignatowski (Taxi).. "Slow down"! Loved Jim another great idiot.

[Initech]

11. My top 10:

1. Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)
2. Walter White (Breaking Bad)
3. George Costanza (Seinfeld)
4. Fox Mulder (X-Files)
5. Tobias Funke (Arrested Development)
6. Randy Marsh (South Park)
7. Zoidberg (Futurama)
8. Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
9. Shawn Spencer and Gus Guster (Psych)
10. Norm Peterson (Cheers)

I need to find some female characters for my list.

[Smarmie Doofus]

28. I'd agree with you here:

>>>I need to find some female characters for my list. >>>>

What about Homer's Marge and Seinfeld's Elaine?

[hibbing]

12. George Costanza

Still watch the Seinfeld every once in awhile and they still make me laugh.


Peace

[kairos12]

36. Serenity now!!!!!!!!!!!

[NanceGreggs]

13. Great thread!

Mine:

Drama:

Andy Sipowicz (NYPD Blue)
Lucas Buck (American Gothic)
Vic Maki (The Shield)
Francis Underwood (House of Cards)
Gillian Darmody (Boardwalk Empire)
Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
Henry Goldblume (Hill Street Blues)
Alan Shore (Boston Legal)
Anita Van Buren (Law and Order)
Toby Ziegler (The West Wing)

Comedy:

Ida Morgenstern (Mary Tyler Moore Show/Rhoda)
Frank Lorenzo (All in the Family)
Reverend Jim (Taxi)
Nick Tortelli (Cheers)
Bailiff Selma Hacker (Night Court)
Aunt Esther (Sanford & Son)
Larry, Daryl & Daryl (Bob Newhart)
Eddie Finnerty (Grounded for Life)
Suzanne Sugarbaker (Designing Women)
Millie Halper (Dick Van Dyke Show)

[mucifer]

18. I think you picked the wrong Jewish cop

Belker is best from Hill Street Blues.

[NanceGreggs]

21. Belker was a great character, as well ...

... and many-faceted, as we got to see as series developed.

But I was always interested to see Goldblume's reaction to things - measured and thoughtful, as though he were always weighing the intellectual side as well as the emotional side of people caught up in events.

With shows like Hill Street, NYPD Blue and Third Watch, it's hard to choose a "favourite" - so many great characters so well portrayed by the actors who brought them to life.

[mucifer]

22. Yeah, but he didn't growl and bite people.

[NanceGreggs]

23. Ha ha, that's true!

[Smarmie Doofus]

29. Wow. Millie from DVD. She was good.

Forgot about her.

[NanceGreggs]

31. Even with that totally stellar cast ...

... of characters, Millie Halper always stood out for me.

Ann Morgan-Guilbert was such a great comedic actress, and she really brought Millie to life.

[bigwillq]

14. Karen Walker (Will and Grace)

[Number9Dream]

15. Some of mine...

The entire cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000

Jim Rockford (The Rockford Files)

Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)

Maria Teresa Alvarado (Queen of Swords)(Tessie Santiago)



Lady Heather (CSI) (Melinda Clarke)

[lame54]

16. Phil Dunphy...

Claire Dunphy
Walter White
Marshall Erikson
Marie Barone
Granny

[mainstreetonce]

17. A few

Tyrion Lannister. Game of Thrones
Rosanne Rosannadanna SNL
Sheldon Cooper. The Big Bang
Rachel. Glee
Alicia Florrick. The Good Wife
John Locke LOST
Donald Draper MadMen
Nurse Jackie
Coach Taylor. Friday Night Lights

[mucifer]

19. Tom Baker's version of Dr. Who was a lot of fun.

[Aristus]

20. The President of the United States, Josiah Bartlet:

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His Chief of Staff, Leo McGarry:



His Deputy Chief of Staff, Josh Lyman:



And his Communications Director, Toby Ziegler:

[fizzgig]

25. you're missing a few

and my absolute favorites






lionel tribbey was a brilliant character. my husband was gifted the entire night court collection and i can see some of where tribbey came from in dan fielding.

[Aristus]

26. I didn't have room for them all.

John Larroquette's performace as Tribbey was so much larger than life that it almost seems as if he was in more than just one episode. I wish he had been...

[annabanana]

46. Big John Larroquette fan here...

I remember a short-lived series about a bus station (I think). He was the manager, and there was a sign on the wall "This is a Dark Ride"...

[Aristus]

47. 'The John Larroquette Show'.

Yeah, the first season was pretty bleak, relating how the broken people who worked in the bus station got through their lives. But a number of episodes ended with redemptive, uplifting conclusions. The second season, Larroquette's character got a hot girlfriend, and a nicer apartment, and interest in the show dropped off fast.

[Smarmie Doofus]

27. Karen Walker ( Megan Mullally) on Will and Grace.

Not too many sit-com characters make me laugh out loud.

Keeerist.... she's funny.

[Smarmie Doofus]

30. You can't beat the classics:

Ralph and Alice on the Honeymooners. ( Gleason and Audrey Meadows.)

Never gets old.

[progressoid]

32. Maurice Moss (IT Crowd) Nancy Botwin (Weeds) Elaine (Seinfeld) The entire Bluth/Funke family.

Wooster and Jeeves (Wooster and Jeeves)
Jerri Blank (Strangers with Candy)
Chuck Noblet (Strangers with Candy)
Geoffrey Jellineck (Strangers with Candy)
House (House)

Plus some of those listed elsewhere in this thread.

[jonks2746]

34. Homer Simpson

I also really like Brian Griffin from Family Guy.

[Upthevibe]

35. I love this thread too! Have to go to sleep due to working tomorrow. Will post then. N/T

[kairos12]

38. Everyone on Barney Miller.

[WinkyDink]

41. Okay, now that I listed my "handsomest," here are my FAVE FUNNIEST: Rev. Jim! The Crane Bros! Percy

Dovetonsils! Jose Jimenez! Chris Peterson!

Christopher Lloyd:


Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce:


The great Ernie Kovacs:


Bill Dana:


Chris Elliott:

[Enrique]

42. Sledge Hammer!

[petronius]

43. Aeryn Sun, Jayne Cobb, Christopher Foyle, Lagertha, Tyrion Lannister, Saga Norén,

James Hathaway, Lucretia Batiatus, 'Chibs' Telford...

For the moment anyway - list subject to change!

[Kaleva]

44. Mine

Niles Crane- Frasier
Festus- Gunsmoke
Ed Norton- Honeymooners
Fred Mertz- I love Lucy
Theodore J. Mooney - The Lucy Show
Artemus Gordon- The Wild Wild West
Uncle Jed- The Beverly Hillbillies
Red Green- The Red Green Show
Baranabas Collins- Dark Shadows
Corporal Agarn- F Troop

[Stuart G]

45. SUPERMAN........(George Reeves)...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Laffy Kat]

49. See #7, but to that I add, Sherlock.

Oh, also Murphy Brown.

[rurallib]

51. Roseanne for about the first 3 years

And sister Jackie - played by Laurie Metcalf who also does a greta job as Sheldon's mom on Big Bang

from way back
- Toody and Muldoon on Car 54
- Gomez Addams on the Addams family as played by John Astin
- Rod Serling as Rod Serling introducing the Twilight Zone
- recently the whole group from Big Bang.

[Cheese Sandwich]

52. Entire cast of Trailer Park Boys

Bubbles, Ricky, Juian, etc.

[Jamaal510]

53. Kenny/Chef/Token (from South Park),

Johnny Bravo, Ed Wuncler III (from The Boondocks), Chicken (from Cow and Chicken), and Brock/Gary Oak (from Pokemon).