# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3300
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65988 "2019-06-06T19:53:24Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in _Adventures of Superman_) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in _My Favorite Martian_) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65989 "2019-06-06T20:51:49Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in _Adventures of Superman_) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in _My Favorite Martian_) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in _Doctor Who_) ---
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Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65991 "2019-06-06T23:27:26Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65992 "2019-06-07T01:47:00Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) 7. Max Wright (Willie Tanner on ALF) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65993 "2019-06-07T11:09:46Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) 7. Max Wright (Willie Tanner on ALF) 8. Wayne Knight (Don Orville on Third Rock From The Sun) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65994 "2019-06-07T13:08:41Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) 7. Max Wright (Willie Tanner on ALF) 8. Wayne Knight (Don Orville on Third Rock From The Sun) 9. Gary Graham (Matt Sikes on Alien Nation) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65995 "2019-06-07T14:00:34Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) 7. Max Wright (Willie Tanner on ALF) 8. Wayne Knight (Don Orville on Third Rock From The Sun) 9. Gary Graham (Matt Sikes on Alien Nation) 10. Ben Browder (John Crichton on Farscape) Set up as the POV character and hero of the show, he was mostly out of his element and treated more like a sidekick early on. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65996 "2019-06-07T15:29:29Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) 7. Max Wright (Willie Tanner on ALF) 8. Wayne Knight (Don Orville on Third Rock From The Sun) 9. Gary Graham (Matt Sikes on Alien Nation) 10. Ben Browder (John Crichton on Farscape) 11. Kirstie Alley (Saavik to Spock in ST II) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65997 "2019-06-07T18:33:01Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) 7. Max Wright (Willie Tanner on ALF) 8. Wayne Knight (Don Orville on Third Rock From The Sun) 9. Gary Graham (Matt Sikes on Alien Nation) 10. Ben Browder (John Crichton on Farscape) 11. Kirstie Alley (Saavik to Spock in ST II) 12. Chyler Leigh (Alex Danvers in Supergirl) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65998 "2019-06-08T13:46:26Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) 7. Max Wright (Willie Tanner on ALF) 8. Wayne Knight (Don Orville on Third Rock From The Sun) 9. Gary Graham (Matt Sikes on Alien Nation) 10. Ben Browder (John Crichton on Farscape) 11. Chyler Leigh (Alex Danvers in Supergirl) 12. William Shatner (Kirk to Spock in Star Trek) Kirstie Allen’s role was not on TV ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65999 "2019-06-08T14:38:44Z")
Actors who portrayed TV space aliens sidekicks 1. Pam Dawber (Mindy to Robin Williams’s Mork) 2. Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen in Adventures of Superman) 3. Bill Bixby (Tim O’Hara in My Favorite Martian) 4. Billie Piper (Rose Tyler in Doctor Who) 5. Scott Grimes (Steve Smith to Roger, American Dad) 6. Christopher Daniel Barnes (Scott in the TV series Starman) 7. Max Wright (Willie Tanner on ALF) 8. Wayne Knight (Don Orville on Third Rock From The Sun) 9. Gary Graham (Matt Sikes on Alien Nation) 10. Ben Browder (John Crichton on Farscape) 11. Chyler Leigh (Alex Danvers in Supergirl) 12. William Shatner (Kirk to Spock in Star Trek) 13. Richard Benjamin (Captain Adam Quark on Quark) In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66000 "2019-06-08T14:49:24Z")
In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) 2. Richard Mulligan (Rafferty, “The Heavenly Kid”) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66001 "2019-06-08T14:55:53Z")
In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) 2. Richard Mulligan (Rafferty, “The Heavenly Kid”) 3. Michael Landon (Jonathan Smith, Highway to Heaven) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66002 "2019-06-08T14:56:23Z")
In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) 2. Richard Mulligan (Rafferty, “The Heavenly Kid”) 3. Michael Landon (Jonathan Smith, Highway to Heaven) 4. John Dye (Andrew, the Angel of Death on "Touched by an Angel) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66003 "2019-06-08T15:12:37Z")
In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) 2. Richard Mulligan (Rafferty, “The Heavenly Kid”) 3. Michael Landon (Jonathan Smith, “Highway to Heaven”) 4. John Dye (Andrew, the Angel of Death on “Touched by an Angel”) 5. James Mason (Mr. Jordan, “Heaven Can Wait”) The kindest, suavest angel ever. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66004 "2019-06-08T15:27:39Z")
In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) 2. Richard Mulligan (Rafferty, “The Heavenly Kid”) 3. Michael Landon (Jonathan Smith, “Highway to Heaven”) 4. John Dye (Andrew, the Angel of Death on “Touched by an Angel”) 5. James Mason (Mr. Jordan, “Heaven Can Wait”) 6. Jeannette MacDonald (Brigitta, “I Married an Angel”) ---
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In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) 2. Richard Mulligan (Rafferty, “The Heavenly Kid”) 3. Michael Landon (Jonathan Smith, “Highway to Heaven”) 4. John Dye (Andrew, the Angel of Death on “Touched by an Angel”) 5. James Mason (Mr. Jordan, “Heaven Can Wait”) 6. Jeannette MacDonald (Brigitta, “I Married an Angel”) 7. Henry Travers (Clarence, “It’s a Wonderful Life”) ---
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In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) 2. Richard Mulligan (Rafferty, “The Heavenly Kid”) 3. Michael Landon (Jonathan Smith, “Highway to Heaven”) 4. John Dye (Andrew, the Angel of Death on “Touched by an Angel”) 5. James Mason (Mr. Jordan, “Heaven Can Wait”) 6. Jeannette MacDonald (Brigitta, “I Married an Angel”) 7. Henry Travers (Clarence, “It’s a Wonderful Life”) 8. Emmanuelle Béart (Angel, “Date with an Angel”) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/66007 "2019-06-08T18:22:01Z")
In honor of “Good Omens,” actors who have played angels or demons on TV or in movies. No duplicate works. 1. David Tennant (Crowley, “Good Omens”) 2. Richard Mulligan (Rafferty, “The Heavenly Kid”) 3. Michael Landon (Jonathan Smith, “Highway to Heaven”) 4. John Dye (Andrew, the Angel of Death on “Touched by an Angel”) 5. James Mason (Mr. Jordan, “Heaven Can Wait”) 6. Jeannette MacDonald (Brigitta, “I Married an Angel”) 7. Henry Travers (Clarence, “It’s a Wonderful Life”) 8. Emmanuelle Béart (Angel, “Date with an Angel”) 9. John Travolta (Michael, “Michael”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3301)