# 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:** 581
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11602 "2012-07-26T06:24:43Z")
In honor of Chad Everett, TV doctors 1. Joe Gannon (Everett, Medical Center) 2. John Carter (Noah Wylie, er) 3. Michaela “Mike” Quinn (Jane Seymour; Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman) 4. Dr. Bombay (Bernard Fox, Bewitched) 5. Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie; House) 6. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelley, Star Trek) 7. John “J.D.” Dorian (Zach Braff; Scrubs) 8. Marcus Welby, M.D. (Robert Young; Marcus Welby, M.D.) 9. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy) 10. Hiram Baker (Kevin Hagen, Little House on the Prairie) 11. Dr. Zachary Smith, Doctor of interstellar environmental psychology (Jonathan Harris, Lost in Space) 12. John Zoidberg (Billy West, Futurama) ---
**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:** [July 26, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11603 "2012-07-26T10:45:51Z")
Since **Rhythmdvl** accidentally left out my Doogie Howser answer for #11, that actually puts **Little Nemo** in the #13 spot for the new topic. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11604 "2012-07-26T12:02:00Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Since **Rhythmdvl** accidentally left out my Doogie Howser answer for #11, that actually puts **Little Nemo** in the #13 spot for the new topic. I burning your Doogie! Sorry 'bout that–not quite a simulpost but close enough for me to miss. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11605 "2012-07-26T16:32:47Z")
I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11606 "2012-07-26T16:45:31Z")
Okay, I’ll do one then (pretending Doogie was #13, and in honor of him 🙂 ): Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11607 "2012-07-26T16:54:42Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. [Jackie Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Cooper) ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11608 "2012-07-26T17:00:54Z")
In honor of Chad Everett, TV doctors 1. Joe Gannon (Everett, Medical Center) 2. John Carter (Noah Wylie, er) 3. Michaela “Mike” Quinn (Jane Seymour; Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman) 4. Dr. Bombay (Bernard Fox, Bewitched) 5. Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie; House) 6. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelley, Star Trek) 7. John “J.D.” Dorian (Zach Braff; Scrubs) 8. Marcus Welby, M.D. (Robert Young; Marcus Welby, M.D.) 9. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh, Grey’s Anatomy) 10. Hiram Baker (Kevin Hagen, Little House on the Prairie) 11. Dr. Zachary Smith, Doctor of interstellar environmental psychology (Jonathan Harris, Lost in Space) 12. Witch Doctor (Eddie Little Sky, Gilligan’s Island, 1966) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11609 "2012-07-26T17:06:29Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. [Jackie Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Cooper) 3. Jodie Foster ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11610 "2012-07-26T17:46:24Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. [Jackie Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Cooper) 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman I think we’ve done this one before. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11611 "2012-07-26T17:49:43Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. [Jackie Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Cooper) 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think we’ve done this one before. Oh, probably. But that’s nothing new 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11612 "2012-07-26T19:17:46Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. [Jackie Cooper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Cooper) 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale 6. Ron Howard ---
**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:** [July 26, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11613 "2012-07-26T19:39:40Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. Jackie Cooper 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale 6. Ron Howard 7. Ray Liotta ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11614 "2012-07-26T19:43:18Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. Jackie Cooper 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale 6. Ron Howard 7. Ray Liotta 8. Drew Barrymore ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11615 "2012-07-26T22:45:32Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. Jackie Cooper 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale 6. Ron Howard 7. Ray Liotta 8. Drew Barrymore 9. Robert Blake ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11616 "2012-07-27T01:27:04Z")
Hold on a second. Ray Liotta? His first acting job was a soap opera when he was 24. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11617 "2012-07-27T02:52:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Hold on a second. Ray Liotta? His first acting job was a soap opera when he was 24. to some of us, that may as well be “child” age 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11618 "2012-07-27T04:08:30Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. Jackie Cooper 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale 6. Ron Howard 7. Ray Liotta 8. Drew Barrymore 9. Robert Blake 10. Mickey Rooney ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11619 "2012-07-27T04:20:21Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. Jackie Cooper 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale 6. Ron Howard 7. Ray Liotta 8. Drew Barrymore 9. Robert Blake 10. Mickey Rooney 11. Natalie Wood ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11620 "2012-07-27T04:25:25Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. Jackie Cooper 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale 6. Ron Howard 7. Ray Liotta 8. Drew Barrymore 9. Robert Blake 10. Mickey Rooney 11. Natalie Wood 12. Ryan Gosling Former Mousketeer - first appeared onscreen at age 12. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11621 "2012-07-27T06:14:45Z")
Former child actors who made the transition to success as adult actors: 1. Neil Patrick Harris 2. Jackie Cooper 3. Jodie Foster 4. Natalie Portman 5. Christian Bale 6. Ron Howard 7. Ray Liotta 7b. Christina Ricci 8. Drew Barrymore 9. Robert Blake 10. Mickey Rooney 11. Natalie Wood 12. Ryan Gosling 13. Alyssa Milano I still say Liotta shouldn’t count, so I’ve added an alternative choice New category: Countries in NATO 1. The United States [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=580) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=582)