# Celebrities everyone likes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335 "2015-09-23T20:17:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/61 "2015-09-24T02:01:47Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I hadn’t heard that about Handel, though I have heard he had quite a temper. (At one time he supposedly picked up one of his divas who was being temperamental and threatened to throw her out the window.) > > Is it possible you were thinking of Joseph Haydn? I get the impression that everybody loved him, except possibly his wife. That will teach me to be all pretentious and classical (or baroque) - yes, I meant Haydn - thanks Teaching Company, I want my money back (though it was totally my fault). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/62 "2015-09-24T02:03:54Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > … Ringo Starr has BEATEN his wife, back when he was an active alcoholic. ☹ :mad: Can you cite this? I’ve never heard this. He is pretty universally liked by all. Seems odd I never heard this before. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/63 "2015-09-24T02:05:52Z")
Harry Morgan. The fact that he was cast in so many roles meant he wasn’t making any enemies. [Charles Lane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lane_(actor)) also seems to be in that category. He was often cast as a mean guy, but people seemed to genuinely like him. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/64 "2015-09-24T02:11:12Z")
Bruce Campbell? ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/65 "2015-09-24T02:15:19Z")
Doris Day ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/66 "2015-09-24T02:33:43Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > I’m sure there’s _someone_ out there who dislikes him, but Bill Murray has become almost bizarrely cool and beloved in the last fifteen years. > [@chacoguy](#): > > Page two and no one has mentioned Bill Murray? [Apparently not in person.](http://gawker.com/394001/divorce-filing-contains-all-the-stuff-youd-rather-not-know-about-bill-murray) Leaving aside the stuff from his divorce, I’ve heard several stories from different sources about how difficult he can be to work with. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/67 "2015-09-24T02:38:49Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > The amount of Jay Leno hate I hear is somewhat surprising. My impression is that Leno is a manipulator. He always personally maintains the facade of being a nice guy. But he has people working for him that do the dirty deeds that advance his career. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/68 "2015-09-24T02:41:44Z")
Apparently everyone that has met Tom Hiddleston has only great things to say about him. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/69 "2015-09-24T03:04:19Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Nope. Don’t care for him. > > Sorry. She needs to go away now. > > Ugh! Can’t stand him! > > For starters, her acting. > > Nailed it! 😃 Jebidiah Atkinson? ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/70 "2015-09-24T03:22:50Z")
Carol Burnett and Tim Conway. Keith Urban. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/71 "2015-09-24T03:29:29Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Can you cite this? I’ve never heard this. He is pretty universally liked by all. Seems odd I never heard this before. It was 30–plus years ago, and it was big news at the time. > **[Ringo](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ringo-1579907.html)** > > John Lennon said that Ringo was the one to worry about when the Beatles finished. He was not wrong. Trauma and bad behaviour were what followed. Then things started to get better ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/72 "2015-09-24T03:43:49Z")
> [@Periwinkle](#): > > Carol Burnett and Tim Conway. Keith Urban. I saw a video of Carol Burnett taking audience questions after - I guess - a show. A young woman said that she had a part in a local theater musical, singing a song that Carol had sung on stage. The young woman asked her if she would sing it, and Carol replied “Only if you come up here and sing it with me.” The mixture of happiness, amazement and nervousness on the young fan’s face was delightful. What a wonderful lack of ego, for Carol Burnett to make her fan so happy. She’s a class act, all the way. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/73 "2015-09-24T04:00:07Z")
Michael Palin. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/74 "2015-09-24T04:08:40Z")
How could anyone mention Clayton Kershaw and NOT mention Vin Scully? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/75 "2015-09-24T11:07:27Z")
Bill Murray Steve Buscemi Teri Garr Mel Brooks John Goodman Sam Elliott Jeff Bridges ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/76 "2015-09-24T11:35:32Z")
Like Cosby, 3-4 years ago I’d have said Rolf Harris I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything negative about Alan Davies. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/77 "2015-09-24T11:47:50Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything negative about Alan Davies. He’s got some issues. There was that time that he [bit a tramp’s ear](http://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/dec/12/alandaviesearragemystery). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/78 "2015-09-24T12:03:40Z")
Hugh Jackman is reported to be a really nice guy. In a recent piece [here](http://www.hitfix.com/the-fien-print/set-report-pan-star-hugh-jackman-is-the-nicest-man-in-the-world) everyone involved in\* Pan\* raves about his niceness. For Paul Newman fans I loved [this unusual piece](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-carroll/post_196_b_130505.html?ir=Australia) upon his death by fantasy author Jonathan Carroll. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/79 "2015-09-24T12:15:28Z")
Even though I’ve already stated that we CAN’T really know who the Good Guys are… In the world of sports, I don’t think there’s any American fan who didn’t love Stan Musial, and every Canadian seems to have loved Jean Beliveau. If they WEREN’T genuinely classy individuals, they faked it extremely well. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335/80 "2015-09-24T12:52:04Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Jebidiah Atkinson? I was gonna say Grumpy Cat, but I think we’re of one mind here 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-everyone-likes/732335.md?page=5)