Sorry about the long lines folks, I assumed that the word wrap feature would still work on the “code” stuff as well.
Though, now that I think about it, that was a stupid thought. If a moderator notices and has the time, could you fix it for me? Thanks.
Does Vivian Vance really qualify? She only spent one season on “Here’s Lucy.”
Just in case someone forgot to mention. Michael J. Fox
Just in case someone forgot to mention. Michael J. Fox
Just in case someone forgot to mention. Michael J. Fox
Ken Berry – not for F Troop (only two years) but for his supporting runs on Dr. Kildare and the Ann Sothern Show.
Lest we forget Mayberry RFD and Mama’s Family.
Judith Light starred on the soap “One Life to Live” for several years, then “Who’s the Boss?” and one other sitcom the name of which I can’t recall, but I think it ran at least two years…
Put her down as a maybe.
What about Don Adams?
Tennesee Tuxedo and his Tales/The Adventures of Underdog (voice)
Get Smart
Inspector Gadget (voice)
Also, how about:
Ja’Net DuBois:
Love of Life
Good Times
The Wayans Brothers
or
Sherman Helmsley
All In the Family/The Jeffersons
Amen
Dinosaurs (voice)
(Note to self: Make list before posting)
Sally Struthers
All in the Family
The Pebbles and Bam-Bam Show (Voice)
Tale Spin (Voice)
Dinosaurs (Voice)
Vivian Vance, redux: kawliga is correct and Vance will be removed from the list.
Michael J. Fox: Does not qualify. IMDb’s listing is incorrect, he only guest starred on Trapper John, M.D., in an episode called “Brain Child.” Leo & Me, Palmerstown, U.S.A. made it anywhere near 80 episodes.
Ken Berry: Does not qualify. Just looking at IMDb you would think he does. Both The Ann Sothern Show (92 eps) and Dr. Kildare have enough episodes. Mayberry, RFD only had 78 episodes, but reaches qualification if you include his character’s episode on The Andy Griffith Show. However, according to Ken Berry’s official web site he was only on Ann Sothern for one season. It doesn’t make specific mention of Dr. Kildare but lists that time as one of “semi-regular” appearances, so I can’t think that his role was that significant, or that he did three seasons of work.
Judith Light, redux: Her third series was Phenom which does not qualify.
Don Adams: Questionable. Could not find reliable information on duration of Tennessee Tuxedo. It was on the air for almost exactly three years. This makes it about even odds as to whether it hit 80 episodes (assuming “standard” season). Check it Out could be his third season, joining two Get Smart series and Inspector Gadget; unfortunately it was a Canadian series and is disqualified.
Ja’Net DuBois: Does not qualify. Her stints on Love of Life and The Wayans Bros. were only two years each.
Sherman Hemsley: Does not qualify. Amen did much better than I remembered, and of course The Jeffersons counts, but Dinosaurs only had 65 episodes.
Sally Struthers: Does not qualify. All in the Family/Gloria are good enough. As is The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show. As mentioned, though, Dinosaurs only had 65 episodes. Tailspin reached the same mark.
Casey Kasem
All voice except where noted:
Scooby-Doo - “Norville ‘Shaggy’ Rogers”.
Superfriends - “Robin” and others.
Josie and the Pussycats - “Alexander Cabot III”.
The Adventures of Batman - “Robin” and others.
Transformers - “Cliffjumper” and several others.
Battle of the Planets - “Mark”
Scooby-Doo, Superfriends and Transformers all had at least three seasons.
Casey Casem: Qualifies. But I ain’t too comfortable with it. I’ll let the following explain, but note that Transformers is the only individual series to reach 80 episodes.
Shaggy
[li]Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (41 episodes)[/li][li]The New Scooby Doo Movies (22 episodes)[/li][li]The Scooby Doo/Dynomutt Hour (24 episodes)[/li][li]Scooby’s All Star Laff-A-Lympics (16 episodes)[/li][li]Scooby’s All Stars (16 episodes)[/li][li]Scooby and Scrappy Doo (16 episodes)[/li][li]The Richie Rich/Scooby Doo Hour (21 episodes)[/li][li]The Scooby and Scrappy Doo Puppy Hour (13 episodes)[/li][li]The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show (23 episodes)[/li][li]The New Scooby Doo Mysteries (13 episodes)[/li][li]Scooby Doo Mystery Funhouse (13 episodes)[/li][li]The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo (13 episodes)[/li][li]A Pub Named Scooby Doo (25 episodes)[/li][li]Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (appeared in 3 episodes)[/li]Total: 232 episodes
Groovy
[li]Catanooga Cats (75 episodes)[/li]Total: 75 episodes
Robin
[li]The Batman/Superman Hour (17 episodes)[/li][li]The Adventures of Batman (same series as above)[/li][li]Super Friends (16 episodes)[/li][li]The All New Super Friends Hour (16 episodes)[/li][li]The World’s Greatest Super Friends (59 episodes)[/li][li]Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (10 episodes)[/li]Total: 118 episodes
Cliffjumper
[li]Transformers (98 episodes)[/li]Total: 98 episodes
Okay - I nominate Robert Picardo (ST Voyager, China Beach and The Wonder Years) and Richard Dawson (Hogan’s Heroes, Match Game and Family Feud).
StG
Robert Picardo: Does not qualify. Only 64 episodes of China Beach.
Richard Dawson: Does not qualify. Being a regular on a game show has not counted so far. Hosting the show may be different, but Dawson was a panelist for The Match Game.
How about Robert Guillaume?
Soap
Benson
Sports Night (damn, only ran two seasons)
How about actors playing continuously in three consecutive great tv series, regarless of length?
Oooo, I may have one:
Alfonso Ribeiro:
[li]Silver Spoons[/li][li]Fresh Prince of Bel-Air[/li][li]In The House[/li]
Not sure about that last series though.
It doesn’t seem fair to me to include time spent on soaps, unless of course, you’re going to count people who spent all their time on soaps, such as:
Barbara Berjer:
As The World Turns (1965-1971)
Guiding Light (1971-1981)
Another World (1985-1997)
Denise Alexander:
Days of Our Lives (1966-1973)
General Hospital (1973-1984)
Another World (1986-1989)
Judi Evans Luciano:
Guiding Light (1983-1986)
Days of Our Lives (1986-1991)
Another World (1992-1999)
Given the number of people who have had long, successful runs on multiple soaps, I think the restriction to primetime shows is valid.
I think you need to give a pass to actors who did have three full seasons, even if they fall just under 80 episodes. Star Trek is a good example-79 episodes was 3 full seasons, and the OP did admit that the number 80 was somewhat arbitrary. Even if you’re gonna really nitpick Shatner for 79 ST eps, Nimoy would make it because he was in the original pilot-“The Cage”- ST’s 80th episode.
Dave,
Trek was cancelled during the 3rd season. It didn’t get 3 full ones. And The Cage wasn’t aired, it was the first pilot, which didn’t sell.