# Partners with great onscreen chemistry **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 11, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941 "2013-08-11T16:41:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/41 "2013-08-13T03:22:43Z")
And another British duo, Honeysuckle Weeks and Michael Kitchen in [Foyle’s War](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310455/). (Not romantic chemistry.) Also John Thaw and Kevin Whately in the [Inspector Morse](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092379/?ref_=sr_2) series, Geoffrey Palmer and Judi Dench in [As Time Goes By](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105943/?ref_=sr_1), and Graham Crowden and Stephanie Cole in [Waiting for God](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098945/?ref_=sr_1). (Gotta love PBS and BBC America.) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/42 "2013-08-13T03:31:26Z")
Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd (“Know how I can tell you’re gay?”) Hugh Laurie and Peter Jacobson (Actually, Hugh Laurie and almost anybody, but Jacobson really held his own w. Laurie). Alan Alda and David Ogden Stiers Martin Sheen and Stockard Channing ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/43 "2013-08-13T03:31:43Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Speaking of Brit duos, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry; loved them as Jeeves and Wooster. Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie. Rowan Atkinson and Stephan Fry In the Yes Minister episodes Nigel Hawthorn and Paul Eddington. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in the movies they have been in togethe And for a classic example Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havlinde ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/44 "2013-08-13T03:43:13Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell when they were on TDS Colbert and Jon Stewart: https://www.youtube.com/embed/un__imwE3vg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PL5m9-bpd_HbZamUpErROs-kDT1KPkWfV2 THOSE were the days when _ **TDS** _ was REALLY GOOD! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/45 "2013-08-13T04:02:21Z")
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. John Thaw and Kevin Whately as Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis. Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox as Inspector Lewis and Sergeant Hathaway. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/46 "2013-08-13T06:38:07Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > And another British duo, Honeysuckle Weeks and Michael Kitchen in [Foyle’s War](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310455/). (Not romantic chemistry.) Also John Thaw and Kevin Whately in the [Inspector Morse](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092379/?ref_=sr_2) series, > [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > John Thaw and Kevin Whately as Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis. Yes. > [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox as Inspector Lewis and Sergeant Hathaway. YES. The best example of “chemistry” I’ve seen in a long time. Also between Whately and Clare Holman. Another outstanding example is from the Oscar winning Argentine film “The Secret In Their Eyes.” Soledad Villamil and Ricardo Darín are amazing together. The director even mentions it in commentary-- when filming began it immediately became apparent to everyone that something special was happening with the two actors. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/47 "2013-08-13T06:58:24Z")
Bert and Ernie. It’s like they were made for one another. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/48 "2013-08-13T15:40:53Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie. > Rowan Atkinson and Stephan Fry Rowan Atkinson and Sir Tony Robinson ---
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/49 "2013-08-13T19:50:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Two who had absolutely no chemistry together as far as I was concerned: Blair Brown and John Belushi in _ **Continental Divide** _, even though some besotted critics were comparing them to Tracey and Hepburn at the time. I hated the movie, and agreed with the reviewer who said that the “chemistry” between them wasn’t enough to light a match (or words to that effect). But John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd were pure magic together. The original Blues Brothers movie is still wonderful, so Jake & Elwood Blues also hold up. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/50 "2013-08-13T20:04:50Z")
Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman in _Sense and Sensibility_ had such amazing chemistry it sort of screwed up the movie, given that they were supposed to be in love with other people. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in anything they’ve done together. John Astin and Carolyn Jones as Gomez and Morticia in _The Addam’s Family_. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/51 "2013-08-13T20:36:17Z")
John Noble and Jasika Nicole as Walter Bishop and Astrid Farnsworth on _Fringe_. Even though he almost never got her name right. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/52 "2013-08-13T20:41:31Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Speaking of Brit duos, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry; loved them as Jeeves and Wooster. > [@Krokodil](#): > > Hugh Laurie and Peter Jacobson (Actually, Hugh Laurie and almost anybody, but Jacobson really held his own w. Laurie). > [@AK84](#): > > Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie. > Rowan Atkinson and Stephan Fry The all time champ with Hugh Laurie has to be Robert Sean Leonard. House & Wilson made the cover of TV Guide as the perfect bromance. > [@Mrs. Cake](#): > > . > > John Astin and Carolyn Jones as Gomez and Morticia in The Addam’s Family. That should be #1. Their sexual chemistry practically melted my TV set. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/53 "2013-08-13T22:13:24Z")
Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner in the TV series “Scarecrow and Mrs. King” (1983-1987). ---
**Author:** ![Frunobulax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frunobulax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frunobulax)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/54 "2013-08-14T01:13:51Z")
Michael Richards and Wayne Knight as Kramer and Newman on “Seinfeld”. I was hoping they might get a spinoff when “Seinfeld” ended. Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce as Frasier and Niles Crane. You could really imagine those two as a pair of brothers in real life. And speaking of characters from “Cheers”: George Wendt and John Ratzenberger as Norm and Cliff. ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/55 "2013-08-14T02:54:46Z")
George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the Ocean movies. Saw a preview of Clooney’s new movie ‘The Monument Men’. Matt Damon is also in it. Clooney’s chemistry with about anyone from the Ocean movies is great. Roy Dupuis and Peta Wilson in the original La Femme Nikita. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/56 "2013-08-14T03:33:12Z")
From “Due South”, Paul Gross as Constable Benton Frasier and David Marciano as Detective Ray Vecchio. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/57 "2013-08-14T03:44:09Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > From “Due South”, Paul Gross as Constable Benton Frasier and David Marciano as Detective Ray Vecchio. As evidenced by the way the show went downhill after Frasier got a new partner. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/58 "2013-08-14T03:52:43Z")
Homer & Marge Stewie & Brian Kermit & Piggy Fred & Wilma OR Fred & Barney OR Wilma & Betty (but not Fred & Betty) Samantha & Darrin #1 (but Samantha & Darrin #2? Not so much.) Gomez & Morticia Gilligan & the Skipper Thurston & Lovey Ginger & Mary Ann Picard & Crusher ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941/59 "2013-08-14T05:00:22Z")
Jackie Gleason and Art Carney as Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton on _ **The Honeymooners** _. Add to that Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden. Gleason originally refused to even consider her for the role, saying she was too young and pretty. She countered by anonymously sending him a photo of herself taken right after she had gotten out of bed, dressed in a bathrobe and holding a frying pan. He took one look at it and said “THAT’s Alice!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partners-with-great-onscreen-chemistry/665941.md?page=2)