# TV Actors successful in sitcoms and dramas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-successful-in-sitcoms-and-dramas/614575 "2012-03-02T20:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-successful-in-sitcoms-and-dramas/614575/81 "2012-03-07T07:54:57Z")
I thought of another. Patrick Duffy in _Dallas_ and _Step By Step_. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-successful-in-sitcoms-and-dramas/614575/82 "2012-03-07T08:38:55Z")
Ed Marinaro in _Hill Street Blues_ and _Blue Mountain State._ ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-successful-in-sitcoms-and-dramas/614575/83 "2012-03-07T22:53:40Z")
A couple more from **The Wire** : Idris Elba (The Office) and Michael K. Williams (Community) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-successful-in-sitcoms-and-dramas/614575/84 "2012-03-07T23:30:51Z")
Also, Allison Brie, who played Annie on Community and Trudy on Mad Men. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-successful-in-sitcoms-and-dramas/614575.md?page=4)