# TV actors who have played opposite each other as regulars on more than one show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270 "2010-06-07T14:04:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/21 "2010-06-07T15:44:01Z")
As mentioned in another recent thread, many of the _Deadwood_ actors have reappeared in _Justified_, _Lost_, _John From Cincinnati_ and other shows. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/22 "2010-06-07T15:50:56Z")
Harry Morgan and Richard Boone in **Hec Ramsey** and **The Richard Boone Show** Harry Morgan and Verna Felton in **December Bride** and **Pete and Gladys** (the latter a spinoff). Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, Gary Burghoff, and William Christopher in **MASH** and **After MASH** (spinoff). Voice actors: June Foray, Bill Scott, Daws Butler, and Paul Frees in **Rocky and Bullwinkle** and **George of the Jungle**. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/23 "2010-06-07T15:55:41Z")
Fred Gwynne & Al Lewis on **Car 54, Where Are You?** and **The Munsters**. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/24 "2010-06-07T16:09:14Z")
> [@3waygeek](#): > > Fred Gwynne & Al Lewis on **Car 54, Where Are You?** and **The Munsters**. Good call! And fairly obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/25 "2010-06-07T16:22:15Z")
Mandy Patinkin & Thomas Gibson both were regulars on _Chicago Hope_’s first season and a half and the similar period on that FBI profiler show I’m too lazy to find the name of. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/26 "2010-06-07T16:31:46Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Mandy Patinkin & Thomas Gibson both were regulars on _Chicago Hope_’s first season and a half and the similar period on that FBI profiler show I’m too lazy to find the name of. Criminal Minds ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/27 "2010-06-07T16:33:31Z")
\*\*Michael Landon \*\*and \*\*Victor French \*\*- “Little House on the Prairie” and “Highway to Heaven” ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/28 "2010-06-07T16:41:55Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Criminal Minds This is one of the several reaosns I will never send the flying monkeys after you. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/29 "2010-06-07T16:43:53Z")
Tim Conway and Joe Flynn in “McHale’s Navy” and “The Tim Conway Show”. Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence on “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Mama’s Family”, depending on how you count Burnett on the latter show. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/30 "2010-06-07T16:48:29Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > \*\*Michael Landon \*\*and \*\*Victor French \*\*- “Little House on the Prairie” and “Highway to Heaven” Another good call. I’m surprised that there’s no mention of **Ally McBeal** , **LA Law** , or **NYPD Blue** yet. Surely there’s at least one example there. ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Harley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Race\_Harley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Harley)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/31 "2010-06-07T16:59:05Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > \*\*Michael Landon \*\*and \*\*Victor French \*\*- “Little House on the Prairie” and “Highway to Heaven” Would it count that both were on Bonanza with French in recurring roles? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/32 "2010-06-07T17:03:17Z")
> [@Race\_Harley](#): > > Would it count that both were on Bonanza with French in recurring roles? The OP specifies “regular,” no? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/33 "2010-06-07T17:31:36Z")
No. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The actor must play at least a recurring role. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/34 "2010-06-07T17:45:34Z")
Mark Harmon and Rocky Carroll, _Chicago Hope_ and _NCIS_. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/35 "2010-06-07T18:04:28Z")
Bob Denver and Alan Hale, Jr. – **Gilligan’s Island** and **The Good Guys** (Hale had a recurring role in the latter). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/36 "2010-06-07T18:13:00Z")
It’s outside the scope of this thread, but I wanted to point out that, although Gale Gordon and Lucille Ball’s appearances have been pointed out more than once, their associatoion goes back much earlier than TV. Gale Gordon played Ball’s husband’s boss in the radio show **My Favorite Husband** (1948-1951), which many see as a precursor to **I Love Lucy**. And before that they were together on **The Wonder Show** from 1938-39. they reputedly wanted Gordon to play Fred Mertz on **I Love Lucy** , but that didn’t happen. It would’ve been yet another shared series ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/37 "2010-06-07T18:18:10Z")
This happens all the time in soap operas. Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans played famously opposite one another as Steve “Patch” Johnson and Kayla Brady on _Days of Our Lives_ for years; in the '90s, after Patch had been killed off, Nichols moved to _General Hospital_ to play Stefan Cassadine. (I’m not quite sure why he always plays characters named after himself!) A little while later, Evans was also hired by GH to play opposite him as Katherine. Similarly, Matthew Ashford, who played Steve’s brother/Kayla’s ex-husband Jack on _Days_, played Tom Hardy on _General Hospital_, who had a hate-on for Stefan Cassadine. So all three former-_Days_ actors were often in scenes together. For that matter, Ashford’s Jack on _Days_ also co-owned a newspaper with Diana Colville … played by Genie Francis during one of her breaks from playing Laura Spencer on _General Hospital_. On GH, Ashford’s Tom and Laura were in scenes together as well. Soaps are very incestuous! Sometimes literally… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/38 "2010-06-07T19:04:00Z")
[Similar thread from last year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531342). (Great minds think alike :D) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/39 "2010-06-07T19:54:39Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [Similar thread from last year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=531342). (Great minds think alike :D) Yeah, but only half of the posts on that thread gave answers that actually fit your opening question. Except that one guy with the uncle. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270/40 "2010-06-07T20:09:49Z")
Tim Reid and his wife, Daphne Maxwell Reid, appeared together in _Frank’s Place_, and the short-lived _Snoops_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-actors-who-have-played-opposite-each-other-as-regulars-on-more-than-one-show/542270.md?page=3)