# TV or movie characters not known by their character names. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2005, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944 "2005-08-07T02:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/41 "2005-08-07T04:00:36Z")
Some rather obscure ones: Homer Deegan Jane Angelica Thrift Jerome Kuhner-Chaim Freddie Stubbs ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/42 "2005-08-07T04:02:06Z")
> [@Ava Gina](#): > > The Rifleman. But that was just the name of the show. > He was called Lucas on the show. How true. His kid was Micah, right? MAD Magazine had a spoof of the show called “The Rifle, Man” that I can never get out of my head whenever the synapse hops to that old show. Who did Chuck Connors play baseball for? ---
**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/43 "2005-08-07T04:09:34Z")
Freddie Stubbs Rerun. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/44 "2005-08-07T04:11:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Some rather obscure ones: > > Homer Deegan > > Jane Angelica Thrift > > Jerome Kuhner-Chaim > > Freddie Stubbs WAG: Jane Angelica Thrift is Tarzan’s Jane? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/45 "2005-08-07T04:13:45Z")
**Zeldar** Chuck Connors plaed baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/46 "2005-08-07T04:14:14Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > WAG: Jane Angelica Thrift is Tarzan’s Jane? Cancel this WAG. I broke down and looked it up. Nice one! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/47 "2005-08-07T04:15:23Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **Zeldar** > Chuck Connors plaed baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers Cool! Thanks. What position? (I’m remembering first base) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/48 "2005-08-07T04:17:27Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > The Lone Ranger And Britt Reid? (Extra Credit) How are they related? ---
**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/49 "2005-08-07T04:19:40Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > And Britt Reid? > > (Extra Credit) How are they related? He was the Green Hornet. Nephew? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/50 "2005-08-07T04:20:39Z")
Grandnephew, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/51 "2005-08-07T04:22:44Z")
The Britt Reid one was great. Reminds me of a TV series and a movie with the character Josh Randall. Who played the two Randalls? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/52 "2005-08-07T04:26:45Z")
> [@waits](#): > > Ben’s sons were Adam, Joe, and Eric. Eric? Who’s Eric? Any relationship between Eric Cartwright and Eric Cartman? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/53 "2005-08-07T04:28:44Z")
I was born Theresa Yukavetch. I eventually began using my middle name, then married the infamous “Dr. Dick.” Who am I, and what is the full (character) name of my best friend (the show’s star)? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/54 "2005-08-07T04:30:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Any relationship between Eric Cartwright and Eric Cartman? Both are rather chubby and wear funny hats? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/55 "2005-08-07T04:32:31Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The Britt Reid one was great. > > Reminds me of a TV series and a movie with the character Josh Randall. Who played the two Randalls? Slight alteration to this query: although there’s another Josh Randall in a movie, it’s not the Randall who’s a descendant of the TV Randall. That Randall is Nick not Josh. The other Josh Randall movie is sludge. ---
**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/56 "2005-08-07T04:43:12Z")
Wanted…dead or alive. But Randall was his name. He was known as something else? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/57 "2005-08-07T04:44:55Z")
> [@Ava Gina](#): > > Wanted…dead or alive. But Randall was his name. He was known as something else? Not that I can recall. Do you know who played the Randalls, Josh (TV) and Nick (movie of that title)? BTW, if it’s not obvious, this is a great game! ---
**Author:** ![Ava\_Gina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Ava\_Gina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ava_Gina)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/58 "2005-08-07T04:48:05Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Not that I can recall. Do you know who played the Randalls, Josh (TV) and Nick (movie of that title)? > > BTW, if it’s not obvious, this is a great game! Steve McQueen on TV. Don’t know about the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/59 "2005-08-07T04:48:47Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > I was born Theresa Yukavetch. I eventually began using my middle name, then married the infamous “Dr. Dick.” > > Who am I, and what is the full (character) name of my best friend (the show’s star)? You are Maryanne Thorpe, and your friend is Cybill Sheridan. Once I was known as Annika Hansen. Who am I? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/60 "2005-08-07T04:49:29Z")
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