# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/161 "2005-08-18T00:00:36Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > Sanders What, nobody got this one? Surely _somebody_ knows who lived under this name. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/162 "2005-08-18T02:52:00Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > What, nobody got this one? Surely _somebody_ knows who lived under this name. Literally “under” a sign bearing the name – Winnie-the-Pooh. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/163 "2005-08-18T12:35:11Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Marcel Brown “Downtown” Brown from _Simon and Simon_ ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/164 "2005-08-18T13:18:12Z")
Thomas Hewett Edwards Cat == T.H.E. Cat (that was a long time ago). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/165 "2005-08-18T14:33:49Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > “Downtown” Brown from _Simon and Simon_ One down. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/166 "2005-08-18T16:39:10Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Francis Hofstetler Ice Pick on _Magnum, P.I._ ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/167 "2005-08-18T16:40:39Z")
Sorry, I’m stumped on Evelyn. ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/168 "2005-08-18T16:45:26Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Sorry, I’m stumped on Evelyn. Angel from _The Rockford Files_, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/169 "2005-08-18T16:48:21Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Ice Pick on **Magnum, P.I.** Two… > [@BigDummy](#): > > Angel from **The Rockford Files** , I think. …and three. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/170 "2005-08-19T05:16:00Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > What, nobody got this one? Surely _somebody_ knows who lived under this name. My first thought on this was Winnie the Pooh, but I didn’t post because after I thought about it I seemed to remember that it was “Saunders” on the sign above Pooh’s door. But since I posted “Gidgit” for “Gidget”, I shouldn’t be so picky! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944/171 "2005-08-29T00:19:24Z")
My name is Harry Manders. Who is my best friend, and what does _he_ call me?n [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-characters-not-known-by-their-character-names/315944.md?page=8)