Who are your 10 favorite male TV sitcom characters of all time?

Cafe Society
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Frank Luger - Barney Miller
Barney Miller - Barney Miller
Martin Crane - Frasier
Gomer Pyle - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

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Dick Loudin - Newhart
Daryl - Newhart
Larry - Newhart
Woody Boyd – Cheers
Eldin Bernicke(sp?) - Murphy Brown
Chandler Bing - Friends
Ted Mosby - How I Met Your Mother
Michael Bluth – Arrested Development
Hawkeye - MASH
GOB - Arrested Development

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Trying to be clever, are we?

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David Hyde Pierce (Niles Crane)

Don Knotts (Barney Fife)

Carroll O’Connor (Archie Bunker)

Kelsey Grammer (Frasier Crane)

Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo)

Bryan Cranston (Hal)

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Shows would be helpful (though obvious in most of these cases), as requested by the OP. :wink:

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I would like to watch the show “Niles Crane” with the character called “David Hyde-Pierce” Where can I watch it?

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I mentioned in the female characters thread that I didn’t like voting for lead characters vs. supporting characters. But now that we have ten characters to nominate, I’m going to nominate five leads and five supporting, and suggest @Mean_Mr.Mustard set up a lead bracket and supporting bracket, so the two only meet in the final round.

Lead Characters
Andy Taylor - Andy Griffith Show
Barney Miller - Barney Miller
Rob Petrie - Dick Van Dyke Show
Sam Malone - Cheers
Bob Hartley - Bob Newhart Show

Supporting Characters
Ed Norton - The Honeymooners
Barney Fife - Andy Griffith Show
Lou Grant - Mary Tyler Moore
Dr. Johnny Fever - WKRP in Cincinnati
Niles Crane - Frasier

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Ok, Mister Smarty-pants, how about this:

Niles Crane (David Hyde Pierce)

Barney Fife (Don Knotts)

Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor)

Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer)

Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz)

Hal (Bryan Cranston)

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Still needs the names of the shows.

From the OP:

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  • Niles Crane (Frasier) — David Hyde Pierce
  • Barney Fife (The Andy Griffith Show) — Don Knotts
  • Archie Bunker (All in the Family) — Carroll O’Connor
  • Frasier Crane (Frasier) — Kelsey Grammer
  • Ricky Ricardo (I Love Lucy) — Desi Arnaz
  • Hal (Malcolm in the Middle) — Bryan Cranston
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NOTE:

The initial OP limited your nominations to 6. I have since increased that number to 10. It is possible that some of you missed that info.

These folks have more nominations available to them if they want them:

@cieskokid (4 more available)
@dorvann (3)
@GenerationJones (4)
@Jaycat.again (7)
@Locrian (5)
@Tibby (4)
@WOOKINPANUBv.2 (4)

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Bert Monker, the delivery guy on the Dick Van Dyke Show who has a crush on Sally.

Grady Wilson, Sanford and Son.

That’s all I got.

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Col. Potter- MASH

Barney Fife- Andy Griffith Show

Captain Binghamton- McHale’s Navy

Bull Shannon- Night Court

Larry- Newhart

George Jefferson- The Jeffersons

Grady Wilson- Sanford and Son

Grampa Munster- The Munsters

Lurch- The Addams Family

Cliff Clavin- Cheers

54

Nice. He also played Alf Monroe on Green Acres.

Another DVD Show delivery guy: Jamie Farr.

mmm

55

Three more?

Hal (Bryan Cranston) – Malcolm in the Middle

Wilson (Earl Hindeman) – Home Improvement

Charley Dietz (David Leisure) – Empty Nest

I was tempted to add ALF from ALF and Mr. Ed fromMr. Ed but I did NOT think nonhuman characters would qualify…

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I like both of them, but yeah, let’s do humans only.

mmm

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Larry Sanders - The Larry Sanders Show
Arthur - The Larry Sanders Show
Hank Kingsley - The Larry Sanders Show
Murray Hewitt - Flight of The Conchords
Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
Jim Ignatowski - Taxi
Rob Petrie - Dick Van Dyke Show
Ed Norton - The Honeymooners
Les Nessman - WKRP
Newman - Seinfeld

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Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers
Captain Edmund Blackadder - Blackadder Goes Forth*
Lionel Jefferson - All in the Family (NOT the watered down version on The Jeffersons)
George Utley - Newhart
Harry Bentley - The Jeffersons
Mr. E. Blackadder, Esq. - Blackadder the Third*
Manuel - Fawlty Towers
Norm Peterson - Cheers
Rev. Jim Ignatowski - Taxi
Ed Norton - The Honeymooners

*Blackadder is 4 different characters played by the same actor, I chose the 2 I like most.

59

Ron Swanson - Parks and Rec
Dennis Reynolds - IASIP
Larry David - Curb
Baby Billy Freeman - Righteous Gemstones
Kenny Powers - Eastbound and Down

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Drew Carey, The Drew Carey Show
Colonel Potter, MASH
Corporal Klinger, MASH
Gomez Addams, The Addams Family
Dan Fielding, Night Court
Earl Hickey, My Name is Earl
Howard Wolowitz, Big Bang Theory
Eric Forman, That 70s Show
Brent Leroy, Corner Gas
Christopher Titus, Titus