Lionel Hutz
Sir Humphrey Appleby (Yes Minister)
Basil Fawlty (Fawlty Towers)
Edmund Blackadder (Blackadder, series 2-4)
John Steed (Avengers/New Avengers)
Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock, the modern version)
Jim Rockford
Then in no particular order…
Several of the various Doctors
Greg House
Adrian Monk
Temperence Brennan*****
Vincent Nigel Murray (OK he’s a very minor character but he made an impression)
Jonathan Creek
Brian Topp (Spaced)
Dirk Gently/New Sherlock (they’re almost but not quite entirely unlike… or something)
Fran Fine (sue me)
Servalan
Brains (Thunderbirds)
Bender B. Rodriguez
***** There are a lot like her I was going to add but actually they actually work as a partnership or as protagonist and sidekick (Brennan/Booth, Holmes/Watson, Shawn/Gus etc)… new thread coming up?
Les Nessman
Jeeves and Wooster
Oliver Wendell Douglas, Hank Kimball, Mr. Haney, et al.
Dwight K. Schrute
Gaius Baltar
Bender Bending Rodriguez
Basil Fawlty
Arnold J. Rimmer
Edmund Blackadder
Basil Fawlty
Niles Crane
Frasier Crane
Sir Humphrey Appleby
Norman Stanley Fletcher
Reginald Perrin
David Brent
The Doctor
Fox Mulder
Richard Sharpe
I always vote Rockford in these things. Not to pile on, or anything.
Back in the day:
Illya Kuryakin
Captain Lee Crane
Doc, Littlejohn, and Kirby
James West
More currently:
The Doctor (Nine and Ten)
Dr. Donald ‘Ducky’ Mallard
Richard Castle
John Reese
L J Gibbs
Besides Toby Ziegler, who has been mentioned; some of my favorites are:
Teal’c (Stargate SG-1)
Dr. Jeffrey Geiger (Chicago Hope)
Dan Rydell (Sports Night)
Susan Ivanova (Babylon 5)
What? No love for Illyria?!
Or, come to think of it? For Fred?
And let also mention:
Willow (both good and bad versions)
Anya
Drusilla
Omar
G.O.B. Bluth
Les Nessman
Ron Swanson
George Costanza
Veronica Mars
Burt Campbell
Vic Mackey
Walter White
Don Draper
Mary Richards
Benjamin Linus
1950s:
Sgt. Joe Friday (Dragnet)
Danny Thomas
Hugh Downs (Concentration)
Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)
Huckleberry Hound
Red Rowe* (Red Rowe’s Get-Together)
Art Linkletter (House Party)
1960s:
Mr. Favor (Rawhide)
The Munsters
The Addams Family
Alfred Hitchcock* (Alfred Hitchcock Hour)*
Jed Clampett (Beverly Hillbillies)
Hoss Cartwright (Bonanza)
Sgt. Joe Friday (Dragnet)
Capt.Rufe Butterworth (Good Guys)
Agent 86 (Get Smart)
1970s:
Archie Bunker (All in the Family)
Fred Sanford (Sanford and Son)
Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto (Emergency!)
Capt. Hawkeye Pierce* (MASH)
Richie Cunningham and Fonzie (Happy Days)
1980s:
Benson DuBois* (Benson)*
Bull (Night Court)
Judge William Keene (Divorce Court)**
Sonny Mann (It’s a Living)
1990s:
Benny Hill (The Benny Hill Show)
2000s:
None
2010s:
Abigail Sciutto (NCIS)
Horatio Caine (CSI Miami)
Dr. Ray Fishburne (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
Lt. Mac Taylor on (CSI: NY)
*Red Rowe was later convicted in a felony trial.
**Daytime television.
regulars: Rob and Laura Petrie.
one-off: Vito Giotto (“Give Me Your Walls!”)
Thank you for reminding me of Hank and Brit. I would be their office manager or whatever…
So pissed off about that cancellation.
(Watch Terriers if you can)
Harry O.
Mr. Monk, of course.
Most of the characters from 6 Feet under
Most of Hill Street blues, but especially Mick Belker.
I keep thinking of new ones:
Warren Moseley from Dweebs
Trevor Hale from the original (Jeremy Piven) Cupid
Professor Pynchon from Pearl
Professor Kingsley from The Paper Chase
Roth from Vega$
Exidor from Mork and Mindy
Dr. Hawkeye Pierce from MASH*
Dr. Kelly Brackett from Emergency
He was brilliant when he was on Soap, and then much watered down when spun off into Benson.
I guess I’ll have to take your word on that. I didn’t–and wouldn’t–watch Soap.
It begins and ends with Johnny LaRue.
Alexander Scott and Kelly Robinson (I Spy)
Carleton, Your Doorman