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Janice
03-23-2002, 12:41 AM
Can anyone think of actors that were/are in two shows at the same time? A few come to mind:
Heather Locklear in TJ Hooker and...was it Dynasty? (forget)
Richard Deacon played Mel Cooly on The Dick Van Dyke Show as well as a character on Leave it to Beaver (I think).
Michael Boatman on Spin City and Arliss.
I don't know his name, but the actor who currently plays Gabe on Six Feet Under and the FOX hit Twenty Four.
That's all that comes to mind for me. :)
LucyFan
03-23-2002, 12:52 AM
Ignore this post.
LucyFan
03-23-2002, 12:53 AM
Mary Jane Croft played Mary Jane Lewis on The Lucy Show as well as a character from Ozzie & Harriet in the 1960's.

Bob Saget played the father on Full House and hosted America's Funniest Videos in the 1990's.
Pavan
03-23-2002, 10:43 AM
Bill Cosby in Cosby and Kids Say the Darndest Things for CBS.
TV Guy
03-23-2002, 01:03 PM
Esai Morales is on "NYPD Blue" and "American Family" (on PBS). Lisa Vidal was doing double duty on "Third Watch" and "The Division" for a while. Several actors did a daytime soap and a nighttime series at the same time: Josh Taylor ("Valerie"/"Hogan Family" and "Days of Our Lives"), Deidre Hall ("Days or Our Lives" and "Our House" for one year), Emma Samms ("General Hospital" and "Dynasty" briefly).
Lynn
03-23-2002, 02:00 PM
Ian Gomez was in both Norm and Felicity a few years back.

I don't know if this counts but Lisa Kudrow from Friends also had a minor role on Mad About You.
Mysty Eyes
03-23-2002, 02:22 PM
Kelly Ripa is on All My Children and also co-hosts with Regis Philbin on Regis & Kelly.

Oh, I also just remembered: Rena Sofer was on The Chronicle (recently canceled on SciFi Channel) and has a recurring role on Ed.
Jimbo
03-23-2002, 09:43 PM
There were several regular cast members of "Petticoat Junction" who also played the same characters on a recurring basis on "Green Acres".
kiwimo
03-23-2002, 11:22 PM
While om the Brady Bunch,Robert Reed had a recurring role on Mannix.
Mysty Eyes
03-24-2002, 12:23 AM
Okay, now I've got this on my mind. Will I ever be able to sleep again????? ;)

Anyway...

Pamela Anderson (Lee) was on Home Improvement for a while (as the "Tool Time" girl) at the same time that she was on Baywatch. She eventually went full-time only on Baywatch.


:wave:
Janice
03-24-2002, 12:40 AM
Originally posted by kiwimo
While om the Brady Bunch,Robert Reed had a recurring role on Mannix.
This is very interesting. I had no idea Robert Reed was on Mannix. I used to love that show, but was too young to remember all the characters. I just know I thought Mike Connors was handsome.
Thanks for the piece of trivia.
:p
Superbatboy
03-24-2002, 01:58 PM
Bill Cosby was also the host of You Bet your life while he was on The Cosby Show for a little while.
Sitcomwriter
10-23-2002, 04:56 PM
Poor Michael Boatman....

After Spin City was cancelled he was lucky to have another show....


And then that got cancelled.
Janice
10-23-2002, 05:56 PM
Originally posted by Sitcomwriter
Poor Michael Boatman....

After Spin City was cancelled he was lucky to have another show....


And then that got cancelled.
Arliss got cancelled?
Brian Damage
10-23-2002, 06:25 PM
Wayne Knight was both on Seinfeld and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Sharon Lawrence split time on NYPD Blue and Fired Up.
Sean Snow
10-23-2002, 06:36 PM
Suzanne Somers was on The Suzanne Somers Show and Step by Step at the same time during the 1994-1995 season.
jayman75
10-23-2002, 11:39 PM
Originally posted by Superbatboy
Bill Cosby was also the host of You Bet your life while he was on The Cosby Show for a little while.

I thought YBYL was after TCS. I can't remember......
James
10-24-2002, 02:34 AM
For a while Alex Trebek (do game show hosts count?) hosted both Jeopardy! and Classic Concentration.
James
10-24-2002, 02:37 AM
Originally posted by JanLady617
Richard Deacon played Mel Cooly on The Dick Van Dyke Show as well as a character on Leave it to Beaver (I think).

That "character on Leave it to Beaver" was Fred Rutherford, Lumpy's father.
Janice
10-24-2002, 11:58 AM
Originally posted by James


That "character on Leave it to Beaver" was Fred Rutherford, Lumpy's father.
I don't watch the show, so I had no idea who that character on Leave it to Beaver was, but I vaguely remember hearing that Richard Deacon acted on two shows simultaneously.
Brian Damage
10-24-2002, 04:38 PM
Harry Anderson was another guy who split time on shows. Harry starred on Night Court and popped in on Cheers from time to time.
DJM77
10-25-2002, 10:23 PM
Yeardly Smith and Hank Azaria. Yeardly does the voice for Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons and Hank does voices for several characters on the show. Yeardly and Hank were also both on Herman's Head which lasted from 1991 to 1994.
Flash72
10-25-2002, 10:56 PM
Though it is not a sitcom Richard Anderson and Martin E. Brooks both appeared on ABC's "Six Million Dollar Man" and NBC's "Bionic Woman" at the same time in 1977-78; the two appeared previously on both before bw jumped to another network in the fall of 1977.
SBTB Geek
10-25-2002, 11:19 PM
Regis in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and Live!

Maury hosted his talk show, and also hosted the short-lived, Twenty One.

Amanda Bynes on All That, and The Amanda Show (on Nick.)

Carson Daly... TRL and Last Call.
baronzzz
10-26-2002, 12:03 AM
Nancy Walker was on McMillan and Wife and Rhoda at the same time. I remember reading an article about how the studio would whisk her away from one studio to another in a limo.

Dorothy Lyman was still on All My Children as Opal Gardner when she started Mamas Family. But left AMC very soon after Mamas Family started.

Richard Dawson was still on Match Game when he began Family Feud.

Jillian Barberie is on Extreme Dating and GoodDay Live and the NFL PreShow.
Sitcomwriter
10-29-2002, 05:14 PM
Ted Danson is on "Becker" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Oddly enough both shows are also on Sunday nights!
SBTB Geek
10-29-2002, 06:39 PM
Originally posted by baronzzz
Jillian Barberie is on Extreme Dating and GoodDay Live and the NFL PreShow.

Jillian has always been a work-a-holic. (You forgot the local show... Good Day L.A. ;) )

Just two years ago she has in...

Good Day L.A., The Test, NFL, and V.I.P. at the same time.
OcelotGirl
11-03-2002, 01:51 PM
Ryan Stiles:Whose Line US and Drew Carey Show

Drew Carey:see above

Wayne Brady:Wayne Brady show and Whose Line US



OT:Is there a board for WL US?
shocolah
11-03-2002, 06:22 PM
I'm not sure if he was on both shows at the same time, but whoever played Sam the butcher on The Brady Bunch was
on All In The Family, too as Archie's friend Barney.