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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Watching some old TV shows… decided to check & see what the more senior LJ's would pick as their favorite actor based on your criteria (not required to explain). I'll list my 4 favorites (& the show they were in).
Looking for shows & actors in them on the tube before 1970.
Barbara Feldon - Get Smart
Florence Henderson - Brady Bunch
Elizabeth Montgomery - Bewitched
Barbara Eden - I Dream of Jeannie
Surprised Imogene Coca isn't on my list?

Top for me (my secret criteria) Elizabeth Montgomery
So I'm not totally seen as sexist pig, I'll also pick Bill Cosby in I Spy.

You young pups probably don't have a clue on these.
 
#4 ·
Richard Boone - Have Gun, Will Travel - sophistication AND facial hair before the 60's
Steve McQueen - Wanted, Dead or Alive
Fess Parker - Daniel Boone
Jack Kelly, James Garner, and Roger Moore (before 007) - Maverick
(There were a lot more westerns back then)
last, but not least -
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. - 77 Sunset Strip (Roger Smith is not even considered because he married Ann-Margaret and that's more reward than any man rightly deserves)
 
#6 ·
You guys are more macho than I am…
Clint - how about Clint Howard, Ronnie's little brother was he in any of the old shows… could add him to your Clint list.
Patron, was Kildare around after Welby… but then who wants a Dr with Kil in the name.
DD - absolutely agree on Richard Boone & James Garner/Jack Kelly team… others good too. You didn't come up with Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty???!!!
 
#7 ·
Actors:
Robert Klugman - Quincy ME
Carroll O'Connor - All in the Family
Alan Alda - MASH
Ed Asner - Lou Grant & Mary Tyler Moore
Red Foxx - Sanford and Son

Actresses:
Jean Stapleton - All in the Family
Mary Tyler Moore
Bonnie Franklin - One Day at a Time
Carol Burnett
Bea Arthur - Maude

And of course, Honorable Mentions to:
Lynda Carter - Wonder Woman
Barbara Eden - I Dream of Jeannie
Erin Gray - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
(for obvious reasons)
 
#8 ·
ddockstader you said Ann Margret was married to Frame Zimbalist Jr. but that is incorrect! She married Roger Smith in 1967 and he is the only husband she has ever had. He was also her manager until he got ill.

Combat-- Vic Morrow, Rick Jason
Maverick -- James Garner, Jack Kelly
MAS*H-- Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Harry Morgan
Bonanza-- Loren Green, Micheal Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts
CHiPs-- Erik Estrada, Robert Pine, Paul Linke, Larry Wilcox
The Bionic Woman-- Lindsey Wagner
Adam12-- Martin Milner, Kent McCord
Hawaii 50-- Jack Lord, James MacArthur
Fantasy Island-- Ricardo Montalbán, Hervé Villechaize

That's enough I believe!
 
#11 ·
TV now a days has no originallity. All there is,is bang bang shootem up drug dealers cop shows,or some stupid "comedy" that isn't even funny. At least the old shows has some good plots. Any of the above named shows were better than most out there today.
However,there is a few "lookers" out there….....
 
#16 ·
Great input! Some I had totally forgotten, definitely Combat.
Muleskinner, big oops on my part Dianna Rigg should have been there. I was very jealous of Patrick Macnee. Think Honor Blackman may have been on The Avengers for a bit too.
 
#20 ·
While I was originally thinking of just actors/actresses you've taken it to a new level with the various great shows..appreciate all your suggestions..

Note to oldnovice - ddockstrader indicated that Ann Margaret was married to Roger Smith, not EF Jr.

Since you seem to appreciate the old shows, how about adding Twilight Zone, Steve Allen show & Sid Caesar's Show of Shows.

To all of you - Thanks for the memories…. oh was that a song?
Love waiting for the tube to warm up so I could see the test pattern.
Tin foil on the rabbit ears… who had to hold it in place or turn to antenna while others watched. What the hell was a remote - I thought it was the youngest kid.
 
#21 ·
poopiekat - re Kovacs, the guy was a genius… I remember the live ads the hosts used to do & somewhere you'll probably find the one the Kovacs' did for some cigarette company & during the whole ad he was holding a cigar! Of course Edie Adams was a pretty hot too.
 
#23 ·
Since we are straying here, how about the TV itself? Remember those days when the TV was a massive chunk of furniture?

My Dad was very handy with his tube testers and other electronic gizmos. But, sometimes there would be a problem beyond his abilities and we would wait days for the TV repairman to show up. If the problem was serious enough, the repairmen would deliver the dreaded news: "I need to take it back to the shop for diagnosis and repair." Usually this meant removing the electronic parts from the furniture and leaving the empty shell at the house.
 
#25 ·
I remember being jealous of Bill Mummy. I thought he had the coolest life ever. His big robot buddy shouting out WARNING WARNING Dr. Smith is Irate!

I was definitely good with Elizabeth Montgomery.

I was a little too young for the premiers of the twilight zone episodes but I remember Rod Serling's Night Gallery. There was one night I couldn't sleep at all because I was sure an Ear Wig was going to crawl into my ear and eat my brain.

Dark Shadows was pretty cool but I don't a single actors name out of the whole bunch.
 
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