nomination - greatest, level headed, classic t.v. character in a supporting role. (1 Viewer)

[jon_mx]

Loni Anderson WKRP

 

[jon_mx]

Wow. Really?  Her name is spelled "Maureen", and she didn't play Edith Bunker.

Her name is spelled Jean and she did play Edith Bunker.  

 

[brun]

Huggy Bear in Starsky & Hutch.

 

[apalmer]

You guys are old. 
 

We're just getting started.

Laura Petrie (That's Mary Tyler Moore for you kids)

 

[Skipdog77]

the subtlety of his name on that show never hit me until now

They briefly considered a spin-off, and rumor is they were going to call it either "Growing Boner" or "Boner Pains", but they couldn't come to financial terms with the actor.

 

[Jayrok]

Bud Abbott

Michael Bluth

 

[Apple Jack]

Mrs Drummond?

Plot twist from the grave

 

[Apple Jack]

I'll second Lester from the Wire. Jed Bartlett.

 

[Gally]

Mr. Roper or Larry...….but in reality it was probably Mrs. Roper

 

[bigmarc27]

Bud Abbott

Michael Bluth

Michael Bluth is a good one. 
 

I’d add Stan or Kyle in South Park  

 

[[scooter]]

Frasier Crane, Cheers 

Before he hooked up with Diane and Lilith, sure.

Afterwards, not so much.

But...Frasier's gradual descent from erudite snob to henpecked everyman is part of what made Cheers so great in the first place. And Kelsey Grammer was such a great actor that he could pull off both personalities, oftentimes in the same episode.

 

[[scooter]]

Jed Bartlett.

Mrs. Landingham

 

[Scoresman]

Jim Halpert

 

[hagmania]

Mr Carson, Mrs Hughes, the Dowager Countess

Ah, just throw in the whole supporting cast of Downton Abbey. Series was awesome.

 

[wikkidpissah]

both Sterling and Cooper in Mad Men

 

[grateful zed]

Aunt Bee

 

[otb_lifer]

Aunt Bee

i think Andy was much more level headed ... hell, Aunt Bee had flights of fancy, and was duped a couple times by dodgy paramours 

i know Andy wasn't a "supporting" role, so he doesn't qualify ... but i think he steadied the ol' bird more than vice versa. 

 

[Leroy Hoard]

i think Andy was much more level headed ... hell, Aunt Bee had flights of fancy, and was duped a couple times by dodgy paramours 

i know Andy wasn't a "supporting" role, so he doesn't qualify ... but i think he steadied the ol' bird more than vice versa. 

On top of that Andy had to babysit a trigger happy doofus as his partner. Not to mention a whole town of idiots.

 

[otb_lifer]

On top of that Andy had to babysit a trigger happy doofus as his partner. Not to mention a whole town of idiots.

... not to mention Otis 

 

[dickey moe]

Michael Ehrmantraut - Breaking Bad

 

[PIK95]

Bunk Moreland played by Wendell Pierce was the first that came to mind.  Keeping Jimmy Mceffup in line was no easy job.

 

[zamboni]

Steven Keaton (Michael Gross) from Family Ties

 

[zamboni]

Sybill Buchanan from The White Shadow

 

[grateful zed]

Ed McMahon

 

[zamboni]

Tom Bosley - Happy Days

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Bob Newhart- The Bob Newhart Show

Bob Newhart- Newhart

Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory

 

[Drunken knight]

Frasier Crane, Cheers 

..... and Martin Crane in Frasier.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Not to mention a whole town of idiots.

No slander against Floyd Lawson. He was a man of wisdom. 

 

[Drunken Cowboy]

Ron Swanson

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