Who is your Favorite All-Time TV Character?

[Julusnc]

Who is your favorite all-time television character? and why?

Carl Kolchak.He was always on the right track for the scoop of the year but no one cared....

[BoosterBronze]

Face (Templeton Peck) on the A-Team.
As a kid I thought he was the epitome of cool. Also, I was too young to complelty seperate him from Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica, since they were both Dirk Benedict. So cool, so very very cool.

[Leslie Lee III]

Jack Bauer

Although, technically, he shouldn't count as a "character" since 24 is a documentary.

[the film freak]

Barney Fife. Don Knotts was pimp yo.

[Beta Ray Bill]

FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper

[Davideaux]

Either Frank Pembleton or Sam Malone

[brundlefly]

Despite being a relatively new arrival to TV by comparison, Al Swearengen from DEADWOOD.

He spouts some of the best dialogue on TV and has undergone a great developmental character arc in the last 3 seasons of that show.

[SnowTrooper]

Its a tie between Doug Heffernan(King of Queens) and Homer Simpson. There about both funny and overweight. I wanna party with them.

[Tommy]

Lucy from I Love Lucy. You just can't top that show.

(Allthough Mary Richards comes close.)

[cactusmaac]

Optimus Prime. Needs no explanation.

[J. Robb]

There's a lot of great choices, but I guess I have to go with Homer. Almost twenty years and he still cracks me up.

[Armless Penguin]

Probably Mal Reynolds, River Tam, or Jack Bauer. :cool:

[SnowTrooper]

Cosmo Kramer is at the top of my list.

[Aggie]

Lucy from I Love Lucy. You just can't top that show.

(Allthough Mary Richards comes close.)


i second lucy...despite all the failures of her hair-brained schemes, she preservered and never let ricky piss on her dreams...and for a woman in those days...that's almost unheard of...my close second is alexis morrell carrington colby dexter rowan dexter...she was the mother of all bitches...:D

[EZMOHR]

Fox Mulder. It sounds stupid...but a little bit of the reason I'm in Law Enforcement is because of old Spooky.

[Haunt]

Fox Mulder and the Cryptkeeper

[Royal]

Even Freed.

[rondre sleazde]

Charles Gunn and Vic mackey

[DLFerguson]

Carl Kolchak with Frank Pembleton a close second

[Athena Bast]

Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod

[GozertheGozarian]

Brisco County Jr., or Gregory House.

[rick]

Kolchak is up there, so is Barnabas Collins, the Doctor, Mick Belker, Ben Sisko, Jim Phelps, Paris and Jim Kirk.

Lucy, Ricky, Rob Petrie, Steve McGarret, Colombo and Mary Richards are up there too.

Hell so is Sue Ann Nivins, Jim Profit, Maverick and Will Robinson.

Frank Drebben, John Steed, Emma Peel and Caine too.

But if I had to pick just one character, I guess it would have to be The Prisoner.

Patrick McGoohan’s fable on individualism has had a bigger effect on my life and my philosophy then anything else I have ever seen on the tube. And the character himself is still my favorite secret agent ever.

[Expletive Deleted]

Greg House of HOUSE, Al Swearengen of DEADWOOD, Edmund Blackadder of BLACKADDER, and Neil Burnside and Willie Caine of SANDBAGGERS.

If I had to pick one, it'd probably be Burnside. That might just be because his is the series I discovered most recently, though.

[TitoJones]

Claire Huxtable

[berk]

Not sure I have just one favourite, but all-time, I'll nominate Arthur Daley from Minder; and more recently, Angela Kosmo from the recently cancelled Da Vinci's Inquest.

[kel25]

Methos from the Highlander series. One of the most interesting characters I've ever come across in any format.

[Ontir]

Edith Bunker

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In many ways, she was the Tao of Pu. The un-carved block who lived in complete amazement of the world around her, and greeted every day in total awe. For all the years that Jean Stapleton portrayed her, she and Edith truly were their audiences' best friend.

[Motormouse]

John Crichton


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[Pól Rua]

Number 6 is a great choice, as is Frank Pembleton.
But I'm going to have to go with FBI Special Agent Dale Bartholemew Cooper.
Dude's been a definite influence on my life in a great many ways. From his joy in simple things, through his childlike sense of wonderment, his loyalty to his friends and his very personal sense of honour and justice.

[Athena Bast]

Not sure I have just one favourite, but all-time, I'll nominate Arthur Daley from Minder; and more recently, Angela Kosmo from the recently cancelled Da Vinci's Inquest.

It's not quite cancelled.. it moved on to be Da Vinci's City Hall.

[Buzz Dixon]

Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie in THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW. Two words: Capri pants

[Chiasm]

John Crichton


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I'm a little more partial to Harvey but since Harvey only exists in John's head its like a vote for John. Or is it a vote for Scorpie?

[Lone Ranger]

Les Nessman

[The Batman]

right now, Octavian from HBO's Rome.

[Slam_Bradley]

Edith Bunker



Inspired choice. As is Ranger's Les Nessman. I also considered Ted Baxter and Radar O'Reilly.


My ultimate choice...Artemus Gordon.

[berk]

It's not quite cancelled.. it moved on to be Da Vinci's City Hall.Sad to say, CBC appears to have cancelled City Hall now as well.

[mattbib]

Not sure about all-time, but my favorite characters on television right now are Ari Gold, Johnny Drama, and Denny Crane.

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

Homer Simpson.

Honourable mentions go to; Chandler Bing, Al Bundy, Mr. Eko, John Locke, Grimlock (seasons 1 and 2) and Optimus Prime.

[Kyle_Ion]

John Sheppard - Stargate Atlantis - played by Joe Flanigan
Max Guevara "X5-452" - Dark Angel - played by Jessica Alba

[karaokefanboy]

From the '60s: Maxwell Smart (GET SMART)

From the '70s: Archie Bunker (ALL IN THE FAMILY)

From the '80s: Hannibal Smith (THE A-TEAM)

From the '90s: Data (STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION)

Today: Michael Scoffield (PRISON BREAK)

Great characters + capable actors = great television. What happens when reality TV consumes it ALL? Will my fave TV character be "Linda" from The Real Housewivse of Orange County or something?

[tricksterpup]

Barney Rubble a great actor.

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[jessecuster3]

Vic Mackey is a great call.

But I think my favorite of all time is Josh Lyman.

[Aggie]

Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie in THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW. Two words: Capri pants

<swoon>...i loved her more as laura than i did as mary...i loved her exaggerated way of saying "rob"...:)

[HomerJay]

Read my username.

Otherwise...
- GOB from ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
- Al Bundy from MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
- Ralph Wiggum from THE SIMPSONS
- Milhouse VanHouten from THE SIMPSONS
- Cosmo Kramer from SEINFELD
- David Puddy from SEINFELD (named my dog after him)
- Ernie from SESAME STREET

[Joe Rice]

I'm with Filmy. (Nice new nickname I just made up I think.) Barney Fife.

[scottv]

Any of the characters from Family Guy! But if I had to pick one of them it would be Brian!

[Serik]

Tobias Funke (David Cross) - Arrested Development
EDA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) - Law & Order
Col. John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard) - The A-Team
Dr. Becker (Ted Danson) - Becker

[Saturn Girl]

Xander Harris. Because he didn't need no steenkin' super powers to save the world.


Runner-up: John Crichton. Why? Two words: LEATHER. PANTS.

[Crimson Avenger]

Wesley Wyndham-Pryce

[creep]

George Costanza - He's not a bad guy really, but he is however weak, petty, neurotic, self-involved, in brief i see him as likely the truest depiction of the everyman ever depicted on television.

Others i wanted to mention

Bill Haverchuck - Freaks and Geeks
Anya - Buffy
Dwight - The Office
Dutch - The Shield
Aku - Samurai Jack
Father Jack - Father Ted
Cookie Monster -Sesame Street
GOB - Arrested Developement
Groundkeeper Willy - The Simpsons

[the_coldest_sun]

Dr. Robert Kelso - That guy is surely the Devil! He's a bastard to any and everyone around him. Although sometimes he's written like a live-action cartoon character, which is still great. He says the best lines.

"Who has 2 thumbs and doesn't give a crap?"
*points to himself with his thumbs up*
"Bob Kelso!"

[Tommy]

Runner-up: John Crichton. Why? Two words: LEATHER. PANTS.
Thats hot.

[Guy1]

Bug's Bunny is my all time favorite character.

[DWEarhart]

One of my all time faves is Jimmy James, played by master character actor Stephen Root. He steals every scene in every episode on Newsradio.

Brian from Family Guy. Too much to relate to, except the whole self-licking habit.

and of course, The Masturbating Bear.

Frank Black from Millenium, played by the classy Lance Henricksen.

[Dark Soul # 7]

Dr.Cox. His a-holeness makes me smile all day long.

Spike(S2-3 of BtVS and S5 of Angel) not during the wuss years.

Stewie Griffin. He's an adorable evil baby genius. What's not to love?

I do love the bastards of tv.

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot Huey Freeman.

[Smallville]

Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld
George Costanza - Seinfeld
Dr. Andy Brown - Everwood
Lex Luthor - Smallville
Steve Urkel - Family Matters

[ponset]

Paladin from "Have Gun, Will Travel".
He could recite Shakespear or a Poem and then gun you down.

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

Homer Simpson.

Hourable mentions to: Al Bundy, Chandler Bing, Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Peter Griffin, Jack Bauer, Mr. Eko, John Locke, Sawyer, Worf, Wolverine.

[Atom_basher]

Harriet Winslow :cool:

[thomas_catbiscuit]

i'm gonna say homer simpson, theres a part of him in ALL men.

so close yet so far:
vic mackey (the sheild), father ted/jack/dougal (father ted), chandler bing (friends), edmound blackadder (blackadder 1/2/3/4), tony soprano (sopranos), Basil Fawlty (fawlty towers), Alan Partridge.

[milhouse123321]

I loved Harry Solomon from 3rd Rock From The Sun
Also loved Nina - Just Shoot Me
George Costanza

but the best... i dunno probably Homer

[Forefinger]

Either Frank Pembleton or Sam Malone
I was going to say him! I watched Andre Braughter (spelling?)'s show Theif on FX, hoping to see a bit of Pembleton, but alas I didn't.