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Common last names of TV characters

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How many times has the same last name been used for regular or reoccuring characters in different television series? I compiled a list and maybe you can expand or add to it:

Stone
Mike (Streets of San Francisco)
Ben (Law and Order)
Family in The Donna Reed Show with Donna Reed, Carl Betz, et al
Harry (Night Court)

Grant
Ginger (Gilligan's Island)
Lou (Lou Grant, Mary Tyler Moore)

Taylor
Andy (The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry RFD)
Family in Home Improvement with Tim Allen, et al

Hogan
Robert (Colonel in Hogan's Heroes)
Family in The Hogan Family with Sandy Duncan, Valerie Harper, et al

Smith
John "Hannibal" (The A-Team)
The Smith Family with Henry Fonda, Ronny Howard, et al
Dr. Zachary (Lost In Space)
Gopher (The Love Boat)

Hinckley
Roy (The Greatest American Hero, changed to Mr. H after John Hinckley's attempted assasination of Pres. Reagan)
Roy (The Professor in Gilligan's Island)

Carter
Larry Hovis character (Hogan's Heroes)
Vince (Gomer Pyle USMC)

Nelson
Anthony (I Dream of Jeannie)
Alice (The Brady Bunch)
Mike (Sea Hunt)
The Nelson Family in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Joe Pesci character in Half Nelson

Douglas
Oliver Wendell (Green Acres)
The family in My Three Sons with Fred McMurray, Don Grady, et al

Malone
Sam in Cheers
Jack in Without A Trace

Lane
Lois in Superman
The family in The Patty Duke Show

Robinson
The family in Lost In Space
Mac (Night Court)

West
Jim (The Wild, Wild West)
Don (Lost In Space)

Johnson
Alice (Room 222)
Vivian (Without A Trace)

Saunders
Mary Ann (Gilligan's Island)
Sgt. Chip (Combat)

Davenport
Ann Romano's boss (One Day At A Time)
Joyce (Hill Street Blues)

Hill
Bobby (Hill Street Blues)
John (Cheers, appeared briefly as owner of Melville's and Sam's nemesis)
Hank and family (King Of The Hill)

McCoy
Jack (Law and Order)
Family in The Real McCoys with Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, et al
 
> How many times has the same last name been used for regular
> or reoccuring characters in different television series? I
> compiled a list and maybe you can expand or add to it:
>
> Stone
> Mike (Streets of San Francisco)
> Ben (Law and Order)
> Family in The Donna Reed Show with Donna Reed, Carl Betz, et
> al
> Harry (Night Court)
>
> Grant
> Ginger (Gilligan's Island)
> Lou (Lou Grant, Mary Tyler Moore)
>
> Taylor
> Andy (The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry RFD)
> Family in Home Improvement with Tim Allen, et al
>
> Hogan
> Robert (Colonel in Hogan's Heroes)
> Family in The Hogan Family with Sandy Duncan, Valerie
> Harper, et al
>
> Smith
> John "Hannibal" (The A-Team)
> The Smith Family with Henry Fonda, Ronny Howard, et al
> Dr. Zachary (Lost In Space)
> Gopher (The Love Boat)
>
> Hinckley
> Roy (The Greatest American Hero, changed to Mr. H after John
> Hinckley's attempted assasination of Pres. Reagan)
> Roy (The Professor in Gilligan's Island)
>
> Carter
> Larry Hovis character (Hogan's Heroes)
> Vince (Gomer Pyle USMC)
>
> Nelson
> Anthony (I Dream of Jeannie)
> Alice (The Brady Bunch)
> Mike (Sea Hunt)
> The Nelson Family in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
> Joe Pesci character in Half Nelson
>
> Douglas
> Oliver Wendell (Green Acres)
> The family in My Three Sons with Fred McMurray, Don Grady,
> et al
>
> Malone
> Sam in Cheers
> Jack in Without A Trace
>
> Lane
> Lois in Superman
> The family in The Patty Duke Show
>
> Robinson
> The family in Lost In Space
> Mac (Night Court)
>
> West
> Jim (The Wild, Wild West)
> Don (Lost In Space)
>
> Johnson
> Alice (Room 222)
> Vivian (Without A Trace)
>
> Saunders
> Mary Ann (Gilligan's Island)
> Sgt. Chip (Combat)
>
> Davenport
> Ann Romano's boss (One Day At A Time)
> Joyce (Hill Street Blues)
>
> Hill
> Bobby (Hill Street Blues)
> John (Cheers, appeared briefly as owner of Melville's and
> Sam's nemesis)
> Hank and family (King Of The Hill)
>
> McCoy
> Jack (Law and Order)
> Family in The Real McCoys with Walter Brennan, Richard
> Crenna, et al
>
Tanner

Willie and family (ALF)
Danny and daughters (Full House)
 
Brown
Ed (Chico & The Man)
Ed (Ironside)
Lorelei (My Favorite Martian)
Murphy (Murphy Brown)
Hugh (Dragnet 1967)
Fiz (Coronation Street)
 
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