The Character Actor Hall of Fame

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So to start off the New Year, why don't we name our favorite character actors of all time? I'll start off with John McGiver, the stuffed shirt with a British-sounding accent. His most high profile was probably Mr. Lane's boss on "The Patty Duke Show", but I always remember him as the butterfly collector on an episode of "Gilligan's Island"
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[KeithE4]

McGiver was one of those actors that was literally everywhere in the 1960s. He was American, not British (see also: Jonathan "Dr. Smith" Harris, who also adopted a quasi-British accent).

But as far as my favorite character actors, my first vote goes to the late, great Bernard Fox. He's best known as Dr. Bombay on Bewitched and Col. Crittenden on Hogan's Heroes, but he was another one who was just about everywhere for close to 50 years. He was the last surviving adult actor on Bewitched, and only Robert Clary and Kenneth Washington survived him from Hogan's Heroes (both are still living AFAIK), and died 4 years ago at age 89.

There will be many others as I (and others) think of them.

 

[skippercollector]

Bruce Davison
Lee Garlington
Beth Grant
William Schallert

 

[skippercollector]

I thought of two more:
Rance Howard (Ron's father)
J. Pat O'Malley

 

[Oldiesaholic]

Burt Mustin
Jesse White