Actors' Hat Tricks

[ancientone51]

How many actors can we find who were uber successful as three different TV/Movie franchise characters?

I'll lead off with the easy one:
William Shatner:
1. James T. Kirk; Star Trek
2. T. J. Hooker; same
3. Denny Crane; Boston Legal

I can think of a couple of others...but lets see what you can do.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Harrison Ford:

1. Han Solo, Star Wars
2. Indiana Jones
3. Jack Ryan

 

[ToddPence]

David Janssen:

Richard Diamond
Richard Kimble
Harry Orwell


Michael Landon:

Little Joe Cartwright
Charles Ingalls
Jonathan Smith


Bill Bixby:

Tim O'Hara
Tom Corbett
David Banner

 

[Aragorn]

John Larroquette
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Night Court
The John Larroquette Show

Judd Hirsch
Taxi
Dear John
Numbers

Depends on how long he'll last on his current show, but so far:

Ted Danson
Cheers
Becker
Damages

 

[wamdue]

Alyson Hannigan
Willow, Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Angel)
Michelle, American Pie 1-3
Lily, How I Meet Your Mother

 

[Aragorn]

Michael J. Fox
Family Ties
Back to the Future
Spin City


Christopher Lloyd
Taxi
Back to the Future
The Addams Family

 

[ancientone51]

Cool...the other ones I could think of have been taken.

Let's see what else folks can come up with.

 

[Lonemagpie]

Roger Moore- Ivanhoe, The Saint, James Bond.

 

[NileQT87]

Dan Aykroyd:
1. Elwood Blues (SNL + The Blues Brothers & Blues Brothers 2000)
2. Ray Stantz (Ghostbusters I-II)
3. Beldar Conehead (SNL + The Coneheads)

Mike Myers:
1. Shrek (Shrek I-III + IV-V upcoming)
2. Austin Powers (Austin Powers I-III)
3. Wayne Campbell (SNL + Wayne's World I-II)

Robin Williams:
1. Mork (Happy Days & Mork & Mindy)
2. Genie (Aladdin & Aladdin And The King Of Thieves)
3. Teddy Roosevelt (Night At The Museum I-II)

Tim Allen:
1. Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story I-II + III upcoming)
2. Santa Clause (Santa Clause I-III)
3. Tim Taylor (Home Improvement)

Ron Howard:
1. Opie (The Andy Griffith Show)
2. Ritchie Cunningham (Happy Days)
3. Steve Bolander (American Graffiti & More American Graffiti)

Mickey Rooney:
1. Mickey McGuire (Mickey McGuire shorts)
2. Andy Hardy (Judge Hardy/Andy Hardy I-XVI)
3. Whitey Marsh (Boys Town & Men Of Boys Town)

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Clint Eastwood:

1. Rowdy Yates in Rawhide
2. The Man with No Name (treated as a series by the marketing department, even though the films aren't necessarily actually connected)
3. Dirty Harry

 

[mostly_nameless]

Lee Majors:
Big Valley
Six Million Dollar Man
Fall Guy

Robert Conrad:
Hawaiian Eye
Wild Wild West
Baa Baa Blacksheep

Greg Evigan:
BJ and the Bear
My Two Dads
Tekwar

 

[Broccoli]

Robert Picardo:
China Beach
Star Trek: Voyager
Stargate (SG-1 & Atlantis)

 

[Agent Richard07]

Patrick Stewart has two big ones: Professor X and Jean-Luc Picard. He needs a third.

 

[Aragorn]

^ He would've had three if Dune had become a franchise.

 

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

There are a lot of actors with two successful franchises and/or TV series to their name, but who are lacking a third, sometimes because they turned down sequels to some of their hits or those sequels didn't come together.

For instance, Schwarzenegger has two - Conan and Terminator - and would have three, or more, if he'd made sequels to Predator, Total Recall, or True Lies (he turned down the first, while sequels to the other two were talked about but didn't come together).

 

[Agent Richard07]

^ Yeah, Sean Connery could have had The Matrix and Lord of the Rings in addition to James Bond.

 

[Aragorn]

If the Sin City franchise ever gets under way:

Bruce Willis
Moonlighting
Die Hard
Sin City

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Patrick Stewart has two big ones: Professor X and Jean-Luc Picard. He needs a third.

Karla from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy / Smiley's People?

Of course, some actors have several roles they can pick from. For example:

Alan Dale
Jim Robinson (Neighbours) - his most famous role
Caleb Nichol (The OC)
Bradford Meade (Ugly Betty)

to name but three.

Also:

Sir David Jason
Derek "Del Boy" Trotter (Only Fools and Horses)
DI William "Jack" Frost (A Touch of Frost)
Granville (Open All Hours)
(also to name but three - never mind Pop Larkin, Danger Mouse, etc.)

 

[wamdue]

Alan Dale
Jim Robinson (Neighbours) - his most famous role

I wonder how many of his US fans have seen him in that role

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Alan Dale
Jim Robinson (Neighbours) - his most famous role

I wonder how many of his US fans have seen him in that role

Speaking of which

Hugh Laurie
Bertie Wooster (Jeeves and Wooster)
The Prince Regent / George (Blackadder series)
Dr. Gregory House (House)