Are these the first or last names of classic TV actors?
Names like Louise, DeForest, Curtis and Christopher have to be… what?
Sometimes when an actor takes a stage name, they simply use their first and middle names. Add to that the fact that a number of actors are born with names that seem tailor-made for a credits sequence and you have a lot of famous faces with two names that could be both first and last names.
We've compiled a list of classic TV actors that either have last names that sound like first names or first names that sound like last names — or both!
Can you tell whether these names come first or last?
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Is Louise this 'Gilligan's Island' actress's first or last name?
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Is Martin this 'Adam-12' actor's first or last name?
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Is Albert this 'Green Acres' actor's first or last name?
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Is DeForest this 'Star Trek' actor's first or last name?
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Is Curtis this 'Gunsmoke' actor's first or last name?
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Is Marie this 'Dick Van Dyke Show' actress's first or last name?
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Is Carroll this 'In the Heat of the Night' actor's first or last name?
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Is Christopher this 'M*A*S*H' actor's first or last name?
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Is Michael this 'Waltons' actress's first or last name?
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Is Scott this 'Waltons' actor's first or last name?
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Is Anson this 'Happy Days' actor's first or last name?
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Is Milburn this 'Gunsmoke' actor's first or last name?
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Is Melvin this Mayberry character actor's first or last name?
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Is Sherman this 'Jeffersons' actor's first or last name?
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Is Russell this 'Gilligan's Island' actor's first or last name?
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Is Kristen this 'Lost in Space' actress's first or last name?
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Is Taylor this 'Rifleman' actress's first or last name?
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Is Norman this 'St. Elsewhere' actor's first or last name?
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Is Lyn this 'My Three Sons' actress's first or last name?
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Is Laurie this 'Carrie' and 'Twin Peaks' actress's first or last name?