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?

  1. Is Louise this 'Gilligan's Island' actress's first or last name?
  2. Is Martin this 'Adam-12' actor's first or last name?
     
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  3. Is Albert this 'Green Acres' actor's first or last name?
  4. Is DeForest this 'Star Trek' actor's first or last name?
  5. Is Curtis this 'Gunsmoke' actor's first or last name?
  6. Is Marie this 'Dick Van Dyke Show' actress's first or last name?
  7. Is Carroll this 'In the Heat of the Night' actor's first or last name?
  8. Is Christopher this 'M*A*S*H' actor's first or last name?
  9. Is Michael this 'Waltons' actress's first or last name?
  10. Is Scott this 'Waltons' actor's first or last name?
  11. Is Anson this 'Happy Days' actor's first or last name?
  12. Is Milburn this 'Gunsmoke' actor's first or last name?
  13. Is Melvin this Mayberry character actor's first or last name?
  14. Is Sherman this 'Jeffersons' actor's first or last name?
  15. Is Russell this 'Gilligan's Island' actor's first or last name?
  16. Is Kristen this 'Lost in Space' actress's first or last name?
  17. Is Taylor this 'Rifleman' actress's first or last name?
  18. Is Norman this 'St. Elsewhere' actor's first or last name?
  19. Is Lyn this 'My Three Sons' actress's first or last name?
  20. Is Laurie this 'Carrie' and 'Twin Peaks' actress's first or last name?

Are these the first or last names of classic TV actors?

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95 Comments

rycki1138 27 months ago
20 out of 20. Lyn is actually Dawn Lyn's middle name. Her last name is Nervik. She the sister of 70s singer Leif Garrett (real name Leif Per Nervik).
Dajj 42 months ago
18/20 I had to really think about some of those!! Fun though!!
MichaelNivens 42 months ago
I know 16/20 Is not that good - but Just as I am answering one a stupid ad pops In and I hit the wrong choice - I know , I know 17/ 20 Is still not great but these Incessant ads drive you nuts
marmetv20 42 months ago
16/20 a couple of them stumped me!
geatornez82 42 months ago
16/20. Not too surprising, considering I never watched the Waltons, Lost in Space, or St. Elsewhere. Didn't watch Gunsmoke too much, either.
Pastorgman 42 months ago
20/20! No bragging, just a trivia buff!
scp 42 months ago
19 out of 20. I don't remember the character's name of the girl on My Three Sons, much less her real name.
Kenner 42 months ago
Got a few wrong…at first easy Peazy then I got a few wrong. Never assume anything.😀
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