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Oscar Winners Starring in TV Series

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It's Academy Awards time again. What Oscar winners have had starring or regular roles in series television. Here are the shows I know about. Tell me any I missed. (Extra credit: Two people starred in a TV series in the same role for which they won the Oscar.)

Walter Brennan - Best Supporting Actor, 1936, 1938
The Real McCoys, The Tycoon, The Guns of Will Sonnett

James Stewart - Best Actor, 1940
The Jimmy Stewart Show, Hawkins

Ray Milland - Best Actor, 1945
Meet Mr. McNulty

Anne Baxter - Best Supporting Actress, 1946
Hotel

Ronald Coleman - Best Actor, 1947
The Halls of Ivy
Loretta Young - Best Actress, 1947
The Loretta Young Show
Celeste Holmes - Best Supporting Actress, 1947
Honestly, Celeste!

Broderick Crawford - Best Actor, 1949
Highway Patrol, King of Diamonds
Dean Jagger - Best Supporting Actor, 1949
Mr. Novak

Shirley Booth - Best Actress, 1952
Hazel

Donna Reed - Best Supporting Actress, 1953
The Donna Reed Show, Dallas

Yul Brynner - Best Actor, 1956
Anna and the King

Burl Ives - Best Supporting Actor, 1958
OK Crackerby

Shirley Jones - Best Supporting Actress, 1960
The Partridge Family

Rita Moreno - Best Supporting Actress, 1961
Oz

Patty Duke - Best Supporting Actress, 1962
The Patty Duke Show

Lee Marvin - Best Actor, 1965
M Squad

George Kennedy - Best Supporting Actor, 1967
Dallas

Cliff Robertson - Best Actor, 1968
Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers

Gig Young - Best Supporting Actor, 1969
The Rogues

George C. Scott - Best Actor, 1970
East Side/West Side

Cloris Leachman - Best Supporting Actress, 1971
Lassie, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis

John Houseman - Best Supporting Actor, 1973
The Paper Chase

Art Carney - Best Actor, 1974
The Jackie Gleason Show, The Honeymooners

George Burns - Best Supporting Actor, 1975
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Wendy and Me

Sally Field - Best Actress, 1979, 1984
Gidget, The Flying Nun

Henry Fonda - Best Actor, 1981
The Deputy, The Smith Family

Dianne Weist - Best Supporting Actress, 1987, 1994
Law & Order

Cher - Best Actress, 1987
Sonny & Cher

Jodie Foster - Best Actress, 1988, 1991
Paper Moon

Jack Palance - Best Supporting Actor, 1990
The Greatest Show on Earth
Kathy Bates - Best Actress, 1990
Harry's Law

Tom Hanks - Best Actor, 1993, 1994
Bosom Buddies

Martin Landau - Best Supporting Actor, 1994
Mission: Impossible, Space: 1999

Robin Williams - Best Supporting Actor, 1997
Mork and Mindy

Denzel Washington - Best Actor, 2001
St. Elsewhere

George Clooney - Best Supporting Actor, 2005
ER
 
MattParker said:
George Burns - Best Supporting Actor, 1975
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Wendy and Me

Sally Field - Best Actress, 1979, 1984
Gidget, The Flying Nun
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George Burns also hosted "George Burns Comedy Week" in 1985, while Sally Field is now on "Brothers and Sisters" on ABC. And also, you misspelled Celeste Holm's name. It's "Holm", not "Holmes".
 
And since Ms. Field's regular role on Brothers and Sisters was mentioned, how could anyone in due conscience overlook Rita Moreno's gig on the original 1971-77 version of The Electric Company? Or George Kennedy's starring role in the 1975-76 TV series version of The Blue Knight? Or Jack Palance's Bronk and, later, co-hosting gig of the 1980's version of Ripley's Believe It or Not?

And there was another misspelling: Ronald "Coleman." It should be Colman.
 
Yul Brynner and John Houseman played the same roles for which
they won an Oscar.

George Kennedy also starred as a priest-turned-cop in the 1971
NBC series "Sarge". It was included in "The Bold Ones" rerun package,
although it was a completely separate series.

Also, apparently a lot of people call Celeste Holm "Holmes"; at least
one contestant on "Hollywood Squares" once did, and Peter Marshall
had to gently remind her that the actress's name is "Holm".
 
MattParker said:
It's Academy Awards time again. What Oscar winners have had starring or regular roles in series television. Here are the shows I know about. Tell me any I missed. (Extra credit: Two people starred in a TV series in the same role for which they won the Oscar.)

Walter Brennan - Best Supporting Actor, 1936, 1938
The Real McCoys, The Tycoon, The Guns of Will Sonnett

James Stewart - Best Actor, 1940
The Jimmy Stewart Show, Hawkins

Ray Milland - Best Actor, 1945
Meet Mr. McNulty

Anne Baxter - Best Supporting Actress, 1946
Hotel

Ronald Coleman - Best Actor, 1947
The Halls of Ivy
Loretta Young - Best Actress, 1947
The Loretta Young Show
Celeste Holmes - Best Supporting Actress, 1947
Honestly, Celeste!

Broderick Crawford - Best Actor, 1949
Highway Patrol, King of Diamonds
Dean Jagger - Best Supporting Actor, 1949
Mr. Novak

Shirley Booth - Best Actress, 1952
Hazel

Donna Reed - Best Supporting Actress, 1953
The Donna Reed Show, Dallas

Yul Brynner - Best Actor, 1956
Anna and the King

Burl Ives - Best Supporting Actor, 1958
OK Crackerby

Shirley Jones - Best Supporting Actress, 1960
The Partridge Family

Rita Moreno - Best Supporting Actress, 1961
Oz

Patty Duke - Best Supporting Actress, 1962
The Patty Duke Show

Lee Marvin - Best Actor, 1965
M Squad

George Kennedy - Best Supporting Actor, 1967
Dallas

Cliff Robertson - Best Actor, 1968
Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers

Gig Young - Best Supporting Actor, 1969
The Rogues

George C. Scott - Best Actor, 1970
East Side/West Side

Cloris Leachman - Best Supporting Actress, 1971
Lassie, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis

John Houseman - Best Supporting Actor, 1973
The Paper Chase

Art Carney - Best Actor, 1974
The Jackie Gleason Show, The Honeymooners

George Burns - Best Supporting Actor, 1975
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Wendy and Me

Sally Field - Best Actress, 1979, 1984
Gidget, The Flying Nun

Henry Fonda - Best Actor, 1981
The Deputy, The Smith Family

Dianne Weist - Best Supporting Actress, 1987, 1994
Law & Order

Cher - Best Actress, 1987
Sonny & Cher

Jodie Foster - Best Actress, 1988, 1991
Paper Moon

Jack Palance - Best Supporting Actor, 1990
The Greatest Show on Earth
Kathy Bates - Best Actress, 1990
Harry's Law

Tom Hanks - Best Actor, 1993, 1994
Bosom Buddies

Martin Landau - Best Supporting Actor, 1994
Mission: Impossible, Space: 1999

Robin Williams - Best Supporting Actor, 1997
Mork and Mindy

Denzel Washington - Best Actor, 2001
St. Elsewhere

George Clooney - Best Supporting Actor, 2005
ER
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Didn't Sandra Bullock also star in a (short-lived) television series before she made the big time in movies and won an Oscar?
 
Also, how about Tom Hanks and Kim Basinger?

Walter Brennan won three Best Supporting Actor
awards; the third was in 1940 for "The Westerner".
Only one other male has won three Oscars--the other
is Jack Nicholson, but two of his were for Best Actor.
Katharine Hepburn has them all beat, however, with four.
 
MattParker said:
Walter Brennan - Best Supporting Actor, 1936, 1938
The Real McCoys, The Tycoon, The Guns of Will Sonnett

George C. Scott - Best Actor, 1970
East Side/West Side
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You forgot about "To Rome With Love" starring John Forsythe and Walter Brennan, on CBS in the early '70's.

And George C. Scott also starred in "Mr. President", On FOX from their Sunday Night line-up when the network first started in 1987.
 
wbhist said:
...how could anyone in due conscience overlook Rita Moreno's gig on the original 1971-77 version of The Electric Company?
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Did Morgan Freeman win any Oscars? If so, he should also be listed.

bpatrick said:
Yul Brynner and John Houseman played the same roles for which
they won an Oscar.
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In Yul's case, his TV role was for a sitcom based on "The King and I" -- same role, but different genre.
 
I did see Tom Hanks' name on the list. Kim Basinger
won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1997 for "L.A.
Confidential"; she appeared in the 1977 ABC cop show
"Dog And Cat," which lasted from March 5 to May 14
of that year.

And a couple of really obscure ones: James Dunn, Best
Supporting Actor in 1945 for "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn,"
co-starred in the 1954-56 NBC sitcom "It's A Great Life".
Also, Walter Matthau (Best Supporting Actor, "The Fortune
Cookie" (1966)) had his own syndicated show, "Tallahassee
7000," around 1960.

Morgan Freeman won Best Supporting Actor for "Million Dollar
Baby" in 2004 (and should have had one for "The Shawshank
Redemption," IMHO); he was also once a regular on "The Electric
Company". BTW, I rank him and Tom Hanks as my two favorite
working actors (as opposed to some from the past like Jimmy Cagney
and Humphrey Bogart).

Anybody mention John Mills (Juliet's father)? He won Best Supporting
Actor in 1970 for "Ryan's Daughter"; in 1967 he starred in the short-lived
CBS Western, "Dundee And The Culhane". To this day, no one knows why
the second character in the title was called the Culhane.
 
Morgan Freeman won Best Supporting Actor for "Million Dollar
Baby" in 2004 (and should have had one for "The Shawshank
Redemption," IMHO); he was also once a regular on "The Electric
Company". BTW, I rank him and Tom Hanks as my two favorite
working actors (as opposed to some from the past like Jimmy Cagney
and Humphrey Bogart).
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Freeman later appeared on Ryan's Hope in 1981, then on Another World from 1982-1984 (this site http://www.igs.net/~awhp/1roy.html has a pic from that show).
 
Marlee Matlin (Best Actress, 1986):
Reasonable Doubts
Dancing With The Stars (Season 6)
The Celebrity Apprentice (upcoming season)

Hilary Swank (Best Actress, 1999 and 2004):
Camp Wilder

Forest Whitaker (Best Actor, 2006):
The Twilight Zone (2002-03 revival)
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (which he's currently on)

Helen Mirren (Best Actress, 2006)
Prime Suspect
 
MattParker said:
Cloris Leachman - Best Supporting Actress, 1971
Lassie, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis

George Clooney - Best Supporting Actor, 2005
ER
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And before that, the comedy E/R with Elliott Gould.

Cloris Leachman was also on Dancing With The Stars (Season 7), and at 82, the oldest contestant on there.
 
Michael Moore (Best documentary Film 2002) starred in "TV Nation" (BBC 2, NBC, FOX) and "The Awful Truth" (Bravo)
 
bpatrick said:
...apparently a lot of people call Celeste Holm "Holmes"; at least one contestant on "Hollywood Squares" once did,
and Peter Marshall had to gently remind her that the actress's name is "Holm".
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Not to be outdone, another contestant once picked Grady to block and referred to him
as "Mayo Whitman." The host again corrected her. Good thing she didn't ask for "the
Best Foods Mayo guy"--everyone east of the Rockies would have been confused! ;D

(And retired MC operators in western markets have nightmares about the cut-ins they forgot to run.)
 
oldiesfan6479 said:
Not to be outdone, another contestant once picked Grady to block and referred to him
as "Mayo Whitman." The host again corrected her. Good thing she didn't ask for "the
Best Foods Mayo guy"--everyone east of the Rockies would have been confused! ;D
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Unless the contestant came from east of the Rockies or from Canada, in which he would be "The Helleman's Mayo guy" and confuse the west coasters.
 
Patty Duke also did "Hail To The Chief" (short-lived '80s sitcom about the first woman U.S. president)

Several more...

Marisa Tomei (Supporting Actress, 1992):
As The World Turns

Anna Paquin (Supp. Actress, 1993):
True Blood
Holly Hunter (Best Actress, 1993):
Saving Grace

Susan Sarandon (Best Actress, 1995):
A World Apart (short-lived 1970-71 soap opera)

Geena Davis (Supp. Actress, 1988):
The Geena Davis Show
Commander In Chief

Jane Wyman (Best Actress, 1948):
Falcon Crest

Goldie Hawn (Supp. Actress, 1969):
Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In

Helen Hunt (Best Actress, 1997):
Mad About You (and I remember NBC running a congratulatory promo the following night, if somebody can put it on YouTube)

Karl Malden (Supp. Actor, 1951) and Michael Douglas (Best Actor, 1987):
The Streets of San Francisco

And of course...Ron Howard (Best Director, 2001):
The Andy Griffith Show
Happy Days
 
Helen Hunt may be an especially unique winner because she got the Oscar and Golden Globe for best lead actress in As Good as it Gets in the same year (1998) she took home the Emmy for best leading actress in a comedy series for Mad About You. She may be the only actress to date to win the top acting triple crown, spanning TV and film, in the same year.
 
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