It is amazing how much money an actor can make if they do make it to network TV though, i.e. Billy Gray who played the son on FATHER KNOWS BEST. I remember seeing him on some talk show DECADES after his show had gone off the air, and he was living quite comfortably off his earnings and residuals from that one gig. Incredible. And that wasn't even in the era of the really high-paid actor. This was a '50s sitcom!
Anyway, my vote for this coveted award goes to that gimp David Schwimmer from FRIENDS. Gawd, he's annoying...
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Raf
Oh, let's see...
Dylan McDermott on The Practice.
Camryn Manheim on The Practice.
The guy who plays Eugene on The Practice.
The guy who plays Jimmy the Grunt on The Practice.
The lead actor on Smallville
The entire cast of Enterprise.
Patricia Heaton and that tall goofy guy on Everybody Loves Raymond.
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templelady
Donny Most - Ralph Malph on "Happy Days
Is, if memory serves, correctly now a police officer in I believe Los Angeles
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Steve!
Actually, Donny Most is now a Hollywood director.
He only played a cop in a movie or something.
As for Ziering -
Everyone on Gilligan's Island
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Everyone other than Shatner on the original Star Trek- or all, including Shatner...T.J.Hooker shouldn't count ;)-->
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WordWolf
Nearly all of the Brady Bunch.
(Except Barry Williams and maybe Maureen Mc Cormick.)
This is a different curse than the "Different Strokes" curse.
I'm waiting to hear that Conrad Bain knocked over a liquor store....
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Its typically the case in television series
that only a minority of the actors on a given
show wind up with a significant, visible career
so there are many "Ziering"s out there.
Also keep in mind that its entirely possible
for character actors to be well compensated
for various roles to the extent that they might
not need to work and given the fiercly competitive and political nature of show business many are happy to get those residual
checks and live out the rest of their lives
doing whatever.
Obviously there are some who never made the
big money and had to transition to other more
traditional forms of employment. Plus there
are drugs and other distractions which might make certain actors unemployable or at the least
very hard to work with hence they aren't extended invitations for other gigs.
A clear minority of all registered Screen Actor
Guild members actually make a complete living
off of ONLY acting. Most have to supplement their
income with side jobs.
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It is amazing how much money an actor can make if they do make it to network TV though, i.e. Billy Gray who played the son on FATHER KNOWS BEST. I remember seeing him on some talk show DECADES after his show had gone off the air, and he was living quite comfortably off his earnings and residuals from that one gig. Incredible. And that wasn't even in the era of the really high-paid actor. This was a '50s sitcom!
Anyway, my vote for this coveted award goes to that gimp David Schwimmer from FRIENDS. Gawd, he's annoying...
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Yeah, I'd pay money to Ziering David Schwimmer. He ruined the first episodes of "Band Of Brothers".
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Dot Matrix
Future people we forget:
Perry Gilpin (Roz) on Fraiser
Dafney on Fraiser
The same people Raf said from "The Practice"
Friends:
Matt LeBlanc (Joey even though he is to be in a spin off)
David Schwimmer
Courtney Cox
Seinfeld:
Julia Louise Dryfus
George Kastansa (Whats-his-name)
Kramer (Richard whatever)
Past forgottens:
The minister guy on MASH
All the roommates of Alan Alda on MASH
All of the WALTON KIDS except John Boy
The son on Married with Children
Marcy on Married with Children
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Dot Matrix
Here is Zerling from 90210
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