Match the TV Show With The Star (Men's Edition) Quiz

Answer: Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson starred as the eccentric Texas billionaire Jerome Jeremiah "J.J." Starbuck on the 1987 crime drama series.

After losing his family in a plane crash, workaholic J.J. Starbuck decided to leave his hectic position running his empire and set out on a quest, driving throughout the country and helping those "good folks" who were in trouble.
J.J.'s adventures usually resulted in him identifying a criminal and solving a crime.
J.J. Starbuck traveled in his classic 1961 Lincoln convertible, complete with bull horns mounted on the hood.

"J.J. Starbuck" aired 16 episodes in the 1987-88 television season.

Handsome and rugged is how Dale Robertson was described during his years in films, so he was often cast as a cowboy-gunslinger in his earlier roles.
Dale was featured in 23 movies, mostly Western, before he got his first television role in 1956, on "The Ford Television Theater".
From that point on, the majority of Dale's roles were on television series, including starring roles on "Tales of Wells Fargo" (1957), "The Iron Horse" (1966), hosting the Western series "Death Valley Days" (1969), and "Harts of the West" (1993). Before Robertson, "Death Valley Days was hosted by actor Robert Taylor, who replaced previous host, actor, soon to be President of the United States Ronald Reagan.

Dale Robertson starred in a number of TV-Movies including "Melvin Purvis G-Man" (1974), "The Kansas City Massacre" (1975), and "The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang" 1979).

Robertson played recurring roles on two Primetime soap opera series, "Dynasty" (1981) in 1981 and "Dallas" (1978) in 1982).

Dale Robertson was born Dayle Lymoine Robertson on July 14, 1923 in Harrah, Oklahoma, and passed away on February 27, 2013 in La Jolla, California.

Answer: Lee Horsley

Lee Horsley starred as Texas millionaire oil tycoon Matlock "Matt" Houston in the 1982 crime drama series.

Matt Houston migrated from his home in Texas to California to manage one of his off-shore oil drilling operations.
In his free time, Houston worked as a private investigator, based in Los Angeles, who investigated crimes committed against his friends.

Houston was aided by his assistant "C.J." (Pamela Hensley), who was also an attorney.
During the third and final season of the show, veteran actor Buddy Ebsen joined the cast as Matt's uncle, Roy Houston.

"Matt Houston" ran for three seasons (1982-1985) with 67 episodes. on the ABC Television Network.

Lee Horsley started his acting career touring for several years with stage productions, playing roles in "Westside Story" (1957), "Damn Yankees" (1955), and "Oklahoma!" (1943).

Lee's first television role came in 1981, when he co-starred with William Conrad on the series "Nero Wolfe" (1981).

Horsley had starring or co-starring roles on seven television series, including "Guns of Paradise" (1988), "Bodies of Evidence" (1992), and "Hawkeye" (1994).

Horsley's credits includes appearances in 13 TV-Movies and mini-series including "The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch" (1982), "Crossings" (1986), and "North and South, Book II" (1986).

Horsley's movie credit includes ""The Sword and the Sorcerer" (1981), "Django Unchained" (2012), and "The Hateful Eight" (2015).

Lee Arthur Horsley was born on May 15, 1955, in Muleshoe, Texas.

Answer: Robert Young

Robert Young starred as the kind, fatherly family practitioner, Dr. Marcus Welby on the series.

Marcus Welby practiced medicine in his small office with his associate, a younger doctor, Steven Kiley (James Brolin). The third member of Welby's team was his loyal and devoted secretary-nurse, Consuelo Lopez (Elena Verdugo), who ran the office.

The doctors had different approaches in dealing with patients. Welby was a more traditional doctor with a warm and friendly bedside manner who was more inclined to spend time talking with his patients.
Dr. Steven Kiley was versed in the more modern treatment programs, which relied more on technology and emphasized speed and a straight-forward approach to practicing medicine.

The highly acclaimed series dealt with many of the subject matters of the day, including clinical depression, brain injury, addictive painkillers, learning disabilities, breast cancer, epilepsy, and Alzheimer's Disease.

Before his television career, Robert Young worked first as a "bit" actor in a few movies becoming a "contract performer for MGM Studios.
Between 1928 and 1952, Young appeared in 86 films.
In 1954, he took his first television acting role on an episode of "The Ford Television Theater (1954).
That same year, he was cast for the role of Jim Anderson, the soft-spoken and understanding father on the series "Father Known Best" (1954). The role earned Young Primetime Emmy nominations in 1956 and 1959. Young won the Primetime Emmy Award for "Best or Outstanding Actor in a Continuing Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series" in 1957 and 1958.
From 1954 until 1988, Young worked exclusively on television roles, appearing in guest star parts on 19 different television series.

Robert George Young was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 22, 1907, and passed away on July 21, 1998, in Westlake Village, California.

"Marcus Welby, M.D." aired for seven seasons on the ABC Television Network with 169 hour-long episodes from 1969 until 1976.

During the second season of the series (1970), "Marcus Welby, M.D." became the first series in the history of the ABC Television Network to reach the #1 ratings position on the "Nielsen Television Ratings Chart".
In that same year, the series won four "Primetime Emmy Awards".
The series won "Outstanding Dramatic Series", Robert Young won "Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama Series". James Brolin won "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series". The fourth Emmy was for "Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography" for an episode during the season.

In 1971, Elena Verdugo won the "Image Award" for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series or Miniseries or Television Movie" for her role on the series.

Answer: Robert Urich

Robert Urich played the role of Spenser, a Boston-based private investigator in the mystery television series "Spenser: For Hire".

Spencer was a highly sophisticated, well-read individual who had a knack for using his past experiences and skills to solve difficult murder cases. Spencer was a former boxer and former Boston Police officer who occasionally relied on friends and contacts from his past in obtaining information need to aid in his case investigations.

Spenser's friend and sometimes associate was a well dressed bald African American mane named Hawk (Avery Brooks), who worked as a freelance enforcer, sometimes with criminal ties.

"Spenser: For Hire' aired for three seasons (1985-1988), on the ABC Television Network, with 66 hour-long episodes and for made-for-television movies.

Robert Urich was one of the busiest actors in show business. Urich performed in 13 movies between 1973 and 2002, including prominent roles in "Magnum Force" (1973) and "Turk 182" (1985).

Robert Urich had roles in over 65 television series episodes and television miniseries.
Additionally, Robert Urich starred, or co-starred in recurring roles on 13 different television series. Urich starred in "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1972), "Vega$" (1978), "Gavilan" (1982), "The Lazarus Man" (1996) and "The Love Boat: The Next Wave" (1998). Co-starring, recurring roles included "S.W.A.T." (1975), "Soap" (1977), "Tabitha" (1977), "American Dreamer" (1990) and "Emeril" (2001).

Robert Michael Urich was born in Toronto, Ohio on December 19, 1946, and passed away at the age of 55, on April 16, 2002, in Thousand Oaks, California, from Synovial sarcoma, a rare form of cancer.

Answer: Peter Falk

In his first starring role on a television series, Peter Falk played New York attorney Daniel J. O'Brien on the 1965 series "The Trials of O'Brien".

Daniel O'Brien was a flamboyant, unorthodox, high profile attorney who accepted a wide range of difficult criminal cases, and won them all. O'Brien's trademark was quoting phrases from William Shakespeare to his clients and in court.

"The Trials of O'Brien" ran on the CBS Television Network in the 1965 season, with 22 episodes.

Peter Falk was quoted in media interviews as saying that while his role as Lt. Columbo on the series "Columbo" (1968), brought him more fame and a Primetime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" in 1972, 1976, and 1990, he liked his character and role on "The Trials of O'Brien" better.

Peter Michael Falk was born on September 16. 1927 in New York City, New York.
Peter Falk suffered from Alzheimer's Disease during the final years of his life, and passed away in his Beverly Hills, California home on June 23, 2011, as a result of cardio-respiratory arrest brought on by pneumonia.

Answer: Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen played the title role as a private investigator on the series.

"Barnaby Jones" aired on the CBS Network for eight seasons (1973-1980), with 178 episodes. Produced by "Quinn Martin Productions", the hour-long episodes were presented in the company's familiar format of dividing each episode into four separate acts, and ending with an epilogue to explain and "tie up" the loose ends.

Barnaby Jones retired following a long successful career as a private investigator, and left the business to his son, Hal. When Hal was murdered while working on a case, Barnaby came out of retirement to search for his son's murder. Barnaby was assisted by his daughter-in-lay, Betty (Lee Meriwether) in investigating the murder.
After the case is solved and the murderer is brought to justice, Barnaby and Betty decide to continue to work as a team and run the private investigations agency

Buddy Ebsen was considered as one of the most talented entertainers of his time, with well over 150 appearances in movies, live theater, and television roles. Ebsen was a talented actor, singer, and dancer, with a career spanning 73 years.
Ebsen was cast in the role of Scarecrow in the 1939 film classic "The Wizard of Oz", and later switched roles with Ray Bolger, who was originally cast as the Tin Man. During the early days of the production, Ebsen became violently ill and had to be hospitalized. He was replaced in the role by Jack Haley.
It was later determined that Ebsen's illness was the result of a negative reaction to the aluminum dust used in the Tin Man make-up.

Buddy Ebsen was probably best remembered for his role as the poor mountain man who became a millionaire, Jed Clampett, on the hit 1962 comedy series, "The Beverly Hillbillies".

Christian Rudolph "Buddy" Ebsen was born on April 2, 1908 in Belleview, Illinois, and passed away on July 6, 2003 in Torrance, California, at the age of 95.

Answer: Hugh Laurie

British actor Hugh Laurie played the role of the unconventional medical physician Dr. Gregory House on the medical series "House, M.D.".

Dr. House was the Head of the Department of Diagnostic Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. He serves as instructor for a team of young interns and doctors. Despite being a genius at his job, his personality and demeanor towards his staff and others was condescending, difficult, and sometimes just plain rude. While functional, Dr. House battled with his own addictions to prescription painkillers, which he needed for his bad leg. Oxycodone, morphine, and his favorite, Vicodin, which he sometimes eats like candy, were his drugs of choice.
House's personal vices were tolerated because of his brilliant skills and abilities in diagnosing illnesses that seem to baffle everyone else.

A common format for an episode would involve a patient that presented symptoms that no one could understand or determine. Dr. House would then use his team of doctors to consider different possibilities as to what had caused the mystery illness.
Dr. House's unorthodox approach to finding solution could involve anything from having his staff secretly digging up a corpse for study, to having them break into a patient home to search for a cause for the illness. While most of his associates and co-worker found his methods unprofessional, they all recognized and respected the fact that House was almost always able to solve the mystery illness or condition.

"House, M.D." ran for eight seasons on the FOX Television Network with 177 episodes. The series was distributed in 66 countries, and in 2008, was the most watched television program in the world.

Multitalented Hugh Laurie can claim the job titles of actor, writer, director, musician, singer, comedian, and author to his credits.
The 2011 "Guinness World Records" listed Laurie as the "Most Watched Leading Man on Television", which has resulted in Laurie being one of the highest paid actors on a television drama series.
Laurie's credits includes roles in over 30 television, series (other than "House, M.D."), over 25 films, and over 16 animated character voiceover roles.
Laurie was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series" on six occasions (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011).

Many of Hugh Laurie's American fans are surprised to learn that when he is out of his "House, M.D." character, he speaks with a thick, pronounced British accent. Laurie's abilities as an actor, along with assistance from dialect coaches make his natural accent nearly indiscernible.

James Hugh Callum Laurie was born on June 11, 1959, in Oxford, England.

Answer: Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman starred in the title role as a deputy medical examiner for the County of Los Angeles, California, on "Quincy, M.E.".

"Quincy, M.E." aired for eight seasons (1976-1983). The series was originally shown as part of the "NBC Sunday Mystery Movie" series, rotating 90 minute episodes of "Columbo" (1968), McCloud" (1970), and "McMilan & Wife" (1971). Midway through the first season, High ratings and huge popularity for "Quincy, M.E." resulted in the series being "spun-off" into its own weekly one-hour series.

In most episodes, Quincy was charged with conclusively determining cause of death for deceased victims. Quincy's findings after autopsy and forensic test did not always match the obvious or assumed cause of death. He often believed that what appeared to be a death by natural causes or accident may in fact be a homicide. Quincy would pursue searching for the truth even when it meant clashg with his superiors or official police reports. In the end, Quincy was always correct.

An interesting aspect to the series was that during the entire eight season run of the series, Quincy's first name was never revealed. Friends and associates always referred to him as "Quincy" or "Quince". A brief glimpse of his business card in one episode identified him as "Dr.R. Quincy".

Jack Klugman was a true multitalented performer. His credits included roles in nearly a dozen live Broadway productions, including "Golden Boy" (1937), "Gypsy" (1959), "The Odd Couple" (1965), and "The Sunshine Boys" (1972).

Movie roles which numbered over 20, included parts in "12 Angry Men" (1957), "Days of Wine and Roses" (1962), "Goodbye Columbus" (1969) and "Dear God" (1992).

Primarily a television performer, Klugman had guest appearance roles on over 75 television series, including "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1955), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1957), "The Twilight Zone" (1960) where he played four different characters on four different episodes, "Naked City" (1963), and "The Fugitive" (1963).

Before "Quincy, M.E.", Klugman was best known to television audiences as Oscar Madison on "The Odd Couple". Klugman co-starred with Tony Randall for five seasons (1970-1975), with 114 episodes.

Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 27, 1922 and passed away at the age of 90 on December 24, 2012, in Los Angeles, California.

Answer: Carl Weathers

Carl Weathers starred in the title role of the short-lived 1986 crime drama series "Fortune Dane". The series ran on the ABC Television Network for less than a season with five episodes.

Fortune Dane was a New York City Police Detective, who while questioning a gambling house boss, was wounded by gunfire during a robbery. Nine others were killed by the gunfire, including a close friend of Dane.
Following his recovery, Dane resigned from the police department and relocated to Bay City, in search for the killers. With the aid of two Bay City government employees, "Speed" Davenport (Daphne Ashbrook) and "Perfect" Tommy Nicautri (Joe Dallesandro), the criminals were brought to justice.
So impressed was Bay City Mayor Amanda Harding (Penny Fuller), she offered Dane a job as her personal city crime troubleshooter. Dane accepted the position with the condition that her staff members, Davenport and Nicautri, be assigned to work with him.

Carl Weathers is better known as a film actor. Weathers played the title role of Lieutenant/sergeant Jerico "Action" Jackson in the 1988 film "Action Jackson".
Weathers played the role of Agent George Dillon in the 1987 movie "Predator" starring Arnold Schwartzenegger, and the role of Chubb Peterson in the comedy film "Happy Gilmore" (1996).
Weathers is best known for his role as Apollo Creed, appearing with Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky" (1976), Rocky II (1976), "Rocky III" (1982), and "Rocky IV" (1985).

Weathers' television credits included guest roles on over 50 TV series, including starring or recurring roles on "Street Justice" (1991), "In The Heat of the Night" (1993), "Brothers" (2009), "Arrested Development" (2004), and "Colony" (2016).

Answer: Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad starred in the title role of the spy adventure series "A Man Called Sloane". The series ran on the NBC television network during the 1979-1980 season.

Thomas R. Sloane III, was a freelance operative. While he was not part of any government agency, he often accepted special assignments from a secret American intelligence agency known as "UNIT". The agency fought against the evil secret agency called "KARTEL".

Sloane was assisted on his missions by Torque (Ji-Ti Cumbaka), an imposing African-American man with a mechanical right hand with interchangeable parts, capable of becoming a drill, hacksaw blade, screwdriver, or whatever small tool was needed. Sloane also relied on a computer called "Effie" (voiced by Michele Curry) for statistical and logistical information.

"A Man Called Sloane" aired 12 episodes during its single season run.

Robert Conrad has been one of the busiest film and television stars within the industry.
Conrad was featured in the films "Samurai Cowboy" (1994), "Jingle All The Way" (1996), and "Young Dillinger" (1965), but his biggest impact has been on the television screen.

Conrad has either starred or has had prominent roles in over 20 made-for-TV movies. Conrad was guest starred on over 20 of the most popular TV series. Conrad has had starring or co-starring roles on numerous television series including "Hawaiian Eye" (1959), "The D.A." (1971), "Black Sheep Squadron" (1976) "The Duke" (1979), "Jesse Hawkes" (1989), and "High Mountain Rangers" (1987).
Robert Conrad is probably best known for his role as Secret Service Agent James T. West on the successful Western series "The Wild Wild West" (1965).

Conrad Robert Norton Falk, aka Robert Conrad, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 1, 1935.