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1. Any lover of TV murder mysteries is sure to recognize small-town M.D. Seth Hazlitt. In which series is he more of a companion to the real crime solver, rather than a major contributor to the process of solving each crime?

From Quiz More TV Doctors

Answer: Murder, She Wrote

William Windom plays the role of Dr. Hazlitt, the town doctor of lead character Jessica Fletcher's home town of Cabot Cove, Maine. Often cantankerous, he is Jessica's constant companion when she is at home, and has traveled with her to other locations in several episodes. While a competent MD, he rarely gives much insight to the solving of the plethora of murders that take place in a small town of 3,500.

From Quiz Who's the Doctor

Answer: Star Trek

Played by DeForest Kelley, Dr Leonard (Bones) McCoy featured in almost all the original "Star Trek" episodes. Dr McCoy then popped up in the "Star Trek" feature films.

From Quiz One House and Several Other TV Doctors

Answer: Dr. Lisa Cuddy

Dr. House leads a diagnostic team in the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. He is confronted with the most mysterious illnesses, and uses logical deduction and elimination to find out what's wrong - in a way that reminds the audience of Sherlock Holmes. Hugh Laurie plays the self-declared genius Dr. House. The hospital is lead by Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Dean of Medicine. She frequently argues with Dr. House about proper procedures to be followed. Her role was portrayed by Lisa Edelstein during the first seven seasons. However, she's not around anymore in the eighth and final season. Dr. James Wilson, the oncologist (role by Robert Sean Leonard), is one of the three colleagues of Dr. House who appear in each and every season. The other are the neurologist Dr. Eric Foreman (played by Omar Epps) and Dr. Robert Chase, specialised in intensive care (role by Jesse Spencer). Dr. Allison Cameron, immunologist (played by Jennifer Morrison) is one of the main characters during the first six seasons. Jennifer Morrison appears as a special guest star in season eight. Olivia Wilde plays the internist Dr. Remy Hadley during seasons four up till eight. During the seventh season, she's billed as a main character.

From Quiz Autopsy Room Four

Answer: It was a sailboat

Jack Klugman portrayed a Los Angeles Medical Examiner in the NBC hit program "Quincy M.E." His home was a sailboat which was shown periodically throughout the years. This show was one of the first to center around the field of forensic pathology and its role in law enforcement. It is considered to be the hallmark of all future crime dramas which focus on forensic sciences.

From Quiz The Doctor Will See You Now...

Answer: Doc Adams

Milburn Stone portrayed the kindly doctor, Galen Adams, in the town of Dodge City from 1955 through 1975. Marshall Matt Dillon, played by James Arness, kept the peace in the town and Miss Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake) was the owner of the Long Branch Saloon (way ahead of her time!). All the incorrect choices were fictional doctors, at one time or another, on that other long-running Western, "Bonanza" (1959-1973).

From Quiz Somebody Get Me a Doctor

Answer: Dr. Bombay

"Bewitched", which ran from 1964-1972, was a television comedy that centered around a beautiful good witch named Samantha who married a 'mortal' named Darrin. Dr. Bombay was a witch doctor who was often called upon to assist Samantha with the hilarious situations that arose because of this mismatch. He always appeared in silly costumes that reflected whatever strange activity he had been involved in before being magically summoned by Samantha or other wacky members of her family. His unusual antidotes often only complicated the situation.

From Quiz This Television Quiz Has an Appendix

Answer: Hawkeye's own long-johns

"The Long-John Flap" (first aired February 17, 1973) was episode 19 in the first season of "MASH", which had an original run from 1972 to 1983, and which can still be seen in syndication around the world. This was the first of many episodes to be written by Alan Alda, who also played the part of Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, one of the madcap surgeons in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit that provides the title of the series as well as its setting. The series was set in the Korean War, and this episode concerned the difficulty of living in tents during the cold Korean winters. Everyone was freezing cold except Hawkeye, who received a pair of long-johns (thermal underwear) sent from Maine by his father. The long-johns formed the basis for a series of comic incidents reminiscent of a French farce. When Trapper got sick, Hawkeye gave the long-johns to him to speed his recovery; Trapper lost them to Radar in a poker game; Radar traded them to the cook for a hot roast lamb dinner; the cook bribed Frank to overlook the unsanitary kitchen conditions; Frank gave them to Margaret as a sign of his affection; Klinger stole them from Margaret's tent, then gave them to Father Mulcahy in a fit of remorse; Father Mulcahy gave them to Henry for safekeeping, and Henry was wearing them when he suffered an attack of appendicitis. After Hawkeye successfully removed the offending appendix, Henry gratefully returned his long-johns.

From Quiz TV Doctors

Answer: Hugh Laurie

James Hugh Calum Laurie was born on June 11, 1959 in Oxford, England. His early career included work as half of the comedy team of Fry and Laurie. While studying social anthropology at Cambridge, he joined the Cambridge Footlights where he met and became good friends with Emma Thompson. He married Jo Greene in 1989. They have 3 children. He began his work on "House" in 2004, for which he was awarded Golden Globes in 2006 and 2007.

From Quiz Is There A Doctor on TV, Part 3

Answer: The Doctors

"The Doctors" (1963-1982) aired on NBC and was set in the fictional town of Madison (no state - somewhere in New England) at Hope Memorial Hospital. The show premiered the same day as "General Hospital" (1963-2010), and it was considered to have far more racier plots than "General Hospital" (1963-2010). James Pritchett played Chief of Staff Matthew Powers. Ann Williams portrayed Dr. Maggie Fielding Van Allen Powers and Elizabeth Hubbard starred as Dr. Althea Davis. "The Doctors" won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Drama in 1972 and 1974. Almost more notable than its permanent cast members were the now famous actors that were guests on the show. The list included Armand Assante, Julia Duffy, Jonathan Frakes, Alec Baldwin and Kathy Bates.

From Quiz Nurses on Television Shows

Answer: Consuelo Lopez

Consuelo Lopez was the doctor's friend, secretary and nurse. James Brolin was the other regular member of the cast. The first airing of the program was as an "ABC Movie of the Week" in the spring of 1969. The premise of the show was so popular that it was picked up as a weekly program. During the second season the show was ranked number one by Nielsen and both Young and Brolin took home Emmy Awards. Verdugo was nominated twice but did not win an Emmy. Elena Verdugo had done film work in several movies and became a regular on a television series called "Many Happy Returns" in 1964. Her co-star was Elinor Donahue. Donahue was a regular on Young's show, "Father Knows Best". Jane Wyatt played Robert Young's wife, Margaret Anderson, on "Father Knows Best" from 1954 to 1960 and also had a guest role on an episode of "Marcus Welby MD". Anne Baxter played Marcus Welby's girlfriend, Myra Sherwood. Janet Blake, played by Pamela Hensley, was Dr. Kiley's girlfriend. The couple married on the show during the final season.

From Quiz Checkup on Television Doctors

Answer: The Donna Reed Show

Pediatrician Alex Stone was played by Carl Betz on "The Donna Reed Show" family sitcom. His colleague, Dr. Dave Kelsey, was played by future "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) star Bob Crane from from 1963 to 1965. Donna Reed portrayed housewife Donna Stone. Shelley Fabares was Mary Stone and younger brother Jeff was played by Paul Petersen. Paul's real-life sister, Patty Petersen, played adopted runaway Trisha from the season when Mary left for college until the show ended in 1966. Robert Young played General Insurance Agent Jim Anderson on "Father Knows Best" from 1954-1960. Fred MacMurray portrayed widower and aeronautical engineer Steven Douglas on "My Three Sons", which ran from 1960 to 1972 on two networks. "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" ran from 1959-1963 and featured Frank Faylen as grocery store proprietor Herbert T. Gillis.

From Quiz I'm Not A Real Doctor, But I Play One on TV

Answer: "ER"

Anthony Edwards starred in the role for 10 years. His character was killed off in the 10th season. Edwards also co-starred with Tom Cruise in the 1986 movie "Top Gun", playing the role of Lt. (j.g.) Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, Cruise's (Lt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell) RIO (Radar Intercept Officer). Goose was killed during a flight training accident. Two other "Top Gun" co-stars had roles on "ER". Rick Rossovich, who played Lt. (j.g.) Ron 'Slider" Kerner in "Top Gun" appeared in 11 episodes of "ER" as Dr. John 'Tag' Taglieri, and Michael Ironside, who played Lt. Cmdr. Rick 'Jester' Heatherly in "Top Gun" appeared in 5 episodes of "ER" as Dr. William 'Wild Willie' Swift.

From Quiz TV Doctors

Answer: Dr. Kildare

He was quite the heartthrob.

From Quiz Who's the Doctor

Answer: Gunsmoke

Veteran character actor Milburn Stone played Doc Adams in over 600 episodes during the show's twenty year run. Interestingly, Milburn Stone had racked up more than 160 film and TV appearances prior to landing the part of Doc Adams.

From Quiz Autopsy Room Four

Answer: Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers

Played by actress Leslie Hendrix, the character of Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers has appeared in "Law & Order", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", and "Law & Order: Trial by Jury". Rodgers is often irritated by officers wanting information, such as cause of death, when a full autopsy has not been completed, and refuses to be rushed. Her character is one of the few medical examiners portrayed on television that tries to make it clear that a full forensic autopsy is not a quick nor easy job.

From Quiz The Doctor Will See You Now...

Answer: Dr. Jerry Helper

Jerry Helper was played by Jerry Paris. The quirky dentist and his wife, Millie (Ann Morgan Guilbert), were close friends of Rob and Laura Petrie, played by Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore respectively. The show was originally aired from 1961-1966. The incorrect choices were all fictional doctors on "Dr. Kildare" which, coincidentally, also ran from 1961 through 1966.

From Quiz Somebody Get Me a Doctor

Answer: Animals

"Daktari" was a television family drama that centered on Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at a fictional animal center in Africa. His patients were lions, monkeys and other animals indigenous to the continent. The show was a spin-off of the 1965 movie "Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion". Both were based on the real life experiences of Dr. Toni Harthoorn and his work at an animal hospital/orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya. The word 'daktari' is the Swahili word for doctor.

From Quiz This Television Quiz Has an Appendix

Answer: Intern

The character of the young intern James Kildare originated in a series of movies in the 1940s, in which the role was played by Lew Ayres. Richard Chamberlain took the lead in the TV series which aired from 1961 to 1966, and became a hit with teenage fans, mostly female. The plots revolved around his attempts to help his patients and to gain the respect of his supervisor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie (played by Raymond Massey). But for many of us, the soap-opera style plots were important primarily an excuse for Chamberlain to look gorgeous in a variety of moods. He sang the show's theme song, "Three Stars Will Shine Tonight", which became a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released as a single in 1962.

From Quiz TV Doctors

Answer: 16

Neil Patrick Harris was born on June 15, 1973 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was active in drama from a very young age. In 1988 he played in "Clara's Heart" with Whoopi Goldberg. He began playing Doogie Howser in 1989. Doogie, a licensed doctor at age 16, was described as having genius intellect and an eidetic memory. He achieved a perfect SAT score at 6, completed high school in 9 weeks, graduated from Princeton at age 10 and finished medical school at 16. When the series began, he was a resident surgeon at the Eastman Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.

From Quiz Nurses on Television Shows

Answer: Julie London

Julie London had been a popular pin-up girl during WWII and married Jack Webb in 1947. They divorced five years later. She married musician Bobby Troup in 1959 and they eventually co-starred on "Emergency". Bobby Troup played Dr. Joe Early. Jack Webb and Robert Cinader produced "Emergency", a spin-off of one of their other productions, "Adam-12" (1968). "Adam-12" featured characters originally introduced on Jack Webb's "Dragnet" (1951) series. Julie appeared in over 20 films and recorded over 30 albums in her career. She is remembered for her rendition of "Cry Me A River". The recording was produced by Bobby Troup. Most of Julie Andrews' television appearances have been on musical programs. Julie Newmar's most notable role was as Catwoman in the Batman television series between 1964 and 1966. Julie Christie has been in many movies such as "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) but has not had a regular role on a US television program.

From Quiz Dentists in Television

Answer: Barry

In the pilot of "Friends", Barry's last name was Finkle. In all other episodes, it was Farber. Barry is played by Mitchell Whitfield. Whitfield auditioned for the part of Ross Geller on "Friends". Gunther was the manager at Central Perk and had a crush on Rachel. Gunther was played by James Michael Tyler and got the part because he was the only one who knew how to run an espresso machine. Ross was a paleontologist and Rachel's on-again off-again love interest. Joey was an actor. Rachel was Joey's roommate while she was pregnant with Emma.

From Quiz Checkup on Television Doctors

Answer: Richard Boone

Richard Boone narrated "Medic" and played the principal character, Dr. Styner. "Medic" focused on actual procedures. Writer James Moser adapted his stories from factual Los Angeles County Medical Association files. Boone would go on to star in "Have Gun, Will Travel" from 1957 to 1963. He returned to a series from 1972 to 1974 when he played the role of Hector Ramsey on the western television show "Hec Ramsey" set in Oklahoma at the turn of the century. Crenna, Bronson and Marvin guest-starred on various episodes of "Medic".

From Quiz I'm Not A Real Doctor, But I Play One on TV

Answer: "Emergency!"

Robert Fuller played the role in this 1972 series. The hospital setting was secondary to the activities of the paramedics and firefighters of L.A. County Fire Station 51. Most of the victims rescued by Paramedic John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) and Paramedic Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe)were transported to Rampart Hospital, and into the waiting hands of Dr. Brackett and his staff. Robert Fuller was also known for his five year starring role on TV western series "Laramie", playing Jess Harper. Two others members of Dr. Brackett's staff were Dr. Joe Early, played by music composer Bobby Troup, and his real life wife, singer Julie London, who played Nurse Dixie McCall. London was also the former wife of producer/actor Jack Webb, who not only produced and directed "Emergency!" but hired Troup and London for their roles.

From Quiz Where Does It Hurt?

Answer: Harold

Leonard Fenton portrayed Dr. Harold Legg and it was implied from the start of the series that he'd been the local doctor for many years already. He made his first appearance in the first episode, and was a fixture for many years thereafter, though the gaps between 'house calls' grew longer as time went on.

From Quiz More TV Doctors

Answer: The Bob Newhart Show

Bob Newhart had a successful comedy career in stand-up, appearing on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" a total of 87 times and on "The Dean Martin Show" 24 times, among dozens of other appearances. He had two successful sitcoms, of which "The Bob Newhart Show" was the first. His first great show biz success came in 1961 when his comedy album, "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" won three Grammy Awards.

From Quiz Who's the Doctor

Answer: The Love Boat & Love Boat

For ten years Bernie Kopell played Doctor Bricker on "The Love Boat". Kopell was known to TV audiences through many guest appearances on early TV series, such as "That Girl" and "Love American Style". He notably played K.A.O.S. agent Siegfried on "Get Smart".

From Quiz Autopsy Room Four

Answer: Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy went from playing a prim and proper New York attorney in "Law & Order" to being a forensic pathologist in "Crossing Jordan". The title of the second program refers to Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh's tendency to cross others especially authority figures. There is a possible biblical metaphor ref. ancient Hebrews crossing the Jordan River, which is often used in religious songs to represent death and the afterlife. Dr. Cavanaugh also struggled with inner demons that haunted her. They were the result of the murder of her mother while she was still a child.

From Quiz The Doctor Will See You Now...

Answer: Dr. David Zorba

The kindly Dr. Zorba was played by Sam Jaffe who, by the way, depicted the title role of "Gunga Din" in 1939. While "Ben Casey" aired the same years as "Dr. Kildare", 1961-1966, somehow it felt more realistic and grittier. This time, I have taken the incorrect doctors from the show "Medical Center" (1969-1976) which was among the first medical shows to portray women as doctors, not just the traditional nurses.

From Quiz Somebody Get Me a Doctor

Answer: Richard Chamberlain

"Dr. Kildare" was a fictional medical drama that originated in numerous movies in the 1930s and 1940s. It was featured on the radio in the 1950s and finally became a television program in 1961. Richard Chamberlain played Kildare, a young intern in the process of learning his new profession. The show featured actor Raymond Massey as his mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. The show was very popular and ran from 1961-1966.

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