Match the Supporting Actor with the Show - 1960s Quiz

Answer: Don Knotts

The Emmy Awards were still young in the 1960s, and the Supporting Actor categories weren't consistently awarded, but when they were, Don Knotts dominated the category with his role as the overly-enthusiastic Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show", which ran from 1960 to 1968.

The sitcom followed the adventures of a laid-back sheriff (Andy Griffith) and the townsfolk in a rural North Carolina community. Knotts won the Emmy in every year that he was nominated: 1961-1963, 1966, and 1967. Frances Bavier, who portrayed Aunt Bee, was the only other performer nominated for the show.

Answer: Tim Conway

The WWII comedy "McHale's Navy" ran from 1962 to 1966 and featured a misfit PT-boat crew led by Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale (Ernest Borgnine). Tim Conway portrayed the bumbling Ensign Chuck Parker who was McHale's inept second-in-command. Conway received an Emmy nomination in 1963 for his work on the show, but he lost to Don Knotts. Borgnine was the only other performer to get an Emmy nomination for the show; he received his nomination in the Best Actor category in the same year.

Answer: Leonard Nimoy

The science fiction adventure "Star Trek" ran from 1966 to 1969 and followed the crew of the starship Enterprise as it "boldly [went] where no man [had] gone before". Leonard Nimoy portrayed the logic-driven, half-Vulcan Spock who worked as a senior crew officer on the ship.

The show received thirteen Emmy nominations during its run, but mainly for technical achievement, as Nimoy was the only performer to receive a nomination; he received three from 1967-1969 but didn't win.

Answer: Werner Klemperer

Another WWII comedy, "Hogan's Heroes" ran from 1965 to 1971 and took place in a German prisoner-of-war camp. Werner Klemperer portrayed the gullible and self-important camp commander, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, who was frequently outsmarted by a wiseguy group of Allied prisoners. Klemperer received five consecutive nominations for Best Supporting Actor from 1966-1970, winning the award in 1968 and 1969 for his work on the show. Bob Crane, who portrayed the titular Colonel Hogan, also received Emmy nominations but in the Best Actor category, and Nita Talbot, who portrayed Russian spy Marya in several episodes, received a nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category; however Klemperer won the only Emmys for the show.

Answer: Sam Jaffe

The medical drama "Ben Casey" aired from 1961 to 1966 and featured Vince Edwards as the intense titular neurosurgeon. Sam Jaffe portrayed Casey's mentor, the calming Dr. David Zorba who seemed to spend as much time shielding the feisty Casey from people Casey had irritated as he did treating patients. Sam Jaffe was nominated for his work on the show in 1962 but lost to Don Knotts; separate categories for comedy and drama didn't exist in that year. George C. Scott was also nominated that year for a guest performance on the show, as were Jeanne Cooper and Joan Hackett, but none of them won. Vince Edwards received a nomination in the Best Actor category but also didn't win.

The only Emmy wins came in 1963 when guest stars Kim Stanley and Glenda Farrell received awards in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories for guest appearances on the show.

Answer: Morey Amsterdam

"The Dick Van Dyke Show", which ran from 1961 to 1966, was a sitcom that was split between the home and work life of comedy writer Rob Petrie (Van Dyke). Morey Amsterdam portrayed one of his co-workers, the snarky Buddy Sorrell, who was always good for a one-liner insult. Along with fellow co-writer Sally Rogers (Rose Marie), the three wrote for the fictional variety show "The Alan Brady Show". Amsterdam received his only Emmy nomination in 1966 for his work on the show but lost to Don Knotts. Rose Marie also received a few nominations in the Supporting Actress category without winning.

The stars of the show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore (who portrayed his wife Laura) fared better at the Emmy awards with multiple wins each.

Answer: Gale Gordon

"The Lucy Show" was Lucille Ball's follow-up sitcom to "I Love Lucy". In "The Lucy Show", she portrayed wealthy widow Lucy Carmichael and Gale Gordon portrayed strait-laced Theodore Mooney, the banker who managed her funds and tried to keep her in tow.

In later episodes of the series, Lucy worked at the bank, with Mr. Mooney as her boss. The show ran from 1962 to 1968 with Gale Gordon receiving Emmy nominations in 1967 and 1968. Ball also received several nominations and won the award in 1967 and 1968 for her work on the show.

In 1971, Gordon also received an Emmy nomination for another Lucille Ball show, "Here's Lucy", but he didn't win the award for any of his nominations.

Answer: William Demarest

The sitcom "My Three Sons" ran from 1960 to 1972 and starred Fred McMurray as widower Stephen Douglas raising three sons, hence the name (although in the latter years, he remarried and adopted a step-daughter). William Demarest joined the show in 1965 as the crotchety Uncle Charley, who was the brother of grandfather Bub (William Frawley) who left the show due to Frawley's ill health. Uncle Charley was the housekeeper for Douglas and his boys, and in one episode was legally declared to be a "housemother" so that Douglas could adopt Ernie (Barry Livingston), the orphaned friend of Douglas's youngest son Chip (Stanley Livingston, Barry's real-life brother). Demarest received one Emmy nomination in 1968 for his work on the show, but lost to Werner Klemperer.

The only other acting Emmy nomination for the show was in 1969, when guest star Irene Hervey received a nomination for Supporting Actress in a Single Performance.

Answer: Leo G. Carroll

The Cold War spy drama "The Man from U.N.C.L.E" ran from 1964 to 1968 and starred Robert Vaughn and David McCallum as American and Russian agents working for an international intelligence agency. Leo G. Carroll was the other main cast member on the show; he portrayed the pragmatic Alexander Waverly, one of the regional heads of the U.N.C.L.E agency. Carroll reprised his role as Waverly on the spin-off series "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.", which starred Stephanie Powers but only lasted one season. Carroll received Emmy nominations in 1966 and 1967 for his work on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." but didn't win. McCallum had the only other acting nominations for the show but also didn't win.

Answer: Milburn Stone

The long-running western "Gunsmoke" initially started as a radio series in 1952. The television series ran from 1955 to 1975 and was the longest-running, scripted television series as of the end date of the series. The show followed Marshal Matt Dillon as he maintained order in Dodge City, Kansas during the 1800s. James Arness portrayed Dillon on the television series, with Milburn Stone portraying the crusty but caring Dr. Galen Adams, known as Doc Adams; both actors were with the show for its entire run although Stone missed some episodes in 1971 due to illness. Several performers were nominated for Emmys over the years for their work on the show. Stone received the Best Supporting Actor nomination in 1968, and he took home the Emmy. Dennis Weaver also won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his role as Chester on the series; he picked up his award in 1959.