Which TV Show Was I In? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Brig. Lethbridge Stewart

William Nicholas Stone Courtney was born in Cairo, Egypt, on the 16 December 1929. He was educated in France, Kenya and Egypt but did his national service in England as a private. He later achieved the rank of Brigadier but only on TV in "Doctor Who". He made his first TV appearance in 1957 in the BBC WWII series "Escape" and then appeared in many TV series such as "The Avengers" (1962), "The Saint" (1965) and "The Champions" (1968).

Nicholas Courtney first appeared in the "Doctor Who" serial "The Daleks' Master Plan" in 1965 as Space Security Agent Bret Vyon, opposite William Hartnell (the first Doctor). Courtney was cast as Captain Knight in "The Web Of Fear" (1968) opposite Patrick Troughton (the second doctor) but when actor David Langton gave up the part of Lethbridge-Stewart, Courtney was recast.

Nicholas Courtney died after a long illness in London, England, on the 22 February 2011, aged 81.

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Answer: Michael "Meathead" Stivic

Michael "Meathead" Stivic was played by Rob Reiner in "All In The Family". He first appeared in the 1971 episode "Meet The Bunkers". The show ran for 205 episodes from 1971 to 1979 and also starred Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and Sally Struthers.

Robert "Rob" Reiner was born on March 6, 1947 in New York City, New York, U.S.A.
"All In The Family" was his first major role, for which he won two Prime Time Emmy Awards. Later in his career he turned to films and directing. He directed many award winning films including "A Few Good Men", "Stand By Me", "When Harry Met Sally" and "The Princess Bride". He was nominated for many Golden Globe and Academy Awards. His father was actor/director Carl Reiner and Rob was married to actress/director Penny Marshall for ten years.

"All In The Family" was a sitcom based on the BBC TV show "Till Death Do Us Part". It was about the everyday life of a working class man, Archie Bunker, and his family. Most episodes dealt with the conflicts created by Archie's very conservative, racist views and the more liberal views of those around him, including his son-in-law Michael "Meathead" Stivic and his wife Gloria, Archie's daughter.

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Answer: Richard Bellamy

Richard Bellamy, 1st Viscount Bellamy of Haversham was played by David Langton in "Upstairs, Downstairs", first appearing in episode one of the first series in 1971. The TV series also starred Gordon Jackson, Angela Baddeley, Jean Marsh. Simon Williams, Lesley-Anne Down and John Alderton.

David Langton was born Basil Muir Langton-Dodds on the 16 April 1912, in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. When WWII broke out in 1939 he enlisted and first served in the Royal Artillery becoming a sergeant. He was later commissioned in the Northumberland Hussars and was promoted to major. Within days of leaving the Army at the end of the war, he was cast in a play called "Fifty Fifty". In the '50s and early '60s he had a number of uncredited parts, including appearing in The Beatles' 1964 movie "A Hard Days Night", as "actor in dressing room".

"Upstairs, Downstairs" was the every day tale of the elite of post Victorian times who lived upstairs and their servants who lived downstairs in London, England, between the years 1903 to 1930. The original idea for the show (a comedy) was put together by the actresses Jean Marsh (who played Rose Buck, head house-parlour maid and later lady's maid) and Eileen Atkins. The original series ran for 68 episodes from 1971 to 1975

David Langton died of a heart attack in Stratford-upon-Avon, West Midlands, England, on the 25 April 1994, aged 82.

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Answer: Mr. Barrowclough

Prison Officer Mr. Henry Barrowclough was played by Brian Wilde in the BBC TV series "Porridge". He first appeared in the 1973 pilot episode "Prisoner and Escort". Also starring were Ronnie Barker (Stanley Fletcher), Fulton Mackay (Pricipal Officer Mr. Mackay) and Richard Beckinsale (Lennie Godber). Porridge, is an informal British term for time spent in prison. "Porridge" ran for 21 episodes between 1974 and 1977.

Brian George Wilde was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England in 1927. He studied acting at R.A.D.A. and started his film, career in the early '50s in some uncredited roles. Gradually the roles in films and TV got bigger. He became really well known as prison officer Mr. Barrowclough and later as Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst in the long running BBC TV series "Last of the Summer Wine".

Brian Wilde never recovered from a fall at home some weeks earlier and died in his sleep on the 20 March 2008 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England, aged 80.

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Answer: Kryten

Kryten, is a series 4000 mechanoid played by Robert Llewellyn who first appeared in the 1989 episode "Backwards". "Red Dwarf" has had 74 episodes which ran from 1988 to 2020. It is a science fiction sit-com created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. It follows the adventures of Dave Lister, a low ranking technician from Liverpool, UK.

Lister has been in suspended animation for three million years and finds out from the ship';s computer (Holly) that he is the last human being alive. The computer then makes a hologram of his deceased superior Arnold Rimmer and then they find the Cat, a life form which evolved from Lister's pregnant cat. Later a sanitation mechanoid name Kryten joins them.

Robert Llewellyn was born in Northampton, England, on the 10 March 1956. He was part of an alternative comedy theatre group called The Joeys, in the early '80s. That success enabled him to give up shoemaking and perform professionally. After The Joeys split in 1985, Llewellyn was performing his one-man comedy, "Mammon, Robot Born of Woman", at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This was seen by the producer of Red Dwarf Paul Jackson and Llewellyn was invited to audition for the role of Kryten.

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Answer: Ch. Ins. Japp

Chief Inspector James Japp was played by Philip Jackson for nine seasons and first appeared in the 1989 episode "The Adventure of the Clapham Cook"

Philip Jackson was born on June 18, 1948 in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. He first began his career in the theater acting in such roles as Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman" and Pozzo in "Waiting For Godot". His most notable role was as Inspector James Japp in the TV series "Poirot" but he made appearances in many TV shows including "Coronation Street" and "Midsomer Murders".

"Poirot". also known as "Agatha Christie's Poirot", is a British TV drama series based on the character Hercule Poirot, a Belgian private detective, created by mystery writer Agatha Christie. It ran from January 8, 1989 to November 13, 2013, for 13 seasons and 70 episodes.

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Answer: Ed Green

Detective Ed Green was played by Jesse L. Martin and made his first appearance in the "Gunshow" episode of "Law & Order" in 1999.

Jesse L. Martin was born Jesse Lamont Watkins in Rocky Mount, Virginia, U.S.A., in 1969. He has appeared on Broadway and in the West End of London in such productions as "Timon of Athens" and "Rent". On TV he appeared in "413 Hope St.", "Ally McBeal" and "The X-Files".

When actor Benjamin Bratt left "Law & Order", Jesse L. Martin got the part of Lennie Briscoe's partner Ed Green, without an audition and became the fifth longest serving cast member on "Law & Order". In 2014 he joined another long running series "The Flash", in which he plays Barry's (The Flash), surrogate father Joe West.

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Answer: Philip Banks

Philip Banks was played by James Avery in 148 episodes. He made his first appearance in the 1990 pilot episode "The Fresh Prince Project".

James La Rue Avery was born November 27, 1945 in Pughsville, Virginia, USA, now known as Suffolk. He began his career in television with roles in shows such as "Hill Street Blues", "L.A. Law" and "Amen". His most notable role was as Philip Banks in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". He had roles in many films and also did voice over work for films and TV including the characters of Shredder in "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie and Harold Hari Bin in "Aladdin".

"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" ran from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996 for 148 episodes. It stared Will Smith as a teenager from a very poor, rough part of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose mother sends him to live with rich relatives in Bel-Air, California.

James Avery died of complications as a result of open heart surgery, in Glendale, California, USA, on December 31, 2013 aged 68.

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Answer: Stuart Bloom

Comic book store owner Stuart Bloom is played by Kevin Sussman. He made his first appearance on "The Big Bang Theory" in the 2009 episode "The Hofstadter Isotope".

"The Big Bang" originally centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California. Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), who share an apartment and are both physicists at Caltech. Penny (Kaley Cuoco), a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall and Leonard and Sheldon's geeky and socially awkward friends aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar), who also work at Caltech. During the show's run, supporting characters were promoted to starring roles, neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik), microbiologist Bernadette Rostenkowski (Melissa Rauch), and comic book store owner Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman).

Kevin Sussman was born in New York, New York, USA, in 1970. He got his start in commercials, then in 1999 he made his movie debut in "Liberty Heights" playing Alan Joseph Zuckerman. He has also appeared in TV shows such as "Third Watch" (1999), "The Sopranos" (2000), "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2003), "ER" (2004) and "My Name Is Earl" (2007). Sussman also worked with fellow "Big Bang" actor John Ross Bowie (Barry Kripke) on the two television comedies, "The Ever After Part" and "The Second Coming of Rob".

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Answer: Charles Carson

Charles Ernest Carson is the butler in "Downton Abbey". He was played by Jim Carter for 47 episodes beginning in 2012.

Jim Carter, born August 19, 1948 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, started hs acting career in the theater. In the '70s he was a member of the Madhouse Company of London and worked in Boston and Cambridge Massachusetts before returning to England. He played many roles in the theater, in films and on TV. He also narrated several shows including the series "Home Front Britain" in 1980. He received a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast for "Shakespeare In Love" as well as a screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for "Downton Abbey" and was nominated 4 times for Best Supporting Actor in a drama series.

"Downton Abbey", is a British TV drama revolving around lives of the upper class Crawford family and their servants during the early part of the 20th century. It ran for 52 episodes from September 2010 - February 2015. Episodes often dealt with historic events of that time including the sinking of the Titanic, the Spanish Flu epidemic and World War I, and how those events impacted the family and the servants.

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