Can You Match the '60s TV Character to Their Show?

By: J.P. Naomi
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5 min
Can You Match the '60s TV Character to Their Show?
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About This Quiz

Do you know which lucky man struck bubblin' crude right in his own backyard? Remember who hosted the sci-fi anthology "The Twilight Zone"? And how long was that boat ride on "Gilligan's Island" actually supposed to take before things went off track? If you know the answers to these questions, you might have what it takes to earn a perfect score on this '60s TV character quiz!

Between 1950 and 1960, the percent of U.S. households with at least one television set increased from 9 to 90 percent. With so many millions of families tuning in to TV for the first time, producers had a wide-open landscape for trying all new kinds of shows, to see what would stick with viewers. That meant lots of variety on '60s TV, from mod detectives on "Get Smart" to happy families on "Dick Van Dyke" and "The Donna Reed Show," to silly sitcom characters like Gilligan or Jeannie.

The '60s also saw a trend toward full-length cartoons with extended story lines, such as the futuristic "Jetsons" or the Stone Age "Flintstones." A rural obsession that started in the late '50s also had its heyday during the '60s with series like "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Petticoat Junction" and "Green Acres" regularly winning their respective time slots.

Consider yourself a '60s TV fanatic? Think you can match characters like Barney Rubble, Arnold Ziffel or Hoss Cartwright to the show each appeared on? Prove it with this quiz!

Robin - Batman
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In which '60s TV show can you find Robin?
Lassie
Batman
The Rogues
The Hero
Gomez Addams - The Addams Family
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In which '60s TV show can you find Gomez Addams?
The Roger Miller Show
The Road West
The Addams Family
Leave It to Beaver
Maxwell Smart - Get Smart
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In which '60s TV show can you find Maxwell Smart?
Queen for a Day
People Will Talk
Personality
Get Smart

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Jed Clampett - The Beverly Hillbillies
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In which '60s TV show can you find Jed Clampett?
Ripcord
The Beverly Hillbillies
Happy
The Roaring 20's
George Jetson - The Jetsons
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In which '60s TV show can you find George Jetson?
Profiles in Courage
The Funny Manns
The Gallant Men
The Jetsons
Dick Van Dyke - The Dick Van Dyke Show
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In which '60s TV show can you find Dick Van Dyke?
The Groovy Show
Rainbow Quest
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Rat Patrol

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Captain Tony Nelson - I Dream of Jeannie
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In which '60s TV show can you find Captain Tony Nelson?
I Dream of Jeannie
Rescue 8
Perry Mason
The Rat Patrol
Ginger Grant - Gilligan's Island
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In which '60s TV show can you find Ginger Grant?
Hey, Landlord
Hogan's Heroes
Gilligan's Island
Harrigan and Son
Herman Munster - The Munsters
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In which '60s TV show can you find Herman Munster?
The Munsters
Whispering Smith
Mister Ed
The Mod Squad

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Colonel Robert E. Hogan - Hogan's Heroes
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In which '60s TV show can you find Colonel Robert E. Hogan?
National Velvet
N.Y.P.D.
The Doris Day Show
Hogan's Heroes
Sergeant Vince Carter - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
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In which '60s TV show can you find Sergeant Vince Carter?
My Living Doll
My Favorite Martian
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
My Three Sons
Dan Rowan - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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In which '60s TV show can you find Dan Rowan?
One Happy Family
Oh! Those Bells
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Firing Line

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Barney Fife - The Andy Griffith Show
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In which '60s TV show can you find Barney Fife?
Truth or Consequences
Snap Judgment
The Andy Griffith Show
Petticoat Junction
Ben Cartwright - Bonanza
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In which '60s TV show can you find Ben Cartwright?
The Good Guys
Ricki & Copper
Bonanza
Good Morning, World
Carol Brady - The Brady Bunch
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In which '60s TV show can you find Carol Brady?
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Leave It to Beaver
The Saint
The Brady Bunch

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Theodore Cleaver - Leave It to Beaver
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In which '60s TV show can you find Theodore Cleaver?
The Westerner
Leave It to Beaver
Margie
Maverick
Rocket Rocky J. Squirrel - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
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In which '60s TV show can you find Rocket J. Squirrel?
The Flying Nun
Sesame Street
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
My Favorite Martian
Kitty Russel - Gunsmoke
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In which '60s TV show can you find Kitty Russel?
Discovery
The Detectives
Gunsmoke
Dream House

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Norville Shaggy Rogers - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
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In which '60s TV show can you find Norville "Shaggy" Rogers?
Wanted Dead or Alive
Maverick
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Meet the Press
Dr. Richard Kimble - The Fugitive
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In which '60s TV show can you find Dr. Richard Kimble?
The Fugitive
The Eleventh Hour
The Newlywed Game
The Everglades
Boatswain Gallagher - McHale's Navy
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In which '60s TV show can you find Commander McHale?
The Avengers
The Brady Bunch
Lost in Space
McHale's Navy

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James West - The Wild Wild West
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In which '60s TV show can you find James West?
Dragnet
The Wild Wild West
Pony Express
F Troop
Oliver Wendell Douglas - Green Acres
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In which '60s TV show can you find Oliver Wendell Douglas?
What's My Line?
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Green Acres
A Man Called Shenandoah
Della Street - Perry Mason
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In which '60s TV show can you find Della Street?
The Gallant Men
The Brady Bunch
Get the Message
Perry Mason

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Detective Steve McGarrett - Hawaii Five-O
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In which '60s TV show can you find Detective Steve McGarrett?
The Rifleman
McHale's Navy
The Big Valley
Hawaii Five-O
Davy Jones - The Monkees
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In which '60s TV show can you find Davy Jones?
The Andy Griffith Show
Bewitched
The Monkees
The Munsters
Wilbur Post - Mister Ed
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In which '60s TV show can you find Wilbur Post?
Mister Ed
Get Smart
Mission: Impossible
Gunsmoke

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Steven Douglas - My Three Sons
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In which '60s TV show can you find Steven Douglas?
Petticoat Junction
My Three Sons
Adam-12
That Girl
Darrin Stephens - Bewitched
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In which '60s TV show can you find Darrin Stephens?
Bewitched
Pony Express
The Lieutenant
The Lucy Show
Victoria Barkley - The Big Valley
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In which '60s TV show can you find Victoria Barkley?
The Good Guys
Reach for the Stars
The Big Valley
Rango

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Marlin Perkins - Wild Kingdom
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In which '60s TV show can you find Marlin Perkins?
One Life to Live
Wild Kingdom
Paradise Bay
Personality
Captain Parmenter - F Troop
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In which '60s TV show can you find Captain Parmenter?
Hank
Happy Days
The Brady Bunch
F Troop
Napoleon Solo - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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In which '60s TV show can you find Napoleon Solo?
The Everglades
Exploring
The F.B.I.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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Uncle Joe - Petticoat Junction
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In which '60s TV show can you find Uncle Joe?
Hawk
Petticoat Junction
The Law and Mr. Jones
Lancer
Dr. David Keel - The Avengers
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In which '60s TV show can you find John Steed?
The Big Valley
Flipper
The Avengers
Rawhide
Sandy Ricks - Flipper
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In which '60s TV show can you find Sandy Ricks?
Where the Heart Is
Manhunt
Flipper
Dundee and the Culhane

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Lucas McCain - The Rifleman
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In which 60s TV show can you find Lucas McCain?
McHale's Navy
Perry Mason
The Rifleman
Batman
Kermit the Frog - Sesame Street
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In which '60s TV show can you find Kermit the Frog?
Sesame Street
Gilligan's Island
Bewitched
The Twilight Zone
Pete Malloy - Adam-12
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In which '60s TV show can you find Pete Malloy?
Adam-12
The Lawless Years
Lawbreakers
Lawman

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Mr. Pennywhistle - Captain Kangaroo
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In which '60s TV show can you find Mr. Pennywhistle?
Star Trek
Funsmoke
Captain Kangaroo
My Three Sons
Sister Bertrille - The Flying Nun
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In which '60s TV show can you find Sister Bertrille?
My Favorite Martian
The Addams Family
The Flying Nun
Perry Mason
Ann Marie - That Girl
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In which 60s TV show can you find Ann Marie?
Wagon Train
The Munsters
The Beverly Hillbillies
That Girl

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Sergeant Joe Friday - Dragnet
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In which '60s TV show can you find Sergeant Joe Friday?
Mister Ed
Dragnet
The Avengers
Rawhide
Dr. John Robinson - Lost in Space
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In which '60s TV show can you find Dr. John Robinson?
General Hospital
Gilligan's Island
Lost in Space
Pony Express
James t kirk - Star Trek
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In which '60s TV show can you find Captain James T. Kirk?
Twelve O'Clock High
Star Trek
Shivaree
Summer Playhouse

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Simon Templar - The Saint
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In which '60s TV show can you find Simon Templar?
Howdy Doody
The Jetsons
The Saint
The Avengers
Rowdy Yates - Rawhide
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In which '60s TV show can you find Rowdy Yates?
Lassie
Rawhide
The Mod Squad
The Flintsones
Tim O'Hara - My Favorite Martian
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In which '60s TV show can you find Tim O'Hara?
My Favorite Martian
Batman
Ben Casey
Ironside

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Daniel Briggs - Mission Impossible
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In which '60s TV show can you find Daniel Briggs?
M Squad
Mission: Impossible
Many Happy Returns
The Wild Wild West
Barney Rubble - The Flintstones
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In which '60s TV show can you find Barney Rubble?
I Spy
Hong Kong
How's Your Mother-in-Law?
The Flintstones