Name another actor besides Larry Hagman who portrayed 2 different characters so well

[J. R.'s Piece]

I agree there are lots of actors and actresses out there who have done two jobs well. I think it's pointless to list them all. But I must say that it is when you see an actor/actress in more than one role and the roles are different and the actor/actress is credible in both parts that's when you know that they are a great at their job!

Peter Wyngarde guested on THE BARON in one episode as 2 different people (a subdued performance as a prince and also portraying a flamboyant actor, who for some scenes impersonated the prince in a very different way from how the prince actually was) with 3 markedly different characterisations.
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"Once again, Peter Wyngarde steals the show. Here, given a dual role, he gets to demonstrate two very different performances. As King Ibrahim we get a more mannered display. But as the actor, Ronald Noyce, Wyngarde is given full reign to let the more flamboyant side of his nature run free. But these contrasting styles work together beautifully because it is quite easy to believe we are watching two different people on the screen – rather than one actor giving a dual performance."

[vaughnleland]

I Think my answers hold up.

[Ewing Star Oil]

Got to go with William Shatner. Captain James T. Kirk, T.J. Hooker and Denny Crane for which he finally won an Emmy. Hopefully Larry will follow in Shatners footsteps and be recognised for his performances. These old geezers up their game in the twighlight of their careers! Good for them. Puts a lot of actors to shame.

[I-<3-Clayton]

I was JUST going to say William Shatner!!! Love him as Denny Crane!

[E.J. Andre]

I already said Shatner.

Jeffery Tambor! As Garry Shandling's sidekick on THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW, and the elder Mr. Bluth on the late, great, and soon to return ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. Plus he was on THE ROPERS too.

[I-<3-Clayton]

your first post mentioning William Shatner was mostly a list of actors who had multiple roles and that's probably why some of is skipped it and missed it.

[vaughnleland]

as much as I love Jeff Tambor..he also plays many of the same style roles..the dry, befuddled or harried one.

[Jock-1981]

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[I-<3-Clayton]

Yes much like saying Don Knotts for Barney Fyfe and then as Mr Furley on Three's COmpany - essentially the same doofus character.

[vaughnleland]

I thought of a great expample..
John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun and as the Trinity Killer on Dexter.

[JREwingForPresident]

Max Baer on the Beverly Hillbillies. He played both Jethro and Jethrine Bodine.

[E.J. Andre]

your first post mentioning William Shatner was mostly a list of actors who had multiple roles and that's probably why some of is skipped it and missed it.

Yeah, I figured. Still, absolutely no excuse.

[J. R.'s Piece]

Max Baer on the Beverly Hillbillies. He played both Jethro and Jethrine Bodine.

That reminds of Elizabeth Montgomery playing Samantha and Serena on Bewitched.

[Knots0709]

Bill Bixby in Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father - all very different roles and executed brilliantly.

[E.J. Andre]

Jerry Mathers played an adorably cute, precocious young boy growing up in '50s suburbia in LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. Decades later, he played a creepy, boring fat guy in STILL THE BEAVER.

[montauk6]

Edie Falco - The Sopranos (Carmela Soprano)/Nurse Jackie (Jackie Peyton) Both garnered Emmy wins, I believe
Buddy Ebsen - The Beverly Hillbillies (Jed Clampett)/Barnaby Jones (title character)
Ginnifer Goodwin - Big Love (Margene Heffman)/Once Upon A Time (Snow White/Mary Margaret)
S. Epatha Merkerson - Pee Wee's Playhouse (Reba the Mail Lady)/Law & Order (Lt. Anita Van Buren)
Jonathan Banks - Wiseguy (Frank McPike)/Breaking Bad (Mike Ermantrout {sp?})
Peter Krause - Six Feet Under (Nate Fisher)/Dirty Sexy Money (Nick George)
John Schneider - The Dukes of Hazzard (Bo Duke)/Smallville (Jonathan Kent)
June Lockhart - Timmy & Lassie (Ruth Martin)/Lost in Space (Maureen Robinson)
Jimmy Smits - LA Law (Victor Sifuentes)/The West Wing (Matt Santos)/Dexter (Miguel Prado)
Ted Danson - Cheers (Sam Malone)/Bored To Death (George Christopher)/Damages (Arthur Frobisher)

[vaughnleland]

john schnieder's Pa Kent was essentially a grown up mature Bo Duke

[I-<3-Clayton]

Buddy Ebson - excellent one
June Lockhart - well she was essentially the same woman, only in a time warp

[I-<3-Clayton]

Yeah, I figured. Still, absolutely no excuse.

[montauk6]

DUH!!!! How could I forgot...

Nancy Marchand - Lou Grant (Margaret Pynchon)/The Sopranos (Livia Soprano)