TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Dads [Actors]
(1) Heathcliff Huxtable, The Cosby Show (2) Ben Cartwright, Bonanza (3) John Walton, Sr., The Waltons (4) Charles Ingalls, Little House on the Prairie (5) Danny Williams, Make Way for Daddy (6) Jim Anderson, Father Knows Best (7) Steve Douglas, My Three Sons (8) Andy Taylor, The Andy Griffith Show (9) Howard Cunningham, Happy Days (10) Ray Barone, Everybody Loves Raymond (11) Rev. Eric Camden, Seventh Heaven (12) Steven Keaton, Family Ties (13) Dan Conner, Rosanne (14) Mike Brady, The Brady Bunch (15) Tom Corbett, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (16) Alex Stone, The Donna Reed Show (17) Forrest Bedford, I’ll Fly Away (18) George Lopez, George Lopez (19) Herman Munster, The Munsters (20) Tim Taylor, Home Improvement (21) Ozzie Nelson, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (22) Rob Petrie, The Dick Van Dyke Show (23) Tony Micelli, Who’s the Boss (24) Archie Bunker, All in the Family (25) Sandy Cohen, The OC (26) Doug Lawrence, Family (27) Michael Kyle, My Wife and Kids (28) Ward Cleaver, Leave It To Beaver (29) Jack Bristow, Alias (30) Chester A. Riley, The Life of Riley (31) Andy Sipowicz, NYPD Blue (32) Lucas McCain, The Rifleman (33) Tom Bradford, Eight Is Enough (34) Philip Banks, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (35) Homer Simpson, The Simpsons (36) Rick Sammler, Once and Again (37) Jason Seaver, Growing Pains (38) John Robinson, Lost in Space (39) Martin Lane, The Patty Duke Show (40) Will Girardi, Joan of Arcadia (41) Jim Walsh, Beverly Hills 90210 (42) Fred Sanford, Sanford and Son (43) Andy Brown, Everwood (44) George Jefferson, The Jeffersons (45) Rocky Rockford, The Rockford Files (46) Michael Steadman, thirtysomething (47) Bernie Mac, The Bernie Mac Show (48) Paul Hennessy, 8 Simple Rules (49) Graham Chase, My So-Called Life (50) Benjamin Sisko, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Missing: Tom Irwin (49)
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58.99% (397 of 673 votes)
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31.48% (17 of 54 votes)
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0% (0 of 6 votes)
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28.57% (2 of 7 votes)
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60.0% (3 of 5 votes)
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59.29% (67 of 113 votes)
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31.25% (15 of 48 votes)
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20.0% (2 of 10 votes)
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32.73% (18 of 55 votes)
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40.0% (2 of 5 votes)
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0% (0 of 1 votes)
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20.0% (2 of 10 votes)
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35.85% (57 of 159 votes)
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16.67% (1 of 6 votes)
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34.95% (65 of 186 votes)
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50.0% (1 of 2 votes)
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41.67% (5 of 12 votes)
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33.33% (1 of 3 votes)
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27.27% (3 of 11 votes)
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42.66% (61 of 143 votes)
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33.33% (1 of 3 votes)
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50.0% (1 of 2 votes)
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8.70% (2 of 23 votes)
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50.0% (1 of 2 votes)
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92.31% (12 of 13 votes)
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33.33% (7 of 21 votes)
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78.57% (11 of 14 votes)
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43
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16.67% (1 of 6 votes)
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46
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0% (0 of 7 votes)
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0% (0 of 0 votes)
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50.0% (1 of 2 votes)
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47
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29.90% (58 of 194 votes)
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48
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42.00% (42 of 100 votes)
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22.89% (38 of 166 votes)
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