Last week, as part of a tribute to Don Knotts’ character Barney Fife, we asked readers to vote on the best TV characters of all time. Here are the results (out of 4,977 total votes):
Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts), The Andy Griffith Show,” 1960-65 (1,106 votes)
Lucy Ricardo Lucille Ball), “I Love Lucy,” 1951-61 (818 votes)
Ed Norton, (Art Carney), “The Honeymooners,” 1955-71 (581 votes)
Homer Simpson (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), “The Simpsons,” 1989-present (542 votes)
George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Seinfeld,” 1990-98 (284 votes)
Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton), “All in the Family,” 1971-80 (225 votes)
Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby), “The Cosby Show,” 1984-92 (207 votes)
Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), “Star Trek,” 1966-69 (192 votes)
Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore), “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” 1970-77 (185 votes)
Jim Rockford (James Garner), “The Rockford Files,” 1974-80 (156 votes)
Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” 1970-77 (122 votes)
Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), “The Sopranos,” 1999-present (120 votes)
Emma Peel (Diana Rigg), “The Avengers,” 1966-68 (88 votes)
J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), “Dallas,” 1978-91 (87 votes)
George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley), “All in the Family,” 1973-75, and “The Jeffersons,” 1975-85 (66 votes)
Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond), “Leave It to Beaver,” 1957-63 (42 votes)
Julia Baker (Diahann Carroll), “Julia,” 1968-71 (19 votes)
Some others receiving votes: Archie Bunker, Cosmo Kramer, Ralph Kramden, Jack Bauer, Hawkeye Pierce, The Fonz, Fred Sanford, Marie Romano, Sgt. Schultz, Jerry Seinfeld, Monk, Gilligan.
