Famous TV/Movie Characters You Never Actually Get to See?

[woo me with science]

My daughter and I were making a list and were wondering if there are some we missed.

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Mr. Wilson. Vera. Mavis.

[ChoralScholar]

2. Charlie

"Hello Angels!"

[EstimatedProphet]

3. Godot

[blue neen]

4. Harvey.

Of course, Elwood P. Dowd saw him. It's just the rest of us who had the problem.

[Richard Steele]

5. Carlton, your doorman.

And Drew Carey's boss the first few seasons.

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28. slapping my forehead

How could I have forgotten Carlton! Good call.

[blue neen]

6. Charlie Brown's mother.

Her voice is trumpet tones.

[alphafemale]

13. It was any adults on Charlie Brown. They were all blhblablahblahblah.

Thanks for the smile. :)

[theophilus]

7. The Chef on Enterprise.

Just about every episode had someone sit down to a meal. I used to call it "Eaterprise" because of that. Chef was mentioned frequently but never seen.

[underpants]

51. Enlisted personnel

Actually I think they did actually have an episode on one of the more recent series in which we actually get to see a Starfleet PRIVATE or something like that.

[blue neen]

8. "Ugly naked guy" on Friends.

I'd say that's a good thing.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

69. He does turn up in the end! In the episode when Ross gets his flat

(and from memory, he was very naked and pretty ugly)

[theophilus]

9. Sarah, the operator, on The Andy Griffith Show.

Barney's girlfriend Juanita also never appeared. He just talked to her, and sang to her, on the phone.

[WeRQ4U]

10. The Nanny from tne "Muppet Babies" cartoon.

All you saw was her striped green and white socks and her shoes.

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11. "Little red-haired girl" on Peanuts cartoons

[DS1]

12. Kaiser Soze

or however its spelled

and yes, I'm aware that this is debatable

[Arkham House]

20. ???...Debatable...???

Doesn't the end of the movie make it clear who he was? I didn't know there was any dispute about this...

[mduffy31]

34. Verbal was Keiser Soze

But I get your point too.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. John Beresford Tipton

And you're a baby boomer if you remember what show he was on.

Hint: The character who did his bidding was called Michael Anthony.

[Ron Green]

36. "The Millionaire," of course.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. Another one for baby boomers: Gladys

Hint: The actor who played her husband was later a regular on MASH.

[maveric]

21. Harry Morgan of "Pete and Gladys".

Memories of B&W reruns....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

37. ACTUALLY "Pete and Gladys" was a spin-off in which

Gladys was seen and portrayed by Cara Williams.

The original show, the one in which Harry Morgan, playing a neighbor, told jokes about his never-seen wife Gladys, was December Bride, starring Spring Byington as an older woman who lived with her daughter and son-in-law.

[alphafemale]

16. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash

:D

[begin_within]

17. Lars (Phyllis' husband) on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"

[begin_within]

18. They should have a reunion special of all these invisible characters

[woo me with science]

25. LOL...I can just see it.

an empty stage, or maybe just some telephones here and there, and big, figure-obscuring potted plants.

[Arkham House]

19. Mrs Harris

--the famous metaphysical conundrum of Dickens' "Martin Chuzzlewit"...I think she's much more intriguing than Godot, though Mrs Gamp showing up in Becket would be cool...

[woo me with science]

44. very nice. nt

[Arkham House]

22. And while we're at it--Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings"...

...at least, the novel...and the aliens in "2001"...

[Aristus]

23. Marys, from "Frasier".

She was one of the most well-developed unseen characters in TV history.

[woo me with science]

24. Y'all are very quick. Thanks!

and sharp. You thought of a bunch that we missed. I had to look up John Beresford Tipton, Gladys, and Kaiser Soze, because I had no idea who they were.

The only ones we thought of that I don't see so far are Larry Mondello's father, Mrs. Columbo, and Deep Throat. I thought I had another one with the Big Giant Head, but my husband now informs me that I am wrong and that William Shatner showed up in the part. Good casting, anyway.

[alphafemale]

27. Orson? (Mork)

Not sure about that one.

[woo me with science]

29. I think you're right.

Didn't he just send reports to the faceless Orson. Good one.

[ReadTomPaine]

39. Oh.. I mentioned Mrs. Columbo downthread. Missed this reference!

[Joe Chi Minh]

50. Mrs Columbo's our favourite!

[Nicole]

26. Mary Alice on Desperate Housewives

She keeps talking from beyond the grave, you'd think she could make an appearance.

[woo me with science]

46. Oh, why didn't I think of that?!! nt

[leftofthedial]

30. Pickles

on Dick Van Dyke

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self delete dupe

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45. Actually, I think we did see Pickles a couple of times

but played by 2 different actresses, which was weird.

[leftofthedial]

64. they usually made some schtick about the fact she wasn't there

Morey Amsterdam always had some kind of one-liner about her.

[Mojambo]

31. Kramer's friend, Bob Sacamano. n/t

[Initech]

52. Or how about George Steinbrenner?

Of course, we all know it's Larry David, but still...

[ghostsofgiants]

32. Dr. Claw, from the Inspector Gadget cartoon.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

33. Doesn't 'The Prisoner' deal with 'Number One' or someone by voice only?

[mr blur]

40. No, right at the end

No. 6 is confronted with No. 1 who turns out to be... No. 6 (or at least to have No. 6's face)

[mduffy31]

35. Sparky from M*A*S*H

I have seen every episode, and I don't think you ever see him.

[underpants]

53. Not true they did show him at least once

[mduffy31]

62. Good show

I guess I missed that one.

[ReadTomPaine]

38. Mrs. Columbo from the original Columbo TV series

And no, Kate Mulgrew wasn't the wife of Peter Falk's Columbo. That's a common misconception.

[woo me with science]

43. Great picture,

and I agree about Mrs. Columbo. Kate Mulgrew wasn't even close.

[Joe Chi Minh]

55. In his old age, my father-in-law was not looked after that well by

the family members he was staying with, so my wife ended up washing his mack every time he visited us. I'd dubbed him Columbo when I first realised what a state his clothes were in.

[Elidor]

41. Jason n/t

[terrya]

42. Stan, Karen Walker's husband on "Will and Grace"

He was never seen.

[calico1]

47. Bob Saccomano(sp?)

Kramer's friend. :)

[Quiet_Dem_Mom]

48. May not technically qualify, but: Remington Steele?

Didn't the female detective make up the name for her investigation company? Then Pierce Brosnan's character assumed the name for himself, but his actual name was never revealed in the series...to my recollection.

QDM

[underpants]

56. Charlie of Charlie's Angels

[Beware the Beast Man]

49. Vera, Norm's wife on "Cheers."

[underpants]

54. Wilson, Tim the Toolman's neighbor

He has passed away since then. He did the voice on Home Depot commercials too.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/12/30/obit.hindman.ap/index.html

[underpants]

57. Kramer's friend Bob Saccomato on Seinfeld

Spelling?

[calico1]

59. I beat you to it.

See above. Don't know which spelling is right. B-)

[underpants]

60. Missed by that much

Sideshow Bob: Attempted murder, now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?

[Mojambo]

66. And I beat YOU to it!

:hi:

[calico1]

67. ROFL!!

:hi: :blush:

[Bassic]

58. Well, we saw Wilson all the time.

Just not his mouth for some retarded reason.

[Canadian Socialist]

61. Mary Tyler Moore

played a switchboard operator in "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" (1957) where only her legs and hands were shown.

[BrotherBuzz]

63. Mysterious millionaire novelist Robin Masters - Magnum PI

[IsIt1984Yet]

65. Elvis - Clarence Whirley's conscience from

True Romance.

Played by Val Kilmer. The reason he was never shown? The costume was RIDICULOUS, and per Val Kilmer, he looked like a man in drag! They filmed him, then clouded it out before release.

[mduffy31]

68. Vera Peterson

Norm's wife on Cheers. My brother reminded me of that.