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Bob (John Cryer) San Francisco, CA.
Bob and partner Owen (last names never disclosed) were two young architects coping with personal and business complications in their twentysomething life. Owen's fiance Alicia contributed to their friendship triangle. |
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Bordon, Elliot (Jim Turner) St. Paul, MN CBS 1995 Bordon was a straight-laced, passionless conservative architect who was primarily occupied with his engagement to fiance Jesse (Elizabeth McGovern). Jesse, meanwhile, had fallen in love with Craig (Hank Azaria), her co-worker at a recording studio. Bordon was so blind to this romantic triangle that he even attempted to enlist Craig's services in producing an album of Bordon's own karioke singing, recorded under the pseudonym "the architect formerly known as Elliot." |
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Brady, Michael Paul, (Robert Reed) L.A, CA The Brady Bunch ABC 1969-74 Heck, I've been fired lots of times" -Mike Brady, from episode 91 "How to Succeed in Business" Michael Brady was a newlywed conservative corporate architect who fused the ideals of the traditional nuclear family with the structure of the recombinant step-family. Brady lived with wife, six children, a live-in maid, and dog in banal suburban home designed by self. He displayed priority of family harmony over professional allegiance on many occasions: youngest son Bobby felt unloved so Brady cancelled an important meeting to buy Bobby a bike; when wife Carol became jealous of exotic client Beebe Gallini, Brady suggested that Gallini find another architect; when oldest son Greg worked at the firm as a runner, lost important sketches, and was fired, Brady convinced his superiors to rehire Greg who then lost more sets of plans. In my opinion the most unforgetable epioode, was when Mr. Bradey was hired to design the new city hall, right on the very park "Woodland" that the kids played at and loved so much. Mr. Bradey risked his job and fought for the park.. BE |
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Projects of note: -high rise in Oahu, Hawaii -addition to Cincinnati amusement park -The Penelope Fletcher Cultural Center -Sam the butcher's store expansion |
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Bumstead, Dagwood (Arthur Lake, Will Hutchins) Blondie NBC 1954, 1958 CBS 1968-69 As opposed to comic, radio, and movie versions, the sitcom Bumstead was an architect and subject of abuse at the Julius C. Dithers Construction Company. He was ineffectual and incompetent in the profession with resulting financial woes. |
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Darling, Marshall (Joe O'Conner) Clarissa Explains It All Nickelodeon 1992-1994 Darling was a standard representation of the architect as middle aged family man. The only non-network architect to date, Darling displayed a conscientious side (seen by his purchasing of family groceries in environmentally conscious "earth bags") yet his architectural convictions were ill-defined and he easily slipped into simple-minded boob mode. |
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| Evans, Richard (Larry Hagman) Encino, CA Here We Go Again ABC 1973 Easy-going newlywed architect Evans marries fellow divorcee Susan Standish. Evans has a son from a previous marriage and moves into Standish's home with her two daughters Cindy and Jan. Life revolved around marital adjustment and the meddling of two ex-spouses. |
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Poject of note:-a research center for underprivileged children. This is the project by which Evans and Standish met. |
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Hinkley, Roy "the Professor" (Russell Johnson) Gilligan's Island ABC 1964-67 Though not a registered architect, Hinkley deserves special credit for his architectural, engineering, and urban planning skills utilized during his years shipwrecked on an uncharted Pacific island. With Robinson Crusoe survival skills, Hinkley oversaw the construction of basic shelter for himself and six other castaways, creating a base community infrastructure for the several years this group was shipwrecked. |
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| Keaton, Elyse, (Meredith Baxter-Bernie) Columbus, OH Family Ties NBC 1982-89 Keaton was representative of women's burgeoning opportunities within a previously male-only profession. Liberal ideology of Keaton and her PBS producer husband Steven often conflicted with their ultra-conservative son Alex. That same sixties ideology supposedly affected both the motivation to enter and the decisions within the architecture profession. |
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| Kulchak, Harry (Jason Bateman) Chicago, IL Chicago Sons NBC 1997 Harry Kulchak was a single, successful architect living in the ultimate bachelor pad overlooking Chicago's Wrigley Field. Domestic life, though, was complicated by the intrusion of older brother Mike, who'd been sleeping in Harry's spare bedroom since being thrown out by his wife, and younger brother Billy, who dropped out of college to set up headquarters in Harry's living room. |
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Owen (Tate Donovan) San Francisco, CA Partners FOX 1995-96 Owen and partner Bob (last names never disclosed) were two young architects coping with personal and business complications in their twentysomething life. Owen's fiance Alicia contributed to their friendship triangle. |
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| Pete (Richard Rucculo) Boston, MA Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place ABC 1998-present Pete and his roomate Berg (Ryan Reynolds) are an odd couple, of sorts. Architecture grad student Pete takes an overly analytical approach to life and relationships, while Berg is more of a free spirit. Strapped for income, they both work at Beacon Street Pizzeria in Boston. Sharon, their neighbor and former college housemate, contributes another perspective on their experiences. |
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| Sutton, Lindsay (Paula Marshall) Chicago, IL Chicago Sons NBC 1997 Lindsay Sutton was Harry Kulchak's partner at their Chicago architecture firm. The sexual tension crackled between the two, ultimately diffused by Lindsay's desire to maintain her pre-existing relationship of five years. |
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| Post, Wilbur, (Alan Young) Los Angeles, CA Mr. Ed CBS 1960-66 Post was the newlywed architect as individual, preferring the retreat of a country barn/studio to his previous urban/office environs. Life evolved around the relational triangle between Post, wife Carol, and talking horse Ed. Post ranged in character from nincompoop to boob, yet managed to land some respectable projects. |
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Projects of note:-circular house for sexpot actress Gloria Laverne -luxurious and innovative stable for Mae West's horses -The American History Museum |
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Smith, John (Marshall Thompson) suburban New York Angel CBS 1960-61 Smith was a newlywed architect who helped his French wife Angel adjust to life in America. His architectural convictions and project list are unknown. |
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| Sutton, Lindsay (Paula Marshall) Chicago, IL Chicago Sons NBC 1997
Lindsay Sutton was Harry Kulchak's partnerat their Chicago architecture firm. The sexualtension crackled between the two, ultimatelydiffused by Sutton's desire to maintain herpre-existing relationship of five years |
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| Watkins, Randal. (J. Lamont Pope) Washington, DC Built to Last NBC 1997
Watkins was a greedy architect who, upon hisfather's illness, wanted to sell the familybusiness to its unethical competition.However, his Princeton educated brother,Royale (Royale Watkins), returned to Washington to ensure Watkins Constructionremain in the family as a community orientedbusiness with integrity. |
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| Willis, Dave (Peter Deuel) San Francisco, CA Love on a Rooftop ABC 1966-67 Newlywed apprentice architect Willis earned a mere $85.37 a week and struggled to support his art-student wife Julie who chose between a life in poverty and the luxurious world of her wealthy father. Willis was motivated to prove to his father-in-law that he could provide a decent life for Julie. |
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| Allen, Gwen F. (Lynn Bari) California Boss Lady DuMont 1952-53 NBC 1953-54 As president of Hillendale Homes Construction, Ms. Allen coped with the obstacles of presiding over a male dominated field in a pre-women's lib era. |
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Davis, Bill, (Brian Keith) Manhattan, NYC Family Affair CBS 1966-71 Davis was the president of Davis & Gaynor Construction. He focuses on both business and his domestic life with daughter Cissy and newly adopted siblings Buffy and Jody. His gentleman's gentleman Mr. French taught many of the life lessons. |
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| Gerard, Joe, (David Groh) New York City Rhoda CBS 1974-78 (with Gerard appearing through 1977)
Perhaps more accurately described as working in the building destruction industry, Gerardwas a demolition contractor in New YorkCity. He met, dated, and briefly marriedRhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper),following her move from Minneapolis. Lifefor him centered about the ups and downs of his relationship with Rhoda.
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| Lambert, Frank, (Patrick Duffy) Step by Step ABC 1991-1995, CBS 1995-present
Following in the footsteps of architect Mike Brady, building contractor Frank Lambert starts out as a single father with three children. While on vacation, he meets and marries beautician Carol Foster (Suzanne Somers), who has three children of her own. Life revolves around their all trying to get along -- not so much one day at a time, but step by step. |
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Taylor, Tim, (Tim Allen) Home Improvement ABC 1991-present Tim Taylor hosts a how-to television show called "Tool Time." Together with his handyman Al Borland, Taylor demonstrates a variety of do-it-yourself home improvement techniques. His on-air demonstrations and off-the-cuff remarks most often have repercussions on his domestic life, resulting in ideological stand-offs between Taylor and his wife Jill. Other situations revolve around children Randy, Brad, and Mark. Taylor's neighbor Wilson acts as advisor and mentor. |
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| Watkins, Royale. (Royale Watkins) Washington, DC Built to Last NBC 1997
Watkins was an Ivy-league graduate who, upon his father's illness, returned to his hometown to run the family construction business. Despite the urging of his younger architect brother Randal (J. Lamont Pope), Royale didn't sell Watkins Construction to its unethical competition, but instead continued with his father's desire to provide affordable home-ownership to their community. |
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Collins, Bing (Bing Crosby) Los Angeles, CA The Bing Crosby Show ABC 1964-65 As a former singer-musician turned building engineer, Collins coped with domestic life with his wife, two daughters, and a live-in handyman. |
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| Sugarbaker, Julia, (Dixie Carter) Atlanta, GA Designing Women CBS 1986-93 An interior designer with conviction (and a good dose of attitude), Sugarbaker and her trio of fellow female professionals shed new and more intelligent light on old stereotypes of both southern women and women in the workplace. |
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