Television Hall of Fame Inductees: Characters
This area is currently under construction. Please find below the current list of inductees as well as the year in which they were inducted into the Hall of Fame by the members of the OFTA. Please note that the most recent additions have been listed like this. We are working on an area to give more details on our selections.
EDITORIAL NOTE: Hall of Fame inductees are selected based on three primary considerations: the historic, aesthetic, and cultural significance of each inductee. Some productions were byproducts of a certain time period and those views are reflective that era. When we look historically at the productions of the past, we must acknowledge the historic relevance of certain films even if the contents of those films have become problematic at best or downright offensive at worst. While we aren’t able to change the selections of the past, our organization pledges to do what it can to promote inclusion and tolerance. Further, we encourage you to seek out knowledge on each film and understand not only its importance to cinema history, but also the nature of its offenses. History will write itself based on the morality of the present, but only through the reflection of the past can we see where we have come from and where we are going to. A film’s controversiality may impact its perception in the framework of history, but we need to make sure that history impacts the perception of the present and learn from whatever mistakes were made. Ignoring those mistakes only enables the worst impulses of history to be forgotten and enables the commission of such atrocities in the future.
— A —
2023: Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) – Family Ties (1982-1989, 7 seasons)
2021: Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor) – All in the Family (1971-1979, 6 seasons)
2021: Arthur ‘Fonzie’ Fonzarelli (Henry Winkler) – Happy Days (1974-1984, 11 seasons)
— B —
2021: Bart Simpson (Nancy Cartwright) – The Simpsons (1989-Present)
2022: Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) – Fawlty Towers (1975-1979, 2 seasons)
2021: Big Bird (Carroll Spinney) – Sesame Street (1969-Present)
2021: Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) – The Golden Girls (1985-1992, 7 seasons)
2022: Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003, 7 seasons)
— C —
2021: Capt. Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce (Alan Alda) – M*A*S*H (1972-1983, 11 seasons)
2021: Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) – Star Trek (1966-1969, 3 seasons)
2022: Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) – Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994, 7 seasons)
— D —
: Det. Lennie Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) – Law & Order (1991-2004, 13 seasons)
2021: The Doctor (Various) – Doctor Who (1963-Present)
2021: Dorothy Zbornak (Beatrice Arthur) – The Golden Girls (1985-1992, 7 seasons)
— E —
2021: Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton) – All in the Family (1971-1979, 8 seasons)
— F —
2022: Fred Flintstone (Alan Reed) – The Flintstones (1960-1966, 6 seasons)
— G —
2021: George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) – The Jeffersons (1975-1985, 11 seasons)
2021: Gilligan (Bob Denver) – Gilligan’s Island (1964-1967, 3 seasons)
— H —
2021: Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) – The Simpsons (1989-Present)
— J —
2021: Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) – Murder, She Wrote (1984-1996, 12 seasons)
— K —
2022: Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) – The Muppet Show (1976-1981, 5 seasons)
— L —
2021: Lou Grant (Ed Asner) – The Mary Tyler Moore Show / Lou Grant (1970-1982, 12 seasons)
2021: Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford) – The Jeffersons (1975-1985, 11 seasons)
2021: Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) – Columbo (1971-2003, 13 seasons)
2022: Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) – Star Trek (1966-1969, 3 seasons)
2021: Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) – I Love Lucy (1951-1957, 6 seasons)
— M —
: Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner) – The Simpsons (1989-Present)
2021: Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977, 7 seasons)
: Miss Piggy (Frank Oz) – The Muppet Show (1976-1981, 5 seasons)
2021: Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) – Star Trek (1966-1969, 3 seasons)
— P —
: Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) – Perry Mason (1957-1966, 9 seasons)
— R —
2022: Rose Nylund (Betty White) – The Golden Girls (1985-1992, 7 seasons)
— S —
2022: Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) – Bewitched (1964-1972, 8 seasons)
2022: Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) – The Golden Girls (1985-1992, 7 seasons)
— T —
2022: Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) – The Sopranos (1999-2007, 6 seasons)