Today, as the Emmy’s air, I wonder who you think is the most shocking actor to have never won an Emmy?
Pop Culture Theme Time is a feature where I put a question to you to see what you think about a particular theme. I might later revisit the theme for a future Drawing Crazy Patterns or Top Five.
There are lots of great actors out there, and most of the times, they eventually win an Emmy, but not ALL of the time!
Based on actors who have been nominated at least three times for either Best Actor/Actress or Best Supporting Actor/Actress, who do you think is the most shocking actor to have never won an Emmy?
I gotta go with Angela Lansbury, who has somehow NEVER won an Emmy despite being nominated for Murder…She Wrote roughly 625 times. I mean, come the heck on, how can you tell me that not ONCE did she win an Emmy back then?
That’s my pick. What’s yours?
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My pick is easy: Bill Bixby. One of the most talented leading men on TV during the 60’s into the 80’s and he never won an Emmy (despite being nominated 4 times). Heck, Mariette Hartley guest starred on the second season premiere of “THE INCREDIBLE HULK” and SHE won an Emmy. But nothing for “Bix,” as many peers called him. There was talk of giving him a star on the Hollywood walk of fame in 2011 (which was 18 years after he’d died of cancer), but it went nowhere.
Steve Carell. The man currently has eleven nominations between the comedy and drama categories and no wins. I was really surprised to learn that he never won an Emmy for Michael Scott despite being nominated six times.
Martin Sheen for the West Wing – that was always an outright crime.
Hugh Laurie, the English actor, was amazing playing the role of the American doctor Gregory House.
Not only doing a great accent but great at the role.