Note: This free article is a part of my ongoing series of content in celebration of Pride Month. Pride Month is celebrated each year during the month of June in honor of those who fought for LGBTQ+ rights beginning with the Stonewall Riots in 1969.
Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
We often hear about how brave straight actors are who take on gay roles such as Sean Penn in Milk or Tom Hanks in Philadelphia. Today I would like to turn that around and share my Top 10 Gay Actors in the Straight Roles that made them famous.
Here they are in no particular order...
- Dick Sargent - The Second Darren on Bewitched
- Damon Evans - The Second Lionel on The Jeffersons
- Neil Patrick Harris - Doogie Howser
- John Mahoney - Martin Crane on Frasier
- David Hyde Pierce - Niles Crane on Frasier
- Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates in Psycho
- Robert Reed - Mike Brady on the Brady Bunch
- Sir Ian McKellen - Magneto in the X- Men Franchise
- George Takei - Sulu on Star Trek the Original Series
- Danny Pintauro - Jonathan on Who's the Boss.
That's it, that's the list. Thanks for coming by everybody. Have a safe drive home!
- Carolina Dean
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