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  • The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
  • TV Series | 30 min | Family, Game-Show
The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
TV Series | 30 min | Family, Game-Show

Guests who have the same name as famous persons, fictional characters, or things, are quizzed by celebrity panelists who try to determine their name.
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Updated Dec 5, 1951

Release date (First episode)
Dec 5, 1951 (United States)

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Cast

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170 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Joan Alexander
Self - Panelist / Self / Self - Celebrity Guest Self - Panelist / Self / Self - Celebrity Guest   See fewer
133
Robert Q. Lewis
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
95
Gene Rayburn
Self / Self - Panelist Self / Self - Panelist   See fewer
50
Roger Price
Self - Panelist / Self Self - Panelist / Self   See fewer
37
Meredith Willson
Self - Panelist / Self Self - Panelist / Self   See fewer
36
Lee Vines
Self - Announcer Self - Announcer   See fewer
33
Bess Myerson
Self - Panelist / Self Self - Panelist / Self   See fewer
32
Bill Stern
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
29
Audrey Meadows
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
27
Dennis James
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
18
Carl Reiner
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
18
Clifton Fadiman
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
14
Walter Slezak
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
14
Bob Shepard
Self - Announcer Self - Announcer   See fewer
14
Jerry Lester
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
13
Arnold Stang
Self - Panelist / Self Self - Panelist / Self   See fewer
13
Abe Burrows
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
13
Mike Wallace
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
10
Bob Elliott
Self - Co-Host Self - Co-Host   See fewer
10
Ray Goulding
Self - Co-Host Self - Co-Host   See fewer
10
Laraine Day
Self - Panelist / Self Self - Panelist / Self   See fewer
8
Bill Cullen
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
8
7
Hy Gardner
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
6
Dane Clark
Self / Self - Panelist Self / Self - Panelist   See fewer
4
Rocky Graziano
Self / Self - Celebrity Guest / Self - Contestant Self / Self - Celebrity Guest / Self - Contestant   See fewer
3
Dennis O'Keefe
Self - Guest / Self Self - Guest / Self   See fewer
3
Brian Aherne
Self - Guest Moderator / Self Self - Guest Moderator / Self   See fewer
3
Peter Donald
Self - Panelist / Self Self - Panelist / Self   See fewer
3
Jayne Meadows
Self - Contestant / Self - Guest Panelist Self - Contestant / Self - Guest Panelist   See fewer
2
John Newland
Self - Guest Panelist / Self - Panelist Self - Guest Panelist / Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
Joe E. Brown
Self / Self - Contestant Self / Self - Contestant   See fewer
2
Lauritz Melchior
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
2
Terry Moore
Self / Self - Celebrity Guest Self / Self - Celebrity Guest   See fewer
2
George Raft
Celebrity Guest / Self Celebrity Guest / Self   See fewer
2
Charles Coburn
Self / Self - Guest Contestant Self / Self - Guest Contestant   See fewer
2
Salvador Dalí
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
2
Eddie Bracken
Self / Self - Contestant Self / Self - Contestant   See fewer
2
Hoagy Carmichael
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
2
Morey Amsterdam
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
Cliff Norton
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
Jean Sullivan
Self - commercial spokeswoman for Swanson Chicken Self - commercial spokeswoman for Swanson Chicken   See fewer
2
2
Denise Darcel
Self - Contestant / Self - Guest Self - Contestant / Self - Guest   See fewer
2
Eve Arden
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
2
Eddie Albert
Self / Self - Contestant Self / Self - Contestant   See fewer
2
2
Hildy Parks
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
Denise Lor
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
1
John Henry Faulk
Panelist / Self Panelist / Self   See fewer
1
Marc Connelly
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
1
Katie Boyle
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
1
Jean Sablon
Self - Guest star contestant Self - Guest star contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Self - Celebrity Guest Self - Celebrity Guest   See fewer
1
1
1
George Montgomery
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Gregory Ratoff
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Jerry Colonna
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Peggy King
Self - Celebrity Guest Self - Celebrity Guest   See fewer
1
1
Ezio Pinza
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
David Niven
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Burgess Meredith
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Cesar Romero
Contestant Contestant   See fewer
1
Melvyn Douglas
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Victor McLaglen
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Cedric Hardwicke
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Zasu Pitts
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Barry Fitzgerald
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
Dick Haymes
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Garry Moore
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
1
Nelson Eddy
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
1
Johnny Mercer
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Yogi Berra
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
Hal Block
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
1
John Reed King
Self - commercial spokesman for Bendix Home Appliances Self - commercial spokesman for Bendix Home Appliances   See fewer
1
1
Piper Laurie
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Jackie Cooper
Self - Guest Panelist Self - Guest Panelist   See fewer
1
Robert Montgomery
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
Gypsy Rose Lee
Self - Guest Contestant Self - Guest Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
1
June Havoc
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Brian Donlevy
Guest star contestant Guest star contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
Marilyn Maxwell
Guest star contestant Guest star contestant   See fewer
1
1
Diana Lynn
Self - Celebrity Contestant Self - Celebrity Contestant   See fewer
1
Chester Morris
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Conrad Nagel
Self - Guest Host Self - Guest Host   See fewer
1
Harry James
Self - Guest Star Self - Guest Star   See fewer
1
Frances Langford
Self - Guest star contestant Self - Guest star contestant   See fewer
1
Monty Woolley
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
Xavier Cugat
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Mickey Mantle
Guest star contestant Guest star contestant   See fewer
1
Morton Downey
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Joe Louis
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Paul Whiteman
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Jack Carson
Guest Celebrity Guest Celebrity   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Russel Crouse
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Jean Sullivan
Self - Live Commercial Announcer Self - Live Commercial Announcer   See fewer
1
Margaret O'Brien
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Sheree North
Self - Celebrity Guest Self - Celebrity Guest   See fewer
1
Keenan Wynn
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Rhonda Fleming
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
Donald Crisp
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Pearl Bailey
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Tony Bennett
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Chico Marx
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Barbara Britton
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Ken Murray
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Spike Jones
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
1
1
Joan Benny
Self - contestant as the daughter of Jack Benny Self - contestant as the daughter of Jack Benny   See fewer
1
Jack E. Leonard
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Arthur Marx
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Sam Levenson
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
Gil Hodges
Self - Contestant Self - Contestant   See fewer
1
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