Television Hall of Fame Inductees: Acting
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 individuals were byproducts of a certain time period and their views reflected that era. Those individuals who still live are held to higher standards than those who have passed as it’s incumbent upon each of us to grow, improve, and adapt to standards of fairness, equity, and liberty. While we cannot change the past and who we have inducted previously, we will acknowledge that we must do better. 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. As such, we will do what we can to induct only those individuals of strong character whose actions are a reflection of the ideals of the present.
— A —
1999: Alan Alda
2021: Jason Alexander
2005: Gracie Allen
2010: Steve Allen
2023: Jennifer Aniston
2011: Eve Arden
2007: Desi Arnaz
1998: Beatrice Arthur
1998: Edward Asner
2018: Fred Astaire
2008: Gene Autry
2016: Hank Azaria
— B —
1997: Lucille Ball
2021: Christine Baranski
2013: Roseanne Barr
2006: Jack Benny
2016: Candice Bergen
1998: Milton Berle
2020: Mel Blanc
1997: Carol Burnett
2005: George Burns
2010: Raymond Burr
2023: LeVar Burton
— C —
2005: Sid Caesar
2008: Art Carney
2023: Diahann Carroll
2008: Johnny Carson
2016: Nancy Cartwright
2016: Dan Castellaneta
2023: Richard Chamberlain
2009: John Cleese
2020: George Clooney
2019: Glenn Close
2004: Imogene Coca
2020: Joan Collins
2015: Perry Como
2000: Bill Cosby
2023: Courteney Coss
2022: Brian Cox
2019: Bryan Cranston
2010: Walter Cronkite
2020: Jane Curtin
2015: Joan Cusack
— D —
2006: Tyne Daly
2017: Ted Danson
2023: Viola Davis
2016: Ruby Dee
2021: Judi Dench
2021: Danny DeVito
2014: Patty Duke
— F —
2018: Edie Falco
2006: Peter Falk
2021: Carrie Fisher
2013: Michael J. Fox
2020: Dennis Franz
— G —
2021: James Gandolfini
2019: Judy Garland
2006: James Garner
2019: Estelle Getty
2004: Jackie Gleason
2017: John Goodman
2015: Kelsey Grammer
2000: Andy Griffith
— H —
2013: Larry Hagman
2007: Valerie Harper
2019: Jim Henson
2012: Bob Hope
— J —
2022: Samuel L. Jackson
2023: James Earl Jones
— K —
2018: Carol Kane
2020: DeForest Kelley
2007: Don Knotts
2019: Lisa Kudrow
— L —
2022: Jessica Lange
1998: Angela Lansbury
1999: Vicki Lawrence
2000: Cloris Leachman
2009: David Letterman
2018: Judith Light
2017: John Lithgow
2022: Christopher Lloyd
2017: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
— M —
2023: Shirley MacLaine
2018: William H. Macy
2000: Penny Marshall
2008: Rue McClanahan
2017: Laurie Metcalf
2018: Helen Mirren
2005: Elizabeth Montgomery
1997: Mary Tyler Moore
2012: Agnes Moorehead
2017: Rita Moreno
2011: Edward R. Murrow
— N —
1999: Bob Newhart
2015: Nichelle Nichols
2016: Leonard Nimoy
— O —
2004: Carroll O’Connor
— R —
2020: Phylicia Rashad
2006: Donna Reed
2000: Diana Rigg
2014: John Ritter
2006: Fred Rogers
— S —
2023: Pat Sajak
2006: Isabel Sanford
2018: Jerry Seinfeld
2017: Tom Selleck
2020: Jane Seymour
2019: Garry Shandling
2008: William Shatner
2016: Cybill Shepherd
2011: Dinah Shore
2014: Phil Silvers
2011: Red Skelton
2017: Jean Smart
2022: Maggie Smith
2014: Ann Sothern
2004: Jean Stapleton
2019: Jon Stewart
2023: Patrick Stewart
2020: David Suchet
2012: Ed Sullivan
— T —
2015: George Takei
2006: Lily Tomlin
2019: Rip Torn
2009: Alex Trebek
2015: Cicely Tyson
— V —
2000: Dick Van Dyke
2007: Vivian Vance
— W —
2010: Barbara Walters
1999: Betty White
2016: Robin Williams
2013: Oprah Winfrey
2018: Henry Winkler
2022: Kate Winslet
2015: Alfre Woodard
— Y —
2020: Loretta Young
2012: Robert Young