I believe the sitcom "Soap" was the first show to feature an openly gay character. Billy Chrystal play the character, I think his name was "Jody". It is also my thought that Peppermint Patty and Darcy , from the Snoopy shows, were the first gay couple on tv:)
The first name of the character played by Richard Boone was never revealed. Just Palladin.
Walter he was a famous character
Hugh Laurie's character's name is Gregory House
V.R. Troopers is the name of a television show that lasted from 1994 to 1996. The character that had the first line in the first episode of V.R. Troopers was Ryan, real name Brad Hawkins.
Simone. She was not a regular character and was only in the first season of the show.
Cosmo.
On the first tv show (on ABC), the name of the character was Jamie Summers played by Lindsay Wagner. I do not know who starred in the short run second show on NBC.
John Doe - Prison Break - was created on 2007-01-22.
He is always referred to as Opie or Ope Taylor.
Eric Forman
The female character (the mom) was June Cleaver and the male character (the dad) was Ward Cleaver. Beaver's real name in the TV show was Theodore, and he had a brother named Wally.
The cartoon character "Pink Panther" first appeared in the feature film "The Pink Panther" - 1963 and due to the popularity of the character he later appeared in his own cartoon series "The Pink Panther Show" on NBC TV from 1969 - 78 .