History NoFullNameGiven / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/YoureOnlyYoungTwice1971'': Aside from Armitage, none of the Twilight Lodge residents (Peter, Mark, Reg, Guilio, Mr. Freestone, and Ambrose) or staff (Corrinna and Benny).

** A minor running gag is that Lt. Columbo never reveals his first name on the show, and everyone either uses his last name or [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep just calls him Lieutenant]]. In an early episode, he shows an ID badge that gives his first name as Frank, but series creators Creator/LevinsonAndLink have specified [[WordOfGod that wasn't intended to be his canon name]]. They just filled the ID with placeholder text that wasn't supposed to be legible to the audience, and never anticipated that home video and higher-resolution screens would make that text legible years later.

* The eponymous host of ''Series/{{Ziwe}}'', Ziwe [[spoiler:Fumudoh]], bleeps out all mentions of her real-life last name on the show. As far as she'd have the show's fans believe, she doesn't even ''have'' a last name.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Season 1 characters that the screenwriters haven't assigned full names to include Rashid, Doris, Fenwick, Matthias, Carol, Lily, Carlo, Damek, Claudia, Charlie, Bardeen, Bruce, Habersham and Magnus.

%%* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'': Sid.

** We never learn Gul Dukat's first and middle names, beyond the fact that they start with "S" and "G" (then again, the use of "Dukat, S.G." could indicate some sort of rank or position like "station gul" and not his first and middle initials). This is odd for such a prominent character, you'd think Damar at least would be allowed to use it. In the novel "A Stitch in Time" his name is finally given as "Skrain G. Dukat."

** Lurch's mother's name is "Mother Lurch", meaning that "Lurch" is probably his surname. Neither his nor his mother's first names are revealed.

** We never learned Penny's surname. Eagle-eyed viewers did spot a parcel addressed to a "Penny Teller" she was carrying as a FreezeFrameBonus in one episode (season 2, episode 18, "The Work Song Nanocluster"). She became Penny Hofstadter after marrying Leonard, and was referred to as this on a few occasions (including the GrandFinale) but her maiden name was never said. The fact that the full names (including middle names) of all the other major characters were known made this stand out more.