Gavin MacLeod
Capitaine Merrill Stubing in Love Boat
Birth name : Allan See
Birth date : 1930/02/28 (95 years old)
Birth place : Mount Kisco, New York (USA)
Height: 1.80 m
Biography for Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod was raised in Pleasantville, New York, the son of a Chippewa Indian and gas station owner. He followed his 1952 graduation from Ithaca College with military service, then moved to New York City and worked for a while as an usher and elevator operator at Radio City Music Hall. A solid break on Broadway in "A Hatful of Rain" in 1956, led him to move to Los Angeles to attempt film and TV. For awhile he earned a minor reputation as a second-string heavy in crime stories.
His career more or less flowed and ebbed with these minor dramatic roles until 1972, when his typecast as a shady, dangerous character was shattered forever. As Murray Slaughter, the balding, beaming newswriter on "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) wisecracking, humble and un-hip to a fault, Gavin (and Murray) became friendly household names in the 70s. From then on, he could only be envisaged as a loveable schmuck and nice guy.
This image was later cast in stone with the enduring success of another TV series, "The Love Boat" (1977), in his role as the ingratiating Captain Stubing. On the down side, "Love Boat" marred his chances to be considered for more challenging work, and his inability to cope with success led to alcoholism and divorce from second wife Patti. However, he later turned his life around, remarried his wife, and wrote a biography called "Back on Coarse." Today he appears occasionally on the summer stock/dinner theater stage and as a guest performer on TV.
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Filmography
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| The Making of 'Time Changer' (2003 video documentaire) | Lui-même |
| Eight Characters In Search of a Sitcom (2003 video documentaire) | Lui-même |
| TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003 TV special documentaire) | Lui-même |
| Time Changer (2002) | Norris Anderson |
| She Turned the World On with Her Smile: The Making of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (2002 video documentaire) | Lui-même |
| La croisière s'amuse: TV Tales (2002 TV special) | Lui-même |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion (2002 TV documentaire) | Lui-même |
| Oz (1997 Serie TV) | Cardinal Frances Abgott (2000) |
| The King of Queens (1998 Serie TV) | Uncle Stu |
| If I Die Before I Wake (1993 Téléfilm) | Principal Carter |
| The Last Act Is a Solo (1991 Téléfilm) | Michael Holmes |
| Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (1991 TV documentaire) | Lui-même |
| La croisière s'amuse: A Valentine Voyage (1990 Téléfilm) | Capt. Stubing |
| Student Exchange (1987 Téléfilm) | Vice Principal Durfner |
| The Comic (1985) | Actor |
| Night of 100 Stars (1982 Téléfilm) | Lui-même |
| Murder Can Hurt You (1980 Téléfilm) | Lt. Nojack |
| Scruples (1980 TV mini-series) | Curt Arvey |
| Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978 Téléfilm) | Lui-même |
| NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978 TV documentaire) | Lui-même |
| La croisière s'amuse (1977 Serie TV) | Captain Merrill Stubing |
| Ransom for Alice! (1977 Téléfilm) | Yankee Sullivan |
| The New Love Boat (1977 Téléfilm) | Captain Merrill Stubing |
| Only with Married Men (1974 Téléfilm) | Jordan Robbins |
| Honeymoon Suite (1973 Serie TV) | Actor |
| The Intruders (1970 Téléfilm) | Warden |
| Mary Tyler Moore (1970 Serie TV) | Murray Slaughter |
| Kelly's Heroes (1970) | Moriarty, Tank crewman |
| Billy Bright (1969) | 1st Director |
| The Thousand Plane Raid (1969) | Sgt. Kruger |
| A Man Called Gannon (1969) | Lou |
| The Party (1968) | C.S. Divot |
| Deathwatch (1967) | Emil |
| The Sand Pebbles (1966) | Crosley |
| Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966) | Radio Operator |
| McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965) | Seaman Joseph 'Happy' Haines |
| The Sword of Ali Baba (1965) | Hulagu Khan |
| McHale's Navy (1964) | Seaman Joseph 'Happy' Hanes |
| McHale's Navy (1962 Serie TV) | Joseph 'Happy' Haines (1962-1964) |
| The Big Train (1962 Téléfilm) | Actor |
| War Hunt (1962) | Pvt. Crotty |
| The Crimebusters (1961) | Harry Deiner |
| High Time (1960) | Professor Thayer |
| Twelve Hours to Kill (1960) | Johnny |
| The Gene Krupa Story (1959) | Ted Krupa (uncredited) |
| Operation Petticoat (1959) | Ernest Hunkle |
| Pork Chop Hill (1959) | Pvt. Saxon |
| Compulsion (1959) | Padua |
| I Want to Live! (1958) | Police Lt. |
| Young and Wild (1958) | Mac (uncredited) |
Trivia
- His "The Love Boat" (1977) captain exposure led to a long-running gig promoting the Princess Cruises.
- His autobiography "Back on Coarse, the Remarkable Story of a Divorce That Ended in Remarriage" details his problems with alcohol and subsequent recovery and remarriage to second wife Patti MacLeod.
- Was a close friend (30 years) of actor Ted Knight long before they appeared together on "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970).
- Met first wife Joan at Radio City Music Hall when he was an usher and she was a Rockette. They had four children before they divorced after 18 years of marriage.
- Took his stage name from his college drama coach Beatrice Macleod, and from an affecting TV drama in which a cerebral palsy victim was named "Gavin".
- January 19, 2004: featured on "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) in their segment "Is It Potatoes or Gavin MacLeod?". It was, in fact, Gavin MacLeod.
Family
- Spouse : Patti MacLeod (1982 - present), Patti MacLeod (1974 - 1981) (divorced) 3 stepchildren, Joan MacLeod (1954 - 1972) (divorced) 4 children.
- His father was a Chippewa Indian who owned a gas station.
- Stepfather of Stephanie Steele.
Author of the card
- Creation date: 01/07/2003 by stals