Gavin MacLeod was an American actor best known for his roles as news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and ship's captain Merrill Stubing on ABC's The Love Boat.
28 Facts About Gavin MacLeod
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Gavin MacLeod went on to appear in A Man Called Gannon, in The Thousand Plane Raid, and in Kelly's Heroes.
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Gavin MacLeod achieved continuing television success co-starring alongside Ernest Borgnine on McHale's Navy as Joseph "Happy" Haines.
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Gavin MacLeod grew up in Pleasantville, New York, and studied acting at Ithaca College, from which he graduated in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in fine arts.
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Gavin MacLeod made his television debut in 1957 on The Walter Winchell File at the age of 26.
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Gavin MacLeod's first movie appearance was a small, uncredited role in The True Story of Lynn Stuart in 1958.
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Gavin MacLeod was noticed by Blake Edwards, who in 1958 cast him in the pilot episode of his NBC series Peter Gunn, two guest roles on the Edwards CBS series Mr Lucky in 1959, and as a nervous harried navy yeoman in Operation Petticoat, with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis.
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Gavin MacLeod had guest appearances on Perry Mason, The Andy Griffith Show, Ben Casey, The Big Valley, Hogan's Heroes, Ironside, and My Favorite Martian.
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Gavin MacLeod played the role of a drug pusher, "Big Chicken", in two episodes of the first season of Hawaii Five-O.
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Gavin MacLeod's starring role as Captain Stubing on The Love Boat, his next television series, was broadcast in 90 countries worldwide, between 1977 and 1986, spanning nine seasons.
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Gavin MacLeod became the global ambassador for Princess Cruises in 1986.
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Gavin MacLeod played a role in ceremonies launching many of the line's new ships.
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In 1997, Gavin MacLeod joined the Love Boat cast on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Gavin MacLeod made several appearances in musicals such as Gigi and Copacabana between 1997 and 2003.
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Gavin MacLeod appeared in Rich Christiano's Time Changer, a movie about time travel and how the morals of society have moved away from the Bible.
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Gavin MacLeod plays the lead role in Christiano's 2009 film The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry.
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Former co-star and long-term friend Ted Lange contacted him and received word that Gavin MacLeod was doing well.
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Gavin MacLeod served as the honorary Mayor of Pacific Palisades for five years, until Sugar Ray Leonard succeeded him in 2011.
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On February 28,2011, Gavin MacLeod celebrated his 80th birthday aboard the Golden Princess on Princess Cruises in Los Angeles, California.
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Gavin MacLeod appeared on the special for Betty White's 90th birthday on January 17,2012.
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Gavin MacLeod reunited with White to film "Safety Old School Style", an in-flight safety video for Air New Zealand in 2013.
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On November 5,2013, Gavin MacLeod joined his Love Boat cast mates live on the CBS daytime show The Talk.
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In December 2013, Gavin MacLeod appeared on The 700 Club to discuss his life and career.
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In January 2015, Gavin MacLeod appeared in the Rose Parade along with several other members of the original cast of The Love Boat.
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Later that same year Gavin MacLeod starred in the play Happy Hour at the Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre in Rancho Mirage, California, a role which earned him critical praise.
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On September 20,2009, Gavin MacLeod discussed his conversion to evangelicalism at The Rock Church in Anaheim, California, and was a guest speaker there in 2012.
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Gavin MacLeod died at his home in Palm Desert, California, on May 29,2021, aged 90.
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Gavin MacLeod is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City.