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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... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActor (102 titles)
2011 Pound Puppies (TV series)
Captain Gumble
Bone Voyage (2011) … Captain Gumble (voice)
 
2009 Open Door Policy (short)
Retail Clerk (as Gavin McLeod)
 
2009 The Suite Life on Deck (TV series)
Barker / Mr. Barker
The Wrong Stuff (2009) … Mr. Barker
Mom and Dad on Deck (2009) … Barker
 
2006 That '70s Show (TV series)
Smitty
Sheer Heart Attack (2006) … Smitty
Sweet Lady (2006) … Smitty
 
2005 Checking Out
Doorman (uncredited)
 
2003 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Calvin
The Show Must Not Go On (2003) … Calvin
 
2003 JAG (TV series)
Raymond Harrick
Standards of Conduct (2003) … Raymond Harrick
 
2002 Time Changer
Norris Anderson
 
2001-2002 The King of Queens (TV series)
Uncle Stu
Hero Worship (2002) … Uncle Stu
S'no Job (2001) … Uncle Stu
 
2000 Oz (TV series)
Cardinal Frances Abgott
Works of Mercy (2000) … Cardinal Frances Abgott
 
1998 Love Boat: The Next Wave (TV series)
Captain Merrill Stubing
 
1994 Burke's Law (TV series)
Jerry Marz
Who Killed the Host at the Roast? (1994) … Jerry Marz
 
1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
Robert Carter
If I Die Before I Wake (1993) … Robert Carter
 
1991 The General Motors Playwrights Theater (TV series)
Michael Holmes
The Last Act Is a Solo (1991) … Michael Holmes
 
1990 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Art Sommers
The Big Show of 1965 (1990) … Art Sommers
 
1987 Student Exchange (TV movie)
Vice Principal Durfner
 
1986 Daniel and the Lion's Den (video short)
Daniel (voice)
 
1985 Hotel (TV series)
Martin 'Merrick' Brenner
Fallen Idols (1985) … Martin 'Merrick' Brenner
 
1980 Murder Can Hurt You! (TV movie)
Lt. Nojack
 
1980 Scruples (TV mini-series)
Curt Arvey
Episode #1.1 (1980) … Curt Arvey
Episode #1.2 (1980) … Curt Arvey
Episode #1.3 (1980) … Curt Arvey
 
1979 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Captain Stubing
 
1978 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Mr. Ellsworth
The Fine Art of Crime (1978) … Mr. Ellsworth
 
1977 Ransom for Alice! (TV movie)
Yankee Sullivan
 
1970-1977 Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)
Murray Slaughter
 
1974 Only with Married Men (TV movie)
Jordan Robbins
 
1974 Rhoda (TV series)
Murray Slaughter
 
1974 Love, American Style (TV series)
Kipnis (segment "Love and the Image Makers")
 
1972 Honeymoon Suite (TV series)
 
1970 The Intruders (TV movie)
Warden
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Lenie Franklin
Jenny Wilde Is Drowning (1970) … Lenie Franklin
 
1968-1970 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
General Contell / Major Kazan / Seymour
An Evening with Alistair Mundy (1970) … General Contell
Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby (1969) … Seymour
A Very Warm Reception (1968) … Major Kazan
 
1969 The Comic
1st Director
 
1969 Lancer (TV series)
Bateman
The Black Angel (1969) … Bateman
 
1969 The Thousand Plane Raid
Sgt. Kruger
 
1969 Judd for the Defense (TV series)
Ken Miles
Visitation (1969) … Ken Miles
 
1966-1969 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
General Metzger / General von Rauscher / Major Kiegel / …
The Witness (1969) … General von Rauscher
Clearance Sale at the Black Market (1968) … Major Kiegel
The Collector General (1968) … General Metzger
Hello, Zolle (1966) … Major Zolle
 
1967-1969 The Big Valley (TV series)
Clute / Mace / O'Leary
Alias Nellie Handley (1969) … Clute (as Gavin Mac Leod)
Presumed Dead (1968) … O'Leary
Brother Love (1967) … Mace
 
1968-1969 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Big Chicken
The Box (1969) … Big Chicken
 
1969 The Flying Nun (TV series)
Harold Harmon
A Star Is Reborn (1969) … Harold Harmon (as Gavin Mac Leod)
 
1968 The Party
Charlie S. Divot
 
1968 Ironside (TV series)
Daniel Gerber
Return of the Hero (1968) … Daniel Gerber
 
1968 A Man Called Gannon
Lou
 
1968 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Arnold
The Great Diamond Mines (1968) … Arnold
 
1967 Garrison's Gorillas (TV series)
Guido
Black Market (1967) … Guido
 
1967 Iron Horse (TV series)
Merv
Six Hours to Sky High (1967) … Merv
 
1967 The Road West (TV series)
Nick Marteen
The Eighty-Seven Dollar Bride (1967) … Nick Marteen
 
1967 Combat! (TV series)
British Cpl. Tommy Behan
The Masquers (1967) … British Cpl. Tommy Behan
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Frank Glass
The Shock of Recognition (1966) … Frank Glass
 
1966 The Rat Patrol (TV series)
Gribs
The Fatal Chase Raid (1966) … Gribs
 
1966 Baby Makes Three (TV movie)
Dr. Charles Norwood
 
1966 Deathwatch
Emil
 
1966 Ben Casey (TV series)
 
1965-1966 My Favorite Martian (TV series)
Alvin Wannamaker
 
1961-1965 Perry Mason (TV series)
Dan Platte / Lawrence Comminger / Mortimer Hershey
The Case of the Runaway Racer (1965) … Dan Platte
The Case of the Grinning Gorilla (1965) … Mortimer Hershey (as Gavin Mac Leod)
The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather (1961) … Lawrence Comminger (as Gavin Mac Leod)
 
1965 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Bryan Bender / Gilbert Jamel
The Taylors in Hollywood (1965) … Bryan Bender
TV or Not TV (1965) … Gilbert Jamel
 
1965 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Cleveland
The Hong Kong Shilling Affair (1965) … Cleveland
 
1965 Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV series)
Fred Fay
Dance, Marine, Dance (1965) … Fred Fay (as Gavin McLeod)
 
1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Rian Powers
The Meeting (1965) … Rian Powers
 
1964 The Munsters (TV series)
Paul Newmar
The Sleeping Cutie (1964) … Paul Newmar
 
1962-1964 McHale's Navy (TV series)
Joseph Haines / Joseph "Happy" Haines
Marryin' Chuck (1964) … Joseph Haines
 
1961-1962 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
Harry Deiner / Jean Douvain
Women of Silure (1962) … Jean Douvain
Crime and Commitment: Part 2 (1961) … Harry Deiner
Crime and Commitment: Part 1 (1961) … Harry Deiner
 
1962 War Hunt
Pvt. Crotty
 
1959-1962 The Untouchables (TV series)
Three-Fingered Jack White / Artie McLeod / Whitey Metz / …
Man in the Middle (1962) … William 'Porker' Davis
Loophole (1961) … Whitey Metz
The Big Train: Part 2 (1961) … Three-Fingered Jack White
The Big Train: Part 1 (1961) … Three-Fingered Jack White
The Tri-State Gang (1959) … Artie McLeod
 
1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Maxwell Cooley
Empress Carlotta's Necklace (1961) … Maxwell Cooley
 
1961 Straightaway (TV series)
The Heist (1961)
 
1961 The Investigators (TV series)
Frankie Giff
Style of Living (1961) … Frankie Giff
 
1961 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Arnie
Doyle Against the House (1961) … Arnie
 
1961 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Lorenzo Lawson
Winter Harvest (1961) … Lorenzo Lawson
 
1961 The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
Rosie Tebell
The Fighter (1961) … Rosie Tebell
 
1961 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Art
Strike Out (1961) … Art
 
1960 Dan Raven (TV series)
Branick
Tinge of Red (1960) … Branick
 
1958-1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
George Fallon / Mitch Borden
Take Five for Murder (1960) … Mitch Borden
The Kill (1958) … George Fallon
 
1960 High Time
Professor Thayer
 
1959-1960 Mr. Lucky (TV series)
Bugsy McKenna / Salesman
Hair of the Dog (1960) … Salesman
Bugsy (1959) … Bugsy McKenna
 
1960 Twelve Hours to Kill
Johnny
 
1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Billy Williams
So Deadly, So Evil (1960) … Billy Williams
 
1959 The Gene Krupa Story
Ted Krupa (uncredited)
 
1959 Lock Up (TV series)
Nick Mason
Framed Ex-Con (1959) … Nick Mason
 
1959 Man with a Camera (TV series)
Johnny Patch
Live Target (1959) … Johnny Patch
 
1959 Operation Petticoat
Ernest Hunkle
 
1959 Men Into Space (TV series)
Dr. Dave Parsons
Lost Missile (1959) … Dr. Dave Parsons
 
1959 Five Fingers (TV series)
The Unknown Town (1959)
 
1959 World of Giants (TV series)
Chemical Story (1959)
 
1959 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Operation Spark (1959)
 
1959 Pork Chop Hill
Pvt. Saxon
 
1959 Compulsion
Padua - Horn's Assistant
 
1959 Steve Canyon (TV series)
Jack Olsen
The Robbery (1959) … Jack Olsen
 
1959 Manhunt (TV series)
Walters
The Rug Man (1959) … Walters (as Gavin McLeod)
 
1958 I Want to Live!
Police Lt.
 
1958 U.S. Marshal (TV series)
Buck
The Arraignment (1958) … Buck (as Gavin McLeod)
 
1958 The Thin Man (TV series)
Jackson
The Lost Last Chapter (1958) … Jackson
 
1958 Young and Wild
Mac (uncredited)
 
1958 The True Story of Lynn Stuart
Turk (uncredited)
 
1957-1958 The Walter Winchell File (TV series)
Stone / Willy
The Walkout (1958) … Stone (as Gavin McLeod)
Act of Folly (1957) … Willy
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1974-1977 Mary Tyler Moore (TV series)
The Last Show (1977) (performer: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" - uncredited)
Edie Gets Married (1975) (performer: "Darktown Strutter's Ball" - uncredited)
Not a Christmas Story (1974) (performer: "The Twelve Days of Christmas" - uncredited, "Deck the Hall" - uncredited)
I Love a Piano (1974) (performer: "Strangers in the Night")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2003 The Making of 'Time Changer' (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (64 titles)
2011 Pioneers of Television (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
Crime Dramas (2011) … Himself (as Gavin McLeod)
 
2010 Behind the Secrets of Jonathan Sperry (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2010 The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 The Florence Henderson Show (TV series)
Himself - guest
Gavin MacLeod/Gary Owens (2009) … Himself - guest
 
2009 TV Land Moguls (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
The 80's (2009) … Himself
The 70s: Part 2 (2009) … Himself
The 70s: Part 1 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Jimmy's Cafe (short)
Himself
 
2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 August 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 19 May 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2005-2007 TV Land Confidential (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Interviewee
Finales (2007) … Himself - Interviewee
Casting and Character Creation (2005) … Himself
 
2007 Cook-Off!
Himself
 
2007 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 In the Cutz (TV series)
Himself - Guest
 
2005 The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 CBS at 75 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
Betty White: Hollywood's Golden Girl (2003) … Himself (also archive footage)
Love Boat (2001) … Himself (also archive footage)
 
2003 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
Cloris Leachman (2003) … Himself
 
2003 The Making of 'Time Changer' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Eight Characters in Search of a Sitcom (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Love Boat: TV Tales (TV special)
Himself
 
2002 The Mary Tyler Moore Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Inside TV Land: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 3 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Pinky and the Brain (TV series)
Himself
The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special (1998) … Himself (voice)
 
1998 All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 October 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1993-1995 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 January 1995 (1995) … Himself
Episode dated 18 October 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1990-1991 Showbiz Today (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 August 1991 (1991) … Himself
Episode dated 29 September 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1991 Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 September 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1987 This Is Your Life (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 The 37th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1985 The ABC All-Star Spectacular (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Himself
 
1984 The 36th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Directing in a Drama Series & Best Directing in a Limited Series or a Special (as Gavin McLeod)
 
1984 Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Mr. T (TV special)
Himself
 
1983 Just Men! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.12 (1983) … Himself
 
1982 The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Favourite Television Comedy Program
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1980 Marie (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 The Big Show (TV series)
Himself - Host
Episode #1.2 (1980) … Himself - Host
 
1979 Third Annual Final Warning!! (TV movie)
Himself
 
1978-1979 Family Feud (TV series)
Himself
Love Boat vs. Eight Is Enough 2 (1979) … Himself
Love Boat vs. Eight Is Enough (1979) … Himself
Love Boat vs. WKRP (1979) … Himself
Three's Company vs. Love Boat (1978) … Himself
 
1977-1978 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 15 December 1978 (1978) … Himself - Co-Host
Episode dated 1 November 1978 (1978) … Himself
Episode dated 12 September 1978 (1978) … Himself
Episode dated 2 September 1977 (1977) … Himself
Episode #15.146 (1977) … Himself
 
1978 Donny and Marie (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.8 (1978) … Himself
 
1978 ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977-1978 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 January 1978 (1978) … Himself
Episode dated 4 April 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1978 Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 All-Star Family Feud Special (TV series)
Himself (for "The Love Boat")
 
1974-1976 Celebrity Sweepstakes (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 May 1976 (1976) … Himself
Episode dated 21 July 1975 (1975) … Himself
Episode dated 6 May 1974 (1974) … Himself
 
1975 Celebrity Bowling (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 August 1975 (1975) … Himself
Episode dated 25 April 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 The Jim Stafford Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.1 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Mitzi and a Hundred Guys (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1974 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.5 (1974) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2013 Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1962 The Crimebusters
Harry Deiner
 
1960 Alcatraz Express (TV movie)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Played Cap'n Andy in a 1992 touring production of "Show Boat". See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Gavin Mac Leod | Gavin McLeod | O.D. Warbux | Sonny Wilde

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on his popularity while playing the forty-five/fifty-something Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat]: It's made me a commodity. Now people will pay to see me in the theater. See more »

Trivia:

Former child actor Robert Blake once said MacLeod was his favorite actor to date. See more »

Trademark:

His bald pate See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces