"Hotel" (1983) TV series 1983-1988

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

21 September 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

The elegant St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco is the setting for a string of distinct plots, usually romantic...

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Hotel Business | Melodrama | Soap Opera | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

James Brolin	...	Peter McDermott (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Connie Sellecca	...	Christine Francis (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Nathan Cook	...	Billy Griffin / ... (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Shari Belafonte	...	Julie Gillette / ... (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Michael Spound	...	Dave Kendall (100 episodes, 1983-1987)
Heidi Bohay	...	Megan Kendall (100 episodes, 1983-1987)
Shea Farrell	...	Mark Danning (76 episodes, 1983-1986)
Anne Baxter	...	Victoria Cabot (73 episodes, 1983-1986)
Harry George Phillips	...	Harry, the bartender / ... (64 episodes, 1983-1988)

Series Directed by
Bruce Bilson		(17 episodes, 1983-1987)
Jerome Courtland		(11 episodes, 1983-1987)
Nancy Malone		(11 episodes, 1985-1988)
James Brolin		(10 episodes, 1985-1988)
Vincent McEveety		(6 episodes, 1984-1987)
Charles S. Dubin		(5 episodes, 1985)
Richard Kinon		(4 episodes, 1983-1988)
Kim Friedman		(4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Gabrielle Beaumont		(4 episodes, 1985-1986)
Alan Cooke		(4 episodes, 1986-1987)
Harry Falk		(4 episodes, 1987-1988)
Robert Scheerer		(3 episodes, 1983-1987)
Philip Leacock		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Bill La Mond		(3 episodes, 1984-1985)
James L. Conway		(3 episodes, 1986-1987)
Curtis Harrington		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Don Chaffey		(2 episodes, 1983)
Joseph B. Wallenstein		(2 episodes, 1984)
Burt Brinckerhoff		(2 episodes, 1985)
Roy Campanella II		(2 episodes, 1987)
Oz Scott		(2 episodes, 1987)

Series Writing credits
Arthur Hailey		(115 episodes, 1983-1988)
James Fritzhand		(21 episodes, 1983-1987)
Andrew Laskos		(13 episodes, 1983-1987)
Geoffrey Fischer		(10 episodes, 1983-1986)
Duane Poole		(10 episodes, 1986-1988)
Tom Swale		(10 episodes, 1986-1988)
Michael Marks		(7 episodes, 1985-1986)
John Furia		(6 episodes, 1983-1986)
Barry Oringer		(6 episodes, 1983-1986)
Bill La Mond		(6 episodes, 1983-1985)
Jo La Mond		(6 episodes, 1983-1985)
Robert E. Swanson		(5 episodes, 1984-1986)
Mitch Paradise		(5 episodes, 1985-1987)
Thom Thomas		(4 episodes, 1983-1985)
Sandra Kay Siegel		(4 episodes, 1986-1987)
Jean Marie Ingels		(4 episodes, 1987-1988)
Kimmer Ringwald		(3 episodes, 1985-1987)
J.P. Brown		(3 episodes, 1986-1987)
Bruce Shelly		(3 episodes, 1986-1987)
Mary Ann Kasica		(2 episodes, 1983-1985)
Michael Scheff		(2 episodes, 1983-1985)
Alan Mandel		(2 episodes, 1984-1985)
David P. Harmon		(2 episodes, 1984)
Mann Rubin		(2 episodes, 1984)
Barry Pollack		(2 episodes, 1986)
Steven Smith		(2 episodes, 1986)
Jean Clarke		(2 episodes, 1987-1988)
Gary Rigdon		(2 episodes, 1987)
Reed Shelly		(2 episodes, 1987)
Paul Monette		(2 episodes, 1988)
Alfred Sole		(2 episodes, 1988)

Series Produced by
Aaron Spelling	....	executive producer (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
E. Duke Vincent	....	supervising producer (106 episodes, 1983-1988)
Douglas S. Cramer	....	executive producer (99 episodes, 1983-1988)
Hudson Hickman	....	associate producer (71 episodes, 1983-1986)
Henry Colman	....	producer (66 episodes, 1984-1987)
Bill Johnson	....	assistant producer (63 episodes, 1984-1987)
Bill La Mond	....	producer (48 episodes, 1983-1985)
Jo La Mond	....	producer (48 episodes, 1983-1985)
Stephen K. Rose	....	associate producer (33 episodes, 1986-1988)
Geoffrey Fischer	....	producer (23 episodes, 1985-1986)
Duane Poole	....	producer (23 episodes, 1986-1988)
Tom Swale	....	producer (23 episodes, 1986-1988)
Joseph B. Wallenstein	....	producer (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Blair Gilbert	....	coordinating producer (16 episodes, 1987-1988)
Dennis Hammer	....	producer (16 episodes, 1987-1988)
Clinton R. Culpepper	....	assistant producer (10 episodes, 1987-1988)
James Fritzhand	....	producer (9 episodes, 1986-1987)
Andrew Laskos	....	producer (9 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Original Music by
Artie Kane		(36 episodes, 1983-1987)
John E. Davis		(19 episodes, 1985-1988)
Duane Tatro		(13 episodes, 1983-1986)
Angela Morley		(12 episodes, 1984-1986)
Peter T. Myers		(6 episodes, 1983-1985)
Artie Butler		(4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Ben Lanzarone		(3 episodes, 1983-1985)
Ken Harrison		(3 episodes, 1988)
Lance Rubin		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Dennis McCarthy		(2 episodes, 1985-1987)
Greig McRitchie		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Robert C. Moreno		(52 episodes, 1983-1986)
Archie R. Dalzell		(17 episodes, 1983-1984)
Charles W. Short		(17 episodes, 1986-1987)
Tony Askins		(16 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Film Editing by
G. Gregg McLaughlin		(30 episodes, 1983-1987)
Argyle Nelson Jr.		(28 episodes, 1983-1987)
Barry L. Gold		(18 episodes, 1985-1988)
Wayne Wahrman		(16 episodes, 1983-1985)
Chuck McClelland		(5 episodes, 1987-1988)
Larry Strong		(5 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Casting by
Robin Lippin		(52 episodes, 1984-1987)
Pam Polifroni		(22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Paul Bengston		(22 episodes, 1987-1988)
David Cohn		(22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Sally Powers		(5 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Art Direction by
Serge Krizman		(86 episodes, 1983-1987)
Larry Warwick		(16 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Set Decoration by
Joseph A. Armetta		(49 episodes, 1984-1986)
Marc E. Meyer Jr.		(32 episodes, 1986-1988)
Bonnie Dermer		(23 episodes, 1983-1984)

Series Costume Design by
Nolan Miller		(49 episodes, 1983-1985)

Series Makeup Department
William Lyon MacKenzie	....	makeup artist (103 episodes, 1983-1988)
Gus Le Pre	....	hair stylist (81 episodes, 1983-1988)
Mark Bussan	....	makeup artist (77 episodes, 1984-1988)
Suzan Bagdadi	....	hair stylist (72 episodes, 1983-1986)
Susan Schuler-Page	....	hair stylist (32 episodes, 1986-1988)
Norma Lee	....	hair stylist (23 episodes, 1983-1984)
Mel Berns Jr.	....	makeup artist (14 episodes, 1983-1984)
Ken Wensevic	....	makeup artist (8 episodes, 1984)
Tom Hoerber	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Production Management
Norman Henry	....	executive production manager / senior executive production manager (105 episodes, 1983-1988)
Joseph Dervin Jr.	....	executive in charge of post-production / executive in charge of post production (104 episodes, 1983-1988)
Blair Gilbert	....	unit production manager (103 episodes, 1983-1988)
Al Kraus	....	supervising production manager (88 episodes, 1983-1987)
William A. Porter	....	executive production manager (22 episodes, 1984-1986)
Robert Della Santina	....	assistant supervising production manager (22 episodes, 1985-1986)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Choi	....	second assistant director (72 episodes, 1984-1988)
Steve Cohen	....	second second assistant director (50 episodes, 1983-1985)
Nathan Haggard	....	first assistant director (46 episodes, 1983-1988)
Eldon Burke	....	first assistant director / second assistant director (44 episodes, 1983-1988)
Bradley M. Gross	....	second assistant director (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Gene De Ruelle	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 1983-1984)
Todd Corman	....	second assistant director (7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Steve Barnett	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Jim Weatherill	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1983)
Richard A. Wells	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1983)
Bea Ellen Cameron	....	assistant director intern: 1983 (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Thomas R. Cahill	....	assistant property master / set propmaster (98 episodes, 1983-1987)
Gordon Kirschbaum	....	superintendent studio operations (76 episodes, 1983-1986)
Michael Wilson	....	property master (66 episodes, 1983-1986)
Allan Lotta	....	construction coordinator (65 episodes, 1984-1987)
Marco A. Campos	....	propmaker (64 episodes, 1985-1988)
Earl Capello	....	superintendent studio operations (39 episodes, 1986-1988)
David L. McGuire	....	leadman (23 episodes, 1983-1984)
Clair Mulkey	....	construction coordinator (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Roger Montesano	....	property master (21 episodes, 1986-1987)
John Sutton	....	construction coordinator (17 episodes, 1983-1988)
Jerry Swift	....	property master (16 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Sound Department
John Salcedo	....	sound mixer (57 episodes, 1984-1987)
Daniel P. Church	....	boom operator (47 episodes, 1985-1987)
Glenn E. Anderson	....	sound mixer (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Bruce Smith	....	sound mixer (16 episodes, 1987-1988)
Richard S. Church	....	sound mixer (8 episodes, 1984-1985)
John S. Coffey	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Tom Gerard	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Richard LeGrand Jr.	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Bill Ferrier	....	special effects (22 episodes, 1983-1984)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Peter McEvoy	....	camera department manager (21 episodes, 1984-1985)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Beth Hymson	....	casting associate (26 episodes, 1984-1985)
Deedee Bradley	....	casting associate (24 episodes, 1985-1987)
Gary Oberst	....	casting associate (24 episodes, 1987-1988)
Dennis Hammer	....	casting supervisor / supervising casting director (22 episodes, 1983-1984)
Junie Lowry-Johnson	....	casting associate (18 episodes, 1983-1984)
Shani Ginsberg	....	casting associate (5 episodes, 1985-1986)
Adam Rich	....	casting associate (4 episodes, 1983)
Sharon Black	....	casting associate (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Eilish Zebrasky	....	wardrobe supervisor (104 episodes, 1983-1988)
Joe McCloskey	....	costumer: men (103 episodes, 1983-1988)
Nolan Miller	....	wardrobe consultant (55 episodes, 1985-1988)
Lori Clark	....	costumer: women (26 episodes, 1983-1985)
Charlotte Iwata	....	costumer: women (23 episodes, 1985-1986)
Ann Gray Lambert	....	costumer: women (11 episodes, 1984-1985)
Peggy Thorin	....	costumer: women (7 episodes, 1984-1985)
Rita Salazar	....	costumer: women (3 episodes, 1984-1985)

Series Editorial Department
John Woodcock	....	supervising editor / supervising film editor (88 episodes, 1983-1987)
John A. Barton	....	assistant editor (32 episodes, 1984-1988)
Steve Cioffi	....	apprentice editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Henry Mancini	....	composer: theme music (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Rocky Moriana	....	music supervisor (104 episodes, 1983-1988)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (1 episode, 1983)

Series Other crew
Bret Garwood	....	executive coordinator (104 episodes, 1983-1988)
Stuart Lippman	....	script supervisor (102 episodes, 1983-1988)
Barry Oringer	....	developed for television by (97 episodes, 1983-1988)
John Furia	....	developed for television by (96 episodes, 1983-1988)
Andrew Laskos	....	story editor / executive script consultant (63 episodes, 1983-1986)
Renate Kamer	....	assistant to executive producer / assistant to executive producers (56 episodes, 1983-1988)
Diana Weatherill	....	assistant to executive producer / assistant to executive producers (56 episodes, 1983-1988)
James Fritzhand	....	story editor / executive story editor (49 episodes, 1984-1986)
Geoffrey Fischer	....	executive script consultant / executive story editor (48 episodes, 1983-1985)
Phill Norman	....	title designer / title design / ... (48 episodes, 1983-1985)
Michael Marks	....	story editor (25 episodes, 1985-1986)
Paul Boorstin	....	executive story editor (16 episodes, 1987-1988)
Sharon Boorstin	....	executive story editor (16 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jean Clarke	....	story editor (15 episodes, 1987-1988)
Joel J. Feigenbaum	....	executive script consultant (11 episodes, 1987-1988)
Steven Smith	....	story editor (7 episodes, 1986-1987)
Jean Marie Ingels	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1987)
E. Jack Kaplan	....	executive script consultant (2 episodes, 1983)
Art Scholl	....	pilot (unknown episodes, 1983)

Series Thanks
Anne Baxter	....	in loving memory: Good Night Sweet Princess (1 episode, 1986)

Production Companies

• Aaron Spelling Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1983-1988) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• FEM3 (2010) (Hungary) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (114 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

710 Steiner Street, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Aaron Spelling Productions

Trivia:

Bette Davis starred as Mrs. Laura Trent, owner of San Francisco's St. Gregory Hotel. She fell ill and was hospitalized early into the show's first season. Anne Baxter (Davis' nemesis Eve Harrington in All About Eve (1950)) took over the hotel as Victoria Cabot, Mrs. Trent's sister-in-law. Davis was not invited back when she recovered.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Jay Leno Show: Episode #1.46" (2009)

Hotel

Love Boat meets Melrose meets The Golden Palace! I have never seen so much drama in a Hotel in my life!! A man inherits a hotel full of celebs, love, & problems. This show apparently had a 5 year run but I can't say that I watched it up until the end. The first 3 seasons were great! This is one of those TVLAND must-sees! Like most soap-type of shows, they throw the bait & when you go for it, they pull you in. 1-10 (8)