Mr. Belvedere (1985–1990)

The humourous adventures of an English housekeeper working for an American family.

Stars:

Christopher Hewett, Ilene Graff, Brice Beckham

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 12 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Christopher Hewett	...	Mr. Lynn Aloysius Belvedere (117 episodes, 1985-1990)
Ilene Graff	...	Marsha Cameron Owens (117 episodes, 1985-1990)
Brice Beckham	...	Wesley T. Owens (117 episodes, 1985-1990)
Tracy Wells	...	Heather Owens (116 episodes, 1985-1990)
Rob Stone	...	Kevin Owens (115 episodes, 1985-1990)
Bob Uecker	...	George Owens (115 episodes, 1985-1990)

Storyline

Popular 80s sitcom based on the Gwen Davenport novel, "Belvedere," which in turn was thrice adapted to the big screen. Like its earlier novel and big-screen brethren, "Mr. Belvedere" featured British butler Lynn Belvedere, who takes a job as a live-in nanny for a typical American family and records their everyday experiences in his diary for future use in writing a novel. In the 1985 small-screen version, the Owens family served as that "typical American family" and the source of fodder for Belvedere who had previously worked as a gentry for Winston Churchill and had connections to British royalty. Family patriarch George (played by sports-caster Bob Uecker) was, in an example of art imitating life, a sports writer; the matriarch was Marsha, a law student. The couple, which had settled in suburban Pittsburgh, had three children: Awkward teen-ager Kevin, precocious (and easily embarrassed) Heather and mischievous prankster Wesley. George was initially uncomfortable hiring the worldly ...

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Plot Keywords:

housekeeper | mr belvedere | sitcom | remake | family relationships | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 March 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Belvedere

Filming Locations:

ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Lazy B / F.O.B. Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (117 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christopher Hewett was a true Catholic, American Broadcast Company (ABC) picked Sunday evenings for the show to expire and originally televise on Sunday's, July 1st and July 8th, 1990 as Mr. Lynn Aloysius Belvedere wedded Louise Marie Gilbert. The two links of the special series conclusion of Mr. Belvedere are Mr. Belvedere: Mr. Belvedere's Wedding: Part 1 and Mr. Belvedere: Mr. Belvedere's Wedding: Part 2.

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Quotes

Kevin Owens: What is that? You can't eat that. That's a cookie.
Mr. Lynn Aloysius Belvedere: What? It's a graham cracker.
Heather Owens: You're cheating on your diet.
Wesley T. Owens: You're eating it with milk so that makes it a cookie.
Heather Owens: He's right, you know.
Wesley T. Owens: Neener, neener, neener.

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Connections

Featured in American Dad!: The American Dad After School Special (2006)

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Soundtracks

"According To Our New Arrivals"
Written by Judy Hart-Angelo and Gary Portnoy
Performed by Leon Redbone

User Reviews

Had its moments and it had its moments.

I caught this show and was a fan for a bit of time. It was one of those sitcom shows of the 80's that was not really a huge success or a big flop. It had limited success and was able to last for six seasons and it was sort of a funny show. It featured an English butler living with an American family and it most certainly had some funny moments. It also had some very disturbing moments in the form of very bad jokes or subject matter. I remember one where the daughter was just about raped or something and another where the youngest child made a completely inappropriate joke about his teacher. Mr. Belvedere for the most part did not really do any of the more off kilter jokes and was the highlight of the show. This show is also a source of the rumor that one of the two male children was Marilyn Manson, but of course those rumors are completely untrue, I am not sure if it was the older boy or younger one that supposedly grew up to be everyone's most favorite satanist. Bob Uecker played the father of he household, I find it bizarre that they got a baseball play by play man to star in their sitcom, but he does an okay job and the man playing Mr. Belvedere did good too, the mother was unmemorable and all the children were very iffy. Still, this show had some funny moments and perhaps could have thrived longer and been more successful with better writers who know what is funny and what isn't.