AKA Allan See

Born: 28-Feb-1931
Birthplace: Mt. Kisco, NY

Gender: Male
Religion: Born-Again Christian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Capt. Stubing on Love Boat

Military service: US Air Force

Gavin MacLeod was a comic actor in three long-running sitcoms, as "Happy" Hanes on McHale's Navy, the news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and as the Captain of The Love Boat.

In his salad days, MacLeod worked as an usher and elevator operator at Radio City Music Hall. He originally auditioned as Lou Grant for the Moore Show (the part went to Ed Asner), but wisely, MacLeod also asked to read for the part of the harried writer that made him famous. He has complained that his later role as Capt. Stubbing on The Love Boat left him typecast, but it also got him a gig as spokesman for Princess Cruises.

MacLeod has had a turbulent personal life and was a heavy drinker for years, but now he is a devout born-again Christian. After divorcing his second wife Patti in 1982, they remarried in 1985, the year he got sober. They co-wrote a book, Back on Courage: the Remarkable Story of a Divorce that Ended in Remarriage, and co-hosted a weekly inspirational show, Back on Courage: A Ministry for Marriages, on Trinity Broadcasting Network.

Father: (Chippewa Indian, gas station owner)
Wife: Joan MacLeod (a Rockette, m. 1954, div. 1972, four children)
Wife: Patti MacLeod (m. 1974, div. 1982, m. Jul-1985)
Daughter: Stephanie Steele (stepdaughter)

    University: BFA, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY (1952)

    Born-Again Christian
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Smoking

    TELEVISION
    The Love Boat Capt. Merrill Stubing (1977-1987)
    The Mary Tyler Moore Show Murray Slaughter (1970-77)
    McHale's Navy Joseph Haines ("Happy", 1962-64)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Time Changer (25-Oct-2002)
    Kelly's Heroes (23-Jun-1970)
    The Comic (19-Nov-1969)
    The Party (4-Apr-1968)
    The Sand Pebbles (20-Dec-1966)
    McHale's Navy (Jun-1964)
    War Hunt (1962)
    High Time (16-Sep-1960)
    Operation Petticoat (5-Dec-1959)
    The Gene Krupa Story (Dec-1959)
    Pork Chop Hill (29-May-1959)
    Compulsion (1-Apr-1959)
    I Want to Live! (18-Nov-1958)

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