Gavin MacLeod Biography (1931?-)

Born Allan See, February 28, 1931 (some sources say 1930), in Mount Kisco, NY; raised in Pleasantville, NY; son of a gas station owner; married Patty (a Rockette), 1955 (divorced, c. 1973); married second wife, Patti Steele (a singer and dancer), 1974 (divorced, 1982); remarried Steele, 1985; children: (first marriage) Keith, David, Julie, Meghan; (second marriage) stepchildren: Tommy, Stephanie, Andrew. Addresses: Manager: c/o 1025 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor
Birth Details
1931?
Mount Kisco, New York, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Seaman Joseph "Happy" Hanes, McHale's Navy, ABC, 1962-64
  • Murray Slaughter, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, CBS, 1970-77
  • Captain Merrill Stubing, The Love Boat, ABC, 1977-86
  • Cardinal Frances Abgott, Oz, HBO, 2000
  • Movies
  • The Alcatraz Express (also known as The Big Train), 1962
  • Warden, The Intruders (also known as Death Dance at Madelia), NBC, 1970
  • Jordan Robbins, Only with Married Men, ABC, 1974
  • Vice principal Durfner, "Student Exchange," The Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1987
  • Captain Merrill Stubing, The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage (also known as The Love Boat: A Summer Cruise and Valentine's Day Love Boat Reunion), CBS, 1990
  • Miniseries
  • Curt Arvey, Scruples, CBS, 1980
  • Pilots
  • Honeymoon Suite, ABC, 1973
  • Captain Merrill Stubing, The New Love Boat (also known as The Love Boat II), ABC, 1977
  • Yankee Sullivan, Ransom for Alice!, NBC, 1977
  • Lieutenant Nojack, Murder Can Hurt You!, ABC, 1980
  • Host, Whatever Became of ... ?, ABC, 1982
  • Specials
  • Mitzi and a Hundred Guys, CBS, 1975
  • Mitzi ... What's Hot, What's Not, CBS, 1978
  • Alan King's 3rd Annual Final Warning!, ABC, 1979
  • Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 3, CBS, 1979
  • Host, The New and Spectacular Guinness Book of World Records, 1980
  • Night of 100 Stars, 1982
  • The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast, NBC, 1984
  • Host, The ABC All-Star Spectacular, ABC, 1985
  • The 37th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards, 1985
  • Night of 100 Stars II, 1985
  • Captain Merrill Stubing, "The Shipshape Cruise," The Love Boat Special, ABC, 1986
  • Captain Merrill Stubing, "The Christmas Cruise," The Love Boat Special, ABC, 1986
  • Captain Merrill Stubing, "Who Killed Maxwell Thorn?" The Love Boat Special, ABC, 1987
  • Himself and Murray Slaughter, Mary Tyler Moore: The 20th Anniversary Show, CBS, 1991
  • Robert Carter, "If I Die before I Wake," CBS Schoolbreak Specials,CBS, 1993
  • Host, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians: The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven (also known as New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians), PBS, 1994
  • Episodic
  • "Baby Face Killer," The Whirlybirds, syndicated, 1957
  • "Act of Folly," Walter Winchell File, ABC, 1957
  • "The Arraignment," U.S. Marshal, syndicated, 1958
  • "The Walkout," Walter Winchell File, ABC, 1958
  • "The Kill," Peter Gunn, NBC, 1958
  • "The Robbery," Steve Canyon, NBC, 1959
  • Bugsy McKenna, "Bugsy," Mr. Lucky, CBS, 1959
  • (As Gavin McLeod) Artie McLeod, "The Tri-State Gang," The Untouchables, ABC, 1959
  • "The Informer," U.S. Marshal, syndicated, 1960
  • Salesman, "Hair of the Dog," Mr. Lucky, CBS, 1960
  • "Take Five for Murder," Peter Gunn, ABC, 1960
  • "Tinge of Red," Dan Raven, NBC, 1960
  • Three-Fingered Jack White, "The Big Train," The Untouchables, ABC,1961
  • Lawrence Comminger, "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather," Perry Mason, CBS, 1961
  • "Crime and Commitment," Cain's Hundred, NBC, 1961
  • "Rules of Guidance," Cain's Hundred, NBC, 1961
  • Lorenzo Lawson, "Winter Harvest," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1961
  • "Doyle against the House," The Dick Powell Show, NBC, 1961
  • "Style of Living," The Investigators, CBS, 1961
  • "The Heist," Straightaway, CBS, 1961
  • (As Gavin McLeod) Whitey Metz, "Loophole," The Untouchables, ABC,1961
  • Maxwell Cooley, "Empress Carlotta's Necklace," The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1961
  • "Man in the Middle," The Untouchables, ABC, 1962
  • "Romance, Roses, and Rye Bread," The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1964
  • Paul Newmar, "The Sleeping Cutie," The Munsters, CBS, 1964
  • "The Meeting," Rawhide, CBS, 1964
  • (As Gavin McLeod) Fred Fay, "Dance, Marine, Dance," Gomer Pyle, USMC, CBS, 1965
  • Mr. Cleveland, "The Hong Kong Shilling Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1965
  • Mortimer Hershey, "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla," Perry Mason,CBS, 1965
  • Gilbert Jamel, "TV or Not TV," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1965
  • "The Taylors in Hollywood," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1965
  • Bryan Bender, "The Hollywood Party," The Andy Griffith Show, CBS,1965
  • Dan Platte, "The Case of the Runaway Racer," Perry Mason, CBS, 1965
  • Alvin Wannamaker, "Who's Got a Secret?" My Favorite Martian, CBS,1965
  • "Hot Rod Herman," The Munsters, CBS, 1965
  • Alvin Wannamaker, "Man from Uncle Martin," My Favorite Martian, CBS, 1966
  • Dr. Charles Norwood, "Baby Crazy," Summer Fun, ABC, 1966
  • Major Zolle, "Hello, Zolle," Hogan's Heroes, CBS, 1966
  • "Then Suddenly, Panic!" Ben Casey, ABC, 1966
  • Gribs, "The Fatal Chase Raid," The Rat Patrol, ABC, 1966
  • "The Shock of Recognition," Run for Your Life, NBC, 1966
  • Corporal Tommy Behan, "The Masquers," Combat!, ABC, 1967
  • Mace, "Brother Love," The Big Valley, ABC, 1967
  • "The Eighty-Seven-Dollar Bride," The Road West, NBC, 1967
  • "Six Hours to Sky High," Iron Horse, ABC, 1967
  • Guido, "Black Market," Garrison's Gorillas, ABC, 1967
  • Daniel Gerber, "Return of the Hero," Ironside, NBC, 1968
  • O'Leary, "Presumed Dead," The Big Valley, ABC, 1968
  • Big Chicken, "And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1968
  • "A Very Warm Reception," It Takes a Thief, ABC, 1968
  • General Metzger, "The Collector General," Hogan's Heroes, CBS, 1968
  • Major Kiegel, "Clearance Sale at the Black Market," Hogan's Heroes, CBS, 1968
  • "A Star Is Reborn," The Flying Nun, ABC, 1969
  • Big Chicken, "The Box," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1969
  • Clute, "Alias Nellie Handley," The Big Valley, ABC, 1969
  • General von Rauscher, "The Witness," Hogan's Heroes, CBS, 1969
  • "Visitation," Judd, for the Defense, ABC, 1969
  • "Rock-Bye, Bye, Bye," It Takes a Thief, ABC, 1969
  • "The Black Angel," Lancer, CBS, 1969
  • "An Evening with Alister Mundy," It Takes a Thief, ABC, 1970
  • "Jenny Wilde Is Drowning," Name of the Game, NBC, 1970
  • "Love and the Image Makers," Love, American Style, ABC, 1974
  • Murray Slaughter, "Rhoda's Wedding," Rhoda, CBS, 1974
  • Mr. Ellsworth, "The Fine Art of Crime," The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, CBS, 1978
  • Captain Merrill Stubing, "Love Boat Angels: Parts 1 & 2," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1979
  • (As O. D. Warbux) Marshall Stubing, "The Captain's Ne'er-do-well Brother," The Love Boat, ABC, 1980
  • Guest host, The Big Show, NBC, 1980
  • Martin Brennen, "Fallen Idols," Hotel, ABC, 1985
  • Art Sommers, "The Big Show of 1965," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
  • Michael Holmes, "The Last Act Is a Solo," General Motors Playwrights Theater, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
  • "Who Killed the Host at the Roast?" Burke's Law, ABC, 1994
  • Himself, "The Love Boat Reunion Show," The Oprah Winfrey Show, 1998
  • Captain Merrill Stubing, "Reunion," The Love Boat: The Next Wave,UPN, 1998
  • Uncle Stu, "S'no Job," The King of Queens, CBS, 2001
  • Also appeared in The DuPont Show of the Week, NBC; Death ValleyDays, syndicated; The Mike Douglas Show, syndicated.
  • Other
  • Appeared as Myron Selznick, The Scarlett O'Hara Wars; as Mr. Goldberger, The Day the Bubble Burst.
  • Film Appearances
  • Police Lieutenant, I Want to Live!, United Artists, 1958
  • Padua, Compulsion, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
  • Ernest Huckle, Operation Petticoat, Universal, 1959
  • Private Saxon, Pork Chop Hill, United Artists, 1959
  • (Uncredited) Ted Krupa, The Gene Krupa Story (also known as Drum Crazy), Columbia, 1959
  • Professor Thayer, High Time, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
  • Johnny Carver, Twelve Hours to Kill, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
  • Harry Deiner, The Crimebusters, 1961
  • Private Crotty, War Hunt, United Artists, 1962
  • Seaman Joseph "Happy" Hanes, McHale's Navy, Universal, 1964
  • Seaman Joseph "Happy" Hanes, McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force, Universal, 1965
  • Hulagu Khan, The Sword of Ali Baba, Universal, 1965
  • Crosley, The Sand Pebbles, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
  • Emil, Deathwatch, Beverly Pictures, 1966
  • Radio operator, Women of the Prehistoric Planet (also known as Prehistoric Planet Women), Real Art, 1966
  • C. S. Divot, The Party, United Artists, 1968
  • First director, The Comic (also known as Billy Bright), Columbia, 1969
  • Lou, A Man Called Gannon, Universal, 1969
  • Sergeant Kruger, The 1,000 Plane Raid, United Artists, 1969
  • Moriarty, Kelly's Heroes (also known as The Warriors), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
  • The Late Show, Warner Bros., 1977
  • The Jerk, Universal, 1979
  • Serial, Paramount, 1980
  • My Favorite Year, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
  • Time Changer, 2002
  • Stage Appearances
  • Harry Locke, The Captains and the Kings, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1962
  • Night of 100 Stars, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1982
  • Night of 100 Stars II, Radio City Music Hall, 1985
  • Grossinger's, Forth Worth, TX, 1997
  • Appeared in A Hatful of Rain (Broadway debut); Chapter Two,Chicago, IL; Carousel; Middle of the Night; The Egg; An Evening of the Absurd; Lullabye; The Webb and the Rock;Awake and Sing; The Balcony; The Roost; And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little; Once More with Feeling; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Gypsy; The Seven-Year Itch;Annie Get Your Gun, San Francisco, CA; The Connection; MassAppeal; High Button Shoes; Love Letters; Never Too Late.
  • Major Tours
  • Sam, Copacabana, U.S. cities, c. 2000
  • WRITINGS
  • Autobiography
  • (With Patti MacLeod), Back on Course, F.H. Revell (Old Tappan, NJ), 1987

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • Entertainment Weekly, February 21, 1997, p. 140; August 4, 2000, p. 69