{"id":262537,"date":"2021-05-30T00:11:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T21:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-love-boat-captain-gavin-macleod-dead-at-90\/"},"modified":"2021-05-30T00:11:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T21:11:06","slug":"the-love-boat-captain-gavin-macleod-dead-at-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-love-boat-captain-gavin-macleod-dead-at-90\/","title":{"rendered":"#’The Love Boat’ captain Gavin MacLeod dead at 90"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’The Love Boat’ captain Gavin MacLeod dead at 90<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Television veteran Gavin MacLeod, who started as Captain Stubing on \u201cThe Love Boat\u201d after successful runs on \u201cThe Mary Tyler Moore Show\u201d and \u201cMcHale\u2019s Navy,\u201d died Saturday at age 90.<\/p>\n

No cause of death was given.<\/p>\n

MacLeod had a small part in \u201cMcHale\u2019s Navy,\u201d before getting cast as news<\/a>writer Murray Slaughter, one of the central characters in the WGN newsroom of \u201cMary Tyler Moore.\u201d He app<\/a>eared in every one of the classic comedy\u2019s 168 episodes during its 1970-77 run on CBS, according to Variety<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Gavin MacLeod acting on an episode of \u201cThe Love Boat\u201d with Barbara Rush.<\/figcaption>
Walt Disney Television via Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He originally auditioned for the role of Lou Grant, won by Ed Anser.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy heart is broken,\u201d Asner posted on Twitter.<\/a> \u201cGavin was my brother, my partner in crime (and food) and my comic conspirator. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will see you in a bit Gavin,\u201d Asner, 91, continued. \u201cTell the gang I will see them in a bit. Betty! It\u2019s just you and me now.\u201d he added, shouting out to Betty White, the last two living cast members.<\/p>\n

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Gavin MacLeod (center) and the cast of \u201cThe Love Boat\u201d at the Great Wall of China.<\/figcaption>
AP Photo\/Liu Heung Shing, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He also auditioned for the role of Archie Bunker on \u201cAll in the Family,\u201d but of reading the script for the first time, he wrote in his memoir, \u201cImmedia<\/a>tely I thought, this is not the script for me. The character is too much of a bigot. I can\u2019t say these things.\u201d When Norman Lear called the actor to say that Carroll O\u2019Connor had gotten the part, MacLeod was relieved.<\/p>\n

The fall after \u201cMary Tyler Moore\u201d concluded its seminal run, MacLeod welcomed his first passengers aboard \u201cThe Love Boat,\u201d as Captain Stubing. The show sailed for 10 years, featuring a rotating series<\/a> of guest stars representing the swath of television and entertainment history.<\/p>\n

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Gavin MacLeod on a panel discussion on July 31, 2018.<\/figcaption>
Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MacLeod was born Allan George See in Mount Kisco, N.Y. His mother worked for Reader\u2019s Digest, while his father was an electrician who was part Chippewa. He grew up in Pleasantville, N.Y., and went to Ithaca College, where he studied acting and graduated in 1952. <\/p>\n

After serving in the US Air Force, he moved to New York City and worked at Radio City Music Hall as an usher and elevator operator while seeking work as an actor. During this time he changed his name. <\/p>\n

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Gavin MacLeod speaking in Los Angeles on May 10, 2018.<\/figcaption>
Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He worked bit parts in films and on television before landing a role in the World War II comedy \u201cOperation Petticoat,\u201d and on \u201cMcHale\u2019s Navy.\u201d He left the show for more film roles, frequently working with director Blake Edwards, and also guest starred on multiple TV shows before working for the first time with Mary Tyler Moore on \u201cThe Dick Van Dyke Show\u201d in 1961.<\/p>\n

After \u201cThe Love Boat\u201d went off the air, he worked on Broadway, made numerous guest spots on TV, did several \u201cLove Boat\u201d reunion movies and was a spokesman for Princess Cruises for years. He was also a devout Christian and appeared in several Christian-themed shows and movies.<\/p>\n

MacLeod was married to Joan Devore, with whom he had two sons and two daughters, from 1955-1972. He married actress Patti Kendig in 1974. They divorced in 1982 but remarried in 1985. She and his children survive him.\n <\/p><\/div>\n