Gavin MacLeod
Captain Merrill Stubing
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Cast
- Bernie KopellDoctor Adam Bricker
- Fred GrandyPurser Burl "Gopher" Smith
- Ted LangeIssac Washington
- Lauren TewesJulie McCoy
- Jill WhelanVicki Stubing
- Ted McGinleyShip's Photographer Ashley 'Ace' Covington Evans
- Pat KlousCruise Director Judy McCoy
- Debbie BartlettSusie - Love Boat Mermaid
- Teri HatcherAmy - Love Boat Mermaid
Monty O'GradyWaiter- Marion RossEmily Stubing
The Love Boat (TV Series 1977–1987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Gavin Macleod — Captain Merrill Stubing
- Bernie Kopell — Doctor Adam Bricker
- Fred Grandy — Yeoman Purser Burl "Gopher" Smith
- Ted Lange – Bartender Isaac Washington
- Lauren Tewes — Cruise Director Julie Mccoy
- Jill Whelan — Vicky Stubing
When he was cast on The Love Boat, MacLeod had just wrapped up seven years on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. His agent told him The Love Boatscript “sucked” but added that Spelling really wanted MacLeod for the part, and the industry-savvy actor recognized it immediately for what it was: a gold mine. A feel-good show was just what he was looking for, a...
Kopell was already well known to TV audiences long before he set sail on The Love Boat. Oddly, he started out his acting career playing mostly Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. He taught himself to do a Russian accent, which snagged him the recurring role of Maxwell Smart’s nemesis, Siegfried, on the Mel Brooks/Buck Henry-created series, Get Smart. He wa...
Up until The Love Boat, Fred Grandy’s biggest break was a recurring role as Carol’s boyfriend on the show Maude. While his acting resume was somewhat limited, his academic history was anything but: he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, and had good connections too: at Phillips Exeter Academy he was roommates with David Eisenhower (grandson of ...
Surprisingly, Ted Lange used to co-write a sex advice column for the magazine FHM. Initially, his co-writer was porn star Jenna Jamesonand then he partnered up with Beth Ostrosky Stern, wife of Howard. Additional surprises from Mr. Lange: he was in the original cast of Hair on Broadway in 1968, and he’s written 23 plays himself. He’s an accomplishe...
Cynthia Lauren Tewes was cast the day before the third Love Boat pilot was shot. Chosen out of a pool of 100 other actresses, she won the role after producer Spelling screened an episode of Starsky & Hutch she’d appeared on, and she was told to report to the set bright and early the next morning. Her car had a flat, and she was broke, so she borrow...
Jill Whelan joined the cast at age 11, playing Captain Stubing’s young daughter Vicky. Love Boat changed her life. She made friends with the cast, she got to dance with Ginger Rogers, and became pen pals with Ethel Merman. She also got held up at gunpoint with Debbie Allen in Egypt, all while filming the show. There were happier benefits as well, l...
9 Seasons. ABC. Drama, Comedy. TVG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Love, 'exciting and new', kept this campy anthology series afloat for nine seasons. As passengers cruised on the Pacific Princess ...
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The Love Boat: Created by Wilford Lloyd Baumes. With Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Fred Grandy. The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.
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- 1977-05-05
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- 60
The series was set on the cruise ship MS Pacific Princess, and revolved around the ship's captain Merrill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod) and a handful of his crew, with passengers played by guest actors for each episode, having romantic, dramatic and humorous adventures.
Jan 27, 2024 · The cast of 'The Love Boat' brought joy to American homes from 1977 to 1986. Find out what the cast is up to today, and who from the ensemble is still alive.
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