The Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals
The Love Boat & MASH
Tuesday 18 March 2008 on BIO

Cast members from The Love Boat reveal secrets about the series that was thought to sink, but ended up sailing on for ten seasons. Later, Loretta Swit recalls what it was like being the only woman on the all male set of M*A*S*H .

While MacLeod never achieved Hollywood stardom, he did have notable roles in movies, beginning with I Want to Live! in 1957 and finishing with Kelly's Heroes in 1970. (edit) Gavin MacLeod still appears in off-broadway plays today and hosted a Christian series of shows with his wife on the Trinity Broadcasting Network in the 1990s. (edit) Gavin first acted with Joyce Bulifant in McHale's Navy. They would later play husband and wife on the 1970s sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. (edit) Contrary to how The Mary Tyler Moore Show portrayed their characters, Gavin MacLeod was actually good friends with Ted Knight. They had known each other since the 1950s and had even shared the same agent in the past. (edit) Some of the activities that Gavin MacLeod has participated in outside of acting include being a paid spokesperson for Princess Cruises and representing the charities Feed the Children and Boy's Town, USA. He was honored as "Humanitarian of the Year" by the Gift of Life Foundation in 1992. (edit)

Gavin MacLeod: (on fame while playing Stubing on "The Love Boat") I went to my captain's table one morning at 7 o'clock and there was Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, and Mildred Natwick. When I was a little kid I went to the theater to see them. (edit) Gavin MacLeod: (on his first interest in acting as a profession) When I was four years old I was in a Kindergarten play. I took my bow at the end and got applause. That told me, these people like me. I knew from that moment I wanted more of that. (edit) Gavin Macleod: (speaking about his infamous role as the oily drug dealer "Big Chicken" on the show "Hawaii Five-O") But the character was so successful - that first one - that they wrote him again and he came in right at the end of the first year in a show called "The Box." I was up for an Emmy for that one too. (edit)

Star
Honeymoon Suite	McHale's Navy Joseph "Happy" Haines (1962-1964)
The Love Boat Captain Merrill Stubing (pilot movie 3, seasons 1 - 10, TV M)	The Mary Tyler Moore Show Murray Slaughter

Recurring Role
Late Show with David Letterman Guest (cameo)

Guest Star
Ben Casey Then, Suddenly, Panic	Burke's Law (1994) Who Killed the Host at the Roast? Jerry Marz
Cain's Hundred Women of Silure Jean Douvain	Cain's Hundred Crime and Punishment (pt 2) Harry Deiner
Cain's Hundred Crime and Commitment (pt 1) Harry Deiner	CBS Schoolbreak Special If I Die Before I Wake Principal Carter