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- Gavin MacLeod (February 28, 1931 – May 29, 2021) was an American actor notable for playing Joseph "Happy" Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and for his lead role as Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat.
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MacLeod also achieved continuing television success co-starring alongside Ernest Borgnine on McHale's Navy (1962–1964) as Joseph "Happy" Haines.
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McHale's Navy is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC television network.
Jan 7, 2024 · Long before The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat, McHale’s Navy was Gavin McLeod’s first regular role on a TV series and he hated every minute of it.
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Even after he quit his role on McHale's Navy (1962), MacLeod remained close friends with Ernest Borgnine for over 45 years, until Borgnine's death in 2012. Was the only The Love Boat (1977) actor not to have guest-starred on Fantasy Island (1977) .
- February 28, 1931
- May 29, 2021
In 1962, MacLeod made his debut as a series regular on “McHale's Navy” as Joseph Haines and appeared more than 70 times between 1962 and 1964. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted on CBS in September 1970.
This led to a regular comedy role as part of the McHale's Navy (1962) TV series. He also managed several film roles, although far down the credits, with I Want to Live! (1958), Compulsion (1959), Pork Chop Hill (1959), Operation Petticoat (1959), Twelve Hours to Kill (1960), High Time (1960), War Hunt (1962) and McHale's Navy (1964). He was a ...