FILE - IN this July 31, 2018 file photo shows actor Gavin MacLeod during a panel discussion on the PBS special"Betty White: First Lady of Television" during the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Gavin MacLeod has died. His nephew told the trade paper Variety that MacLeod died early Saturday, May 29, 2021.
Known to sitcom fans for his bald head and wide smile, MacLeod toiled in near anonymity for more than a decade, appearing on dozens of TV shows and in several movies before landing his “Mary Tyler Moore” role in 1970. It was still top-rated when Moore, who played news producer Mary Richards, decided to end it after seven seasons.
“The critics hated it. They called it mindless TV, but we became goodwill ambassadors,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 2013.MacLeod’s lighthearted screen persona was in contrast to his private life. In his 2013 memoir, “This Is Your Captain Speaking,” MacLeod acknowledged that he had struggled with alcoholism in the 1960s and ’70s. He also wrote that losing his hair at an early age made it hard for him to find work as an actor.
'Murray' is gone? Awww man.... Great actor. Great shows. M.T. MOORE was hilarious man. One of the best sitcoms of its era...if not THE best.
Captain Stubing 😥
Rest In Peace. You entertained me.
So sad RIP 🥺😢😭
Rest in Peace Captain
Back when sitcoms were funny & not Political! Loved the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” May he RIP!
Loved that show
An under appreciated actor for sure. Enjoyed his appearances on “King of Queens” too 👍😌😢 KevinJames pattonoswalt
Heaven- come aboard their expecting you. 💙
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