, before getting cast as news writer Murray Slaughter, one of the central characters in the WGN newsroom of. He appeared in every one of the classic comedy’s 168 episodes during its 1970-77 run on CBS, according to Variety.
“I will see you in a bit Gavin,” Asner, 91, continued. “Tell the gang I will see them in a bit. Betty! It’s just you and me now.” he added, shouting out to Betty White, the last two living cast members., but of reading the script for the first time, he wrote in his memoir, “Immediately I thought, this is not the script for me. The character is too much of a bigot. I can’t say these things.”
Actor Gavin Macleod attends a ceremony honouring the The Love Boat. Picture: Jean Baptiste Lacroix / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.MacLeod was born Allan George See in Mount Kisco, New York. His mother worked for Reader’s Digest, while his father was an electrician who was part Chippewa. He grew up in Pleasantville, New York, and went to Ithaca College, where he studied acting and graduated in 1952.
RIP funny guy