A celebrity Jackie (Joyce DeWitt) tries to avoid a tabloid reporter (Ray Buktenica) trying to uncover her secret. A Hollywood couple argue about a film he wants to produce, unaware that thieves are planning to rob them of a precious diamond in their possession. The brother of a friend of Julie (Anson Williams) rebuffs her advances. Searching for inspiration, a romance novelist (Morgan Brittany) fantasizes that Ace is courting her; A rock star (Joe Regalbuto) tries to act like a regular guy and finds romance with another passenger (Donna Pescow); A couple (Jayne Meadows and Bill Macy) who regularly take the cruise and have the same cabin, for ten years, are really married to other people and sneaking away for the cruise. Other Guests: Judith Barsi as Christmas Angel, Efrain Figueroa as Bartender, Ruben Moreno as Maitre D', Janet Maylie as Maid, Peter Love as Cabin Boy, Cindy Adlesh as Bikini Girl #1, Renee Gentry as Bikini Girl #3, Eva LaRue as Bikini Girl #4, Stacy Lindholm as Bikini Girl #5, Meilani Paul as Bikini Girl #2 (credited as Meilani Figalan), Patty Robinson as Bikini Girl #6 and Lorin Jean Vail as Bikini Girl #7. ", "Going to the Dogs / Putting on the Dog / Women's Best Friend / Whose Dog Is It Anyway", Ben Joelson & Art Baer (Going to the Dogs), "The Professor Has Class / When the Magic Disappears / We, the Jury", "Country Music Jamboree: Hits and Missus / Return of Annabelle / Just Plain Folks Medicine / Caught in the Act / The Real Thing / Do Not Disturb / Lulu and Kenny: Parts 1 & 2", "The Fountain of Youth / Bad Luck Cabin / Uncle Daddy", "The Pledge / East Meets West / Dear Roberta / My Two Dumplings: Parts 1 & 2", "Bricker's Boy / Lotions of Love / The Hustlers", "Youth Takes a Holiday / Don't Leave Home Without It / Prisoner of Love", "Rhino of the Year / One Last Time / For Love or Money", "Friend of the Family / Affair on Demand / Just Another Pretty Face", "When Worlds Collide / The Captain and the Geisha / The Lottery Winners / The Emperor's Fortune: Parts 1 & 2", "Long Time No See / Bear Essence / Kisses and Makeup", "Julie and the Bachelor / Set-up for Romance / Intensive Care", David Ketchum & Tony DiMarco (Julie and the Bachelor), "The World's Greatest Kisser / Don't Take My Wife, Please / The Reluctant Father", "Dee Dee's Dilemma / Julie's Blind Date / The Prize Winner", Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein (Dee Dee's Dilemma), "The Misunderstanding / Love Below Decks / The End Is Near", "The Last Case / Looking for Mr. Wilson / Love on Strike", "How Do I Love Thee? Guest Stars: Franklin Cover as Marvin Brown, Penny Fuller as Catherine Gerra, Charlotte Rae as Milly Brown, Robert Reed as Carl Gerra, Michael Spound as Ted Belmond, Connie Stevens as Heidi Lester, Robert Jayne as Brian Gerard (credited as Bobby Jacoby), and Vic Tayback as Jack Hamilton. Judy, Gopher, and Isaac each hire a Santa, who don't get along and try to out-do each other. A woman poses as her sister to avoid an old flame. 'THREE'S COMPANY' ACTOR TELLS ALL. Note: Richard Bakalyan is credited as Dick Bakalyan. A Saudi oil sheik mistakes his gift from the promoter's assistant to be one of the cheerleaders. A double wedding is in store for identical twins; A separated couple argue through their ventriloquist act; Julie settles an argument between two adolescent girls, to the pleasure of their father, and the girls then decide to fix up him and Julie. Bob Sweeney. 6 Episodes 1979. Capt. A matchmaker uses a computer to pair up the cruise guests. 1983. . And the crew is bickering with each other to the point that they're not speaking with each other. Inexperienced young Abby Foster (Mary Beth McDonough) wants to have her first time with a man and meets handsome fellow passenger Neil Holmes (Brodie Greer). Part 2: The captain and his marooned group struggle to survive on the island during a hurricane. Judy's soap-star aunt boards; a health-book author finds out what ails him; three women court Ace. A new female cook lends a hand to the busy chef, who is not too happy with the arrangement; a bumbling German detective (Bernie Kopell) watches a lady's jewels; an embittered old sea dog meets a former girlfriend. Cynthia Lauren Tewes was cast the day before the third Love Boat pilot was shot. The actor, 44, best known for his role as Mark Latimer in the hugely popular ITV series, married Downton Abbey star Nuttall in 2012, with the couple welcoming a son three years later, in 2015. Guest Stars: Carol Channing as Sylvia Bennett, Charles Frank as Andy Singer, Belinda Montgomery as Valerie Singer, Louis Nye as Roger Garrett, and Betty White as Betsy Boucher. The series was part of ABC's popular Saturday-night lineup of the time, which also included Fantasy Island until 1984. A businessman takes his prudish secretary on a business trip, then he meets an attractive blonde and has difficulty firing the former in order to hire the latter; another man offers the crew $10,000 if they can find him a pretty wife, and several women vie for his attention, while the crew tries to win the money; a mother tries to reunite her teenage daughter with a childhood sweetheart, only the girl is self-conscious about developing scoliosis. Guest Stars: Ellen Bry as Gretchen Sommers, Hulk Hogan as himself, Jennifer Holmes as Linda Sharkey, Caitlyn Jenner as Lover Boy Bob (credited as Bruce Jenner), Ben Murphy as Nathan Paul, and Tim Rossovich as Thomas "The Mangler" Sharkey. The Captain gets Vicki a parrot for Christmas, but it hasn't been trained to talk, and Gopher's and Isaac's efforts to train it prove disastrous. Unfortunately, she fails at all of them. Another couple, who had moved to Canada for him to avoid the Vietnam War draft and recently returned under amnesty, meet another classmate who is in a wheelchair due to wounds received in the war. Pretty serious stuff for your yeoman purser, but he wasnt all grim: he happily joined the rest of the cast for their Love Boat reunion on the show The Talk in November of 2013. Stubing proposes to Emily (Marion Ross); A teenage stowaway meets Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers; A phony agent dupes a comedian. A couple (Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr.), who are Isaac's friends and with whom they performed on the streets in their youth, are now successful and rich and have a young son (Todd Bridges). The captain, Doc, Julie, Gopher, and some of the guests visit an island near Cabo San Lucas. The series will feature single contestants on a luxury Mediterranean cruise as they participate in challenges and dates to stay on the boat in the hopes of finding love, with those unsuccessful being progressively dumped from the cruise. A couple (Monty Hall and Janis Paige) takes their son (Mark Shera) along on the cruise, hoping he will end a relationship; A couple (Leslie Nielsen and Lynda Day George) rethink their romance; An ex-showgirl (Elaine Joyce) jeopardizes her nursing career. Guest Stars: Pearl Bailey as Millie Washington, Don Adams as Lenny Camen, Nanette Fabray as Mitzy Monroe, Allyn Ann McLerie as Cynthia Parker, Tracy Reed as Charlene Franks (credited as Tracey Reed), and introducing Louise the chimpanzee. A couple and their friend meet a former marketing executive who is penniless and looking for work. He also manipulates it to pair himself with Julie. Allen and Harvey Bullock also wrote). Producer Marty Chenault (Dean Jones) is the older brother of Jack Chenault, whom Julie almost married once. The series was also distinctive as being one of the few hour-long series ever made for American television that used a laugh track.[12]. A model sponsored by a diet doctor is the target of the doctor's rival; the captain helps a poor flower merchant reconnect with her long-lost daughter; a man dresses as a woman to avoid his murderous former father-in-law; Gopher and Isaac fret over the care of the dress, afraid their jobs may be at stake. The executive producer for the series was Aaron Spelling, who produced several television series for Four Star Television and ABC from the 1960s into the 1990s. She even helps cure the Captain's back spasms. Julie thinks she's opted for the wrong career when she meets her happily married friend who took the cruise director course with her, especially when she feels that Capt. Ace is forced to fire two employees. Farnsworth's secretary and niece, Eloise (Beth Howland) gets him a replacement valet, Wayne (Jim Nabors) who's not exactly what he is used to. A husband (Dan Rowan) is chagrined into bringing his wife (Juliet Mills) on the cruise when she finds the tickets for his mistress (Adrienne Barbeau) and himself, with some unexpected surprises. Guest Stars: Edie Adams as Maureen Buell, John Astin as David P. Crothers, Barbi Benton as Kiki Atwood, David Birney as Mike Adler, Norm Crosby as Wally the Bartender, Donna Mills as Jeannie Carter, Laraine Day as Vera Simpson, Lola Falana as Mara Carroll, Audra Lindley as Mrs. Worth, Dick Martin as Deputy Captain Cunningham, and Avery Schreiber as Everett Buell. A quarreling couple (Sherman Hemsley, LaWanda Page) is trapped in an elevator. Captain Stubing's happiness is darkened by Vicki's jealousy. And the ship's comic (Dan Rowan) runs into the wife (Marion Ross) and daughter (Eve Plumb) he left years ago. A kleptomaniac (Joan Van Ark) meets a psychiatrist (Stephen Keep Mills) who tries to help her but when they fall for each other, he keeps his distance. A guy (Walter Olkewicz) whom Julie (Lauren Tewes) was set up with is not exactly her type; but before she could dump him, he dumps her, and this bruises her ego. Note: Nanci L. Hammond as Jane Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Nanci Hammond, instead of Nanci Lynn Hammond as previous episodes). Dr. Cain tries out Isaac's robot double in public, while the real Isaac goes on a romantic boat ride with Delia. Aaron Spelling was the. The song is. Guest Stars: Frank Converse as Bill Thompson, Marcia Strassman as Stephanie Lewis, Pat Crowley as Noreen Badger, Marion Ross as Rose Higby, Brett Halsey as Clark Tyler, and Peter Isacksen as L. Courtney Stubing IV. The book Brett Somers is reading in bed is "Mexico 1979" which was a popular travel guide to Mexico. See All Credits. Here's a look at what happened to the crew of the TV classic 'The Love Boat.'. But his father spends more time on work than with his son. "The Love Boat," which aired from 1977 until 1986, was based on the romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship Pacific Princess. As contestants are dumped, new contestants will come aboard the cruise. People named Mark James. A man falls for the mother of his old college friend. Advice columnist Beverly Blanchard (Eva Gabor) neglects her husband, Russ (Leslie Nielsen), who thus spends time with a fellow passenger (Stephanie Blackmore). The football quarterback is reunited with former teammates. The original 1976 made-for-TV movie on which the show was based (also titled The Love Boat) was itself based on the nonfiction book The Love Boats by Jeraldine Saunders, a real-life cruise director for a passenger cruise-ship line. A couple (Dana Wynter, Paul Burke) drift apart over work habits. A supermarket assistant manager (Bruce Solomon), traveling with his wife (Judy Luciano), poses as a hot-shot executive with the crew's connivance. Ted Lange's Life after Playing Bartender on 'The Love Boat' Including Being a Dad to 2 Sons. A dowager is attracted to a cabin steward. Isaac sails on the ship as a passenger, and hopes to impress a woman with his lies about being rich and famous. Actor 9 Credits. Other Guests: Ren Assa as Ahmed and Ken Lewis as Steward. Gavin MacLeod, who was the Love Boat captain and played Murray on the Mary Tyler Moore Show, two of the top television shows of the 1970s and 1980s, died today at his home in Palm Desert, CA. The Captain is expecting a prestigious award but the presenter (Pat Harrington Jr.) may not be whom he expects it to be. Norton's soon besieged with requests for interviews, leaving Doc feeling very insecure about his own accomplishments, which pale in comparison. They have two children. The one-hour sitcom was set aboard Pacific Princess, at the time a real-life Princess Cruises cruise ship. The crew is on its best behavior for an incognito cruise inspector while a Russian elderly man keeps asking the same phrase over and over. Guest Stars: Melissa Sue Anderson as Dana Colton, Olivia Brown as Lois Hendrix, Mary Crosby as Helen Elaine, Lorenzo Lamas as Antonio Belmonte, William R. Moses as Mark Davis, Cesar Romero as Carlos Belmonte, Sada Thompson as Laura Jameson, and Adrian Zmed as Eddy Conrad. The Love Boat Mermaids were made up of Tori Brenno (Maria), Debra Johnson (Patti), Deborah Bartlett (Susie), Macarena (Sheila), Beth Myatt (Mary Beth), Andrea Moen (Starlight), Teri Hatcher (Amy) and Nanci Lynn Hammond (Jane).[8]. Newlyweds Danny and Patricia (Richard Kline, Jennifer Salt) discover her ex Jay (Lyle Waggoner) is also on the cruise and wants to win her back. TV bosses confirmed their plans to return Down Under on Thursday, after being forced to film in Wales for the last two years. A carnival owner gets mixed messages from a woman; a comedy duo falls for the same woman. And then there were just flat-out surprises, like Janet Jackson and even Andy Warhol. The Captain might reconsider his marriage to Emily (Marion Ross). Vicki is infatuated with Gopher; a publisher falls for an author's niece; two try to cheat each other in a treasure hunt. Guest stars: Bill Daily, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Jackie Earle Haley, John Hillerman, Gunilla Hutton, Patsy Kelly, Roz Kelly, Larry Linville, Dina Merrill, Ginger Rogers, Natalie Schfer, Stephen Shortridge, William Windom. Isaac avoids a physical exam to hide a congenital condition that could jeopardize his job, while the nurse develops a crush on him; a young woman's older boyfriend turns out to be her mother's former lover; Julie's cousin wants to dump his fiance. A wealthy businesswoman (Marion Ross) flirts with Stubing; A tour guide loses her group; An $8-million-lottery winner becomes a boor. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born 1963 Add to list Known for Four Weddings and a Funeral 7.1 Swing Band Member - Wedding Two 1994 Slacker 7.0 Hit-and-Run Son 1990 Lou Grant The Mermaids' choreographer charms Isaac; Gopher plays mediator; Doc looks after Gopher's girlfriend; Judy falls for a mysterious man. Julie falls in love with a man (Tony Roberts) and his daughters (Annrae Walterhouse, Melora Hardin). A dying tycoon (Lloyd Bridges) charters the ship to re-evaluate his relatives. Larry Gatlin is trying to help a runaway (Quinn Cummings). Mark Hamill Birth Name: Mark Richard Hamill Birth Place: Oakland, California, United States Profession Actor, voice-overs, producer Voice 101 Credits Regular Show 2022 Miles From Tomorrowland. Fox, Billy Crystal, and Tom Hanks, and a whos who of 70s TV: Willie Aames, Kristy McNichol, John Ritter, The Osmonds, and the Brady Bunch kids. Jill Whelan joined the cast at age 11, playing Captain Stubings young daughter Vicky. A Scandinavian cruise on the Royal Viking Sky begins in London and travels through Oslo and Stockholm: The Captain fails Officer Deirdre Crichton (Cathy Lee Crosby) when she tests for a captaincy. It is currently distributed in syndication by its successor CBS Media Ventures. But the PR employees (, "The Captain's Replacement / Sly as a Fox / Here Comes the Bride Maybe", "Doc's Big Case / Senior Sinners / A Booming Romance", "Gopher's Daisy / Our Son, the Lawyer / Salvaged Romance", Gopher buys a Daisy exercise machine to improve his physique but doesn't want the other crew members to know about it. A tycoon hires a detective (Dennis Cole) to find out if his wife (Jaclyn Smith) is cheating. On the Nile: Stubing meets a widow; Two agents want Doc's souvenir; A couple faces facts; A reporter upsets an actress. A beautiful movie star is on board be chairperson for the ship's charity cruise. A woman (Markie Post), who is being sought by a private detective (Don Gordon) to testify in a messy divorce case, sneaks on board disguised as a young girl. In all, 32 past and future Academy Award winners guested on The Love Boat, including the Best Actress from the first Oscar ceremony in 1929, Janet Gaynor. A security dog traps a passenger (Gary Burghoff) in his bathroom. Guest Stars: Jeremy Brett as Ernest Finley, Audrey Landers Jenny Rhodes, Ted McGinley as Ashley 'Ace' Covington Evans, Marian Mercer as Mrs. Rhodes, Glynn Turman as Tyrone, and Vanessa Williams as Herself (as Miss America 1984). Note: Second of two episodes to air back-to-back. Gopher, who is anxious about his upcoming vacation, drives everyone crazy. During the run of The Love Boat, bartenders used to offer him their favorite drinks in the hopes that hed use them on the show, so even offset he was enjoying himself. A minister falls for a Las Vegas exotic dancer, much to the dismay of a female parishioner, who attempts to break them up but causes a strain on her own marriage; a man tries to help his wife overcome her denial over her blindness; the crew convince the chief engineer to forgo his Thanksgiving holiday by having his entire family stow away on board the ship. The "star of the show", the cruise ship itself, after being renamed MSPacific and being sold then owned by another cruise line in Spain, the now-world famous Pacific Princess was scrapped in Aliaa, Turkey in 2013 after no further buyer could be found. Guest Stars: Susan Blakely as Nicole Phillips, Jack Coleman as Scott Barrett, Mel Ferrer as Jack Powers, Audrey Landers as Brenda Adams-Rosenberg, Judy Landers as Edie Adams-Rosenberg, Harry Morgan as Charly Fields, Ken Olandt as Don Phillips, Alexis Smith as Justina Downey, Craig Stevens as Viktor Lukas, and Lisa Whelchel as Kelly Barrett. All the passengers are women who are vying for a date with, Because Julie has married, the crew has a new cruise director, the terrorizing Bernice (. A woman fed up with her husband's constant ogling of other woman attempts to use Doc to make him jealous, with unfortunate consequences. Stubing meets an old flame's daughter, Melanie (Margaret Laurence) and when he has to go, she decides to join him and he keeps his distance because he cannot seem to separate her from her late mother. On a Japanese junket, a teacher impersonates a geisha to stay near the Captain; lottery winners carry their rags-to-riches routine to comic heights; a girl and her mother fall in love with two strangers. The two of them get drunk at an office party and wind up taking an "Accidental Cruise." Years. Notes: This is a 90-minute episode. Other Guests: Annrae Waterhouse as Ashley Chenault (credited as Ashley) and Melora Hardin as Courtney Chenault (credited as Courtney). The Captain and Vicki (Jill Whelan) are reunited now that he has confirmation of what they have long suspected. She then panics and tells him she's Irene's sister. At the center of the wave graphic, the guest stars were shown posing for the camera wearing their formal outfits against different colored backgrounds. Illness affects an adoring couple (Susan Blanchard, Paul Burke). The Love Boat theme song was sung by Jack Jones (except for the last season, where a cover version by Dionne Warwick was used). Jim Hopkins tries to reunite his divorced parents Andy and Evelyn. He lost the election for Governor of Iowa in 1994 by a mere four percentage points. A professional gambler makes friends with Vicki. Other Guests: Lea Vernon as TV Reporter, John J. In March 2022, both CBS and Australia's Network 10 (both Paramount-owned networks) commissioned The Real Love Boat, a reality dating competition series to be produced by Eureka Productions. MacLeod died early Saturday, his nephew, Mark See, told Variety. A gambling cruise for charity proves a chancy thing for a teacher, two honeymooners, and the drive chairwoman. A Christian .more Jill Whelan The Love Boat, Friends Jill Whelan (born September 29, 1966) is an American actress. Gopher's widowed mother (Ethel Merman) tries to hide her grief from her son; a comic (Johnny Yune) falls for a reporter (Momo Yashima) doing a story on him; a waiter (Nicholas Hammond) pretends to be a banker to win over a jet-setter (Hayley Mills). Mark James (Mark Envy James) See Photos. Guest Stars: Milton Berle as Lionel Cooper, Tom Bosley as George Hammond, Peter Duchin as Peter Duchin, Andy Griffith as Larry Cooper, Cloris Leachman as Karen Cooper, Marion Ross as Mary Hammond, Raymond St. Jacques as Ramon, and Andy Warhol as Andy Warhol. Part 1 of 2. The Love Boat (TV Series 1977-1987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. His breakout role came in the 2009 tv show Black & White in which he won Best Leading Actor Award at the 44th Golden Bell Awards and he followed that by winning the Best New Performer award at the 2011 Asian . The actor, 44, best known for his role as Mark Latimer in Broadchurch married Downton Abbey star Amy in 2012, with the couple welcoming a son three years later, in 2015. Actor MacLeod, 'Love Boat' Captain, Dies at 90 May 29, 2021 7:46 PM Associated Press FILE - Actor Gavin MacLeod participates in a panel discussion during the 2018 Television Critics. Two former attendees of a blind school (Desi Arnaz Jr., Stephanie Zimbalist) are reunited. American gold-diggers pass themselves off as French. A bachelor executive hires actors to pose as his family to impress his boss and wife who don't know of his status. James Sheldon. For its first seven years, The Love Boat was very successful in the ratings. Love and Basketball: Liev Schreiber, 55, and girlfriend Taylor Neisen, 31, put on an animated display as they join Christy Turlington, 54, and Ed Burns, 55, at star-studded Knicks game A freshly appointed tour guide (Teri Copley) has to deal with a group of demanding senior citizens. The Captain welcomes back a widow (Marion Ross), who has romantic plans for her new cruise. A man (Patrick Wayne) is displaced after his furious girlfriend (Trish Stewart) discovers they were to share quarters. April (Charo)'s becomes nanny to the two children of a TV sportscaster. [1][2] Saunders was also partly inspired by the German cruise ship MV Aurora. The Captain's brother comes on the cruise to introduce the woman he is going to marry (Arlene Dahl), but an ex (Zsa Zsa Gabor) follows, determined to win him back. A husband and wife who own a model agency spar over the use of one of the models who has captured the Captain's eye. A judge finds herself attracted to the man whom she had placed on probation for polygamy. The actor has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of 2019. A reporter (Ralph Bellamy) pursues a woman (Dorothy McGuire) to get the story that she is aviator Amelia Earhart. The opening sequence for the series underwent three changes over the years. Actor Gavin MacLeod was known for his roles as Captain Merrill Stubing in 'The Love Boat' and Murray Slaughter in 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show.' . Sights include Curaao and the Panama Canal. Other Guests: Melendy Britt as Georgina and Sandra Deel as Dolores Strickland. Others: Lawrence Moran as Jimmy (uncredited). The Captain's father (Phil Silvers) visits and falls for a galley cook (Judy Canova). Meanwhile, Cliff wants Vicki to model for him on an ongoing basis, which could start a career for her. Other Guests: Priscilla Barnes as Jeanette Arnold (credited as Jeanette), Maria O'Brien as Rita Almerez (credited as Rita), Melissa Tennille as Alma Hodges (credited as Alma), and Marianne Marks as Teresa Chen (credited as Teresa). 6 min read LOS ANGELES Gavin MacLeod, a sitcom veteran who played seaman "Happy" Haines on. A group of aging crooks meet to plan one last heist (Jack Gilford played a similar character in the 1967 film Who's Minding the Mint?, for which R.S. An illusionist is in such demand that he nearly misses what is in front of him; two recently reunited parents have trouble trying to stop their son from telling tall tales; Julie's model friend, scarred physically and psychologically by a car accident, is romanced by Gopher and Doc but is suspicious of their motives. Stubing runs into an old friend (Rue McClanahan), who is now married to volatile salesman (Dick Van Patten); Alan Price (Alan Thicke) wants to ensure that his ex-wife Sheila (Michelle Phillips) marries her new fiance Lou (Fred Willard) to escape paying alimony; Aunt Sylvia (Carol Channing) and her friend Betsy (Betty White) try to persuade a famous publisher (Cesar Romero) print Betsy's memoirs. . Julie's hair turns green; two people are brought together by visions of reincarnation; a single mother's devotion to her special-needs son threatens a budding romance. A loan shark sends a man to collect an outstanding debt from a passenger. Note: This is the first appearance of Vicki. The Late . A stowaway (Meeno Peluce) convinces the crew that a playboy passenger (Dirk Benedict) is his father. Guest stars: Tony Danza as Bud O'Hara, Mariette Hartley as Martha Chambers, Ted Knight as Barney Gordon, Harvey Korman as Harvey Willis, Jean Marsh as Celia Hoffman, Rita Moreno as Gladys Gordon, Nancy Morgan as Joanie Hoffman, John Ritter as Ben Cummins, James Shigeta as Bud's Father, and Heather Thomas as Lila Pearsell. A passenger tracks down a woman who gave her up as a newborn, and also meets a soap-opera actor. Find your friends on Facebook. A father (Richard Hatch) and his son (Christian Jacobs) are trying to get away from the boy's natural father (Michael Lembeck) who wants to take him away. Believing that good people die young, a charming boy (Emmanuel Lewis) goes on a rampage of bad behavior. On rare occasions, there were crossovers between stories. She is adorned in a famous gigantic diamond which, of course, entices dim-witted bumbling crooks (Harold Gould, Karen Valentine, Larry Storch, John Schuck), in a delightful caper reminiscent of old Hollywood. It includes the storylines The Newlyweds; The Exchange; and Cleo's First Voyage. The Love Boat was not the first comedy series to use the guest-star cast anthology formatLove, American Style had used the formula seven years earlierbut it had such success with the formula that future series in similar style (such as Supertrain and Masquerade) drew comparisons to The Love Boat. And a woman (Toni Tennille) follows a man (Robert Reed), whom she knows witnessed what happened to someone she cares about and urges him to come forward and tell what he saw. Heart surgery patient Harvey Cronkle's pushy wife Sara won't let him have fun. Stubing on "The Love Boat," has died. And Stubing lays that task on Gopher. A man (David Doyle) makes a move on and falls in love with three passengers (Cathryn Damon, Brett Somers, Jo Ann Pflug), whom he doesn't know are traveling together. This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 01:11. Two sisters (Audrey Landers and Judy Landers), who are looking to score a rich guy but, when one of them is attracted to Ace, the other tries to sabotage the relationship. Lonely widow Grace Bostwick plans to throw herself overboard, but a white-suited man named Gabriel claims to be her guardian angel and may be able to stop her. Gopher has a love-hate relationship with a customs official who is traveling with her boyfriend. "Love, exciting and new. Dr. Adam "Doc" Bricker (Bernie Kopell) Bernie Kopell was already a household name before he played the role of a proficient doctor, Adam Bricker in The Love Boat. The captain commemorates his tenth year with the cruise line and proposes to an old flame; business associates double-cross each other in various ways; the appeal of a rebuked suitor soars when scintillating rumors circulate. A woman in charge of the presentation of the Captain's Cup convinces an engineer to pose as the executive in charge so as not to disappoint Captain Stubing; Doc begins spending all of his time with an older couple from his hometown; a recently divorced man is paired up with his ex's divorce attorney. Guest Stars: Jo Anne Worley as Sandy Beal, Soupy Sales as Victor Marshall, Robert Goulet as Charlie Godwin, Juliet Mills as June Godwin, Richard Dawson as Bert Buchanan, Jill Whelan as Vicki Stubing, and Loretta Swit as Anoushka Mishancov. He was 90. Other Guests: Jennifer Shaw as Joanne Pringle (credited as Joanne), David Knapp as Lucas Bradford (credited as Lucas), Craig Littler as Carl Daggett, Tiiu Leek as Linda Daggett, and Mark Thomas as Peter Pringle.