The Late . He was a speechwriter for Iowa Congressman Wiley Mayne, and also co-wrote an off-Broadway play with future Saturday Night Live star Jane Curtin. Key points: MacLeod said the critics "hated" The Love Boat, but it lasted on television more than a decade The girl's father (Frank Aletter) who's an exec of the line tells Stubing to make sure nothing happens between them. Cynthia Lauren Tewes was cast the day before the third Love Boat pilot was shot. A New York ad executive and a long-lost love reunite. Among the series' attractions was the casting of well-known actors in guest-starring roles, with many famous film stars of prior decades making rare television appearances. Beginning with season two (and originally experimented with in the fifteenth episode of the first season), the compass was graphically put in place and at its center, the guest stars were shown posing for the camera on different parts of the set (or a city spot used in on-location episodes) while their names appeared at the bottom of the screen. Two American women (Barbi Benton, Susan Silo) pretend they are French, in order to get men and gifts. A woman whom Stubing likes (Barbara Rush) comes on board but before he could make a move she hooks up with another man (Jon Cypher). Guest Stars: Pamela Franklin as Gail Smith, Eva Gabor as Beverly Blanchard, Al Molinaro as Chef Antonio Borga, Leslie Nielsen as Russ Blanchard, and Robert Urich as Jeff Smith (credited as Bob Urich). The brother of a friend of Julie (Anson Williams) rebuffs her advances. Note: Richard Bakalyan is credited as Dick Bakalyan. The three storylines usually followed a similar thematic pattern: One storyline (typically the "crew" one) was straight-ahead comedy. 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. Love is in the air with a wedding on board. But his father spends more time on work than with his son. This takes place during a charity cruise involving The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. 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. A famed pianist fights through pain to finance a maid's operation; Gopher must deal with an old buddy who is now a woman; a psychologist suspects a claimant of faking his quirky disability. The charming actors throughout the decade were Gavin MacLeod (Captain Merrill Stubing), Bernie Kopell (Dr. Adam Bricker), Lauren Tewes (Cruise Director Julie McCoy), Ted Lange (Bartender Isaac . The promoter of the marriage cruise is trying to reconcile with his wife, but when he makes a crooked deal with one of the couples, he is in danger of losing his wife to Captain Stubing. Oddly, he started out his acting career playing mostly Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. Guest Stars: Marion Ross as Emily Stubing, Stephanie Beacham as Elaine Riskin, Heidi Bohay as Jerry Sullivan Bricker, Cathy Lee Crosby as Carol Darnell, Katherine Helmond as Harriet Darnell Stevens, Jennifer Holliday as Dr. Charlene Thomas, Steve Lundquist as Steve Riskin, Dack Rambo as Boyd Hughes, and Stephanie Williams as Doris Johnson. Larry Gatlin is trying to help a runaway (Quinn Cummings). Bernie continued making guest appearances in various TV shows after Love Boat ended. After growing up Catholic, MacLeod became an evangelical Christian in 1984. / The Main Event", Ben Joelson & Art Baer (A Tasteful Affair), "Ex Plus Y / Golden Agers / Graham and Kelly", Alan Rafkin (Ex Plus Y; Graham and Kelly), "Message for Maureen / Gotcha / Acapulco Connection", Kenneth Hartigan & David Garber (Message for Maureen), "Isaac the Groupie / Mr. To placate her mother, a woman asks Ace to pose as her fianc. A friend of Doc's (Barbi Benton) comes on board with her boyfriend (Dack Rambo). Authoress! Julie (Lauren Tewes) does not appear in this episode. Captain Stubing's uncle (Red Buttons) makes efforts to be alone with Julie but is thwarted by her aunt Gopher in disguise; A businessman (Allen Ludden) tries to close a deal, using his daughter (Mackenzie Phillips) as bait; The neglected wife (Hope Lange) of a publisher (Gene Barry) hopes to find inspiration for the remaining chapter of a book by romancing a novelist (Richard Mulligan). Formulaic as it was, The Love Boat broke ground in its own way. Stubing giving her away and the guys as ushers; an anthropologist gives a golden opportunity to a disgraced former colleague but neglects his wife; a rancher holds a secret from a fellow passenger while catching the eye of a pretty girl; Gopher and Doc vie for the affections of the new cruise director. The Love Boat Mermaids include: Debbie Bartlett as Susie Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Deborah Bartlett); Tori Brenno as Maria Love Boat Mermaid; Nanci L. Hammond as Jane Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Nanci Lynn Hammond); Teri Hatcher as Amy Love Boat Mermaid; Debra Johnson as Patti Love Boat Mermaid; Macarena as Sheila Love Boat Mermaid; Andrea Moenas as Starlight Love Boat Mermaid (credited as Andrea Moen); and Beth Myatt as Mary Beth Love Boat Mermaid. Notes: This is a 90-minute episode. This interferes with her romance with a passenger (Christopher Connelly). Gopher breaks a passenger's (Jose Ferrer) priceless statue; Judy is labeled a home-wrecker; Ace snaps a telling shot of two couples. The legendary sitcom actor was known for playing Captain Stubing on The Love. 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. In 1981, P&O Cruises' line Sea Princess (now MSVeronica) was also used for the special two-hour episode "Julie's Wedding", set in and around Australia. Meanwhile, Cliff wants Vicki to model for him on an ongoing basis, which could start a career for her. 3 min read. Gopher finds himself in hot water in Curaao when he runs a pharmaceutical errand for Doc, who sent him so he could be alone with the attractive female judges. Jill Whelan joined the cast at age 11, playing Captain Stubings young daughter Vicky. Heart surgery patient Harvey Cronkle's pushy wife Sara won't let him have fun. In preparation for a steeplechase race in Mexico, one of the racers (Allen Ludden) spends more time with his horse than with his wife (Betty White), who finds comfort in the man's business partner (David Doyle). Hes an accomplished director, having done shows like Moesha, Dharma & Greg, Fantasy Island, The First Family, The Wayans Brothers, The Fall Guy, and of course, multiple episodes of The Love Boat. And when two of them (Elaine Joyce and Jerry Van Dyke) get attracted to each other, they don't know what to do. Another couple has a reputation of being perpetually engaged. She kept up some acting and some cabaret work, and hosted a podcast with her friend Brian Phelps called The Brian and Jill Show, available on iTunes. Doc meets a woman (Susan Blakely), who's traveling with her brother (Ken Olandt), who doesn't warm up to Doc. A cosmetics king searching for a unique woman to represent his new product finds two competing candidates. Now she wants a commitment but the guy keeps on making excuses to the point of faking an illness. A couple and their friend meet a former marketing executive who is penniless and looking for work. [11] Both vessels' scrappings were controversial, but the previous owners justified it by saying that they were getting too old to continue operating. Ace and the crew campaign for a salary raise. A widow (Marion Ross) has her eyes on the Captain. MacLeod died early Saturday at his home in Palm Desert, California, said Stephanie Steele Zalin, his stepdaughter. German Cruise: Part 1 of 2. All Rights Reserved. An author (James Coco) and a censor (Dody Goodman) fall in love, unaware they are sharing the same cabin. Guest stars: Carol Channing as Aunt Sylvia Duvall, Rue McClanahan as Laura Thornton Hayes, Michelle Phillips, Cesar Romero as John Drake, Alan Thicke as Alan Price, Dick Van Patten as George Hayes, Betty White as Betsy Boucher, Fred Willard as Lou, Also Starring: Christie Claridge as Cindy. He also manipulates it to pair himself with Julie. Unfortunately, she fails at all of them. Two sisters (, "The Reunion / Haven't I Seen You? Guest Stars: Tony Roberts as Jack Chenault, Priscilla Barnstable as Judy Barrett (credited as Cyb Barnstable), Patricia Barnstable as Joanie Barrett (credited as Trish Barnstable), David Nelson as Gary Gage, Fred Travalena as Ted Ashton, Ruth Buzzi as Patti Harmon, and Sid Caesar as Michael Harmon. Brad was widowed four years earlier and wouldn't approve of her chanteuse habits, which may go on display when the planned entertainer cancels and Stubing presses Julie to find a replacement. Guest Stars: Charo as Lupe Zapata De Vega Valdez, Nathan Cook as Carl Tysdell, Leigh McCloskey as Charles "Chip" Reynolds, Stephanie Mills as Tara, and Erin Moran as Janet Reynolds. . / We'll Meet Again", "Spain Cruise: The Matadors / Mrs. Jameson Comes Out / Love's Labor Found / Marry Me, Marry Me: Parts 1 & 2", "My Stepmother, Myself / Almost Roommates / Cornerback Sneak", "Happily Ever After / Have I Got a Job for You / Mr. Smith Goes to Minikulu". Allen & Harvey Bullock (Country Blues; Jackpot), "Chef's Special / Beginning Anew / Kleinschmidt", "The Lady from Laramie / Vicki Swings / Phantom Bride", Fred S. Fox & Seaman Jacobs (The Lady from Laramie), "Farnsworth's Fling / Three in a Bed / I Remember Helen / Merrill, Melanie & Melanesia / Gopher Farnsworth Smith: Parts 1 & 2", Fred S. Fox & Seaman Jacobs (Farnsworth's Fling; Three in a Bed; I Remember Helen), "Love, Honor and Obey / Gladys and Agnes / Radioactive Isaac", "He's My Brother / Zeke and Zelda / Teach Me Tonight", Christopher Vane & Jill Baer (Zeke and Zelda), "Take a Letter, Vicki / The Floating Bridge Game / The Joy of Celibacy", Marlene Perry & Mel Shields (The Floating Bridge Game), "Doc Takes the Fifth / Safety Last / A Business Affair", Tony Webster and Jill Baer & Christopher Vane (Doc Takes the Fifth), "Good Neighbors / Captain's Portrait / Familiar Faces", "I Don't Play Anymore / Gopher's Roommate / Crazy for You", "Green, But Not Jolly / Past Perfect Love / Instant Family", "The Return of the Captain's Lady / Love Ain't Illegal / The Irresistible Man", Sid Morse (The Return of the Captain's Lady), "His Girls Friday / A Wife for Wilfred / The Girl Who Stood Still", Marlene Perry & Mel Shields (His Girls Friday), "New York, A.C. / Live It Up / All's Fair in Love and War", "The Musical / My Ex-Mom / The Show Must Go On / The Pest / My Aunt, the Worrier: Parts 1 & 2", "Pride of the Pacific / The Viking's Son / Separate Vacations / The Experiment / Getting to Know You: Parts 1 & 2", "Isaac Gets Physical / She Brought Her Mother Along / Cold Feet", Richard Albrecht and Casey Keller (Isaac Gets Physical), "Burl of My Dreams / Meet the Author / Rhymes, Riddles and Romance", Jill Baer and Christopher Vane (Burl of My Dreams), "Pal-I-Mony-O-Mine / Does Father Know Best? 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. Three college girls (Carrell Myers, Toni Hudson and Christie Claridge) are mistaken for prostitutes; fitness expert and health book author Andy (Charles Frank) suffers fainting spells during triathlon training and Doc tells him he has diabetes; Judy's (Pat Klous) soap opera star aunt Sylvia's (Carol Channing) jealous friend Betsy (Betty White) auditions for a new part on their soap opera with Sylvia's lecherous co-star Roger (Louis Nye). A young woman traveling with her parents meets and falls in love with a man, but she does not know that she is dying from leukemia. Surprisingly, Ted Lange used to co-write a sex advice column for the magazine FHM. A friend of Gopher's who is dating two women is on board to decide which one he truly loves, unaware that both women are also on the cruise. 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. Note: Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis are real-life mother and daughter. Note: Second of two episodes to air back-to-back. He used to joke that he got away with murder: as his character, the lecherous Doc, he could tell every attractive woman on the ship to take her clothes off, legitimately. Fashioned like an episode from Love, American Style set at sea (ABC's earlier romantic comedy anthology hitask Grammy about it), the premise for The Love Boat was quite simple and therefore, comfortably predictable, week after week. A man traveling with his new girlfriend is convinced that his estranged wife has planted bugs in his cabin. (segments Rent a Romeo, Y' Gotta Have Heart), See production, box office & company info, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA. Kopell already had a very successful career going long before the show premiered in 1977. 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. [26][27][28], The Australian version is presented by Darren McMullen. The book Brett Somers is reading in bed is "Mexico 1979" which was a popular travel guide to Mexico. 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. Guest Stars: Thom Bray as Lowell Mandell, CJ the Orangutan as Tanny the Orangutan, Patti Davis as Brenda (credited as Patricia Davis), Gloria DeHaven as Mary Halbert, Nancy Dussault as Dr. Dorothee Davis, and Donald O'Connor as Leo Halbert. In the Oscar-winning 1998 period drama "Gods and Monsters," Brendan Fraser's on-screen alter ego gardener Clayton Boone posed sans shirt as Ian McKellen's James Whale sketched his portrait. A man (, "Play by Play / Cindy / What's a Brother For? Doc weds a concert cellist but finds she didn't marry him for love; an overly cautious safety inspector learns it may be too risky to play it safe; a high-strung executive falls for his female vice president. Part 2: The captain and his marooned group struggle to survive on the island during a hurricane. The . Stubing's pending marriage upsets Vicki; A veteran football player faces being cut; A cook (Michael Winslow) has two roommates. Producer Marty Chenault (Dean Jones) is the older brother of Jack Chenault, whom Julie almost married once. Julie is making a decision about accepting Jack's (. In 198081, The Love Boat aired in reruns on ABC daytime, and beat The Price Is Right in the ratings for a few months. A stuffy executive loosens up and falls in love with his secretary; a songwriter rekindles a wife's love for her husband; Captain Stubing takes charge of the orphaned child of his former love; a stern Russian cruise director gets a new image, to Doc's delight. A dead man (Bill Macy) must perform a totally selfless act to get into heaven, with an angel (Fritz Weaver) watching. The crew is in Australia to work on one of the cruise line's ships based there. Honeymooners (John Rubinstein, Kathy Bates) experience a nightmare of a honeymoon. 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. Other Guests: Carrell Myers as Denise, Toni Hudson as Rita, Christie Claridge as Sherry, Don Bovingloh as Howard, Joe Renteria as Ramon, Rose Parrah as Chi Chi, and Anthony Barton as Dean. Chosen out of a pool of 100 other actresses, she won the role after producer Spelling screened an episode of Starsky & Hutch shed appeared on, and she was told to report to the set bright and early the next morning. Here's a look at what happened to the crew of the TV classic 'The Love Boat.'. See Photos. Among them is his niece, Marcia (Jessica Walter), who is not exactly fond of him, because she believes that because of him her father became penniless. Guest Stars: Martha Raye as Irene Austin, Ray Bolger as Andy Hopkins, Peter Marshall as Dr. Todd Gardiner, Barbara Rush as Eleanor Gardiner, Phyllis Davis as Nancy Bishop, Tina Louise as Betty Bricker, and Lyle Waggoner as Lance Wilson. Guest stars: Meredith Baxter as Sandy Rytell (credited as Meredith Baxter Birney), Bonnie Franklin as Stacy Skaugstad, Captain Stubing's Ex-Wife, Shelly Novack as Congressman Brad Brockway, Suzanne Somers as Lorraine Hoffman, Brenda Sykes as Ginny O'Brien, and Jimmie Walker as Ronald Baker. 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. Other Guests: Julius Harris as Minister, and Lana Clarkson as Angela. A charming widower and his son (Robert Mandan, Randolph Mantooth) fall in love with the same woman (Cathy Lee Crosby). The young man makes a move on her, prompting Doc to challenge him. Judy, Gopher, and Isaac each hire a Santa, who don't get along and try to out-do each other. LOS ANGELES (AP) Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who achieved stardom as Murray Slaughter, the sardonic TV news writer on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," before going on to even bigger. A woman is scared by her boyfriend's risky stunts. She then panics and tells him she's Irene's sister. She admits she would have accepted a pay cut and tried to turn things around, but it was too late, and Pat Klous replaced her as Julies younger sister Judy. A quarreling couple (Sherman Hemsley, LaWanda Page) is trapped in an elevator. The project stars Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne along with Normal People star Fionn O'Shea. This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 01:11. Other Guests: Lisa Dean Ryan as Spock and Vera Perez as B.F.D. CBS has revealed the cast and crew for their new reality series, The Real Love Boat, premiering Oct. 5, which combines elements of a dating show with . In the Virgin Islands, a wine-tasting competition is held, and Julie's aunt helps her friend scheme to snag the contest's wealthy sponsor; a judge starts a shipboard fling without getting to know his new partner well; a married couple who gets divorced every year for tax purposes takes the cruise; Vicki pines over a pro football player. Believing that good people die young, a charming boy (Emmanuel Lewis) goes on a rampage of bad behavior. Guest Stars: Courteney Cox as Carol, Herb Edelman as Dr. Ivan Petrovska (credited as Herbert Edelman), Peter Scolari as Frank Hobbs, Shelley Smith as Phyllis Townsend, Alan Thicke as Senator Bob Townsend, and Kristina Wayborn as Anna Petrovska. Captain Stubing's nephew turns out to be a klutz. A beauty contest on board ship divides a couple (Maureen McCormick, Bobby Sherman). A couple celebrating their 40th anniversary fight nearly break apart. [1] [2] Saunders was also partly inspired by the German cruise ship MV Aurora. Guest Stars: Eva Gabor as Leila Kane, Mimi Kuzyk as Nancy Brown, Garrett Morris as Gary Samuels, Roxie Roker as Rhonda Whitney, and Patrick Wayne as Jim Stanton / Ed Brown. Branch. The assistant knows that the book he wrote was not entirely written by him and is using this knowledge to blackmail him into having an affair with her. A woman dating a man who was once obese now has to deal with a romantic rival. A matador clashes with his grandson; A released convict seeks her daughter; Isaac finds a stowaway; A man woos two women. Fox as Chauffeur, and Richard Lineback as Steward. And a guy comes aboard to meet his mother, who just got married but is not happy that the guy she married is almost his age. When a fraternity has the turnover of one of their relics from one chapter to another, the chapter receiving the relic feels the chapter currently in possession of it is not worthy to be part of the fraternity, so the recipient chapter leader (Tim Ryan) tries to make it appear that they violated several of the fraternity's laws so that they would be thrown out. Other Guests: Patti MacLeod as Society Matron (credit only), Richard Wren as Carl Mueller, William Jackson as Alexander Dietrich (credited as William B. Jackson), Peter Kelly as Marcel Villemin, Barbara Ward as Gina, Charles Howard as Man at Bar, Sisse Hasbo as Sophia, Ulrich Matschoss as Anton, and Gil Mandelik as Croupier (credit only). Guest stars include Georgia Engel as a stowaway, Gary Frank and Melanie Mayron as a pair of tremulous honeymooners, Stella Stevens and Pat Harrington as an eternally bickering married couple, and Audra Lindley and Phil Silvers as respectively, an outspoken middle-aged lady and a woebegone widower. Mark James. An expectant couple pesters Doc while he tries to court another passenger. Other Guests: Annrae Waterhouse as Ashley Chenault (credited as Ashley) and Melora Hardin as Courtney Chenault (credited as Courtney). A repentant Mallory tries to reconcile with his wife. The opening sequence for the series underwent three changes over the years. The crew are in Greece working a cruise a college is having its graduation ceremony aboard: Guest stars: Leigh McCloskey, William R. Moses. On Monday, CBS' long-running drama NCIS hit a major milestone with the release of its 450th episode. A teacher tries to hide his side job as a male stripper from a PTA member; Isaac's advice leads a husband astray, and his attempts to fix the problem only make matters worse; the captain suspects a known burglar in a theft of expensive jewels. Allen and Harvey Bullock (Aquaphobic), "Return of the Ninny / Split Personality / Touchdown Twins", Art Baer and Ben Joelson (Return of the Ninny), "Quiet, My Wife's Listening / Eye of the Beholder / The Nudist from Sunshine Gardens", Tony Webster (Quiet, My Wife's Listening), "Clothes Make the Girl / Black Sheep / Hometown Doc", "Sally's Paradise / I Love You Too, Smith / Mama and Me", R.S. Latest News See All. An artist (Donald O'Connor) and his orangutan gives his last performance during the cruise. A young man claims that he is Doc's son; an ad executive collaborates on a campaign with the daughter of his latest client; a professional escort of an older woman falls for another younger woman. A self-pitying blind woman is romanced by a gentle farmer. On a Christmas cruise, three men (Avery Schreiber, Ray Walston and Scatman Crothers) are scheduled to play one jolly St. Nick. A stowaway (Meeno Peluce) convinces the crew that a playboy passenger (Dirk Benedict) is his father. Gopher's aunt (Jane Powell), afraid to tell him she is no longer wealthy and has to work as a maid for another passenger (Mary Wickes), meets a charming passenger (Howard Keel). 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. Mark James Age Guide: 50-54 Director Appleby-In-Westmorland, Cumbria, CA16. Once the two get together it's a contest of digs, and a surprise happening between the two. By Benjamin Ivry June 1, 2021. Note: Deney Terrio is better known as the choreographer and dance coach for John Travolta in the movie Saturday Night Fever. On a Hong Kong cruise: a Senator romances a woman, until he learns the nature of her visit; two brothers date Julie and Vicki; a woman passenger is a shopaholic; a retired spy is on vacation and romances a woman passenger. Note: This is Michelle Johnson's last episode as Kim. 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. Gavin MacLeod, the actor who famously played Captain Merrill Stubing on the classic TV show The Love Boat, has died at 90. Born in Dallas, Noble studied acting under Lee Strasberg at the NYC Actors Studio. The Captain might reconsider his marriage to Emily (Marion Ross). 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. The network has transformed the show's concept into a real-life rom-com with " The Real Love Boat .". The actor has an estimated net worth of $10 million as of 2019. [3] A reporter (Ralph Bellamy) pursues a woman (Dorothy McGuire) to get the story that she is aviator Amelia Earhart. A crew member (Larry Breeding) pretends to be a rich passenger to please the mother (Lee Meriwether) of his love interest (Kyle Aletter). Notes: This is a 90-minute episode. 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. A woman poses as her sister to avoid an old flame. The latest, reality dating competition show "The Real Love Boat," will be filmed on board a Princess Cruise ship, just like the original show, and is due to air on CBS later this year. The actor passed away at his home surrounded by his loved ones and caretakers (via TMZ ). An executive is entangled in an affair between his co-worker and their boss; Doc and Gopher are smitten by a pretty nurse but her invalid charge interferes. An Air Force officer and his Japanese-born wife find themselves confronted by his ex-girlfriend. Julie's parents (Norman Fell and Betty Garrett) are getting divorced. 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 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. An estranged father and son (Allan Jones and Jack Jones) resist their wives' (Dorothy Lamour & Laraine Stephens) efforts to reunite them. A man seeks revenge on his brother, a member of the ship's crew; an elderly couple evicted from their home tries to scam a free cruise; a plain woman meets the suave author of the trashy romance novel she is reading (called Passion at Dawn). A rocker meets and falls in love with a deaf girl; a gambler in marital trouble gets Doc to tell his wife how he feels; Isaac mistakes a conversation by two writers about an upcoming mystery-murder novel as an actual plot to kill the captain. New roommates Vicki and Judy have to deal with their opposite habits. Guest Stars: Bob Crane as Edward 'Teddy' Anderson, Rosemary DeCamp as Cynthia Loudon, Don DeFore as Everett Loudon, Robert Hays as Sam Bradley, John Rubinstein as George Allison, Bruce Solomon as Bill Edwards, David White as Greg Beatty, John Rubinstein as George Allison, and Kathy Bates as Sally Allison. Then, he meets a girl (Laurie Walters) with whom he connects. A bachelor executive hires actors to pose as his family to impress his boss and wife who don't know of his status. Bert Fredericks (David Groh) plans his wife Denise's (Michele Lee) birthday party, but she thinks it's a murder plot. Captain Stubing's godson (Grant Goodeve) and his wife (Bess Armstrong) are cruising together after being separated for two years by his military duties overseas. 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. 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. He on the other hand mistakes Julie's attempts to fix him up with the lady as affection for him and feels uncomfortable with too young an admirer. The Captain welcomes back a widow (Marion Ross), who has romantic plans for her new cruise. Grandy, a Republican representing Iowa's 6th congressional district, went on to serve four consecutive terms (19871995).