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Gavin MacLeod
American actor
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“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
- In The Mary Tyler Moore Show
…gruff boss; Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), the pessimistic copywriter; Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), the haughty, shallow anchorman; and (from 1973 to 1977) Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White), the man-chasing host of WJM’s “Happy Homemaker” segment. Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), Mary’s best friend, and Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman), Mary’s superficial…
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…cast that included Betty White, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Cloris Leachman, and Valerie Harper, Asner played the role of Lou Grant, the headstrong but endearing boss of a local television news station at which Mary Richards (played by Mary Tyler Moore) worked. Asner’s distinct voice and stocky build made him…
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