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Gavin MacLeod

American actor

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“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”

  • Mary Tyler Moore in 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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  • Ed Asner
    In Ed Asner

    …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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