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{{Short description|American actor (1931–2021)}}
{{For|the Scottish football manager|Gavin MacLeod (football)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Gavin MacLeod
| image              = Gavin MacLeod Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970.jpg
| caption            = MacLeod in a publicity photo for ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' in 1970
| birth_name         = Allan George See
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1931|02|28}}
| birth_place        = [[Mount Kisco, New York]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2021|05|29|1931|02|28}}
| death_place        = [[Palm Desert, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)|Forest Lawn Cemetery]]
| occupation         = Actor, author
| years_active       = 1955–2017
| known_for          = Murray Slaughter on ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''<br />Captain Merrill Stubing on ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| alma_mater         = [[Ithaca College]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| spouse             = {{Unbulleted list
  | {{marriage|Joan F. Rootvik|1955|1972|end=divorced}}
  | {{marriage|Patti Kendig|February 22, 1974|December 8, 1982|end=divorced}}
  | {{marriage||June 30, 1985}}
  }}
| children           = 4
| module             = {{Infobox military person
|embed         = yes
|embed_title   = Military service
|allegiance    = {{USA}}
|branch        = {{air force|United States}}
|branch_label  = Branch
|battles       =
|battles_label = War
|serviceyears  = 1952–1954
|rank          = [[File:E2 USAF AM.svg|20px|E-2 insignia]] [[Airman]]
|serviceyears_label = Years
|awards        =
|website       =
}}
}}
'''Gavin MacLeod''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|'|k|l|aʊ|d|}} {{respell|mə|KLOWD}}; born '''Allan George See'''; February 28, 1931 – May 29, 2021) was an American actor best known for his roles as news writer [[List of The Mary Tyler Moore Show characters#Murray Slaughter|Murray Slaughter]] on ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' and ship's captain Merrill Stubing on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[The Love Boat]]''. After growing up Catholic, MacLeod became an [[Evangelicalism|evangelical Christian]] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacLeod |first=Gavin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVX-JV9luqUC&pg=PP1 |title=This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith and Life |date=2013-10-29 |publisher=Thomas Nelson |isbn=978-0-8499-6528-9 |pages=189 |language=en}}</ref> His career, which spanned six decades, included work as a Christian television host, author, and guest on several talk, variety, and religious programs.

MacLeod's career began in films in 1957. In 1960 he was on an episode of ''[[Death Valley Days]]'' named "Yankee Confederate". In 1965, he starred in ''[[The Sword of Ali Baba]]''. He went on to appear in ''[[A Man Called Gannon]]'' (1968), in ''[[The Thousand Plane Raid]] (1969)'', and in ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'' (1970).

MacLeod also achieved continuing television success co-starring alongside [[Ernest Borgnine]]<ref name="FlahertyNYTimes"/> on ''[[McHale's Navy]]'' (1962–1964) as Joseph "Happy" Haines.