Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Biographical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Related Archival Materials
Processing Information note
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: Gavin MacLeod Collection of Scripts
Identifier/Call Number: 0113
Physical Description:
6.3 Linear Feet
(15 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1970-1981
Abstract: The collection includes television scripts from
Easy Street,
The Love Boat,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and the movie script
You Take the High Road, all of which Gavin MacLeod acted in. The scripts range in date from 1970 to 1981.
Physical Location: Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Gavin MacLeod Collection of Scripts, Collection no. 0113, Special Collections and University Archives,
University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials in the collection were transferred to Special Collections and University Archives by the Office of Investment Management
on June 3, 2013, and by Heidi Jaeger on December 11, 2013.
Biographical Note
Gavin MacLeod was born on February 28, 1931, as Allan George See in Mount Kisco, New York, the older of two children. MacLeod
grew up in Pleasantville, New York, and studied acting at Ithaca College, graduating in 1952. After serving in the Air Force,
MacLeod moved to New York City and found a job at Radio City Music Hall while looking for acting work. He changed his name
while in New York City, drawing "Gavin" from a cerebral palsy victim in a TV drama, and "MacLeod" from his Ithaca drama coach,
Beatrice MacLeod. MacLeod was nominated for five Academy Awards and is known for his roles in
The Love Boat,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show,
McHale's Navy, and
Kelly's Heroes.
Scope and Content
The collection includes television scripts from
Easy Street,
The Love Boat,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and the movie script
You Take the High Road, all of which Gavin MacLeod acted in. The scripts range in date from 1970 to 1981.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following four series: 1.
Easy Street; 2.
The Love Boat; 3.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show; and 4.
You Take the High Road. Within each series, episodes are arranged by air date unless otherwise noted.
Related Archival Materials
Other collections at Pepperdine that relate to film and television include: the Ivan Goff Collection of Television Scripts
0004, the Stanley M. Kallis Scripts 0043, the Michael D. (Micky) Moore Papers 0117, the Alan Reed Papers 0119, the Chuck Waters
Papers 0122, and the Jerry Weintraub Collection of Motion Picture and Television Program Reels 0111.
Processing Information note
The collection was arranged and described by Craig Taylor and Jamie Henricks in June, 2013. The finding aid was updated by
Katie Richardson and Amber DelaCruz in January, 2014.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Screenplays
Mary Tyler Moore show (Television program)
Love boat (Television program)
Easy street (Television program)
Television programs
Television scripts
Actors and actresses -- United States
MacLeod, Gavin