Beverly Archer

Beverly Archer (born July 19, 1948) is an American actress.

She was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but raised in California. She attended Alverno Heights High School (Sierra Madre, California), and both San Francisco State University and UC Santa Barbara, majoring in drama. She may be best known for her television roles as Iola Boylan on Mama's Family and as Gunnery Sgt. Alva Bricker on Major Dad.

She appeared in other programs such as The Young and the Restless, ALF, and the movie Project ALF, along with many other guest appearances. She also wrote three ALF episodes. She played a thieving teacher in The Brady Bunch Movie, who was caught by Bobby Brady. She also appeared in two episodes of Married... with Children as Miss Hardaway, a sexually repressed librarian and abstinence counselor who is in love with Bud. In addition, she appeared in a 1994 episode of Full House, where she played the role of an unsympathetic SAT test monitor. She made guest appearances on episodes of Grace Under Fire, Family Ties and The Fall Guy. She portrayed Nancy Walker's daughter in The Nancy Walker Show. Aside from acting, Archer wrote episodes for both Mama's Family and ALF. She retired in 2000.

List of Major Dad episodes

This is a list of episodes for the television series Major Dad.

Episode list

Season 1 (1989/90)

Season 2 (1990/91)

Season 3 (1991/92)

Season 4 (1992/93)

References

Major Dad

Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly. The cast also includes Beverly Archer, Matt Mulhern, Jon Cypher, Marisa Ryan, Nicole Dubuc and Chelsea Hertford.

Synopsis

The first season is set at the fictional Camp Singleton (meant to represent Camp Pendleton) where hard-charging United States Marine Corps Major John D. “Mac” MacGillis is commander of the infantry training school's acquisition division. MacGillis's life is changed when he falls in love with a liberal journalist, Polly Cooper. The show follows Mac in his work life—where he deals with Lt. Eugene Holowachuk (Matt Mulhern), Sgt. Byron James (Marlon Archey) and Merilee Gunderson (Whitney Kershaw) – as well as his home life as he learns to live with Polly's three daughters, Elizabeth, Robin, and Casey.

At the beginning of the second season, the MacGillis family moves to Camp Hollister (based on Marine Corps Base Quantico) where Mac must adapt to the role of Staff Secretary (or, “Staff Weenie”) and the crazy antics of Commanding General Marcus C. Craig, Aide-de-Camp 1st Lt. Eugene Holowachuk (who transferred with Major MacGillis from Camp Singleton), and Gunnery Sgt. Alva "Gunny" Bricker.

Gerald McRaney

Gerald Lee "Mac" McRaney (born August 19, 1947) is an American television and movie actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. He was a series regular for the first season of Jericho, and the final season of Deadwood.

Early life

McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi, the son of Edna and Clyde McRaney, a builder. He is of Scottish and Choctaw ancestry. He attended college at the University of Mississippi. Before hitting it big as an actor, McRaney worked in the Louisiana oil fields.

Career

In film, he starred in Night of Bloody Horror (1969), a low-budget slasher film in which he played the lead character Wesley Stuart.

On television, McRaney holds the distinction of being the last guest star to meet Marshal Matt Dillon in a gunfight, in the Gunsmoke episode "Hard Labor" (airdate February 24, 1975). He also participated in the Dukes of Hazzard series in the episode "Hazzard Connection" (November 9, 1979), played a receptionist in two different episodes of The Rockford Files, and portrayed a heroin-addicted Vietnam War veteran in one episode of Hawaii Five-O. In addition, he starred in numerous episodes of The Incredible Hulk playing roles as a jealous boyfriend, a jealous race car driver, an angry police officer, and a disturbed police chief, and he played a town local, Harry Owens in the miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. However, McRaney is perhaps best known for his role as Rick Simon in the 1980s television show Simon & Simon. He also had starring roles on Major Dad and Promised Land, and a recurring role on Designing Women.

Shanna Reed

Shanna Reed (born Shanna Herron; October 30, 1955) is an American dancer and actress, known for her roles on television and movies. She is best known for playing Polly Cooper McGillis on Major Dad. One of seven siblings, she is the daughter of Tommy Reed, the jazz saxophonist and leader of the Tommy Reed Orchestra.

Additional television credits include roles in Promised Land, Beverly Hills, 90210, Touched by an Angel, Cheers, Magnum, P.I., The Colbys, Simon & Simon, Hotel, Knight Rider, T.J. Hooker, Fantasy Island, Texas, and Newhart. Her last role according to the Internet Movie Database was in 1999.

Filmography

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