Donald Faison

Faison was born in New York City. Along with his wife Patti, he wrote about struggles with divorce and alcoholism in Back On Course: The Remarkable Story of a Divorce That Ended in Remarriage. His acting career began at childhood when he attended the Children’s School for the Development of Intuitive and God-Conscious Art and the Professional Children’s School in New York. MacLeod's role on Mary Tyler Moore won him lasting fame, and two Golden Globe nominations, followed by another three nominations for his Love Boat work. Before his debut on Scrubs, he became famous for his role as Murray Lawrence Duvall in Clueless, the 1995 movie and the television series which ran from 1996 to 2000. His first regular TV role came in 1962 as Joseph "Happy" Haines on McHale's Navy. Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974) is an American television and movie actor, best known for his role as Dr Chris Turk in the NBC television series Scrubs. He also appeared as the villain in TV shows of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

His first movie appearance was in I Want To Live!, a 1958 prison drama. At about this time he changed his name, drawing "Gavin" from a cerebral palsy victim in a TV drama, and "MacLeod" from his Ithaca drama coach Beatrice MacLeod. After serving in the Air Force, he moved to New York City and worked at Radio City Music Hall while looking for acting work. Born as Allan See in Mount Kisco, New York, he grew up in Pleasantville and studied acting at Ithaca College, graduating in 1952.

Gavin MacLeod (born February 28, 1930) is an American actor, notable for playing Captain Merrill Stubing on the The Love Boat and Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The Love Boat. The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Hawaii Five-O.

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