''Hey Landlord!'' is an American sitcom that appeared on

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during the 1966–1967 season, sponsored by

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in the 8:30-9pm Eastern time period on Sunday nights. It is notable for its casting director

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, who later became a producer for

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. Roos discovered the counterculture sketch group The Committee in San Francisco and cast all members in bit parts in ''Hey Landlord!.'' It also served as the first TV show for writer-director-producer

Garry Marshall Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American filmmaker and actor. He started his career in the 1960s writing for ''The Lucy Show'' and ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' before he developed Neil Simon's 1965 play ''The Odd Co ...

Plot, cast, and characters

This series stars

Will Hutchins Will Hutchins (born Marshall Lowell Hutchason; May 5, 1930) is an American actor most noted for playing the lead role of the young lawyer Tom Brewster, in the Western (genre), Western television series ''Sugarfoot'', which aired on American B ...

as Woody Banner, who learns that his uncle has died and that he has inherited from him a New York City

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apartment building in Manhattan's East 30s as its landlord. Other tenants in the building are

Sandy Baron Sandy Baron (born Sanford Irving Beresofsky; May 5, 1936 – January 21, 2001) was an American actor and comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television. Early life Sanford Beresofsky was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in th ...

as comedian Chuck Hookstratten, Jack (

Michael Constantine Michael Constantine (born Gus Efstratiou (Ευστρατίου); May 22, 1927 – August 31, 2021) was an American actor. He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula ...

) who was a photographer, glamorous Theresa (Pamela Rodgers) and her roommate and best friend Kyoto (

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), who frequently yells, "Hey, Landlord!" thus giving the show its title. Other co-stars are

Ann Morgan Guilbert Ann Morgan Guilbert (October 16, 1928 – June 14, 2016), sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, was an American television and film actress and comedian who portrayed a number of roles from the 1950s on, most notably as Millie Helper in 61 episode ...

, and

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, who at the time specialized in playing little old ladies.

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later appeared in four episodes as Woody's visiting sister Bonnie. Plots from a few episodes of the show were believed to have been later used on Marshall's series ''

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''.

Production

The series lasted one season of 31 episodes; the last episode aired on April 23, 1967.

Episode list

References

Kliph Nesteroff interview with Carl Gottlieb, April 2013

External links

* 1960s American sitcoms 1966 American television series debuts 1967 American television series endings NBC original programming Television series by United Artists Television English-language television shows Television shows about landlords {{US-comedy-tv-prog-stub