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The series was set in the Pacific Theatre of World War II (in the show's last season the setting was switched to Italy ) and was based around the crew of PT-73 , led by Lt Commander Quinton McHale ( Ernest Borgnine ). McHale's second-in-command was Ensign Charles Parker ( Tim Conway ) and his commander was Captain Wallace "Leadbottom" Binghamton ( Joe Flynn ). A future American TV star, Gavin MacLeod of both '' The Mary Tyler Moore Show '' and '' The Love Boat '', played crew member "Happy" Haines. The plots revolved around the efforts of Captain Binghamton to rid himself of the PT-73 crew. Binghamton's military discipline ran counter to the 'get-rich-quick,' money-making schemes of the 73's crew, which were usually led by the confident 'con-man' Lester Gruber (played by actor and comic magician Carl Ballantine ). The original cast appeared in two feature film versions of the series; McHale's Navy (1964) and McHale's Navy Joins The Air Force (1965). A 1997 remake featured Tom Arnold , Dean Stockwell , Debra Messing , David Alan Grier , Tim Curry , and Ernest Borgnine (now appearing as Admiral Rodgers). EXTERNAL LINKS IMDB |
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