ALF (1986)
ALF (1986)
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Andrea Elson
Lynn Tanner
Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros
ALF
Anne Schedeen
Kate Tanner
Paul Fusco
ALF (voice) / Creator / Producer / Director / Writer
Benji Gregory
Brian Tanner
Max Wright
Willie Tanner
Bernie Brillstein
Producer
Alf Clausen
Music
Nick Havinga
Director
Burt Brinckerhoff
Director
Gary Shimokawa
Director
Peter Bonerz
Director
Paul Miller
Director
Nancy Heydorn
Director
Tony Csiki
Director
Peter Baldwin
Director
Rick Gough
Director
Howard Storm
Director
Steve Pepoon
Teleplay / Writer
Lisa A. Bannick
Writer
Bob Bendetson
Writer
Howard Bendetson
Writer
Laurie Gelman
Writer
David Adam Silverman
Writer / Teleplay
Stephen Sustarsic
Writer / Teleplay
Al Jean
Writer
Donald Todd
Writer
Victor Fresco
Teleplay / Writer
Mike Reiss
Writer
Scott S. Gorden
Writer
Thad Mumford
Writer
Nelson Costello
Writer
Jerry Stahl
Writer
Steven Hollander
Writer
Wendy Graf
Writer
Lisa Stotsky
Writer
Seth Weisbord
Writer
Alicia Marie Schudt
Writer
Ron Burla
Writer
Adrienne Armstrong
Writer
Philip Whitehill
Writer
Roger S.H. Schulman
Writer
Leslie Ann Podkin
Writer
Gary Markowitz
Writer
Cecile Alch
Writer
Bruce David
Writer
Kevin Abbott
Writer
David Steven Cohen
Writer
Sandy Gillis
Story
Lloyd Garver
Writer
John Romano
Writer
Mitzi McCall
Writer
Jeanne Baruch
Writer
Ian Praiser
Story
Patricia Niedzialek
Writer
Art Everett
Teleplay
Skip Frank
Writer
Gwyn Gurian
Writer
Wesley Stern
Writer
Marjorie Gross
Writer
Jordan Tabat
Writer
Marcia Wallace
Mrs. Lyman
Dorothy Lyman
Maura Norris
Joseph Maher
Angel Bob
Carl Franklin
Dr. Willoughby
Larry Hankin
Andrew Seminick, Burglar
Martin Doyle
Mr. Duncan
Sandy Duncan
Herself
Judith Marie-Bergan
Marilyn Geiser
Emily Schulman
Girl
Mary Jo Catlett
Mary Jo
Judy Landers
Brenda
Kathleen Freeman
Betty Susla
Randee Heller
Elaine Ochmonek
Casey Kasem
Himself
Bob Denver
Gilligan
David Alan Grier
FBI #1
Dan Gilvezan
Harry
Joe Colligan
Alexander
Ricky Paull Goldin
Danny Duckworth
Tim Rossovich
Instructor
Richard Fancy
Colonel Halsey
John McLaughlin
Self
David Ogden Stiers
Flakey Pete
Melissa Francis
Miss Williams
Beverly Archer
Mrs. Byrd / Writer
Joyce Brothers
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Kurt McKinney
Scott
Alex Henteloff
Mr. Rasmussen
Dan Castellaneta
Steve Michaels
Richard Sanders
Hogarth
Earl Boen
Warren
David Horowitz
Himself
Stanley DeSantis
Minister
Anne Ramsey
Ethel Buttonwood
Archie Hahn
Bill Loman
Michael Des Barres
Eddie
Jeff Doucette
Scooter
Darwin Joston
Dog-Pound Attendant
Geoffrey Blake
Lizard
Todd Susman
Jim 'Jimbo' Hutchinson
Nancy Lenehan
Laverne Litwak
Carla Gugino
Laura
Joe Mays
Ron
Bill Brochtrup
Charlie
Frances Bay
Louise Beaumont
Tommy Newsom
Himself
Ted Raimi
Julius
Tara Karsian
Ellen
Bill Daily
Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Dykstra
Cleavon Little
George Foley
Allyce Beasley
Margaret
Joe Namath
Joe Namath
Carlos Lacámara
Doug Could
Sherman Howard
Officer
Amzie Strickland
Rebecca
Fran Drescher
Roxanne
Logan Ramsey
Vince
Timothy Stack
Jim
Brandon Tartikoff
Himself
Paul Dooley
Whizzer
Russell Johnson
Professor Roy Hinkley
Robert Pine
Father
Francis X. McCarthy
Alien Task Force Officer Darnell Valentine (archive footage) / Alien Task Force Officer Darnell Valentine
Mark Clayman
Randy
Jesse D. Goins
Doug
Jed Mills
Dad
Aaron Lustig
Willie #2
David Leisure
Brandon Tartikoff
Dawn Wells
Mary Ann Summers
Joseph V. Perry
Mr. Polniakoff
Dean Cameron
Robert Sherwood
Hal Havins
Officer Gaffney
Gregory Cooke
Michael
Eric Christmas
Bernie
Molly Hagan
Denise
Nicole Dubuc
Hannah
Carrie Lorraine
Heidi
Meshach Taylor
Addison
Frederick de Cordova
Himself
Deborah White
Monica
Clyde Kusatsu
Skydiver
Denise Dowse
FBI #4
Sam Whipple
Sam (credit only) / Sam (archive footage) / Sam
Mark Blankfield
Eric, Sr.
Larry Poindexter
Sergeant Armstrong
Teresa Ganzel
The Matinee Lady (credit only)
Henry G. Sanders
George
John Pinette
Howie Anderson
Kenneth Tigar
FBI #2
Arthur Rosenberg
Mr. Defoe
Rich Little
Himself (credit only)
Joan Embery
Self
Mickey Jones
Artie / Artie (archive footage) / Artie (credit only)
Lisle Wilson
Police Officer
Mark Levine
Pizza Delivery Man
Vince McKewin
Stele
Myrna White
Myrna
Bunny Summers
Bunny
Sandy Freeman
Sandy
Thomas Callaway
Animal
Andrea Covell
Jody / Jody (archive footage)
Michael Lemon
Nolan
Susan Lavine
Skydiver
Brad Thornton
Skydiver Collins
Robert Costanzo
Tow truck driver Bert
Randy Sutter
Butch
Kristen Taylor Johnson
Alison
Stephen Seigel
Jack Rabbit Courier
Anne Meara
Dorothy Halligan / Dorothy Halligan (archive footage) / Writer
Alan David Gelman
Delivery Man / Delivery Man (archive footage) / Delivery Man (credit only)
Tracey Walter
Gravel Gus (credit only) / Gravel Gus / Gravel Gus (archive footage)
Diane Cary
Ms. Wine
Philip Gordon
Luis Mancia
Lewis Arquette
Ed Billings (archive footage) / Ed Billings
Bill McIntyre
Officer
Mimi Davis-Taylor
Lady
Mitchell Group
Man
Joshua Rudoy
Spencer
Bob Larkin
Customer at garage sale
Pamela McMyler
Customer at garage sale
Phil Rubenstein
Customer at garage sale
Garry Goodrow
Consumer Ed
Douglas Warhit
Exterminator
Alan Hale Jr.
Skipper Jonas Grumby
Nedra Volz
Cat Woman / Cat Woman (archive footage) / Cat Woman (credit only)
John Miranda
Brother Ed
Michael Alaimo
Monk
Tom Patchett
Creator / Executive Producer / Interviewer / Director / Writer
John LaMotta
Trevor Ochmonek / Trevor Ochmonek (archive footage) / Trevor Ochmonek (credit only)
Michele Brustin
Self
Al Fann
Workman
Darrow Igus
Ron
Nan McNamara
Secretary to Brandon Tartikoff
Richard Roat
Walter Burke
Melanie Noble
Felicia Burke
Suzanne Hunt
Miss Bartley
Raye Birk
Officer Griswald / Lenny Scott
Lou Felder
Senator Gil Hossenfeffer
Liz Sheridan
Raquel Ochmonek / Raquel Ochmonek (credit only) / Raquel Ochmonek (archive footage)
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Congressman Nathan Peal
Keri Houlihan
Tiffany
Glenn Withrow
Richard
Connie Richmond
Nurse #1
Patricia Ayame Thomson
Nurse #2
James Brown III
Little Boy
Randy Simper
Herb
Nancy Linari
Mary
Robert Alan Beuth
Howard
H. Ray Huff
Sid
Linda Hoy
Bernice Billings / Bernice Billings (credit only) / Bernice Billings (archive footage)
Pamella D'Pella
Denise
Fred Goss
Delivery Man
Hilarie Thompson
Betty
Lindy Nisbet
Mavis
Elisha Cook Jr.
Uncle Albert / Uncle Albert (archive footage)
Tim Wade
The Stage Manager / The Stage Manager (credit only)
Michael Berryman
Rick / Rick (archive footage)
Eugene Greytak
Pope John Paul II
Ed McMahon
Himself
Norman Lee Harris
Jeff / Himself
Michael Champion
Sgt. Matt Fox
David Knell
Dudley
Robert P. Lieb
Uncle Rocky
Adrienne Hampton
Diana
Shaggy Murphy
Jason
Richard McKenzie
Nick Susla
Ron Steelman
John
Tony Lober
The Intruder
Tom La Grua
Marshall
Pete Willcox
Aaron King
Wendy Oates
Stephanie Taylor
Rebecca Boone
Andrea
Stephanie Hagen
Sylvia
Peter Iacangelo
Lee Frasier
Bill Wiley
Farmer
David Wohl
TV Shrink
Josh Blake
Jake Ochmonek
Bruno Alexander
Sabato Springs Man
Charles Dougherty
Phil
Parker Whitman
FBI #3
Marcia Firesten
Betsy
Dale Raoul
Rita
Rob Neukirch
Howard
Holly Fields
Joanie
Kevin Bourland
Man
Steve Sweeney
Airline Worker
Fran Bennett
Mrs. Watson
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 22, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes101
Running Time23m
Content RatingTV-G
Genres
Wiki.
ALF is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990.
The title character, called ALF (an acronym for "Alien Life Form") but whose real name is Gordon Shumway, crash-lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family. The series stars Max Wright as father Willie Tanner, Anne Schedeen as mother Kate Tanner and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory as their children, Lynn and Brian Tanner. ALF was performed by puppeteer Paul Fusco, who co-created the show with Tom Patchett. However, in the scenes in which the character appeared in full body, a small costumed actor was briefly used (then uncredited in that role), the Hungarian-born Michu Meszaros.
Produced by Alien Productions, ALF ran for four seasons and produced 99 episodes, including four one-hour episodes ("Try to Remember", "ALF's Special Christmas", "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "Tonight, Tonight") that were divided into two parts for syndication, totaling 102 episodes. The series proper concluded with an unresolved cliffhanger, but a later TV movie, Project: ALF, served as a series finale for the franchise.
In August 2018, Warner Bros. Television announced the development of an ALF reboot, which was later canceled in November of that year. In February 2022, it was announced that Shout! Factory had acquired distribution rights to the ALF titles, and would "develop new ALF-related content", with the company Maximum Effort subsequently joining in July 2023 to develop new material as well.