Mr Belvedere (1985 1990)
Mr Belvedere (1985 1990)

Mr Belvedere (1985 1990)

Mr Belvedere 1985 1990 Popular 1980s sitcom based on the Gwen Davenport novel Belvedere, which in turn was thrice adapted to the big screen Like its earlier novel and big screen brethren, Mr Belvedere featured British butler Lynn Belvedere, who takes a job as a live in nanny for a typical American family and records their everyday experiences in his diary for future use in writing a novel In the 1985 small screen version, the Owens family served as that typical American family and the source of fodder for Belvedere, who had previously worked as a gentry for Winston Churchill and had connections to British royalty Family patriarch George played by sportscaster Bob Uecker was, in an example of art imitating life, a sportswriter the matriarch was Marsha, a law student The couple, who had settled in suburban Pittsburgh, had three children awkward teenager Kevin precocious, easily embarrassed Heather and mischievous prankster Wesley George was initially uncomfortable hiring the worldly Belvedere but eventually came to appreciate the Englishmans friendship as well as his expert culinary skills Unlike his older siblings, Wesley never seemed to get along with Belvedere, but even he came to appreciate the British natives regularly dispensed advice Each episode ended with Belvedere writing in his journal, giving the shows moral while putting everything into perspective In later years, Marsha graduated from law school and got her first job, and Kevin and Heather graduated from high school and entered college The 1985 small screen adaptation of Mr Belvedere marked the end of a long succession of unsuccessful attempts to bring Davenports novel to television the three earlier pilots were made in the 1950s soon after the final big screen movie and 1960s

Genre: Comedy , Family

Actor: Christopher Hewett , Bob Uecker , Ilene Graff

Director: Frank Dungan , Jeff Stein

Country: English

Release: 15 Mar 1985

Duration: 30 min

Quality: HDTV

6.6

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