Mr. Belvedere

Mr. Belvedere

1985
Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Belvedere

Mr. Belvedere

6.5 | en | Comedy

Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens.

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EP22  Mr. Belvedere's Wedding (2)
Jul. 08,1990
Mr. Belvedere's Wedding (2)

Louise confronts Mr. Belvedere and reveals his fears and they decide to get married. However, cold feet has Mr. Belvedere running away, only to have George drag him back for his wedding. As Belvedere and Louise reach the alter, she breaks the news that she's been called back to Africa and Mr. Belvedere decides to go with her. Saying goodbye to six years of working for the Owens family.

EP21  Mr. Belvedere's Wedding (1)
Jul. 01,1990
Mr. Belvedere's Wedding (1)

While at the laundromat with Wesley, Mr. Belvedere meets a nice woman whose work in the African jungle has temorarily been halted and has come to the area. They quickly hit it off and Mr. Belvedere fears that it may be getting too serious she he tries to brush her off by fooling around with a much younger woman.

EP20  Mumsy
Jan. 01,0001
Mumsy

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EP19  Home
Jan. 01,0001
Home

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EP18  Bad Marsha
Jan. 01,0001
Bad Marsha

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EP17  The Baby
Jan. 01,0001
The Baby

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EP16  The Pageant
Jan. 01,0001
The Pageant

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EP15  Runaways
Jan. 01,0001
Runaways

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EP14  Donuts
Jan. 01,0001
Donuts

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EP13  Love Fest
Jan. 01,0001
Love Fest

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EP12  The Professor
Dec. 30,1989
The Professor

Kevin falls head over heels for his substitute professor and begins wooing her. However, he gets a shock when Mr. Belvedere hits it off with her and a jealous Kevin and Mr. Belvedere begin acting like jealous little kids battling over a woman. Meanwhile, George's idea of a family game turns into a gambling addiction for Marsha, Wesley and Heather.

EP11  A Happy Guys' Christmas
Dec. 16,1989
A Happy Guys' Christmas

The Happy Guys of Pittsburgh are putting on their annual Christmas play and have decided on ""A Christmas Carol."" The entire Owens family is cast but when Mr. Belevedere gets fed up with the poor directing, he takes over the job only to quit in a huff. This leads to Mr. Belvedere being visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past Present and Future.

EP10  Counterfeit
Dec. 09,1989
Counterfeit

Wesley needs to take an additional class to fill up his schedule and decides on print shop but once he takes the class, he takes full advantage of the copy machines by making conterfeit money which inadvertantly gets into George's hands and he spends the money all over town. Meanwhile, Kevin's apartment seems to be haunted calling for a seance.

EP9  Used Cars
Dec. 02,1989
Used Cars

Kevin gets a job at the used car dealership run by Carl's Uncle Phil. Kevin at first has a hard time getting into the selling business, but quickly becomes a natural crooked used car salesman. Meanwhile, Mr. Belvedere recieves a letter from the Queen expressing her desire to have Mr. Belvedere return to his previous position.

EP8  Fixed
Nov. 25,1989
Fixed

Wesley's dog, Spot is running rampant and keeps following around the prize poodle of a neighbor. George and Marsha order Wesley to take Spot to the vet to get neutered but it quickly becomes apparent that Wesley didn't listen to them, when a slew of puppies take over the Owens' household.

EP7  Homecoming
Nov. 18,1989
Homecoming

With Homecoming days away, Heather finds herself considering being dateless that is until she meets Keith Elliot and is swept off her feet, that is until he tries to rape her. Meanwhile, Wesley is making a video about Mr. Belvedere's career but is having a hard time getting anything interesting.

EP6  Paper Mill
Nov. 11,1989
Paper Mill

Wesley becomes friends with a new kid, Craig and agrees to write a book report for him to help catch him up. This leads to word getting around and all of Wesley's classmates come to him for papers. However, he quickly finds Craig coming to him for every paper he has to write which leads to Wesley discovering that Craig can't read.

EP5  Fear of Flying
Nov. 04,1989
Fear of Flying

George reveals that he has a fear of flying and Mr. Belvedere tries to cure him by talking on a ferris wheel ride. When that doesn't work he enrolls him in a fear class with classes being held in the Owens' living room. Meanwhile, Heather's psychology project has her dying her hair blonde and gets a jealous reaction from Angela.

EP4  Big
Oct. 21,1989
Big

Wesley is being harassed at school by some bullies and runs into some luck when an another student scares them off due to his body size. However, Wesley's savior turns into an annoyance when he begins hanging around all the time. Meanwhile, Kevin and Heather are in a battle of the sexes and they drag George and Marsha into their fight.

EP3  Truckin'
Oct. 07,1989
Truckin'

Investing in live commodities puts Mr. Belvedere in the money but George finds himself in something else when he doesn't sell off his share and ends up with a truck load of pigs. This leads him and Mr. Belvedere to drive the rig down to West Virginia to sell the swine but they find that they like the trucker lifestyle so they decide to make it their profession.

EP2  Brain Busters
Sep. 30,1989
Brain Busters

George and Wesley are big fans of a TV game show called Brain Busters and they are such big fans that they apply to be contestants. When they go for tryouts, Wesley quickly learns he has a dud for a partner, so he dumps George and teams up with Mr. Belvedere. However, he quickly discovers himself going from one extreme to another.

EP1  The Field
Sep. 16,1989
The Field

George's birthday is coming up and the family is trying to find the perfect gift for him. Meanwhile, George has been coaching Wesley's baseball team and has been putting pressure on Wesley to be the best he can be which brings to light George's not-so great past as a baseball player.

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Released: 1985-03-15 | Released Producted By: , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a housekeeper with an American family headed by George Owens.

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Cast

Christopher Hewett , Ilene Graff , Bob Uecker

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Maxine Dumont This was a really fun show that is a good example of the old school, very family friendly, situational comedies that ate up most of my family's TV watching time throughout the wonderful decade of the nineteen-eighties.The lead character (the title-named Mr. Belvedere) is a stuffy but very wise and very professional, stuck-in-his-ways butler who actually was the butler for the royal family. I forget why he leaves them and moves to the U.s.Anyway he settles in with this American family of blue collar people in Pittsburgh, PA, where the father is a gruff former baseball player (played by Bob Uecker) and the youngest son Wesley is a trouble maker and a constant thorn in Mr. Belvedere's side but also becomes his best friend.
FloatingOpera7 Mr. Belvedere (1985-1989): Starring Christopher Hewett, Bob Uecker, Ilene Graff, Brice Beckham, Rob Stone, Tracy Wells, Creator Alan Bergman DEAR GOD! Rumagging through old sitcoms through the internet, I was flooded with memories of this show. When I saw this, they were most likely the final seasons (1988-1989). British actor Christopher Hewett (now deceased) played Mr. Belvedere, a proper British émigré who on a snow December evening in Philadelphia or Boston or some East Coast America city, knocks on the door of the suburban middle class family the Owen's residence, seeking job as a housekeeper and nanny. A male nanny ? He was like a male version of Mary Poppins with a lot of attitude, a modern ideology, wit and great humor! Most of all, he was always there to loyally help the Owens and provide them with great advice. He was a good man and an example of fatherly masculinity mixed with a touch of a balanced cultured/artsy/sophisticated feminine side. He often clashed with the more macho, no-nonsense Mr. George Owens (Baseball star and later sports commentator Bob Uecker). I liked when these two matched wits and butted heads! Mrs. Owens was played by Ilene Graff, though quite frankly I don't recollect much of her part. She was a typical 80's housewife/mother which meant she probably had long hair, 80's sun dresses and "book club" clothes. She was, however, a very modern mother and quite liberal. I remember one particular episode in which her eldest son Kevin (Rob Stone) was in drag as he was going to attend a fun costume party. MARSHA OWENS: Where are you going ? KEVIN: To the costume party. I'm going as a hot babe. MARSHA: Not like that you aren't. And she tears off a piece of his skirt so that his thighs are showing!!! In another episode: PHONE RINGS. BELVEDERE PICKS UP. "Owens residence. Mary Poppins speaking." Their youngest son Wesley (Brice Beckham) was a troublemaker and prankster, a lot like a human version of Bart Simpson before Bart Simpson ever made it on TV. He was a hellraiser with a heart of gold and ultimately, he is a good kid whose life is changed by Mr. Belvedere. He always learned valuable lessons. Tracy Wells was the middle child Heather, who was stuck in her high school worries of being popular and attractive. This show had a lot of heart. At the end of every episode, Mr. Belvedere would write about his day in his diary. The credits would end with a mixture of a tinkling piano melody to depict Belvedere's character and then plunges into the jazzy, party spirit of the main theme. I will always remember this show.
rcj5365 This was one of the more enjoyable family-oriented shows of the 1980's,and for good reason. This was one of ABC-TV's successful line-up of family shows that gave the network an very successful track record on shows from the mid-1980's all the way to the early 1990's. And this were all family oriented shows. With such shows as "Full House","Head Of The Class","Growing Pains","Perfect Strangers",as well as "Who's The Boss","Family Matters",and "America's Funniest Home Videos",the cult comedy "Mister Belvedere",which ran on ABC-TV from the premiere episode on March 15,1985 until the final episode of the series on July 8,1990,is still revered by many as a cult classic in the utmost sense of the word.It is still a huge favorite within the college circuit who to this day still has a loyal following to the show. The series stars Rob Stone,Brice Beckham,and Tracy Wells as the Owens' children whom Mr.Belvedere looks after while in charge of the house. Clifton Webb's memorably eccentric character from the 1940's films was revived for the 1980's with the late Christopher Hewitt as everybody's favorite British butler,who somehow finds himself in Pittsburgh who gets a job with his latest bosses,the Owens family. The show by the way worked because the chemistry between actors Bob Uecker and Christopher Hewitt was as something as a fish-out-of-water story;a frumpy sportswriter for a major newspaper and a uptight British butler and his three rambunctious kids,including the relationship with Belvedere and the rest of the family,including the friendship with the youngest one-Wesley,who comes to him for needed support and guidance and it shows throughout the entire part of the show's six-year run. The best episode from this series came during the final episode of the show's fifth season. Belvedere in a coma after a devastating car crash,set in motion by Wesley,lies motionless as one of the best performances from a child actor(Brice Beckham)delivers a brilliant passage of dialogue in this emotional episode.Basically this was a show that relied on dry British humor with family sitcom situations. In each episode,Belvedere would solve the family crisis around the house,when the father figure couldn't do it himself. There was also the wife,Marsha Owens(Ilene Graff) of the house,who was a law student(who received her degree during the 1987-1988 season and begun her first job as a lawyer a major firm),and the youngest daughter Heather,played by Tracy Wells. Each episode dealt with growing up along the way and getting along with each other. Not only was Belvedere the butler but everything else while the father figure constantly whined all the time. The family dog was Spot. At the end of the each episode,Belvedere would begin writing the lessons in his diary for the day. One notable guest star was Robert Goulet,who turned up among other things as well. However,the series produced over a 100 episodes and have a respectable farewell,when the final episode of this series ended on July 8,1990. In the final episode of the show, Mister Belvedere finally gets married and says farewell to the Owens'. This was a show that was underrated for years and when will we see this show finally on DVD?
BlackJack_B After a whirlwind period of two years where the American Broadcasting Company went from riding "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" in being the top network overall in the Nielsen's for 1999-2000 to having their worst season ever in 2001-02 where everything fell apart, ABC has decided that family-oriented T.V. will be their focus over the "mild raunch" (to us Canadians) of NBC and FOX and the reality-T.V. obsessed CBS. They've had a track record in the mid to late 80's and early 90's with Perfect Strangers, Head Of The Class, Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos, Growing Pains, and this cult comedy, still revered by many.Mr. Belvedere is still a big favorite of the college crowd who have set up websites for it, and many people believed that Rob Stone, who played the oldest son, was the man who'd later become the infamous Marilyn Manson.The late Christopher Hewitt is the title character, a very British butler who has served for many people over the years, including Queen Elizabeth II, who somehow finds himself lost in Pittsburgh. He gets a job with his latest bosses, the Owens family. The show worked because of its fish-out-of-water situation and the fact that the wacky Bob Uecker was in it. Although not a classic sit-com, it was decent enough, the acting was very good, and it relied on dry British comedy as well as family sit-com situations. Hey, any show where Uecker has to try to keep himself under control is enough reason to watch. I'd love to check this show out again someday, maybe when I go digital.