Hotel
Main title caption
Format	Drama
Created by	Aaron Spelling
Starring	Anne Baxter James Brolin Connie Sellecca Shea Farrell Nathan Cook Michael Spound Heidi Bohay Shari Belafonte
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	114
Production
Running time	1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 21, 1983 – May 5, 1988
External links
IMDb profile

Hotel was based on the book of the same name by Arthur Hailey, which was also adapted into a 1967 movie, aired as a weekly prime-time soap opera on ABC from September 21st, 1983 to May 5th, 1988, in a timeslot that was aired immediately following, the immensely-popular soap opera, Dynasty. The series was set in the elegant and fictictious St. Gregory's Hotel in San Francisco and episodes were partly self-contained, contained some humor, often dealing with the dramas of the guests, and partly concerned with ongoing storylines amongst the hotel staff. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 254 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923 – June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer. ... Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... James Brolin (born July 18, 1940) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning American television, film, character actor, producer, and director. ... Sellecca in Doomsday Rock (1997) Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia on May 25, 1955 in The Bronx, New York City) is an Italian American actress. ... Nathan Cook (born April 9, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died June 11, 1988, in Santa Monica, California) was an African-American actor. ... Heidi Bohay is an actress who was born in New Jersey on 15 December 1959. ... Mrs Belafonte is an avid cigar smoker On the cover of Playboy, September 2000 Shari Belafonte (born September 22, 1954) is an American actress. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Look up ABC in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Abbreviation ABC is an abbreviation with many meanings: The Latin alphabet, of which A, B, and C are the first three letters. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... // is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Peter McDermott involves himself not only in the overtures by two different buyers, he also takes an interest in the upper class European guest. ... Further information: Primetime (TV series) Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... // is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

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Background

In San Francisco's St. Gregory Hotel, the show centered around Peter McDermott (James Brolin), a handsome General Manager who replaced rich aristocrat, Victoria Cabot (Anne Baxter) after her death and had inherited half of her interest to her loyal assistant. In turn, she previously watched herself during the operation on behalf of her sister-in-law, Laura Trent (Bette Davis). Among many of McDermott's staff, he is assisted by an attractive promotions manager, Christine Francis (Connie Sellecca), who not only fell in love with him instantly, but was also appointed as General Manager of Hotel. Other characters include a charismatic and a popular PR director, Mark Danning (Shea Farrell), a black ex-con man, Billy Griffin (Nathan Cook), who became McDermott's straightman before promoting as a security director, the lovely Julie Gillette (Shari Belafonte) was the receptionist at the information center and encouraging newlyweds, Dave & Megan Kendall (Michael Spound & Heidi Bohay) had opposite jobs as a bellhop and a desk clerk. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... James Brolin (born July 18, 1940) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-winning American television, film, character actor, producer, and director. ... Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... For the singer, see Betty Davis, for the meteorologist, see Betty Davis (meteorologist). ... Sellecca in Doomsday Rock (1997) Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia on May 25, 1955 in The Bronx, New York City) is an Italian American actress. ... Nathan Cook (born April 9, 1950, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died June 11, 1988, in Santa Monica, California) was an African-American actor. ... the quality or state of extending in one direction without turns, bends or curves; or being without influence or interruption the personal character of displaying honesty or fairness Straight, a poker hand containing five cards in sequential order a heterosexual person a type of punch used in boxing, also commonly... Mrs Belafonte is an avid cigar smoker On the cover of Playboy, September 2000 Shari Belafonte (born September 22, 1954) is an American actress. ... Heidi Bohay is an actress who was born in New Jersey on 15 December 1959. ...

Special Guest Stars

During its five-year-run on Hotel, many familiar and/or unfamiliar actors went on and/or have achieved greater fame:

• Scott Baio
• Peggy Cass
• Cathy Lee Crosby
• Bette Davis
• Patrick Duffy
• Nanette Fabray
• Morgan Fairchild
• Estelle Getty
• Shirley Jones
• Lorenzo Lamas
• Heather Locklear
• Peter Marshall
• Erin Moran
• Tracy Nelson
• Alan Oppenheimer
• Dick Van Patten
• Donna Pescow
• Michelle Phillips
• Lynn Redgrave
• Ted Shackelford
• Jan Smithers
• Stella Stevens
• Dee Wallace Stone
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Leigh Taylor-Young

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Trivia

• James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Shari Belafonte-Harper and Nathan Cook are the only actors to appear in every episode of the series.

External links

• Hotel at the Internet Movie Database.