The Cast of ALF: Then and Now

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    Max Wright as Willie Tanner: Wright has led a troubled and difficult life since his career heyday, including cancer, legal problems, two DUI charges and even a sex and drugs scandal. He appeared briefly in the first and second season of the sitcom Friends as Terry, the manager of Central Perk. He also hit up the stage in Ivanov and Twelfth Night. His last television credit was appearing in a TV movie called Back to Norm in 2005.
    2/6 Max Wright as Willie Tanner: Wright has led a troubled and difficult life since his career heyday, including cancer, legal problems, two DUI charges and even a sex and drugs scandal. He appeared briefly in the first and second season of the sitcom Friends as Terry, the manager of Central Perk. He also hit up the stage in Ivanov and Twelfth Night. His last television credit was appearing in a TV movie called Back to Norm in 2005.
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    Anne Schedeen as Kate Tanner: Schedeen halted her acting career after the end of the series – the most notable recent acting gig was appearing on a few episodes of Judging Amy in 2001, as Detective Peggy Fraser. Currently 67, she’s rumored to be a decorator who also coaches comedy actors part-time.
    3/6 Anne Schedeen as Kate Tanner: Schedeen halted her acting career after the end of the series – the most notable recent acting gig was appearing on a few episodes of Judging Amy in 2001, as Detective Peggy Fraser. Currently 67, she’s rumored to be a decorator who also coaches comedy actors part-time.
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    Andrea Elson as Lynn Tanner: While playing teenaged daughter Lynn on the show, Elson met a production assistant named Scott Hopper. Romance bloomed and the pair married in 1993. Elson continued to act for a while, but after the birth of her daughter in 1997 she decided that being a mum was the full-time job that appealed to her the most.
    4/6 Andrea Elson as Lynn Tanner: While playing teenaged daughter Lynn on the show, Elson met a production assistant named Scott Hopper. Romance bloomed and the pair married in 1993. Elson continued to act for a while, but after the birth of her daughter in 1997 she decided that being a mum was the full-time job that appealed to her the most.
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    Mihaly “Michu” Meszaros and Paul Fusco as ALF: After retiring from show business, Michu became a real estate developer. Between 1996 and 2001, Fusco made many television guest appearances as ALF, including The Soup and Hollywood Squares. In 2012, Fusco confirmed that Sony Pictures Animation aquired the rights to ALF, and had shown interest in developing a CGI-live action film. Unfortunately, he passed away this week.
    5/6 Mihaly “Michu” Meszaros and Paul Fusco as ALF: After retiring from show business, Michu became a real estate developer. Between 1996 and 2001, Fusco made many television guest appearances as ALF, including The Soup and Hollywood Squares. In 2012, Fusco confirmed that Sony Pictures Animation aquired the rights to ALF, and had shown interest in developing a CGI-live action film. Unfortunately, he passed away this week.
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    Benji Gregory as Brian Tanner: After the show, Gregory was cast in three TV movies and did a few cartoon voice-overs. But soon decided that he’d had enough. His parents invested his earnings and he went to the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. In 2003 he joined the U.S. Navy and eventually became an Aerographer's Mate at The Center for Naval Education in Biloxi, MS. Today he lives with his wife in Arizona.
    6/6 Benji Gregory as Brian Tanner: After the show, Gregory was cast in three TV movies and did a few cartoon voice-overs. But soon decided that he’d had enough. His parents invested his earnings and he went to the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. In 2003 he joined the U.S. Navy and eventually became an Aerographer's Mate at The Center for Naval Education in Biloxi, MS. Today he lives with his wife in Arizona.

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One of the most memorable and unusual TV shows of the 1980s was ALF!

For four years, ALF, a refugee from the planet Melmac, made himself right at home with the Tanners!

Sadly, Michu Meszaros, the man who played ALF has passed away yesteday, at the age of 76.

In his memory, we thought we would find out what the cast are up to now!