<P> The story was developed as a TV series by Jean Holloway and filmed at the Hollywood Studios . Hope Lange won two Emmy Awards for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 1968--1969 and 1969--1970 . Despite Lange's consecutive Emmy wins, the show struggled in the ratings and only ran for two seasons . During its first year on NBC, it followed Get Smart; its Big Three competition was My Three Sons on CBS and The Lawrence Welk Show on ABC . </P> <P> In Spring 1969, NBC canceled the series . ABC picked it up and scheduled it to be shown on Thursday nights at 7: 30 P.M. in September 1969, followed by That Girl and Bewitched . The series was again unsuccessful in beating out another hit CBS series, Family Affair . As a result, ABC canceled The Ghost & Mrs. Muir in Spring 1970 . The following year, Family Affair was canceled by CBS after a five - year run because it was in the same time slot as the NBC hit variety series The Flip Wilson Show . </P> <Ul> <Li> Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir, a widowed writer . </Li> <Li> Edward Mulhare as Captain Daniel Gregg . The captain is a poltergeist, able to affect things not only in the house but also at a distance, and can appear and disappear at will . He can only be seen and heard by the people he chooses . His bad temper can affect the weather . </Li> <Li> Charles Nelson Reilly as Claymore Gregg, the town clerk among other jobs, who is a great nephew of Capt . Gregg (although the captain is often ashamed of this and claims that Claymore is not related to him), and Mrs. Muir's landlord . He is one of the few who knows of the captain's continued presence, and is usually terrified of his ancestor . Reilly made this terror of "The Captain" a running gag during his appearances on The Hollywood Squares . </Li> <Li> Reta Shaw as Martha Grant, the housekeeper . Towards the end of the series, the Captain reveals himself to her . But during most of the series, she is unaware of the ghost . </Li> <Li> Kellie Flanagan as nine - year - old Candace' Candy' Muir, Mrs. Muir's daughter; a tomboy with short hair . Starting in the second episode of season two, she can also see and hear the Captain . </Li> <Li> Harlen Carraher as Jonathan Muir, Mrs. Muir's son; at the beginning of the series, he can see, hear and talk to the Captain . </Li> <Li> Scruffy as Scruffy, the Muirs' Wire Fox Terrier . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Hope Lange as Carolyn Muir, a widowed writer . </Li>

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