Mork & Mindy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mork & Mindy is a spin-off from an episode of Happy Days seen in February 1978, in which an alien from the planet Ork lands on Earth and attempts to kidnap Richie. Mork is a misfit on his own planet because of his sense of humor, so the humorless Orkans send him off to study Earthlings, whose 'crazy' customs they had never been able to understand. Mork lands, in a giant eggshell, near Boulder, Colorado and is befriended by pretty Mindy McConnell, a clerk at a music store run by her father. Mork looks human, but his strange mixture of Orkan and Earthling customs leads most people to think of him as a nut.

Series details

• Title: Mork & Mindy
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1978-09-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1982-05-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 4631

Cast and credited roles

• Robin Williams — Mork
• Pam Dawber — Mindy Beth McConnell
• Conrad Janis — Fred McConnell
• Elizabeth Kerr — Grandma Cora Hudson
• Jay Thomas — Remo Davinci
• Gina Hecht — Jean Davinci
• Tom Poston — Franklin Bickley
• Jim Staahl — Nelson Flavor
• Crissy Wilzak — Glenda Faye Comstock

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1978-09-14; final listed air date 1979-05-10; episode order: 25.
• Season 2: premiered 1979-09-16; final listed air date 1980-05-01; episode order: 26.
• Season 3: premiered 1980-11-13; final listed air date 1981-05-14; episode order: 22.
• Season 4: premiered 1981-10-08; final listed air date 1982-05-27; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Mork & Mindy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.