The show starred max wright, anne schedeen, andrea elson and benji gregory in the main cast and ran from 1986 to 1990. Alf was brought to life by puppeteer paul fresco, while the rest of the cast were household names between 1986 and 1991. It took a while for kate tanner to warm up to the surly alf, but from the sound of it, anne schedeen — who played the matriarch of the tanner family — liked gordon shumway even less
Alf is an american television sitcom that aired on nbc from september 22, 1986, to march 24, 1990 Andrea elson played lynn tanner, the only daughter and oldest sibling in the tanner family [3] the series stars max wright as father willie tanner, anne schedeen as mother kate tanner, and andrea elson and.