Willie Tanner

Willie Tanner was a character featured in the NBC sit-com ALF where he was played by actor Max Wright. Willie appeared in all 101 episodes of the series. Willie Tanner is a computer operator and the patriarch of the Tanner family household. He is the husband of Kate Tanner and the father of Lynn and Brian Tanner. It was Willie who first discovered Gordon Shumway's space ship and first attributed to him the nickname of ALF (alien life form).