Bruce Bilson Explained
Bruce Bilson |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1928 |
Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | UCLA |
Occupation: | Director, producer, screenwriter |
Yearsactive: | 1955–2006 |
Children: | 2, including Danny Bilson |
Relatives: | Rachel Bilson (granddaughter) |
Bruce Bilson (born May 19, 1928) is an American film director and television director. He is most notable for his work as a regular director on the spy spoof Get Smart. He won the 1967–1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the third season Get Smart episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye".
Life and career
Bilson was born in Brooklyn to Jewish parents. His mother, Hattie Bilson (née Dratwa; 1907–2004), was an American screenwriter, and his father, George Bilson (1902–1981), was a British producer/writer/director of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who was born in Leeds, England.[1] His brother, Malcolm is a fortepianist and professor of piano at Cornell University.
Bilson graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1950.[2] [3]
Family
Bilson married Mona Weichman on August 31, 1955; they divorced in 1976. They had two children, Danny Bilson (born 1956), a film and video game writer/producer and father of actress Rachel Bilson, and Julie Ahlberg, a film producer.[4]
Bilson married Renne Jarrett in 1981.
Filmography
Film
Television
- The Andy Griffith Show (assistant director 1960–1963)[5]
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series, 1965)
- The Patty Duke Show (TV series, 1965, 1 episode)
- Gidget (TV series) (1965)
- Hogan's Heroes (TV series, 1965)
- Camp Runamuck (TV series, 1966, 1 episode)
- Bewitched (TV series, 1968, 1 episode)
- The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series, 1968)
- Blondie (TV series, 1968)
- The Doris Day Show (TV series, 1968, 1 episode)
- Get Smart (TV series, 1965–1968, 22 episodes)
- Nanny and the Professor (TV series, 1970)
- Bonanza (TV series, 1970, 1 episode)
- Arnie (TV series, 1970)
- Barefoot in the Park (TV series, 1970)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV series, 1971–1977)
- The Odd Couple (TV series, 1970–1971, 5 episodes)
- Green Acres (TV series, 1971, 1 episode)
- Love, American Style (TV series, 1969–1971, 8 episodes)
- Alias Smith and Jones (TV series, 1972, 1 episode)
- The Paul Lynde Show (TV series, 1972, 1 episode)
- Temperatures Rising (TV series, 1972, 1 episode)
- M*A*S*H (TV series, 1972, 1 episode)
- The Brady Bunch (TV series, 1973, 1 episode)
- The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series, 1974)
- Dusty's Trail (TV series, 1974, 1 episode)
- Sierra (TV series, 1974)
- The Rookies (TV series, 1974–1975, 3 episodes)
- Dead Man on the Run (TV movie, 1975)
- When Things Were Rotten (TV series, 1975)
- Emergency! (TV series, 1975, 1 episode)
- Barbary Coast (TV series, 1975, 1 episode)
- Hawaii Five-O (TV series, 1974–1976, 5 episodes)
- S.W.A.T. (TV series, 1975–1976, 3 episodes)
- Wonder Woman (TV series, 1976)
- Tabitha (TV series, 1976, 1 episode)
- The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (TV movie, 1976)
- Alice (TV series, 1976)
- Barney Miller (TV series, 1976–1981, 10 episodes)
- Hunter (TV series, 1977)
- The Feather and Father Gang (TV series, 1977, 1 episode)
- The Love Boat (TV series, 1977)
- Quark (TV series, 1978, 1 episode)
- B.J. and the Bear (TV movie, 1978)
- Pleasure Cove (TV movie, 1979)
- Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (TV movie, 1979)
- Delta House (TV series, 1979)
- Turnabout (TV series, 1979, 1 episode)
- The Bad News Bears (TV series, 1979)
- The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (TV movie: Disney's Wonderful World, 1980)
- Harper Valley PTA (1981, 3 episodes)
- Half Nelson (1985, pilot episode)
- The Bradys (1990, 3 episodes)
- The Flash (TV series, 1991)
Notes and References
- http://www.filmreference.com/film/13/Bruce-Bilson.html Bruce Bilson Biography
- Web site: DONOR HONOR ROLL 2017. 2017-08-11. UCLA School of TFT. 2019-05-21.
- Book: Leszczak, Bob. The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide. 2014-08-23. McFarland. 9781476615394. en.
- Web site: Julie Ahlberg. IMDb. 2019-05-21.
- Web site: Two Chairs No Waiting 363: Neal Brower Interviews Bruce Bilson 2011 (Part 4). imayberry.com. 3 February 2016.