Bruce Bilson

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. 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.

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.

Bilson married Renne Jarrett in 1981.

Film

 * Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (1969)
 * The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974)
 * The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976)
 * The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
 * Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)

Television

 * The Andy Griffith Show (assistant director 1960–1963)
 * 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)