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"My Mother the Car" (1965): Season 1: Episode 19 -- Captain Manzini offers Dave one last chance to sell his antique car before using a molecular compressor to shrink it to the size of a small toy.
"The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979): : -- The adventures of the fast-drivin', rubber-burnin' Duke boys of Hazzard County.
"My Mother the Car" (1965): Season 1: Episode 28 -- Dave returns from work too exhausted to think straight and he accidentally lets it slip that the car is really his mother.
"My Mother the Car" (1965): Season 1: Episode 26 -- It's mutual love at first sight for Mother and wealthy Conrad Byron who offers to trade him limousine and chauffeur for Dave's car.
"My Mother the Car" (1965): Season 1: Episode 17 -- A collision with a truck leaves Mother with amnesia and Dave with a problem, how to bring back a car's memory.
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Overview

Date of Birth:
20 December 1923, New York City, New York, USA more
Date of Death:
29 June 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Starting out as a radio writer, Rodney Amateau began his film career as... more
Trivia:
During his marriage to Sandra Burns, he was son-in-law of George Burns... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
Alternate Names:
Rod Amateau

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Producer, Director, Writer, Miscellaneous Crew, Stunts, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Actor, Self
Producer:
  1. Swimsuit (1989) (TV) (producer)
  2. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
  3. Six Pack (1983) (TV) (producer)
  4. "The Dukes of Hazzard" (supervising producer) (30 episodes, 1979-1981)
        - My Son, Bo Hogg (1981) TV episode (supervising producer)
        - Carnival of Thrills (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
        - Southern Comfurts (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
        - R.I.P. Henry Flatt (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
        - Mason Dixon's Girls (1980) TV episode (supervising producer) (as Rod Amateau)
          (25 more)
  5. "Enos" (1980) TV series (supervising producer) (unknown episodes)

  6. "Supertrain" (producer) (2 episodes, 1979)
        - The Queen and the Improbable Knight (1979) TV episode (producer)
        - And a Cup of Kindness Too (1979) TV episode (producer)
  7. Where Does It Hurt? (1972) (producer) (as Rod Amateau)

  8. "Vacation Playhouse" (producer) (1 episode, 1966)
        - Where There's Smokey (1966) TV episode (producer)
  9. "My Mother the Car" (producer) (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
        - The Incredible Shrinking Car (1966) TV episode (producer)
        - Come Honk Your Horn (1965) TV episode (producer)
  10. "O.K. Crackerby!" (executive producer) (11 episodes, 1965-1966) (producer) (1 episode, 1965)
        - Operation Susan (1966) TV episode (executive producer)
        - 3+1=1 (1965) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Bitter Ravioli (1965) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Ol' Sam (1965) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Crackerby's Unfinished Symphony (1965) TV episode (executive producer)
          (7 more)
  11. "The New Phil Silvers Show" (producer) (30 episodes, 1963-1964)
        - Moonlight and Dozes (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - Vanity, Thy Name Is Harry (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - Keep Cool (1964) TV episode (producer)
        - Grafton's the Name, Football's My Game (1964) TV episode (producer)
          (25 more)
  12. "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (producer) (147 episodes, 1959-1963)
        - The Devil and Dobie Gillis (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
        - The Call of the, Like, Wild (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
        - Beauty Is Only Kin Deep (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
        - There's a Broken Light for Every Heart on Broadway (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
        - I Was a Spy for the F.O.B. (1963) TV episode (producer) (as Rod Amateau)
          (142 more)

  13. "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
    ... aka The Burns and Allen Show
Director:
  1. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) (as Rod Amateau)
  2. Lovelines (1984)
    ... aka Sueños juveniles (USA: Spanish title: TV title)
  3. High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV)
  4. Uncommon Valor (1983) (TV) (as Rod Amateau)
  5. Six Pack (1983) (TV)
  6. "The Dukes of Hazzard" (7 episodes, 1979-1981)
        - My Son, Bo Hogg (1981) TV episode
        - Southern Comfurts (1980) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - Jude Emery (1980) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - The Meeting (1979) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - Money to Burn (1979) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
          (2 more)
  7. "Enos" (2 episodes, 1980)
        - Grits and Greens Strike Again (1980) TV episode
        - Uncle Jesse's Visit (1980) TV episode

  8. "Supertrain" (1 episode, 1979)
        - And a Cup of Kindness Too (1979) TV episode
  9. The Seniors (1978)
    ... aka The Senior
  10. Son of Hitler (1978) (as Rod Amateau)
    ... aka Hitler's Son (USA)
    ... aka Hitlers Sohn (West Germany)
  11. Drive-In (1976) (as Rod Amateau)
  12. Where Does It Hurt? (1972) (as Rod Amateau)
  13. The Statue (1971)
  14. Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970)

  15. "Vacation Playhouse" (1 episode, 1966)
        - Where There's Smokey (1966) TV episode
  16. "My Mother the Car" (12 episodes, 1965-1966)
        - When You Wish Upon a Car (1966) TV episode
        - The Blabbermouth (1966) TV episode
        - It Might as Well Be Spring as Not (1966) TV episode
        - Over the Hill to the Junkyard (1966) TV episode
        - My Son, the Criminal (1966) TV episode
          (7 more)
  17. "O.K. Crackerby!" (3 episodes, 1965)
        - Crackerby's Tutor (1965) TV episode
        - The Wellecliffe Story (1965) TV episode
        - O.K. Crackerby Arrives (1965) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
  18. "Gilligan's Island" (2 episodes, 1964)
        - Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk (1964) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) (archive footage)
        - Marooned (1964) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
  19. "The Patty Duke Show" (2 episodes, 1964)
        - The Boy Next Door (1964) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - Patty, the Pioneer (1964) TV episode
  20. Gilligan's Island: Marooned (1964) (TV) (as Rod Amateau)
  21. "The New Phil Silvers Show" (5 episodes, 1963)
        - Harry Today, Gone Tomorrow (1963) TV episode
        - The Tortoise and the Harry (1963) TV episode
        - Birthday Boy (1963) TV episode
        - The Great Forklift Contest (1963) TV episode
        - Man It's Like Progress (1963) TV episode
  22. "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (101 episodes, 1959-1963)
        - Beauty Is Only Kin Deep (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - Requiem for an Underweight Heavyweight (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - The Rice and Old Shoes Caper (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - Lassie, Get Lost (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - Three Million Coins in the Fountain (1963) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
          (96 more)
  23. "Margie" (1 episode, 1961)
        - Hail the Conquered Hero (1961) TV episode
  24. "Westinghouse Preview Theatre" (1 episode, 1961)
        - Picture Window (1961) TV episode
  25. "Mister Ed" (2 episodes, 1961)
        - The Ventriloquist (1961) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - The First Meeting (1961) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
  26. Maggie (1960) (TV)

  27. "The George Burns Show" (1958) TV series (unknown episodes)
  28. "Hey, Jeannie!" (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Landlord (1958) TV episode
  29. "Panic!" (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka No Warning (USA: second season title)
        - The Priest (1957) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
  30. "The Bob Cummings Show" (25 episodes, 1955-1956)
    ... aka Love That Bob! (USA: rerun title)
        - Miss Joplin Arrives (1956) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - Grandpa Meets Zsa Zsa (1956) TV episode
        - Margaret Becomes Sadie Thompson (1956) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - The Trouble with Henry (1956) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
        - The Dominant Sex (1956) TV episode
          (20 more)
  31. "The Charles Farrell Show" (1 episode, 1956)
        - Secrets (1956) TV episode
  32. "The Star and the Story" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka The Henry Fonda Show (USA: alternative title)
        - Payment in Kind (1956) TV episode
  33. "The Lone Wolf" (2 episodes, 1955)
    ... aka Streets of Danger (USA: syndication title)
        - The Beverly Hills Story (1955) TV episode
        - The Savage (????) TV episode
  34. "Lassie" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka Jeff's Collie (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Timmy and Lassie (USA: syndication title)
        - Sale of Lassie (1954) TV episode
  35. "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - The Road to Edinburgh (1954) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
  36. "The Revlon Mirror Theater" (1 episode, 1953)
        - Because I Love Him (1953) TV episode
  37. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
        - The Governess (1953) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
  38. "Your Jeweler's Showcase" (1 episode, 1952)
        - Something for Ginger (1952) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
  39. Monsoon (1952)
  40. "Gruen Guild Playhouse" (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka Chevron Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka Gruen Guild Theater (USA: new title)
        - The Frightened Baronet (1952) TV episode
  41. "The Dennis Day Show" (1 episode)
    ... aka The RCA Victor Show (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day (USA: alternative title)
        - The Old Friend (????) TV episode (as Rod Amateau)
  42. The Bushwhackers (1952) (as Rod Amateau)
    ... aka The Rebel (UK) (USA: working title)
  43. "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka The Burns and Allen Show
Writer:
  1. Sunset (1988) (story) (as Rod Amateau)
    ... aka Catalina (USA: cable TV title)
  2. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987) (written by) (as Rod Amateau)

  3. The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) (writer)
  4. Where Does It Hurt? (1972) (novel "The Operator") (as Rod Amateau) (writer) (as Rod Amateau)
  5. Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) (writer)

  6. Hook, Line and Sinker (1969) (screenplay) (as Rod Amateau) (story) (as Rod Amateau)
  7. "Vacation Playhouse" (1 episode, 1966)
        - Where There's Smokey (1966) TV episode (writer)
  8. "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (8 episodes, 1959-1962)
        - I Do Not Choose to Run (1962) TV episode (story) (as Rod Amateau)
        - Move Over, Perry Mason (1961) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) (story)
        - Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie? (1961) TV episode (writer) (as Rod Amateau)
        - The Bitter Feud of Dobie and Maynard (1961) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) (story)
        - Have You Stopped Beating Your Wife? (1961) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) (story)
          (3 more)

  9. "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - Winners Never Lose (1953) TV episode (story)
  10. The Bushwhackers (1952) (writer) (as Rod Amateau)
    ... aka The Rebel (UK) (USA: working title)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) (action sequence director) (as Rod Amateau)

  2. Drums in the Deep South (1951) (dialogue director)
  3. Cry Danger (1951) (dialogue director)
  4. Born to Be Bad (1950) (dialogue director) (uncredited)
  5. In a Lonely Place (1950) (technical adviser)
Stunts:
  1. Thunder Run (1986) (stunt coordinator) (as Rod Amateau)

  2. Rebel Without a Cause (1955) (stunt double) (uncredited)
  3. In a Lonely Place (1950) (stunt double) (uncredited)

  4. Kiss of Death (1947) (stunts) (uncredited)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
  1. The Osterman Weekend (1983) (second unit director) (as Rod Amateau)
    ... aka Mission CIA (Philippines: English title)
Actor:
  1. "The Dukes of Hazzard" .... Manny (1 episode, 1979)
        - Repo Men (1979) TV episode (as Rod Amateau) .... Manny
Self:
  1. "The Real Las Vegas" (1996) TV series (as Rod Amateau) .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
In 1965, he directed an unsold pilot for a proposed ABC comedy series called "My Man St. John" about a billionaire (Burt Ives) who hires a tutor for his kids and finds the man he hired could care less about his wealth and influence. more
Publicity Listings:
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Genres:
Comedy | Family | Action | Adventure more
Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title | Beautiful Woman | Sitcom | Anthology more

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