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Bill Dial (1943–2008)

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Filmography

Hide HideProducer (13 titles)
2000 18 Wheels of Justice (TV series) (consulting producer - 1 episode)
Smuggler's Blues (2000) (consulting producer)
 
Sliders (TV series) (co-executive producer - 22 episodes, 1998-1999) (executive producer - 18 episodes, 1999-2000)
The Seer (2000) (executive producer)
Eye of the Storm (2000) (executive producer)
Dust (2000) (executive producer)
To Catch a Slider (1999) (executive producer)
Heavy Metal (1999) (executive producer)
 
1995 Legend (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
Skeletons in the Closet (1995) (executive producer)
Clueless in San Francisco (1995) (executive producer)
Fall of a Legend (1995) (executive producer)
Revenge of the Herd (1995) (executive producer)
Bone of Contention (1995) (executive producer)
 
1991 The New WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1990 E.A.R.T.H. Force (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1988-1989 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
The Absent-Minded Professor Trading Places (1989) (executive producer)
The Absent-Minded Professor (1988) (executive producer)
 
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
Tickets, Please (1988) (executive producer)
 
Simon & Simon (TV series) (supervising producer - 24 episodes, 1985-1986) (producer - 22 episodes, 1984-1985)
The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree (1986) (supervising producer)
The Last Harangue (1986) (supervising producer)
Act Five (1986) (supervising producer)
D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1986) (supervising producer)
Eye of the Beholder (1986) (supervising producer)
 
1985 Code Name: Foxfire (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
Slay It Again, Sam (1985) (executive producer)
 
1984 Legmen (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
Take the Credit and Run (1984) (executive producer)
 
1981-1982 Harper Valley P.T.A. (TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
Harper Valley Sentinel (1982) (executive producer)
Make Room for Uncle Buster (1981) (executive producer)
 
1980-1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV series) (producer - 8 episodes)
The French Follies Caper (1981) (producer)
Another Day, Another Bomb (1981) (producer)
Sex and the Single Cop (1981) (producer)
Airsick - 1981 (1981) (producer)
Macho Man (1981) (producer)
 
1979-1980 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
Put Up or Shut Up (1980) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (20 titles)
2013 Moon Hollow (co-writer) (post-production)
 
1998-2000 Sliders (TV series)
Dust (2000) (teleplay)
To Catch a Slider (1999) (story / teleplay)
The Unstuck Man (1999) (teleplay)
Revelations (1999) (teleplay)
Roads Taken (1999) (teleplay)
 
2000 18 Wheels of Justice (TV series)
 
1998 Team Knight Rider (TV series)
Apocalypse Maybe (1998) (story / written by)
 
1995 Legend (TV series)
Skeletons in the Closet (1995) (creator)
Clueless in San Francisco (1995) (creator)
Fall of a Legend (1995) (creator)
Revenge of the Herd (1995) (creator)
Bone of Contention (1995) (creator)
 
1995 Star Trek: Voyager (TV series)
Eye of the Needle (1995) (teleplay)
 
1994 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
Tribunal (1994) (written by)
The Alternate (1994) (story / teleplay)
 
1993 Time Trax (TV series)
 
1992 The New WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series)
Can't We Get Along? (1992)
 
1991 Evening Shade (TV series)
Nothing to Fear But Harvey Lujack (1991) (written by)
 
1990 E.A.R.T.H. Force (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1990) (written by)
 
1989 The Elite (written by)
 
1982-1987 Simon & Simon (TV series)
I Thought the War Was Over (1987) (teleplay / story)
For the People (1986) (story)
Quint Is Out (1985) (writer)
Simon Without Simon: Part 1 (1985) (written by)
I Heard It Was Murder (1983) (teleplay)
 
1986-1987 Sidekicks (TV series)
An Eye for an Ear (1987) (written by)
Kicked Upstairs (1987) (written by)
Are These Your Kicks? (1986) (written by)
 
1985 Code Name: Foxfire (TV series)
Slay It Again, Sam (1985) (created by / story / teleplay)
 
1984 Legmen (TV series)
Take the Credit and Run (1984) (created by / story / teleplay)
 
1981 Harper Valley P.T.A. (TV series)
Make Room for Uncle Buster (1981) (written by)
 
1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV series)
The French Follies Caper (1981) (teleplay)
The Fastest Women Around (1981) (teleplay)
 
1978-1979 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series)
Baby, If You've Ever Wondered (1979) (written by)
Preacher (1979) (written by)
Never Leave Me, Lucille (1979) (written by)
Love Returns (1978) (written by)
Turkeys Away (1978) (written by)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1982-1984 Simon & Simon (TV series) (creative consultant - 34 episodes)
The Disappearance of Harry the Hat (1984) (creative consultant)
Corpus Delecti (1984) (creative consultant)
The Dillinger Print (1984) (creative consultant)
Harm's Way (1984) (creative consultant)
Under the Knife (1984) (creative consultant)
 
WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series) (story editor - 6 episodes, 1978-1979) (creative consultant - 2 episodes, 1978)
Preacher (1979) (story editor)
Turkeys Away (1978) (story editor)
Bailey's Show (1978) (story editor)
Hold Up (1978) (story editor)
Hoodlum Rock (1978) (story editor)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1978-1979 WKRP in Cincinnati (TV series)
Bucky Dornster
Baseball (1979) … Bucky Dornster
Hold Up (1978) … Bucky Dornster
 
1972 The Bagel Report
Dr. Bagel
 

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