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Bill Persky
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Born:
William Allan Persky
September 9
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1931
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New York City, New York, USA
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Known For
Kate & Allie (1984)
Water (1985)
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
That Girl (1966)
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Writer
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2011
The Yard Sale
(short) (co-writer)
1990
Working It Out
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Pilot
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1987-1988
Kate & Allie
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The Clip Show
(1988) (teleplay)
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1987) (teleplay)
1985
Water
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1983
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home!
(TV movie) (written by)
1978
How to Pick Up Girls!
(TV movie)
1978
How to Survive the 70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
(TV special)
1977
Final Warning
(TV movie)
1974
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
(TV movie)
1974
The Boys
(TV movie)
1974
Bobby Parker and Company
(TV movie)
1973-1974
Lotsa Luck
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Get Off My Back
(1974) (creator)
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Bummy's Girl
(1974) (creator)
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Arthur Makes His Move
(1974) (creator)
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Stan's Assistant
(1974) (creator)
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You Oughta Be in Pictures
(1974) (creator)
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1972
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(TV movie) (adaptation)
1966-1971
That Girl
(TV series)
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The Elevated Woman
(1971) (creator)
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Soot Yourself
(1971) (creator)
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Two for the Money
(1971) (creator)
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Stag Party
(1971) (creator)
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That King
(1971) (creator)
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1971
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
(TV movie) (writer)
1971
Pure Goldie
(TV movie)
1970
Three for Tahiti
(TV movie)
1969
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
(TV special)
1968
The Bill Cosby Special
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1967-1968
Good Morning, World
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The Lady and the Pussycat
(1968) (creator)
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Hutton's Mutts
(1968) (creator / written by)
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Here Comes the Bribe
(1968) (creator)
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For My Daughter's Hand, You'll Get My Foot
(1968) (creator)
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I Love a Charade
(1968) (creator)
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1967
The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special
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1963-1966
The Dick Van Dyke Show
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The Last Chapter
(1966) (written by)
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The Gunslinger
(1966) (written by)
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The Ugliest Dog in the World
(1965) (written by)
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Coast to Coast Big Mouth
(1965) (written by)
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One Hundred Terrible Hours
(1965) (written by)
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1965
The Julie Andrews Show
(TV special)
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(TV series)
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Think Pretty
(1964) (story)
1963-1964
The Joey Bishop Show
(TV series)
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Double Play from Foster to Durocher to Joey
(1964) (written by)
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Joey's Mustache
(1963) (written by)
1963
McHale's Navy
(TV series)
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A Letter for Fuji
(1963) (writer)
1950
Your Show of Shows
(TV series)
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Episode #1.1
(1950) (writer)
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1984-1988
Kate & Allie
(TV series) (producer - 37 episodes)
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Almost Married
(1988) (producer)
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Jennie's New Deal
(1987) (producer)
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Return of Bob Barsky
(1987) (producer)
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Mother's Day
(1987) (producer)
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Kate and the Cab Driver
(1987) (producer)
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1978
How to Survive the 70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
(TV special) (executive producer, producer)
1975
The Montefuscos
(TV series) (producer)
1975
Big Eddie
(TV series) (executive producer)
1974
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
(TV movie) (producer)
1974
The Boys
(TV movie) (producer)
1974
Bobby Parker and Company
(TV movie) (producer)
1973
Lotsa Luck
(TV series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
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Trial Separation
(1973) (executive producer)
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The Bare Facts
(1973) (executive producer)
1972
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(TV movie) (producer)
1971
The Funny Side
(TV series) (producer)
1966-1971
That Girl
(TV series) (executive producer - 136 episodes)
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The Elevated Woman
(1971) (executive producer)
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Soot Yourself
(1971) (executive producer)
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Two for the Money
(1971) (executive producer)
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Stag Party
(1971) (executive producer)
–
That King
(1971) (executive producer)
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1971
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
(TV movie) (producer)
1971
Pure Goldie
(TV movie) (producer)
1970
Three for Tahiti
(TV movie) (producer)
1968
The Bill Cosby Special
(TV special) (producer)
1967-1968
Good Morning, World
(TV series) (producer - 26 episodes)
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The Lady and the Pussycat
(1968) (producer)
–
Hutton's Mutts
(1968) (producer)
–
Here Comes the Bribe
(1968) (producer)
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For My Daughter's Hand, You'll Get My Foot
(1968) (producer)
–
I Love a Charade
(1968) (producer)
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1965-1966
The Dick Van Dyke Show
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Bad Reception in Albany
(1966) (producer)
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The Making of a Councilman
(1966) (producer)
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I Do Not Choose to Run
(1966) (producer)
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Who Stole My Watch
(1966) (producer)
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Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work
(1965) (producer)
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2011
The Yard Sale
(short)
1990
Working It Out
(TV series)
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Foxhole
(1990)
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Molly and David
(1990)
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Take My Girlfriend...
(1990)
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Instructions
(1990)
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It Almost Happened One Night
(1990)
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1989
Knight & Daye
(TV series)
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Pilot
(1989)
1984-1988
Kate & Allie
(TV series)
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The Clip Show
(1988)
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Allie Makes Up Her Mind
(1988)
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Bob Smells the Roses
(1988)
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I Don't, I Don't
(1988)
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Working Women
(1988)
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1984
Spencer
(TV series)
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Pilot
(1984)
1984
Who's the Boss?
(TV series)
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Pilot
(1984)
1984
Not in Front of the Kids
(TV movie)
1983
Found Money
(TV movie)
1983
Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
(TV movie)
1983
Johnny Garage
(TV movie)
1983
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home!
(TV movie)
1982
Filthy Rich
(TV series)
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Town and Garden
(1982)
1982
Baker's Dozen
(TV series)
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A Class by Himself
(1982)
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Pilot
(1982)
1981
Rise and Shine
(TV series)
1981
Comedy of Horrors
(TV movie)
1980
Serial
1978
Almost Heaven
(TV movie)
1978
How to Pick Up Girls!
(TV movie)
1978
The Waverly Wonders
(TV series)
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Pilot
(1978)
1978
Husbands, Wives & Lovers
(TV series)
1978
How to Survive the 70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
(TV special)
1978
Baby, I'm Back
(TV series)
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Living Proof
(1978)
1978
Big City Boys
(TV movie)
1977
The Betty White Show
(TV series)
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Under Cover Woman
(1977)
1977
Final Warning
(TV movie)
1977
Busting Loose
(TV series)
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Pilot
(1977)
1976
Alice
(TV series)
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Pay the Fifty Dollars
(1976)
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A Piece of the Rock
(1976)
1976
Welcome Back, Kotter
(TV series)
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Sweatside Story
(1976)
1976
The Practice
(TV series)
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Jules' Investment
(1976)
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Jules and the Bum
(1976)
1974
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
(TV movie)
1974
The Boys
(TV movie)
1974
Bobby Parker and Company
(TV movie)
1973
Lotsa Luck
(TV series)
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The Family Plot
(1973)
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Olive's Present
(1973)
1972-1973
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV series)
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The Young Surgeons
(1973)
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Will Baby Make Three?
(1973)
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Sobriety Test
(1972)
1973
Here We Go Again
(TV series)
1970
That Girl
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Stocks & the Single Girl
(1970)
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1984-1988
Kate & Allie
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Almost Married
(1988) (story supervisor)
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Louis in Love
(1987) (story supervisor)
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Upstairs, Downstairs
(1987) (story supervisor)
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The Bully
(1986) (story supervisor)
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Thank You, Shirley
(1986) (story supervisor)
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1964-1966
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV series) (story consultant - 62 episodes)
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The Last Chapter
(1966) (story consultant)
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The Gunslinger
(1966) (story consultant)
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Long Night's Journey Into Day
(1966) (story consultant)
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Love Thy Other Neighbor
(1966) (story consultant)
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You Ought to Be in Pictures
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Actor
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2011
The Yard Sale
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Henry
2002
Orbiting Pluto
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Jonah "Papa Joe" Pluto
1985
Water
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1966
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV series)
Cowboy
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The Gunslinger
(1966) … Cowboy (uncredited)
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Music Department
(2 titles)
1973
Lotsa Luck
(TV series) (composer: theme music - 2 episodes)
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Trial Separation
(1973) (composer: theme music)
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The Bare Facts
(1973) (composer: theme music)
1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV series) (writer: original songs - 1 episode)
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The Alan Brady Show Presents
(1963) (writer: original songs)
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Soundtrack
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1985
Water
(lyrics: "Cascaran National Anthem", "Listen to My Song", "Black Gold", "Protest")
1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV series)
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The Alan Brady Show Presents
(1963) (writer: "Alan Brady" - uncredited, "Santa, Send a Fella" - uncredited, "I Have Everything But You" - uncredited)
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1983
Johnny Garage
(TV movie)
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Self
(7 titles)
2012
Watch What Happens: Live
(TV series)
Himself - Bartender
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Valerie Bertinelli & Jesse Tyler Ferguson
(2012) … Himself - Bartender
2004
TV Land Moguls
(TV mini-series documentary)
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The 50's
(2004)
2002
The Perfect Pitch
(TV documentary)
Himself
2002
Brilliant But Cancelled
(TV documentary)
Himself
2001
TVography: That Girl
(TV documentary)
Himself
2000
Inside TV Land: The Dick Van Dyke Show
(TV special documentary)
Himself
1984
The 36th Annual Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Directing in a Comedy Series & Nominee: Best Comedy Series
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