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"The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961): Season 3: Episode 1 -- Rob recalls the hectic days after Richie was born, when he was sure the hospital had given him and Laura the wrong baby. Greg Morris guest stars.
"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2009): Season 1: Episode 17 -- John Rich shows off the latest in redneck high tech.
"Hollywood 411" (2008): :  -- The American Country Music Awards rocked Vegas and Hollwood 411 was on the red carpet with stars Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Kellie Pickler, Julianne Hough, Darius Rucker, Trace Adkins, John Rich and more!
"The Jeffersons" (1975): :  -- A nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants.
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961): Season 3: Episode 2 -- Rob and Laura return home from an auction with two mysterious objects d'art.

Overview

Trivia:
Best known as the Emmy Award winning Director of "All in the Family" and... more
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Awards:
Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations more
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Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Director, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Self
Director:
  1. "Payne" (2 episodes, 1999)
        - Trouble in Room 206 (1999) TV episode
        - What Ever Happened to Baby Payne? (1999) TV episode
  2. "Something So Right" (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
        - Something About Cold Storage (1997) TV episode
        - Something About Cheating (1996) TV episode
        - Something About Thanksgiving (1996) TV episode
  3. "Mr. Rhodes" (2 episodes, 1996-1997)
        - The Courtroom Show (1997) TV episode
        - The Christmas Show (1996) TV episode
  4. Pistol Pete (1996) (TV)
  5. "Hudson Street" (2 episodes, 1995)
        - Saturday Night's the Loneliest Night of the Week (1995) TV episode
        - Bells & Whistles (1995) TV episode
  6. "If Not for You" (5 episodes, 1995)
        - Who Are You? (1995) TV episode
        - Rise and Shine (1995) TV episode
        - The Day the Halo Came Off (1995) TV episode
        - Snap! (1995) TV episode
        - The Kiss (1995) TV episode
  7. "Murphy Brown" (1 episode, 1994)
        - My Movie with Louis (1994) TV episode
  8. "The Second Half" (8 episodes, 1993-1994)
        - Far and Awry (1994) TV episode
        - High Nooner (1994) TV episode
        - One Flew Over a Nest of Cuckoos (1994) TV episode
        - Ten (1994) TV episode
        - It's My Party (1993) TV episode
          (3 more)
  9. "The Good Life" (1 episode, 1994)
        - Pilot (1994) TV episode
  10. "Walter & Emily" (13 episodes, 1991-1992)
        - Sis (1992) TV episode
        - The Falcon and the Leg Man (1992) TV episode
        - Date Night (1992) TV episode
        - Labor Pains (1992) TV episode
        - Remember Me? (1992) TV episode
          (8 more)
  11. "The Man in the Family" (7 episodes, 1991)
        - My Pal Joey (1991) TV episode
        - Real News (1991) TV episode
        - A Date with a Don (1991) TV episode
        - Uncle Sal (1991) TV episode
        - None for Sal (1991) TV episode
          (2 more)
  12. "Baby Talk" (1 episode, 1991)
        - One Night with Elliot (1991) TV episode

  13. "Dear John" (5 episodes, 1989)
    ... aka Dear John USA (UK)
        - Friends and Lovers (1989) TV episode
        - Margo (1989) TV episode
        - Gone Camping (1989) TV episode
        - Sisters (1989) TV episode
        - The Last Dance (1989) TV episode
  14. "Nearly Departed" (6 episodes, 1989)
        - TV or Not TV (1989) TV episode
        - Altared States (1989) TV episode
        - Adventures in Babysitting (1989) TV episode
        - Grant Meets Grandpa (1989) TV episode
        - Grandpa's Date (1989) TV episode
          (1 more)
  15. "Comedy Factory" (2 episodes, 1986)
        - Chameleon (1986) TV episode
        - Moscow Bureau (1986) TV episode
  16. "Mr. Sunshine" (11 episodes, 1986)
        - Take My Ex-Wife Please! (1986) TV episode
        - Great Expectations (1986) TV episode
        - Leftwich in Love (1986) TV episode
        - Fear of Falling (1986) TV episode
        - Too Many Cooks (1986) TV episode
          (6 more)
  17. "Condo" (13 episodes, 1983)
        - Members Only (1983) TV episode
        - Nouveau Poor (1983) TV episode
        - The Affair (1983) TV episode
        - Condomania (1983) TV episode
        - The Dog (1983) TV episode
          (8 more)
  18. "Amanda's" (1 episode, 1983)
    ... aka Amanda's by the Sea (USA: alternative title)
        - All in a Day's Work (1983) TV episode
  19. "Newhart" (1 episode, 1982)
        - In the Beginning (1982) TV episode
  20. "Benson" (43 episodes, 1980-1982)
        - Black Tuesday (1982) TV episode
        - The Lumber Mill (1982) TV episode
        - The Party's Over (1982) TV episode
        - Teed Off (1982) TV episode
        - In the Red (1982) TV episode
          (38 more)

  21. "Dorothy" (4 episodes, 1979)
        - Give My Regrets to Broadway (1979) TV episode
        - Lies and Whispers (1979) TV episode
        - Hard Hearted Hamlet (1979) TV episode
        - The Bookworm Turns (1979) TV episode
  22. "Billy" (1979) TV series (unknown episodes)
  23. Mother, Juggs & Speed (1978) (TV)
  24. Charo and the Sergeant (1976) (TV)
  25. "On the Rocks" (20 episodes, 1975-1976)
        - High Noon (1976) TV episode
        - Free and Clear (1976) TV episode
        - Testing, Testing (1976) TV episode
        - Friendly Persuasion (1976) TV episode
        - The Underground Movement (1976) TV episode
          (15 more)
  26. Grandpa Max (1975) (TV)
  27. "Barney Miller" (1 episode, 1975)
        - Stakeout (1975) TV episode
  28. "All in the Family" (81 episodes, 1971-1974)
        - The Best of All in the Family (1974) TV episode
        - Mike's Graduation (1974) TV episode
        - Pay the Twenty Dollars (1974) TV episode
        - Gloria Sings the Blues (1974) TV episode
        - Archie Eats and Runs (1974) TV episode
          (76 more)
  29. Clarence Darrow (1974) (TV)
  30. "Good Times" (1 episode, 1974)
        - Black Jesus (1974) TV episode
  31. "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" (2 episodes, 1971)
        - A House Is Not a Home, Yet (1971) TV episode
        - The Tennis Pro (1971) TV episode
  32. "That Girl" (19 episodes, 1968-1971)
        - Stag Party (1971) TV episode
        - An Uncle Herbert for All Seasons (1970) TV episode
        - That Senorita (1970) TV episode
        - That Girl's Daddy (1970) TV episode
        - Rattle of a Single Girl (1970) TV episode
          (14 more)
  33. "Make Room for Granddaddy" (1 episode, 1971)
        - Lucy Carter, Houseguest (1971) TV episode
  34. "My World and Welcome to It" (8 episodes, 1969-1970)
        - Child's Play (1970) TV episode
        - The Fourth Estate (1970) TV episode
        - Rules for a Happy Marriage (1970) TV episode
        - Dear Is a Four Letter Word (1970) TV episode
        - Darn That Dream (1970) TV episode
          (3 more)

  35. "The Brady Bunch" (7 episodes, 1969)
        - Kitty Karry-All Is Missing (1969) TV episode
        - A Clubhouse Is Not a Home (1969) TV episode
        - Katchoo (1969) TV episode
        - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1969) TV episode
        - Eenie, Meenie, Mommy, Daddy (1969) TV episode
          (2 more)
  36. "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." (27 episodes, 1966-1969)
    ... aka Gomer Pyle (Australia)
        - Goodbye Camp Henderson, Hello Sergeant Carter (1969) TV episode
        - My Fair Sister (1969) TV episode
        - Showtime with Sgt. Carol (1969) TV episode
        - Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow (1969) TV episode
        - Flower Power (1969) TV episode
          (22 more)
  37. "Gunsmoke" (14 episodes, 1957-1969)
    ... aka Gun Law (UK)
    ... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
        - The Long Night (1969) TV episode
        - O'Quillian (1968) TV episode
        - Deadman's Law (1968) TV episode
        - Hard Luck Henry (1967) TV episode
        - The Big Con (1958) TV episode
          (9 more)
  38. "Hogan's Heroes" (2 episodes, 1968)
        - Axis Annie (1968) TV episode
        - Sticky Wicket Newkirk (1968) TV episode
  39. "Bonanza" (4 episodes, 1960-1968)
    ... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
        - The Burning Sky (1968) TV episode
        - Judgment at Olympus (1967) TV episode
        - The Trail Gang (1960) TV episode
        - The Mill (1960) TV episode
  40. "Good Morning, World" (2 episodes, 1967)
        - Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, Maybe (1967) TV episode
        - The Return of Bibian (1967) TV episode
  41. Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
  42. "Run for Your Life" (1 episode, 1967)
        - Flight from Tirana: Part 1 (1967) TV episode
  43. "T.H.E. Cat" (1 episode, 1966)
        - Moment of Truth (1966) TV episode
  44. "Summer Fun" (1 episode, 1966)
        - McNab's Lab (1966) TV episode
  45. "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (41 episodes, 1961-1966)
    ... aka The Dick Van Dyke Daytime Show (USA: rerun title)
        - The Last Chapter (1966) TV episode
        - Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice (1963) TV episode
        - Laura's Little Lie (1963) TV episode
        - The Masterpiece (1963) TV episode
        - That's My Boy? (1963) TV episode
          (36 more)
  46. "I Spy" (1 episode, 1966)
        - There Was a Little Girl (1966) TV episode
  47. Boeing (707) Boeing (707) (1965)
    ... aka Boeing Boeing (USA: short title)
  48. "Gilligan's Island" (4 episodes, 1964)
        - Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk (1964) TV episode
        - Goodbye Island (1964) TV episode
        - Voodoo Something to Me (1964) TV episode
        - Two on a Raft (1964) TV episode
  49. Roustabout (1964)
  50. The New Interns (1964)
  51. "The Twilight Zone" (2 episodes, 1960-1963)
    ... aka The Twilight Zone: The Original Series (Australia)
    ... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)
        - A Kind of a Stopwatch (1963) TV episode
        - A Most Unusual Camera (1960) TV episode
  52. Wives and Lovers (1963)
  53. "McKeever & the Colonel" (1962) TV series (unknown episodes)
  54. "Mister Ed" (1 episode, 1961)
        - Pine Lake Lodge (1961) TV episode
  55. "The Americans" (1 episode, 1961)
        - The Regular (1961) TV episode
  56. "Outlaws" (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Fortune Stone (1960) TV episode
  57. "The Rifleman" (2 episodes, 1960)
        - The Pitchman (1960) TV episode
        - A Time for Singing (1960) TV episode
  58. "New Comedy Showcase" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Slezak and Son (1960) TV episode
  59. "Hotel de Paree" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Sundance and the Black Widow (1960) TV episode
  60. "Law of the Plainsman" (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka The Westerners (USA: syndication title)
        - A Question of Courage (1960) TV episode
  61. "General Electric Theater" (2 episodes, 1959-1960)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - They Like Me Fine (1960) TV episode
        - The Tallest Marine (1959) TV episode
  62. "Bat Masterson" (6 episodes, 1958-1960)
        - A Picture of Death (1960) TV episode
        - Lady Luck (1959) TV episode
        - To the Manner Born (1959) TV episode
        - Deadline (1959) TV episode
        - Sharpshooter (1959) TV episode
          (1 more)

  63. "Riverboat" (2 episodes, 1959)
        - Strange Request (1959) TV episode
        - Escape to Memphis (1959) TV episode
  64. "The Rough Riders" (4 episodes, 1958-1959)
        - Forty-Five Calibre Law (1959) TV episode
        - Paradise Gap (1959) TV episode
        - The Maccabites (1958) TV episode
        - Breakout (1958) TV episode
  65. "Bold Venture" (4 episodes, 1959)
        - Kazantos (1959) TV episode
        - Oliver's Twist (1959) TV episode
        - Suddenly, No Gerson (1959) TV episode
        - The Kick in the Can (1959) TV episode
  66. "Conflict" (2 episodes, 1957)
        - Blind Drop: Warsaw (1957) TV episode
        - Girl on the Subway (1957) TV episode
  67. "The Gale Storm Show" (2 episodes, 1956)
    ... aka Oh! Susanna
        - Passenger Incognito (1956) TV episode
        - The Chimpanzee (1956) TV episode
  68. "Hey, Jeannie!" (1 episode, 1956)
        - Jeannie's Here (1956) TV episode
  69. "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1 episode, 1956)
        - Apples on the Lilac Tree (1956) TV episode
  70. "Our Miss Brooks" (27 episodes, 1955-1956)
        - Travel Crazy (1956) TV episode
        - Principal for a Day (1956) TV episode
        - The $350,000 Question (1956) TV episode
        - White Lies (1956) TV episode
        - Geraldine (1956) TV episode
          (22 more)
  71. Dateline: Disneyland (1955) (TV)
  72. "Where's Raymond?" (30 episodes, 1954)
    ... aka The Ray Bolger Show (new title)
        - Man of the Year (1954) TV episode
        - Father for a Day (1954) TV episode
        - Jealousy (1954) TV episode
        - The Navy Show (1954) TV episode
        - Ray Helps Young Married Couple (1954) TV episode
          (25 more)
  73. "I Married Joan" (2 episodes, 1953)
        - The Musical (1953) TV episode
        - Furnature Quick Changes (1953) TV episode
  74. "Colonel Humphrey Flack" (1953) TV series (unknown episodes)
    ... aka The Fabulous Fraud
  75. "Big Town" (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka Byline Steve Wilson
    ... aka City Assignment
    ... aka Headline
    ... aka Heart of the City
        - Episode #1.40 (1951) TV episode
Producer:
  1. Young MacGyver (2003) (TV) (executive producer)

  2. MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday (1994) (TV) (executive producer)
  3. MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994) (TV) (executive producer)
  4. "MacGyver" (executive producer) (139 episodes, 1985-1992)
        - The Mountain of Youth (1992) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Stringer (1992) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Off the Wall (1991) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Gunz 'n Boyz (1991) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Split Decision (1991) TV episode (executive producer)
          (134 more)
  5. "Walter & Emily" (executive producer) (6 episodes, 1991-1992)
        - Sis (1992) TV episode (executive producer)
        - The Falcon and the Leg Man (1992) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Date Night (1992) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Remember Me? (1992) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Exposed (1992) TV episode (executive producer)
          (1 more)

  6. "Mr. Sunshine" (executive producer) (11 episodes, 1986)
        - Take My Ex-Wife Please! (1986) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Great Expectations (1986) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Leftwich in Love (1986) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Fear of Falling (1986) TV episode (executive producer)
        - Too Many Cooks (1986) TV episode (executive producer)
          (6 more)
  7. "Condo" (producer) (6 episodes, 1983)
        - Nouveau Poor (1983) TV episode (producer)
        - The Dog (1983) TV episode (producer)
        - The Franchise (1983) TV episode (producer)
        - The First Fight (1983) TV episode (producer)
        - The Wedding (1983) TV episode (producer)
          (1 more)

  8. "Benson" (1979) TV series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
  9. "Billy" (executive producer) (1 episode, 1979)
        - Fathers and Sons (1979) TV episode (executive producer)
  10. Charo and the Sergeant (1976) (TV) (producer)
  11. Grandpa Max (1975) (TV) (producer)
  12. "On the Rocks" (1975) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
  13. "All in the Family" (producer) (44 episodes, 1972-1974) (associate producer) (2 episodes, 1973)
        - Mike's Graduation (1974) TV episode (producer)
        - Pay the Twenty Dollars (1974) TV episode (producer)
        - Lionel's Engagement (1974) TV episode (producer)
        - Gloria's Boyfriend (1974) TV episode (producer)
        - Et Tu, Archie? (1974) TV episode (producer)
          (41 more)

  14. "New Comedy Showcase" (producer) (1 episode, 1960)
        - Slezak and Son (1960) TV episode (producer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "Maude" (production consultant) (1 episode, 1973)
        - Maude and the Medical Profession (1973) TV episode (production consultant)
Writer:
  1. "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - Auf Wiedersehen (1958) TV episode (story and screenplay)
Self:
  1. "TV Land's Top Ten" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2006)
        - Top 10 TV Spinoffs (2006) TV episode .... Himself
        - All in the Family Episodes (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  2. "TV Land Moguls" (2004) TV mini-series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
    ... aka TV Moguls (Australia)
  3. "Intimate Portrait" .... Himself (interviewed) (1 episode, 2003)
        - Florence Henderson (2003) TV episode .... Himself (interviewed)
  4. Inside TV Land: 40 Greatest Theme Songs (2002) (TV) .... Himself
  5. Who Is Alan Smithee? (2002) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  6. Inside TV Land: The Dick Van Dyke Show (2000) (TV) .... Himself

  7. "E! True Hollywood Story" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
        - The Brady Bunch (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  8. "Whatever Happened to... Clement and La Frenais?" (1997) TV series

Additional Details

Other Works:
In 1962, he directed an unsold pilot for a proposed TV comedy series called "The William Bendix Show" where Bendix played the owner of a small mountain lodge who couldn't stop himself from becoming involved with his guest problems. more
Publicity Listings:
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