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Bill Idelson

Actor, writer and producer Bill Idelson appeared in episodes of television series including Dragnet, Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, My Favorite Martian, The Odd Couple, Happy Days and Will & Grace, as well as writing episodes for such series as The Andy Griffith Show, Get Smart, Love American Style, MASH, Happy Days , The Bob Newhart Show and Punky Brewster


Aliases
  • William Idelson
  • Wm. Idelson
  • Billy Idelson
English
  • Born In Forest Park, Illinois, USA
  • Born August 21, 1919
  • Died December 31, 2007
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Director

Episode That Girl
The Face in the Shower Room Door
1968

Writer

Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Aunt Bee Takes a Job
1965
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer and the Phone Company
1966
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
A Visit From Cousin Goober
1965
Episode Barefoot In The Park
Pilot
1970
Episode The Odd Couple
The Princess
1972
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Freddy's Friendly Computer
1969
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Barney and Thelma Lou, Phfftt
1964
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
A Groom for Carter's Sister
1965
Episode Lawman
Man Behind the News
1962
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer Maneuvers
1969
Episode The Bob Newhart Show
Fit, Fat, and Forty-One
1973
Episode The Odd Couple
Natural Childbirth
1971
Episode The Bob Newhart Show
You Can Win 'Em All
1973
Episode The Flintstones
Time Machine
1965
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Barney Fife, Realtor
1965
Episode Bewitched
If They Never Met
1968
Episode The Odd Couple
Partner's Investment
1972
Episode Get Smart
Witness for the Persecution
1967
Episode Anna and the King
Pilot
1972
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Girl-Shy
1965
Episode Happy Days
A Place of His Own
1976
Episode Happy Days
Get a Job
1975
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
A Baby in the House
1966
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Carriage Waits
1968
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
The Shoplifters
1964
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Goober Takes a Car Apart
1965
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
A Visit from Aunt Bee
1967
Episode Get Smart
Viva Smart
1967
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
The County Clerk
1966
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
The Return of Barney Fife
1966
Episode The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Haunted Honeymoon
1968
Movie The Crawling Hand 1963
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Off to Hollywood
1965
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Flower Power
1969
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
The Case of the Punch in the Nose
1965
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer and the Father Figure
1966
Movie The Crawling Hand 1963
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Taylors in Hollywood
1965
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
A Visit to Barney Fife
1967
Episode Anna and the King
Marriage of Prince Chula
1972
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Andy and Helen Have Their Day
1964
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Square Triangle
1963
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer, The Card Shark
1967
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Gomer and the Beast
1966
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Barney's Bloodhound
1964
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Grandma Pyle, Fortune Teller
1966
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Love's Old Sweet Song
1966
Episode Love, American Style
Love and the Fur Coat
1970
Episode Anna and the King
Louis, the Pawn
1972
Episode The Mothers-In-Law
Divorce-Mother-In-Law Style
1967
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
How to Spank a Star
1964
Episode The Bob Newhart Show
The Man with the Golden Wrist
1973
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Big Fish in a Small Town
1966
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Lou Ann Poovie Sings Again
1967
Episode The Odd Couple
The Blackout
1970
Episode The Bob Newhart Show
Have You Met Miss Dietz?
1973
Episode The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple Meet Their Host
1971
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Barney's Uniform
1964
Episode The Mothers-In-Law
Don't Give Up the Sloop
1968
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
The Luck of Newton Monroe
1965
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Grudge Fight
1965
Episode Accidental Family
The Woodsman
1967
Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
Uncle George
1963
Episode The Twilight Zone
Long Distance Call
1961
Episode Accidental Family
Who's Been Sleeping in Daddy's Bed?
1968
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
A Dog is a Dog
1968
Episode M*A*S*H
Tea and Empathy
1978
Episode Happy Days
Guess Who's Coming to Christmas
1974
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Hit and Write
1968
Episode The Odd Couple
Win One for Felix
1971
Episode M*A*S*H
The Korean Surgeon
1976
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
The Secret Life of Gomer Pyle
1967
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Two on the Bench
1969

Guest Star

Episode The Dick Van Dyke Show
Never Bathe on Saturday
1965
Episode Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
A Groom for Carter's Sister
1965
Episode The War at Home
No Weddings and a Funeral
2007
Episode Happy Days
A Mind of His Own
1976
Episode No Time for Sergeants
Have No Uniform—Will Travel
1964
Episode Peter Gunn
Edie Finds a Corpse
1959
Episode Will & Grace
Mad Dogs and Average Men
2001
Episode The Twilight Zone
A World of Difference
1960
Episode The Jack Benny Program
Riverboat Sketch (Carol Burnett)
1963
Episode Leave It to Beaver
The Bus Ride
1959
Episode Checkmate
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Game
1962
Episode Cheyenne
The Bad Penny
1962
Episode My Favorite Martian
I'd Rather Fight Than Switch
1965
Episode The Odd Couple
The Dog Story
1974
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Bartered Bikini
1959
Episode Steve Canyon
Operation B-52
1958