Bruce Bilson

Born: 1928-05-19 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 2026-01-16

Known For: Directing

Biography

Bruce Bilson (May 19, 1928 – January 16, 2026) was an American film and television director. He is most notable for his work as a regular director on the spy spoof Get Smart. He won the 1967–1968 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the third season Get Smart episode "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye". Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruce Bilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1996

The Sentinel ... (Director)

1995

Deadly Games ... (Director)

1994

Touched by an Angel ... (Director)
Viper ... (Director)
One West Waikiki ... (Director)

1992

Human Target ... (Director)
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade ... (Director)

1991

Dinosaurs ... (Director)
The Torkelsons ... (Director)
P.S. I Luv U ... (Director)

1990

The Flash ... (Director)
They Came from Outer Space ... (Director)
Hull High ... (Director)
The Bradys ... (Director)

1989

Nightingales ... (Director)
The Nutt House ... (Director)

1986

Sledge Hammer! ... (Director)
Life with Lucy ... (Director)

1985

The Twilight Zone ... (Director)
Spenser: For Hire ... (Director)
The Colbys ... (Director)
Gidget's Summer Reunion ... (Director)

1984

Finder of Lost Loves ... (Director)
Glitter ... (Director)
Chattanooga Choo Choo ... (Director)

1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King ... (Director)
Just Our Luck ... (Director)

1982

Knight Rider ... (Director)
Hotel ... (Director)
The Powers of Matthew Star ... (Director)
Bring 'Em Back Alive ... (Director)

1981

Dynasty ... (Director)
Simon & Simon ... (Director)
The Fall Guy ... (Director)
Private Benjamin ... (Director)
Aloha Paradise ... (Director)
Harper Valley ... (Director)

1980

Too Close for Comfort ... (Director)
Skag ... (Director)
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall ... (Director)

1979

B. J. and the Bear ... (Director)
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo ... (Director)
Delta House ... (Director)
House Calls ... (Director)
The North Avenue Irregulars ... (Director)
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders ... (Producer)
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't ... (Director)
Pleasure Cove ... (Director)

1978

Dallas ... (Director)
B.J. and the Bear ... (Director)

1977

The Love Boat ... (Director)
Hunter ... (Director)
Tabitha ... (Director)
Quark ... (Director)
The Feather And Father Gang ... (Director)

1976

Alice ... (Director)
Spencer's Pilots ... (Director)
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West ... (Director)
The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe ... (Director)

1975

Barney Miller ... (Director)
Wonder Woman ... (Director)
Matt Helm ... (Director)
S.W.A.T. ... (Director)
Barbary Coast ... (Director)
When Things Were Rotten ... (Director)
Dead Man on the Run ... (Director)

1974

The Six Million Dollar Man ... (Director)
The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped ... (Director)

1973

Dusty's Trail ... (Director)

1972

M*A*S*H ... (Director)
Emergency! ... (Director)
The Rookies ... (Director)
Sanford and Son ... (Director)
Temperatures Rising ... (Director)
The Paul Lynde Show ... (Director)

1971

Alias Smith and Jones ... (Director)

1970

The Odd Couple ... (Director)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show ... (Director)
Nanny and the Professor ... (Director)
Barefoot in the Park ... (Director)

1969

Love, American Style ... (Director)
The Brady Bunch ... (Director)

1968

Hawaii Five-O ... (Director)
The Doris Day Show ... (Director)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir ... (Director)
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... (Director)
Blondie ... (Director)

1966

That Girl ... (Director)

1965

Hogan's Heroes ... (Director)
Get Smart ... (Director)
Green Acres ... (Director)
Gidget ... (Director)
Camp Runamuck ... (Director)

1964

Bewitched ... (Director)
One Potato, Two Potato ... (Assistant Director)

1963

The Patty Duke Show ... (Director)

1960

The Andy Griffith Show ... (Assistant Director)
Too Soon to Love ... (Assistant Director)

1959

Bonanza ... (Director)

1950

University U.S.A. ... (Writer)