Overview
- He died peacefully at his Los Angeles home on Jan. 16, according to his daughter, producer Julie Bilson Ahlberg.
- He won a Primetime Emmy in 1968 for directing the Get Smart episode “Maxwell Smart, Private Eye.”
- His credits include 22 episodes of Get Smart, 25 of Hogan’s Heroes, and service as first assistant director on 58 early installments of The Andy Griffith Show.
- A memorial is scheduled for Jan. 25 at Hillside Memorial Park in Los Angeles, with donations requested to Casa of Los Angeles in lieu of flowers.
- He is survived by his wife Renne Jarrett, his children Danny Bilson and Julie Bilson Ahlberg, and his granddaughter Rachel Bilson.