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Born: | February 9, 1935 | |||
Birthplace: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||
Occupation/ Career: |
Director/Crew Member and creative consultant | |||
Years active: | 1966–1988 | |||
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Series: | All in the Family | |||
Episodes appeared in: | 44 episodes directed/co-directed with John Rich |
Robert "Bob" LaHendro (born February 9. 1935) is an Emmy Award-nominated director who has directed over 250 comedy and dramatic TV episodes which include You Can't Take It With You, She's the Sheriff, All in the Family of which he has directed 44 episodes, some co-directed with John Rich, and its spinoff series, Archie Bunker's Place, as well as ABC-TV's Welcome Back Kotter, That's My Mama, Fish, the short lived sitcom Hot'L Baltimore and numerous other TV series pilots.
Career[]
Bob, who got his start in Hollywood as a creative consultant on NBC-TV's Danny Kaye Show in 1966, has also directed 13 episodes of the NBC-TV daytime soap opera Santa Barbara. In 1972, Bob won the Directors Gould of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series for his work on AITF during its second season. The next near, 1973, he won a Primetime Emmy for the same category for his directorial work on AITF in the episode "The Bunkers and the Swingers" in Season 3.