Bill Idelson

Bill Idelson

Acting
1919-08-21
Forest Park, Illinois, USA

Known For & Full Filmography26 Titles

#1Perry Mason

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Ellis - Forensics Technicia

7.7 / 10
MysteryDramaCrime

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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#2Perry Mason

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Autopsy Surgeon

7.7 / 10
MysteryDramaCrime

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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#3Perry Mason

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Ticket Agent

7.7 / 10
MysteryDramaCrime

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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#4Dragnet

Drama Series - 1951, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.5 / 10
DramaCrime

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

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#5Will & Grace

Drama Series - 1998, 16 episodes as Ben

6.9 / 10
Comedy

Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.

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#6The Dick Van Dyke Show

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes as Bellboy

7.6 / 10
Comedy

The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.

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#7The Virginian

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Stage Depot Manager

6.5 / 10
WesternDrama

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

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#8Peter Gunn

Drama Series - 1958, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.6 / 10
CrimeDrama

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.

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#9The Twilight Zone

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

8.5 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

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#10The Twilight Zone

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes as Kelly

8.5 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

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#11Happy Days

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.6 / 10
Comedy

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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#12Leave It to Beaver

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.9 / 10
ComedyFamily

An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

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#13Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes as Gunsmith

6.2 / 10
WesternDrama

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.

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#14Telephone Time

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.5 / 10
Drama

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.

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#15The Odd Couple

Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes as Judge

7.8 / 10
Comedy

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.

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#16The War at Home

Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes as William

6.9 / 10
Comedy

When Dave and Vicky were growing up, their parents had it easy. Back then, there were no “time-outs,” no one had any “boundaries,” and “parenting” wasn’t even a word. Parents had no idea what their kids were really up to and ignorance truly was bliss. Now Dave and Vicky have teenagers of their own, and anything their kids might even think about doing, Dave and Vicky have already done… at least twice.

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#17My Favorite Martian

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.2 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamily

Newspaper reporter Tim O'Hara finds a crashed alien spaceship that contains one live alien. Not wanting to be discovered by the authorities, the Martian assumes the identity of Tim's Uncle Martin and begins to repair his spaceship so that he can return to Mars.

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#18Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.1 / 10
ComedyFamily

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.

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#19Mister Ed

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
ComedyFamily

Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilbur and his trouble-making sidekick Mister Ed.

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#20The Detectives

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10
Action & AdventureDrama

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television. Captain Matt Holbrook (Robert Taylor) is head of the detective division of a large metropolitan police force—a man whose devotion to duty, professional brilliance, and quick judgment are reflected in his 20-year career on the force. His aides, Lt. Johnny Russo (Tige Andrews), Lt. Otto Lindstrom (Russ Thorson), and Sgt. Chris Ballard (Mark Goddard) form a team that is both proficient and warmly human. The stories stress the interrelationships between the men as well as the solutions to crimes and the apprehension of criminals, adding a dimension of human drama to the excitement, action, and suspense inherent in each story of the detectives' difficult, sometimes thankless, and frequently dangerous assignments.

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#21Suddenly Susan

Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes as Arthur

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Susan Keane is a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer beginning to adjust to being single, who learns to be independent-minded, after being taken care of all her life.

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#22Wendy and Me

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

8.0 / 10

Wendy and Me is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964–1965 television season, primarily sponsored by Consolidated Cigar's "El Producto". Principally starring George Burns and Connie Stevens, the series was Burns' first major work following the death of his wife and professional partner, Gracie Allen, who had died of a heart attack about a month prior to the debut of Wendy and Me.

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#23The Bill Dana Show

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Comedy

The Bill Dana Show is a United States comedy series .The plot follows the daily lifestyle of Latin American, Jose Jimenez, as a bellhop in a New York hotel.

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#24The New Shmoo

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

5.5 / 10
FamilyAction & AdventureAnimation

The New Shmoo is an American animated series based on the character from the Li'l Abner comic strip created by Al Capp. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. The series aired in September 1979.

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#25Bombers B-52

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Tail Gunner (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
DramaRomance

Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.

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#26The Last Time I Saw Archie

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Lt. L.Q. Fowler

6.0 / 10
ComedyWar

Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment.

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