Bob Delegall (July 24, 1945 – March 21, 2006) was an American actor, television director

Television director

A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...

 and producer

Television producer

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. He has guest starred in number of notable television series namely Adam-12

Adam-12

Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...

, Good Times

Good Times

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Michael Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer...

, The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for the OSI...

, Knots Landing

Knots Landing

Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...

and among other series.

Life and career

Delegall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

. Along with acting on film and television he appeared in a number of Philadelphia and Broadway theater productions namely The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel

The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel

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and The Sunshine Train among others.

Delegall was also an acting coach teaching actors Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

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, Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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, Michael O'Keefe

Michael O'Keefe

Michael Raymond O'Keefe is an American film and television actor.- Early life :O'Keefe was born Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr. in Mount Vernon, New York, the oldest of seven children in a devoutly Roman Catholic Irish American family. His father was a law professor at Fordham University, as well as...

 and Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

Tyra Lynne Banks is an American model, media personality, actress, occasional singer, author and businesswoman. She first became famous as a model, but television appearances were her commercial breakthrough...

.

After guest starring in number of notable television series, Delegall pursued a career in directing and producing in 1997. He served as director and producer on the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 sitcom The Gregory Hines Show

The Gregory Hines Show

The Gregory Hines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997 before airing on September 19, 1997 as a part of the network's Block Party Friday night lineup...

followed by directing episodes of the Showtime drama Linc's

Linc's

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in 1998. He went back to acting in 2003 after a seven-year hiatus.

Death

Delegall died on March 21, 2006 in Venice

Venice

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, California

California

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 after fighting a ten-year battle with prostate cancer

Prostate cancer

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. He is survived by his wife Fran Saperstein, a film and television producer and their two children, Jewel and Eric.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Hangup Hangup Hangup is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Patricia Quinn. This was the last of the 65 films directed by Hathaway.-Cast:*William Elliott as Ken*Cliff Potts as Lou*Marki Bey as Julie*Jerry Ayres as Jerry...	Jennings	Theatrical film
1976	Sparkle Sparkle (1976 film) Sparkle is a 1976 American film directed by Sam O'Steen and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. Inspired by The Supremes, Sparkle is a period film set in Harlem, New York during the late 1950s and early 1960s which follows the rough lives and careers of singer Sparkle Williams and her family and...	Mr. Daniels	Theatrical film
1978	Dr. Strange Dr. Strange (1978 film) Dr. Strange is a made-for-TV movie based on the Marvel Comics fictional character Dr. Strange, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. It was both directed and written by Philip DeGuere...	Intern	Made-for-TV film
1978	Betrayal	Man in Bar	Made-for-TV film
1979		Jackson	Made-for-TV film
1988	Honor Bound	Bates	Theatrical film
1988		Squad Room Lieutenant	Theatrical film
1991	Total Exposure	Detective Collins	Independent film
1991	Pizza Man Pizza Man Pizza Man is a 1991 comedy film starring Bill Maher and Annabelle Gurwitch; written and directed by J.F. Lawton. The film received a PG-13 rating by the MPAA.-Credited cast:*Bill Maher as Elmo Bunn*Annabelle Gurwitch as The Dame...	Mayor Bradley	Theatrical film
1994	Saints and Sinners	Captain Reineke	Independent film
1994	Secret Games 3	Louis	Independent film
1996	Back to Back	Sergeant Donahue	Made-for-TV film
2004	Murder Without Conviction	Det. Abe Lorenz	Made-for-TV film
2006	Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part Jane Doe (television film series) Jane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Cathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving...	Warden	Made-for-TV film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Bonanza Bonanza Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...	Willie Moon	1 episode
1973	Police Story	June Bug	1 episode
1974/1975		1st Technician/Tom Dempster	2 episodes
1975	Marcus Welby, M.D. Marcus Welby, M.D. Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell...	Dr. Tom Haddon	2 episodes
1975	McMillan & Wife	Reporter	1 episode
1975	Caribe	Chuck	1 episode
1975	Adam-12 Adam-12 Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...	Officer Marks	1 episode
1975	Starsky and Hutch Starsky and Hutch Starsky and Hutch is a 1970s American cop thriller television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot movie and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC...	Gregg Morton	1 episode
1976	Gemini Man Gemini Man Gemini Man is an American action/adventure drama series that aired on NBC in 1976. This is the third of four weekly television series based on the H. G. Wells science fiction novel, The Invisible Man.-Synopsis:...	Steward	1 episode
1977	Good Times Good Times Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Michael Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer...	Dr. Blake	1 episode
1978	Project UFO Project UFO Project UFO was an NBC television series which lasted two seasons, from 1978 to 1979. Based loosely on the real-life Project Blue Book, the show was created by Dragnet veteran Jack Webb, who pored through Air Force files looking for episode ideas...	Captain Harlan	1 episode
1979	Time Express Time Express Time Express is a short-lived American fantasy TV series, broadcast April–May 1979 on CBS and later syndicated. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts who had both previously been involved in the creation of Charlie's Angels...	Doctor	1 episode
1979/1980		Pinico Coach/Officer Robinson	2 episodes
1980	Benson Benson (TV series) Benson is an American television sitcom which aired from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986, on ABC. The series was a spin-off from the soap opera parody Soap ; however, Benson discarded the...	Priest	1 episode
1980/1982	Quincy, M.E. Quincy, M.E. Quincy, M.E., also called Quincy, is a United States television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC...	Ray Stone/Coach Drake	2 episodes
1981		Dr. Ed Foster	1 episode
1982	House Calls House Calls (TV series) House Calls is an American sitcom that lasted three seasons and 57 episodes, from December 17, 1979 to May 27, 1982, on CBS television, produced by Universal Television and based upon the 1978 feature film of the same name.-Scenario:...	Flowers	1 episode
1983/1985	Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...	IAD Munson/Mr. Jethroe	2 episodes
1985	Knight Rider	Lt. Rayford	1 episode
1986	Making a Living	Pennington	1 episode
1986		Sales manager	1 episode
1986	On Wings of Eagles On Wings of Eagles On Wings of Eagles is a 1983 thriller novel written by British author Ken Follett. Set against the background of the Iranian revolution, it tells the story of the rescue of Paul Chiapparone and Bill Gaylord from prison in Tehran by a team of Electronic Data Systems executives led by retired Col....	Ron Davis	TV miniseries
1987	Hunter	Lt. Weber	1 episode
1987	Matlock Matlock (TV series) Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar...	Dr. Lewis Weeks	1 episode
1989	Valerie's Family The Hogan Family The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired from March 1, 1986 to July 20, 1991...	Dr. Murphy	1 episode
1991	Family Matters	George Randolph	1 episode
1992	Knots Landing Knots Landing Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...	Hugh O'Neill	1 episode
1994		Charles Stowe	1 episode
1995	Sister, Sister Sister, Sister (TV series) Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom about identical twin girls Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell , who were separated and adopted at birth, when one day they come face-to-face after 14 years apart....	Officer Reed	1 episode
1995		Dr. Singer	1 episode
1996	Sparks Sparks (TV series) Sparks is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 26, 1996 to March 2, 1998. The series stars James Avery, Robin Givens, Terrence Howard, and Miguel A. Núñez, Jr.. The sitcom is set in Compton, California, and is about the every day lives of a family of lawyers running a family owned law...	Mr. Crawford	1 episode
2003		Sylvester Demby	1 episode

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