Myles Wilder (January 28, 1933 – April 20, 2010) was a television comedy writer and producer. Wilder attended and graduated from

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

's Theater Arts Department. During his senior year, he and two of his friends, Mitch Rose and Wayne Thoms, produced a documentary entitled "The Sports Car" that depicted the history of and interest in

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s. He started writing in Hollywood in 1952 with '' Rebound''. He wrote seven screenplays for film, with six of them being directed by his father W. Lee Wilder (1904–1982), the older brother of famous director

Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter. His career in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood spanned five decades, and he is regarded as one of the most brilliant and ver ...

. Myles would write for a variety of shows over the next two decades, such as ''

McHale's Navy ''McHale's Navy'' is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network. The series was filmed i ...

'', '' Korg: 70,000 B.C.'', and ''

The Dukes of Hazzard ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' is an American action comedy television series created by Gy Waldron that aired on CBS from January 26, 1979, to February 8, 1985, with a total of seven seasons consisting of List of The Dukes of Hazzard episodes, 147 ...

''. He also served as a script consultant on the television series ''Karen'', producer of Hazzard and ''McDuff, the Talking Dog'', and executive story consultant on programs like Hazzard, '' Hong Kong Phooey'', and '' Devlin''

Filmography

Films written * '' Phantom from Space'' (1953) * '' Killers from Space'' (1954) * ''

The Snow Creature ''The Snow Creature'' is a 1954 American science fiction film, science fiction-horror film produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder, for Planet Filmplays Inc., written by Myles Wilder, and starring Paul Langton. Plot In an undisclosed Himalaya ...

'' (1954) * ''Fright (1956)'' * '' Manfish'' (1956) * '' Seven Guns to Mesa'' (1958) *'' Spy in the Sky!'' (1958) Television written * '' Rebound'' (1952) * ''

Wagon Train ''Wagon Train'' is an American Western television series that aired for eight seasons, first on the NBC television network (1957–1962) and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and reached the top of the ...

'' (1960, 1961, 1963) * '' Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons'' (1960) * ''

Bonanza ''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...

'' (1960) * ''

My Three Sons ''My Three Sons'' is an American television sitcom that aired from September 29, 1960, to April 13, 1972. The series was filmed in black-and-white and broadcast on ABC during its first five seasons, before moving to CBS for the remaining seve ...

'' (1961, 1967) * '' Bachelor Father'' (1961-1962) * ''

The Aquanauts ''The Aquanauts'' (later known as ''Malibu Run'') is an American adventure/ drama series that aired on CBS September 14, 1960 - February 22, 1961 (or September 14, 1960 - September 27, 1961). The series stars Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate and Ro ...

'' (1961) * '' The Real McCoys'' (1961) * ''

'' (1963-1966) * ''

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster ''I'm Dickens, He's Fenster'' is an American sitcom starring John Astin and Marty Ingels that ran on ABC from September 28, 1962, to May 10th, 1963. Synopsis The series starred John Astin and Marty Ingels as Harry Dickens and Arch Fenster, ...

'' (1963) * '' Karen'' (1964-1965) * '' Broadside'' (1964-1965) * '' Hank'' (1965) * '' The Patty Duke Show'' (1965-1966) * '' Tammy'' (1965) * '' Vacation Playhouse'' (1965) * '' Laredo'' (1966) * '' Mona McCluskey'' (1966) * ''

Run, Buddy, Run ''Run, Buddy, Run'' is an American sitcom TV series that aired on CBS for one season of 16 episodes in 1966-1967. The series was created by Leonard B. Stern, and starred jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor Jack Sheldon. Description At a steambath ...

'' (1966) * ''The 38th Annual Academy Awards'' (1966) * '' Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' (1967-1968) * ''

Get Smart ''Get Smart'' is an American comedy television series parodying the Spy fiction, secret agent genre that had become widely popular in the first half of the 1960s with the release of the ''James Bond'' films. It was created by Mel Brooks and Bu ...

'' (1967-1968) * '' Mr. Terrific'' (1967) * '' The Magical World of Disney'' (1969) * ''

The Doris Day Show ''The Doris Day Show'' is an American sitcom which was originally broadcast on CBS from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. The series is remembered for its multiple format and cast chang ...

'' (1969, 1972-1973) * ''

The Flying Nun ''The Flying Nun'' is an American fantasy television, fantasy sitcom television series about a community of nuns, which included one who could fly when the wind caught her cornette. It was produced by Screen Gems for American Broadcasting Comp ...

'' (1969) * '' The Ghost & Mrs. Muir'' (1969) * ''

The Tim Conway Comedy Hour ''The Tim Conway Comedy Hour'' is a variety/sketch comedy television show broadcast in the United States by CBS as part of its 1970 fall lineup on Sundays at 10:00 pm. Background ''The Tim Conway Comedy Hour'' was one of several attempts to d ...

'' (1970) * ''

The Brady Bunch ''The Brady Bunch'' is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired five seasons from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC. The series revolves around a large blended family of six children, with three boys and three gir ...

'' (1970, 1972-1973) * ''

Here's Lucy ''Here's Lucy'' is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The series co-starred her long-time comedy partner Gale Gordon and her real-life children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. It was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1974. It was Ball's third ...

'' (1970) * '' The Tim Conway Show'' (1970) * '' The Good Life'' (1971) * '' The Paul Lynde Show'' (1972-1973) * '' The Roman Holidays'' (1972) * '' Wait Till Your Father Gets Home'' (1972) * ''

Butch Cassidy Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 – November 7, 1908), better known as Butch Cassidy, was an American train robbery, train and bank robbery, bank robber and the leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the "Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, ...

'' (1973) * '' Inch High, Private Eye'' (1973) * ''

The Addams Family The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 standalone single-panel comics, about half of which were originally published in ''The New Yorker'' between 193 ...

'' (1973) * '' Temperatures Rising'' (1973) * '' Korg: 70,000 B.C.'' (1974; creative consultant) * '' Hong Kong Phooey'' (1974) * '' Devlin'' (1974) * '' Welcome Back, Kotter'' (1975, 1977) * '' When Things Were Rotten'' (1975) * '' McDuff, the Talking Dog'' (1976, also creator) * ''

Good Heavens ''Good Heavens'' is an American Broadcasting Company, ABC comedy anthology series produced by Columbia Pictures Television that aired between February 29 and June 26, 1976. It ranked #17 in the Nielsen ratings during the 1975–76 United States n ...

'' (1976) * '' The San Pedro Beach Bums'' (1977) * '' C.P.O. Sharkey'' (1978) * ''

Diff'rent Strokes ''Diff'rent Strokes'' is an American television sitcom, which originally aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and ...

'' (1978) * ''

'' (1979-1985)

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