Bob Sweeney (TV director and producer)

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name = Bob Sweeney


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birthdate = birth date|1918|10|19
location = city-state|San Francisco|California
deathdate = death date and age|1992|06|7|1918|10|19
deathplace = city-state|Westlake Village|California
occupation = Actor, director, producer
spouse = Bev Sweeney (?–1992)

Bob Sweeney (October 19, 1918 – June 7, 1992) was an actor, director and producer of radio, television and film.

Early Career on Radio and Television

Bob Sweeney was a graduate of Balboa High School (San Francisco) and San Francisco State College. He began his career on radio as an announcer and then comedian. From 1944 through 1948 he teamed with comedy partner Hal March in the successful "Sweeney and March Show" for CBS Radio. He went on to appear as a supporting character in various sitcoms in the early days of television including the role of Gilmore Cobb in the television version of "My Favorite Husband" (1953 - 54) with co-stars Joan Caulfield and Barry Nelson. Sweeney made regular appearances on "Our Miss Brooks" during its last two seasons of production (1955 - 1956) working alongside Eve Arden, Gale Gordon and Richard Crenna. From 1956 - 57 Sweeney starred in the TV sitcom "The Brother's" with co-star Gale Gordon and in 1959 he landed the lead role on the short lived NBC TV version of "Fibber McGee and Molly" opposite Cathy Lewis . Unlike the wildly popular radio version of the show that featured Jim Jordan and Marian Jordan in the title roles, Fibber McGee failed on television and was cancelled after just one season.

Movie Roles

His most notable film credits as an actor include the role of the undertaker in John Ford's, "The Last Hurrah" (1958), as Mr. Harker in the Disney children's movie, "Son of Flubber" (1963) and as Cousin Bob in Alfred Hitchcock's, "Marnie" (1964). His other Disney role was playing bad-guy Harry Tupper in "Toby Tyler" (1960).

Directing and Producing

Sweeney is best known for his successes as a television director and producer, most notably as the director of the first three seasons of "The Andy Griffith Show" and as producer and/or director of episodes of several other highly successful TV series including "Hawaii Five-O" , "That Girl" , "The Love Boat", "Matlock" and "Dynasty". Although Bob Sweeney never won an Emmy Award he was nominated on three occasions, twice for "Hawaii Five-O" (1971 and 1973) and once for "The Love Boat" (1983).

Personal details

Bob Sweeney and his wife Bev had one child, a daughter, Bridget.

Death

Bob Sweeney died of cancer in Westlake Village, California on June 7, 1992. He was cremated. His ashes were either given to a friend or family. Fact|date= August 2008

External links

*imdb name|id=0842093|name=Bob Sweeney
*amg name|2:113379|Bob Sweeney
* [http://tv.yahoo.com/bob-sweeney/contributor/996297 Biography] by Yahoo
* [http://www.radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=The+Sweeney+and+March+Show The Sweeney & March Show ] by The Radio Gold Index
* [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/113379/Bob-Sweeney Biography] by New York Times