View Full Version : Which actors/actresses not only acted


Rezny@gmail.com
02-09-2011, 07:57 PM
On TV series(no movies,please)but directed TV series?(and this can be either their own,or other TV series)-I can only think of these:Harry Morgan,Mike Farrell,John Astin,Alan Alda and the late Raymond Burr(he directed an episode of the short-lived show he did,called "Kingston:Confidential"(the series was not as good as "Perry Mason"(from season 2 on),or "Ironside"(also from season 2 on)Know any more?

Zoneboy
02-09-2011, 08:15 PM
Ivan Dixon
Howard Morris
Anson Williams
Ida Lupino
Michael Landon

To name a few

clj2
02-09-2011, 09:14 PM
Hugh Beaumont directed some Leave It to Beaver episodes.

treky
02-10-2011, 02:25 AM
we all know, of course, that Alan Alda directed A LOT of "MASH" episodes, but Kelsey Grammer directed "FRASIER" sometimes, Don Adams directed 1 or 2 episodes of "GET SMART", Michal Landon directed some episodes of "BONANZA" (in fact, that's where he got his start in directing), and "LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRARIE", Jerry Paris directed some episodes of "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" also "HAPPY DAYS", "THE ODD COUPLE", and "MORK & MINDY", Jonethan Frakkes directed some episodes of "STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION" & "STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE" and he, LeVar Burton, and Roxanne Briggs- Dawson directed some episodes of "STAR TREK: VOYAGER".

principehomura
02-10-2011, 07:14 AM
David Schwimmer in 'Friends'
Amanda Bearse in 'Married with children'
Roseanne Barr in 'Roseanne'
Peter MacNicol and Greg Germann in 'Ally McBeal'
Hugh Laurie in 'House'
David Boreanaz in 'Bones'

McGillicuddy
02-10-2011, 07:46 AM
Tom Welling sometimes directs on Smallville
Jason Priestly sometime on Beverly Hills, 90210

I wonder if Ron Howard got his start (directing) on HappyDays?

biffbronson
02-10-2011, 10:09 AM
Bill Bixby did some directing for episodes of his series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Probably directed for some of his later TV acting work as well.

tv star collector
02-10-2011, 10:44 AM
Bill Bixby did some directing for episodes of his series The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Probably directed for some of his later TV acting work as well.

Bill Bixby also directed episodes of The Incredible Hulk.

In fact, he was still directing episodes of the sitcom Blossom almost up to the time of his death.

Rosslover
02-11-2011, 12:34 AM
Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Kelsey Grammar, Henry Winkler, Ron Howard, Anthony edwards, Eriq LaSalle, Matthew Perry, Timothy Busfield, Laura Innes, Zach Braff, David Schwimmer, Joe Regalbuto, all directed TV

biffbronson
02-13-2011, 10:07 AM
Ozzie Nelson -- directed Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet and Ozzie's Girls. Also, some eps of Adam-12 and Bridget Loves Bernie.

And James Komack I think did some directing for The Courtship of Eddie's Father while also a regular member of the cast.

charmedhawaii68
02-23-2011, 10:45 PM
Jack Lord directed a couple episodes of Hawaii Five-O.

treky
02-24-2011, 02:46 AM
William Conrad directed 2 episodes of "GUNSMOKE" (he also stared as Matt Dillon in radios "GUNSMOKE")

Sally Field directed a chapter of the HBO miniseries "FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON".

treky
02-24-2011, 02:49 AM
Tom Welling sometimes directs on Smallville
Jason Priestly sometime on Beverly Hills, 90210

I wonder if Ron Howard got his start (directing) on HappyDays?
no, Ron Howard got his start directing with a movie called "GRAND THEFT AUTO".

treky
02-24-2011, 02:51 AM
I think William Shatner and Leanord Nimoy directed some episodes of Shatners series "T.J. HOOKER".

JamesG
02-24-2011, 03:04 AM
Simon Baker on "The Mentalist" and "The Guardian"
Chandra Wilson on "Grey's Anatomy"
Kyle Chandler on "FNL" and "Early Edition"
Dennis Haysbert on "The Unit"
David Duchovny on "The X-Files", "Bones", and "Californication"
Gillian Anderson on "The X-Files"
Michael J. Fox on "Tales From the Crypt" and "Brooklyn Bridge"

JamesG
02-24-2011, 09:15 PM
Desi Arnaz on "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" and "The Mothers-in-Law"
Robert Reed on "The Brady Bunch"
David Carradine on "Kung Fu"
Robert Carradine on "Lizzie McGuire"
Kevin Sorbo on "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys"
Adrian Paul on "Highlander"
Lorenzo Lamas on "Renegade"
David Hasselhoff on "Baywatch"
Drew Carey on "The Drew Carey Show"
James Belushi on "According to Jim"
Terry Kinney on "OZ"
Marlon and Shawn Wayans on "The Wayans Bros."
Tim Allen on "Home Improvement"
Bryan Cranston on "Malcolm in the Middle" and "Breaking Bad"

waichingliu81
02-25-2011, 12:54 AM
debbie allen - fame, a different world, in the house, grey's anatomy

JamesG
02-25-2011, 02:49 PM
Carroll O' Connor on "Archie Bunker's Place", "The Redd Foxx Show", and "In the Heat of the Night"
George Lopez on "George Lopez"
Danny DeVito on "Taxi", "Mary", and "Amazing Stories"
Scott Baio on "Charles in Charge", "Out of This World"
Geoff Pierson on "Unhappily Ever After"

treky
02-26-2011, 01:52 AM
William Conrad, who played Matt Dillion on radios "GUNSMOKE" directed 2 episodes of the TV show.

treky
02-26-2011, 01:53 AM
Howard Morris

megamanj2004
02-26-2011, 04:40 AM
Jason Bateman - directed some eps. of The Hogan Family and by doing so, this was where he earned the honor of being the youngest person to ever helm an episode of a TV show.

Rezny@gmail.com
03-03-2011, 07:59 PM
And here are a few more-David White directed an episode of Bewitched,Jerry Paris did a lot of comedy series directing,as well as starring as Jerry Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show",and Denver Pyle ,in addition to playing Buck on The Doris Day Show,directed several seasons 2 and 3 episodes.

biffbronson
06-26-2013, 11:24 PM
Since Michael Landon was already listed, I'll mention that his co-star Victor French also directed some episodes of Highway to Heaven.

mr awesome
07-04-2013, 04:08 PM
dave foley - newsradio
rainn wilson, john krazinski, steve carrel, mindy kaling, paul lieberstein - the office

William Hogan Jr
07-04-2013, 05:24 PM
Penny Marshal directed some episodes of Laverne and Shirley, Richard Long diected a couple episodes of The Big Valley, Alan Young directed the last few episodes of Mister Ed.

mr awesome
07-08-2013, 03:38 PM
Don Adams, Get Smart

megamanj2004
07-10-2013, 12:31 PM
I have a new one:

Jack Webb. Not only did he star on Dragnet, he also produced, created and directed the show as well.

Vahan
07-10-2013, 01:08 PM
I have a new one:

Jack Webb. Not only did he star on Dragnet, he also produced, created and directed the show as well.

And don't forget this one:

Rob Stone: Directed part 1 of the series finale of Mr. Belvedere.

And how about Noam Pitlik? Pitlik, who was second to Don Corvan in directing most episodes of Mr. Belvedere, also acted as well.

Sal
07-11-2013, 06:31 PM
Ted Wass - starred as Danny on Soap, directed many shows including Blossom, which he also starred in

David Nelson directed some episodes of "Ozzie and Harriet" as well as Ozzie

Anson Williams directed "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" and appeared in the final episode as his Happy Days character Potsie

Carl Reiner - The Dick Van Dyke Show, along with Sheldon Leonard & Garry Marshall, who also directed other shows, many from the same production company

Ida Lupino - A popular movie star from the 1940s who appeared in and directed many TV series in the 1950s and 1960s including Gilligan's Island

Rosslover
07-20-2013, 11:12 PM
Along with Chandra Wilson , Kevin McKidd directed Grey's ER also was directed by Paul Mcrane, Laura Innes directed West Wing, Studio 60 and Courteney Cox directed Cougar Town

Zach Braff has directed Scrubs

MA
06-06-2019, 03:23 PM
John Dye directed a Season 9 episode of Touched By An Angel called Jump!.

Little_stinker
06-06-2019, 05:00 PM
Peter Bonerz has a lengthy list of credits as a director.

opus
06-06-2019, 05:12 PM
Michael Lembeck has directed a lot of TV series (won an Emmy for Friends)

KatieAnn
06-06-2019, 06:43 PM
Max Gail directed at least one episode of Barney Miller.

treky
06-07-2019, 12:17 AM
Don Adams directed a couple episodes of GET SMART also directed and starred in a series of commercials in the 70s for Aurora games.

Merry24
06-07-2019, 12:27 AM
Charlie McDermott who was Axl on the middle was a Director On Season 8 on the middle the episode was The Confirmation.

bmasters9
06-07-2019, 02:14 PM
Nicholas Colasanto directed episodes of at least two shows: the second-season episode of O-R Jack Lord Five-O called "A Thousand Pardons-You're Dead!", and a third-season episode of The Streets of San Francisco called "The Programming of Charlie Blake."

And, on The Streets of San Francisco, Michael Douglas directed one episode there, a fourth-season episode called "Spooks for Sale."

MA
06-07-2019, 02:18 PM
Tim Allen and Patricia Richardson each directed an episode of Home Improvement in Season 8. Patricia directed Neighbors, and Tim directed Loose Lips and Freudian Slips.

Some Night Court cast members who directed some episodes of the show include John Larroquette, Charles Robinson, and Harry Anderson.

Bonniegirl
06-08-2019, 12:00 AM
Michael Lembeck has directed a lot of TV series (won an Emmy for Friends)

As well as lots of movies too !!! ;) He is WONDERFUL!!! :):heart:

theoneandonlytvqueen
06-14-2019, 05:34 PM
Neil Patrick Harris- HIMYM
Helen Hunt- Mad About You, American Housewife, This is Us
Regina King- This is Us, Shameless, Scandal
William H Macy- Shameless
Emmy Rossum- Shameless & Animal Kingdom
Melissa Joan Hart- Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Melissa & Joey, The Goldbergs
Joey Lawerence- Melissa & Joey& Brotherly Love
William Russ- Boy Meets World
Fred Savage- Boy Meets World, Modern Family, 2 Broke Girls, the conners
Ben Savage - Girl Meets World
Danielle Fishel- Girl Meets World, Sydney to the Max, Raven's home
Julie Bowen- Modern Family
Kadeem Hardison- A Different World, KC Undercover
Melissa McCarthy- Mike & Molly
James Widdoes- Mom, Two & a Half Men
Jon Cryer- Two & a half men, mom, disjointed
Peter Krause- Parenthood
Mark Linn Baker- Hanging with mr cooper
Jonathan Taylor Thomas- Last Man Standing
Tim Allen- Besides directing for hi. he also directed a few last man standing
Ken Olin- Brothers & Sisters, This is Us, Alias
Joanna Kerns- Growing Pains, This is Us, The Goldbergs, Fuller House
Dinah Manoff-Empty Nest
Peter Horton-Grey's Anatomy.New Amsterdam , Once & Again
Dick Christie- Small Wonder
Katherine Helmond- Who's the Boss?& Benson
Tony Danza- Who's the Boss?
Malcolm Jamal Warner- The Cosby Show, Malcolm & Edddie, Reed Between the Lines
James Roday- Psych
Lea Thompson- The Goldbergs, Schooled
Eva Longoria- Black- ish, La to Vegas, Jane the Virgin
Gina Rodriguez- Jane the Virgin, Charmed\
Tracee Ellis Ross- Black- ish & Girlfriends
Christopher Rich- Reba
Craig T Nelson- Coach

glickmam
06-22-2019, 10:31 PM
Moosie Drier - Kids Incorporated
Clark Johnson - Homicide: Life on the Street
Kyle Secor - Homicide: Life on the Street
Dann Florek - Law & Order

dee2364
06-23-2019, 11:54 PM
Amanda Bearse directed quite a few episodes of Married with Children.