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Bruce Bilson, Emmy Winner and Rachel Bilson’s Grandfather, Dead at 97
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His daughter, Hollywood producer Julie Bilson Ahlberg, told THR that he died peacefully last Friday in Los Angeles.
Videos by PopCulture.comThe Bilsons are a multi-generational Hollywood family; Bruce was a fourth-generation descendant in the cinema-heavy lineage.
He is best known for his work directing TV series like The Andy Griffith Show, Hogan’s Heroes, and Get Smart.
(Funny enough, Bilson had a small part in Bogart’s 1945 film Conflict.)
He is survived by his wife, actress Renne Jarrett; his son, the screenwriter Danny Bilson; his daughter, producer Julie Bilson Ahlberg; his granddaughter, actress Rachel Bilson; his brother, his stepson, and his six other grandchildren.