Posted on 09/08/2018 7:39:26 AM PDT by freedom1st
Bill Daily, the affable TV actor who starred as Major Roger Healey in I Dream of Jeannie as well as on The Bob Newhart Show, died Sept. 4 in Santa Fe, N.M., his son J. Patrick Daily confirmed. He was 91.
He loved every sunset, he loved every meal he just decided to be happy about everything, said his son.
The longtime Albuquerque resident was a staple on series of the 1960s through 1980s, notably as Bob Newharts daffy neighbor, airline pilot Howard Borden, on CBS The Bob Newhart Show sitcom from 1972 to 1978. In the 1980s, he appeared as psychiatrist Dr. Larry Dykstra on NBCs ALF.
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That's why they call those characters "straight men." They are there for the comics to play off of. I don't think you get comedy.
I'm guessing you were more of a Mannix guy - he got the crap beat out of him every episode.
I’m probably wrong but the article says he played a pilot on the Bob Newhart Show. I thought he was a navigator.
Such nice sentiments from those who knew and loved him...
For most of "The Bob Newhart Show" Howard Borden was indeed a navigator. Later on in the series, he had to become a pilot to stay employed in the industry as the Navigator job was being fazed out in the 1970's (during the show's run) with the advent of satellite navigation. Howard ended up being a pilot for a cargo airlines I believe.
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