Noam Pitlik Biography (1932-1999)

Born November 4, 1932, in Philadelphia, PA; died of lung cancer February 18,1999, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles; married to Susan Whittaker Pitlik; two stepchildren. Career: Actor and director. Directed morethan 200 episodes of TV prime time series. Member: Directors Guild. Awards, Honors: Directors Guild Award, outstanding directorial achievement in comedy series, 1975, Emmy Award, best director for a single episode ofa regular comedy or comedy-variety or music series, 1978-79, Emmy Award nomination, best executive producer or producer for a primetime comedy series, 1979-80 and 1980-81, Emmy Award nomination, best director for a single episodeof a regular comedy series, 1981, George Foster Peabody Award for broadcasting, all for Barney Miller..

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: November 4, 1932; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death Details: February 18, 1999; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Director, Except Where Indicated
Series
That's My Mama, ABC, 1974
And producer, Barney Miller, ABC, 1975
One Day at a Time, CBS, 1975
Phyllis, CBS, 1975
The Practice, NBC, 1976
Holmes and Yo-Yo,1976
Fish, ABC, 1977
Loves Me, Loves Me Not, CBS, 1977
On Our Own, CBS, 1977
The Betty White Show, ABC, 1977
A.E.S. Hudson Street, ABC, 1978
Taxi, ABC, 1978
And producer, 9 to 5, CBS, 1982
Off the Rack, ABC, 1984
Mr. Belvedere, ABC, 1985
Dear John, NBC, 1988
Have Faith, ABC, 1989
Sister Kate(pilot), NBC, 1989
Wings, NBC, 1990
Flesh 'n' Blood(premiere), NBC, 1991
The Home Court, NBC, 1995
Specials
You're Just Like Your Father, CBS, 1976
One More Try, CBS, 1982
Branagan and Mapes, CBS, 1983
And producer, Now We're Cookin', CBS, 1983
Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost, ABC, 1984
Day-to-Day Affairs, HBO, 1985
Philby, ABC, 1989
Howie and Rose, ABC, 1991
Other Television Work
Executive producer, Anna, NBC, 1990

Television Appearances
Episodic
Private Gene Scott, "Bridgehead," Combat!,1963
Keefer, "Taps for a Dead War," The Fugitive,1964
Davey, "Ballad for a Ghost," The Fugitive,1964
Wagner, "The Informer," Hogan's Heroes,1965
"A Mouthful of Dust," The F.B.I.,1965
Jack Koger, "Happy 100th Anniversary," The Munsters,1965
Jim Macklin, "The Blessings of Liberty," The Fugitive,1966
"Hitting the High Seas," The Monkees,1967
Captain Morgan, "Everybody Loves a Snowman," Hogan's Heroes,1967
Major Lutz, "Klink vs. the Gonculator," Hogan's Heroes,1968
Captain Herber, "Up Against the Wall," Hogan's Heroes,1968
Captain Herber, "Will the Real Colonel Klink Please Stand Up Against theWall?" Hogan's Heroes,1968
The Mod Squad,1968
"The Quarry," The F.B.I.,1968
Capt. John Mitchell, "The Big Gamble," Hogan's Heroes,1969
Gregorian, "Never Put a Genie on a Budget," I Dream of Jeannie,1969
Major Strauss, "Standing Room Only," Hogan's Heroes,1970
Captain Karl Metzler, "The Experts," Hogan's Heroes,1970
Newton, "Samantha's Hot Bedwarmer," Bewitched,1970
Ashley, "Samantha's Pet Warlock," Bewitched,1970
Driver, "A Death in the Family," Night Gallery,1971
"The Unholy, Alliance," Nichols,1972
Officer Swanhauser, Sanford and Son, NBC, 1972
Victor Gianelli, The Bob Newhart Show, CBS, 1972-73
Solomon, The Bait, ABC, 1973
Rabbi Stern, "Danny Converts," The Partridge Family,1974
"Experience," Barney Miller, ABC, 1975
Mr. Schmalen, "Tell Me Lies," Becker, CBS, 1998
Other Television Appearances
Moshe, Houston, We've Got a Problem(movie), 1974
Policeman, Bobby Parker and Company(special), CBS, 1974
Sergeant Norman Turkel and Hank's friend, Charo and the Sergeant(special), ABC, 1976
Restaurant manager, The Ordeal of Bill Carney(movie), CBS, 1981
Also appeared in Gunsmoke, Ben Casey, and Love American Style.
Film Appearances
A Child Is Waiting,1963
Interpreter, The Hallelujah Trail,1965
Max, The Fortune Cookie(also known as Meet Whiplash Willie), 1966
Gas station attendant, The Graduate,1967
Charles, Fitzwilly(also known as Fitzwilly Strikes Back andA Garden of Cucumbers), 1967
Fade-In(also known Iron Cowboy), 1968
Lieutenant Jacoby, The Thousand Plane Raid,1969
TV announcer, Downhill Racer, Paramount, 1969
Sam Turner, The Big Bounce, Warner Bros., 1969
Wilson, The Front Page, Universal, 1974
Also appeared in The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Stage Appearances
Mr. Healey, Roots, Mayfair Theater, 1961

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Variety, March 1, 1999, p. 95.

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