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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Daniel J. Travanti to Dick Vitale
Billy Van Zandt Biography ((?)-)
Brother of Steven Van Zandt (a guitarist and actor); married Adrienne Barbeau(an actress), January 1992; children: Walker Steven and William Dalton (twins). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer, producer, story editor, consultant, actor
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Work
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Series
- Story editor, Newhart, CBS, 1982
- Executive story consultant, Anything But Love, ABC, 1989
- Supervising producer, Nurses, NBC, 1991
- Co-executive producer, Martin, Fox, 1992
- Creator and executive producer, Daddy Dearest, Fox, 1993
- Executive producer, Bless This House, CBS, 1995
- Executive producer, The Wayans Bros., WB, 1995
- Consulting producer, The Hughleys, ABC, 1998-99
- Consulting producer, Yes, Dear, CBS, 2000
- Consulting producer, Center of the Universe, CBS, 2004
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Specials
- (With Jane Milmore) Producer, I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, CBS, 1990
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Television Executive Producer
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Pilots
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Staten Island 10309, CBS, 1995
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Heaven Will Wait, CBS, 1997
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Television Director
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Episodic
- Directed episodes of Yes, Dear, CBS.
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Harold, Anything But Love, 1989-90
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Episodic
- The delivery boy, "Lucy Makes Curtis Byte the Dust," Life with Lucy, 1986
- "I Saw Gina Kissing Santa Claus," Martin, Fox, 1992
- "Credit Card Blues," Martin, Fox, 1993
- Bartender, "It's a Girl: Part 2," The Hughleys, 2002
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Film Appearances
- Bob, Jaws 2, Universal Pictures Home Video, 1978
- Alien boy, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (also known as Star Trek: The Motion Picture--The Director's Edition), Paramount, 1979
- Bug, Taps, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
- Louie, A Wake in Providence, 1999
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WRITINGS
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Television Specials
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I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, CBS, 1990
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Television Pilots
- (With Jane Milmore) Daddy Dearest, Fox, 1993
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Staten Island 10309, CBS, 1995
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Television Episodes
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with Jane Milmore
- "Goonstruck," Newhart, 1988
- "The Nice Man Cometh," Newhart, 1989
- "Murder at the Stratley," Newhart, 1989
- "Bang You're Dead," Anything But Love, NBC, 1989
- "It's Better to Have Loved and Flossed," Anything But Love, NBC, 1989
- "Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow," Anything But Love, NBC, 1990
- "Hello ... Mali (Part 3)," Anything But Love, NBC, 1991
- "Reversal of Grandpa," Nurses, NBC, 1991
- "Mother Jugs, and Zach," Nurses, NBC, 1991
- "The Gift Rapper," Martin, Fox, 1992
- "The Parents Are Coming, the Parents Are Coming," Martin, Fox, 1992
- "The Night He Came Home," Martin, Fox, 1992
- "I Saw Gina Kissing Santa Claus," Martin, Fox, 1992
- "Blackboard Jungle Fever," Martin, Fox, 1993
- "Break Up: Part 2," Martin, Fox, 1993
- "Mother Love," Daddy Dearest, Fox, 1993
- "Mount St. Helen's," Daddy Dearest, Fox, 1993
- "The Postman Always Moves," Bless This House, CBS, 1995
- "Goop-Hair-It Is," The Wayans Bros., The WB, 1995
- (With others) "First Episode," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1996
- "Rich Kids Bad, Poor Kids Good," The Hughleys, ABC, 1998
- "Baby Fever," The Hughleys, ABC, 1998
- "Reliving Single," The Hughleys, ABC, 1999
- "Honey, I Beat the Kids," The Hughleys, ABC, 1999
- "Death Takes a Three Day Holiday," The Hughleys, UPN, 2000
- "Two Jacks and a Beanstalk," The Hughleys, UPN, 2000
- "Darryl`s Victory Tour," The Hughleys, UPN, 2000
- "Look Who's Not Talking," Yes, Dear, 2000
- "Darryl, Family Counselor," The Hughleys, UPN, 2001
- "When Darryl Bumped Sally," The Hughleys, UPN, 2001
- "Leaving Las Vegas," The Hughleys, UPN, 2002
- "The New Neighbors," Center of the Universe, 2005
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Stories
- (With Jane Milmore, Mark Egan, and Mark Solomon) "Cupcake on My Back," Newhart, 1989
- (With Milmore) "Halloween," Yes, Dear, CBS, 2001
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Screenplays
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A Wake in Providence, Mister P. Productions, 1999
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Plays
- (With others) Drop Dead, Los Angeles production, 1991
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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People Weekly, May 12, 1997, p. 38
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