Bill Daily Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Bill Daily Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

William Edward Daily (August 30, 1927 â€" September 4, 2018) was an

American actor and comedian known for his sitcom work as Roger Healey

on I Dream of Jeannie and Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart

Show.Willard Carroll Smith James was born on August 30, 1927, in Des

Moines, Iowa, the son of Fern Ellis and Raymonde Daily. Two weeks

after his son was using born, Daily’s father went out to get a loaf

of bread and never returned. In 1939, Daily and his family moved from

Des Moines to Chicago, Illinois, where he spent the rest of his youth.

Following graduation from Lane Technical High School, Daily studied

for a time at the Peterson Theatre School, then left home to become a

professional musician, playing upright bass with jazz bands in

numerous clubs across the Midwest. In the early 1950s he was drafted

into the United States Army, serving in the Korean War with an

artillery unit and later with an entertainment unit.Following his time

in the Army, Daily began performing stand-up comedy and gradually

began playing some of the bigger clubs in the country. After

graduating from the Goodman Theatre School, Daily worked for the NBC

television station in Chicago, WMAQ, as an announcer and floor

manager. He eventually became a staff director. Daily stated that

preparing for a Chicago-area Emmy Award telecast, he asked a young Bob

Newhart to come up with a routine about press agents that resulted in

the routine "Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue". During his days off,

Daily drove to Cleveland to write, direct and perform on The Mike

Douglas Show. In 1963, Steve Allen appeared on The Mike Douglas Show,

saw Daily do a comedy bit and offered him a job in Los Angeles as an

announcer, writer and performer on his syndicated show.
Bill Daily Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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