Bill Daily - wikipedia Bill Daily For other people with a similar name, see William Daily Bill Daily Daily as Roger Healey, 1969 William Edward Daily Jr. ( 1927 - 08 - 30 ) August 30, 1927 ( age 90 ) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Occupation Actor, comedian Years active 1953 -- 2010 Spouse ( s ) Patricia Anderson ( 1949 -- 1976 ; 2 children ) Vivian Sanchez ( 1980 -- ? ) Becky Daily ( 1993 -- 2010, her death ) William Edward `` Bill '' Daily Jr. ( born August 30, 1927 ) is an American actor, comedian and a veteran of many television sitcoms. He is known for playing astronaut Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and commercial airline navigator Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show. Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Television roles 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life and career This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Find sources : `` Bill Daily '' -- news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( September 2017 ) Daily 's father died when Bill was young, and he was raised by his mother and other family members. In 1939, Daily and his family moved from Des Moines, Iowa to Chicago, where he spent the rest of his youth. Upon leaving Lane Technical High School, Daily left home to try to carve out a life as a musician, playing bass with jazz bands in numerous clubs across the Midwest. He was drafted into the United States Army and served in the Korean War with an artillery unit, later being transferred to an entertainment unit. It was in his traveling - musician days that Daily began performing stand - up 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 which resulted in the routine `` Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue ''. Television roles This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( September 2017 ) Daily appeared in guest spots on My Mother the Car, The Farmer 's Daughter and Bewitched. Veteran sitcom writer Sidney Sheldon liked Daily 's work and hired him for a supporting role on I Dream of Jeannie. In 1972, two years after Jeannie was canceled, Daily was back on TV in another aviator 's uniform, as Howard Borden in The Bob Newhart Show. Borden, a commercial - airline navigator who later became a co-pilot, lived across the hall from Bob Newhart 's Bob Hartley character, and would frequently pop into the Hartleys ' apartment to borrow things, mooch a meal, or have the Hartleys take care of his son when he had custody of him. For the two years that followed The Bob Newhart Show, Daily returned to stand - up, but in 1980, after years of making a living as a second banana, Daily was offered his own show. Called Small & Frye, the show featured Daily as a neurotic doctor ; it lasted only three months before being canceled. Daily, a lifelong lover of magic, made three syndicated specials introducing young magicians called Bill Daily 's Hocus - Pocus Gang which aired in 1982 and 1983. In 1988, Daily tried his hand again at starring roles, this time as another doctor on the sitcom Starting From Scratch. It fared slightly better than Frye, and was canceled after one season. Daily 's most notable post-Newhart role was another supporting character, that of Larry the psychiatrist on the cult favorite ALF ( 1986 ) ; Jack Riley appeared as an unnamed patient, clearly reprising Elliot Carlin from The Bob Newhart Show. ALF claimed to have learned all he knew about psychology from watching the earlier series. Bill Daily at the 2011 Supanova Pop Culture Expo During the 1980s -- 1990s, Daily reprised his I Dream of Jeannie role of Roger Healey in two made - for - TV reunion movies : I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later ( 1985 ) and I Still Dream of Jeannie ( 1991 ). In 1990, he reunited with Bob Newhart as a new, overbearing neighbor in the Newhart episode `` Good Neighbor Sam ''. Also in 1991, he reprised the role of Howard Borden in The Bob Newhart Show : 19th Anniversary, which aired in February of that year. In 1997, he was a guest star on Caroline in the City. In 1987, he was named director of the New Mexico Film Commission. Daily also occasionally served as a panelist on the 1970s CBS game show The Match Game. After Richard Dawson 's departure, Daily was a semi-regular for the final three years of the show 's CBS and syndicated run. Personal life Daily married his first wife, Patricia Anderson, in 1949. In 1976, the couple divorced. Daily has two adopted children, a son, Patrick, and a daughter, Kimberley. In 1980 he married Vivian Sanchez, with whom he traveled on the road performing Lover 's Leap for two years, and with whom he had one child. He and Sanchez later divorced. In 1993, he married Becky Daily. The couple remained together until her death in 2010. Although mostly retired, he still does some live comedy and the occasional TV guest appearance. From 2006 to February 2009, he was a guest host on radio station KBQI, 107.9, in Albuquerque, on Thursday mornings. Filmography Film and Television Year Title Role Notes 1964 Bewitched Mr. Johnson Episode : `` A Vision of Sugar Plums '' 1965 The Farmer 's Daughter Manfred Episode : `` Katy by Moonlight '' 1965 -- 70 I Dream of Jeannie Major Roger Healey Main cast ( 131 episodes ) 1965 My Mother the Car Phil Durkin Episode : `` The De-Fenders '' 1965 The Farmer 's Daughter Gallery Manager Episode : `` Forever Is a Cast Iron Mess '' 1969 In Name Only Peter Garrity TV film 1971 The Barefoot Executive Navigator Feature film 1971 Inside O.U.T. Ron Hart TV pilot episode 1972 Love, American Style Larry `` Love and the Single Sister '' segment 1972 Getting Together McAdam Episode : `` Broken - Hearted Melody '' 1972 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Peter `` Pete '' Peterson Episode : `` His Two Right Arms '' 1972 -- 78 The Bob Newhart Show Howard Borden Main cast ( 140 episodes ) 1972 Love, American Style Donald Baxter `` Love and the Country Girl '' segment 1978 Murder at the Mardi Gras Jack Murphy TV film 1978 Flying High Bob Griffen Recurring role ( 2 episodes ) 1979 $ weepstake $ Fred Episode # 1.1 1979 Rendezvous Hotel Walter Grainger TV film 1979 CHiPs Balford Episodes : `` Roller Disco '' ( Parts 1 & 2 ) 1979 The Love Boat Paul Turner Segment : `` Rent a Family '' ( Parts 1 & 2 ) 1980 Valentine Magic on Love Island Charles TV film 1980 Alone at Last Greg Elliott TV pilot episode 1981 Aloha Paradise Curtis Shea Main cast ( 8 episodes ) 1982 The Powers of Matthew Star Frank Trenton Episode : `` Daredevil '' Trapper John, M.D. Mr. Stevens Episode : `` The Spy Who Bugged Me '' Small & Frye Dr. Hanratty Main role ( 6 episodes ) 1985 Comedy Factory The Mayor Episode : `` Honey, It 's the Mayor '' 1985 I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later Col. Roger Healey TV film 1987 -- 89 ALF Dr. Lawrence ' Larry ' Dykstra Recurring role ( 4 episodes ) 1988 -- 89 Starting from Scratch Dr. James Shepherd Main cast ( 22 episodes ) 1990 Newhart Sam Leary Episode : `` Good Neighbor Sam '' 1990 The Munsters Today Count Strimpkin Episode : `` Thicker Than Water '' 1991 I Still Dream of Jeannie Col. Roger Healey TV film 1991 The Bob Newhart Show : The 19th Anniversary Special Howard Borden TV special 1991 Alligator II : The Mutation Mayor Anderson Direct - to - video film 1992 -- 93 Bob Vic Victor Recurring role ( 2 episodes ) 1997 George and Leo The Pilot Episode : `` The Cameo Show '' 1997 The Naked Truth Doc Episode : `` He Ai n't Famous, He 's My Brother '' 1997 Caroline in the City Charlie 's Father Recurring role ( 2 episodes ) Horrorween GrandPa Feature film References This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( April 2016 ) Biography portal ^ Jump up to : `` Bill Daily 's Gemlike Assists to Make ' Dream of Jeannie ' a Hit ''. Schenectedy Gazette. October 19, 1968. p. 13. Jump up ^ Trott, William C. ( June 1, 1987 ). `` People in the News ''. The Bryan Times. p. 8. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bill Daily. Bill Daily on IMDb Bill Daily at The Interviews : An Oral History of Television ISNI : 0000 0001 1445 2428 LCCN : no97069062 VIAF : 58689630 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Daily&oldid=854010647 '' Categories : 1927 births Living people Male actors from Albuquerque, New Mexico American jazz double - bassists American male comedians American male television actors American army personnel of the Korean War Male actors from Chicago Male actors from Des Moines, Iowa Musicians from Des Moines, Iowa Musicians from New Mexico 20th - century American male actors 20th - century American musicians Comedians from Illinois Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from December 2014 Articles with hCards BLP articles lacking sources from September 2017 All BLP articles lacking sources All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2016 Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015 BLP articles lacking sources from April 2016 Articles using Template : The Interviews name Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français Polski Português Română Simple English Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Edit links This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 10 : 38 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played roger in i dream of jeannie
Answer: William Edward "Bill" Daily Jr.