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Bob LaHendro

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Bob LaHendro was born on 9 February 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a director and assistant director, known for All in the Family (1971), Welcome Back, Kotter (1975) and Detective School (1979).
BornFebruary 9, 1935
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)
    All in the Family
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)
    Welcome Back, Kotter
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    Detective School (1979)
    Detective School
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Jim Baker, Joyce Bulifant, Leo Burmester, Polly Holliday, Stephen Keep Mills, and Geoffrey Lewis in Flo (1980)
    Flo
    5.6
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • You Can't Take It with You (1987)
      You Can't Take It with You
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1988
    • Robin Wright, Judith Anderson, Valorie Armstrong, Melissa Reeves, Robert Alan Browne, Paul Burke, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Margarita Cordova, Nicolas Coster, Lane Davies, Richard Eden, Gina Gallego, Linda Gibboney, Andrea Howard, Ava Lazar, A Martinez, Todd McKee, John Allen Nelson, Rupert Ravens, Julie Ronnie, Kerry Sherman, Louise Sorel, Jonna Leigh Stack, Marcy Walker, and Dane Witherspoon in Santa Barbara (1984)
      Santa Barbara
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1984
    • Marie Denn, Emily Moultrie, and Tim Topper in Going Bananas (1984)
      Going Bananas
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1984
    • Jim Baker, Joyce Bulifant, Leo Burmester, Polly Holliday, Stephen Keep Mills, and Geoffrey Lewis in Flo (1980)
      Flo
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1980–1981
    • The Righteous Apples (1980)
      The Righteous Apples
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1980
    • Detective School (1979)
      Detective School
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1979
    • Carroll O'Connor in Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
      Archie Bunker's Place
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1979
    • Stockard Channing in Just Friends (1979)
      Stockard Channing in Just Friends
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1979
    • Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)
      Welcome Back, Kotter
      7.1
      TV Series
      • contributing director
      • 1975–1977
    • Abe Vigoda, Todd Bridges, Len Bari, John Cassisi, Barry Gordon, Denise Miller, Sarah Natoli, and Florence Stanley in Fish (1977)
      Fish
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1977
    • Off the Wall
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1977
    • Ball Four (1976)
      Ball Four
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1976
    • The Krofft Supershow (1976)
      The Krofft Supershow
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director (segment "Wonderbug")
      • 1976
    • Gordon Jump in Wonderbug (1976)
      Wonderbug
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1976
    • Clifton Davis, Ted Lange, Theresa Merritt, Lynne Moody, and Teddy Wilson in That's My Mama (1974)
      That's My Mama
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1974–1975

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Dick Smothers, Tom Smothers, and Smothers Brothers in The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)
      The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
      8.0
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 1967–1993
    • Walter & Emily (1991)
      Walter & Emily
      7.0
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 1992
    • Insight (1960)
      Insight
      7.4
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 1968–1972
    • Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)
      All in the Family
      8.4
      TV Series
      • associate director
      • 1971–1972
    • The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (1971)
      The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special
      7.0
      TV Special
      • associate director (as Bob La Hendro)
      • 1971

    Additional Crew

    • Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)
      All in the Family
      8.4
      TV Series
      • creative consultant
      • 1974
    • Insight (1960)
      Insight
      7.4
      TV Series
      • associate producer
      • stage manager
      • 1966–1969
    • Dick Smothers, Tom Smothers, and Smothers Brothers in The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967)
      The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
      8.0
      TV Series
      • stage manager
      • 1967
    • Danny Kaye in The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
      The Danny Kaye Show
      7.8
      TV Series
      • stage manager
      • 1966–1967
    • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
      The Red Skelton Hour
      8.1
      TV Series
      • stage manager
      • 1966

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Bob La Hendro
    • Born
      • February 9, 1935
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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