Bill Daily: Bill Daily. Actor: The Bob Newhart Show. Congenial, unassuming and always ingratiating comic actor Bill Daily came to fame as the bumbling, jittery playboy astronaut Roger Healy, best buddy and sidekick to Larry Hagman's accident-prone Tony Nelson in the perennial sitcom favourite I Dream of Jeannie (1965). Though his role had initially been earmarked for Don Dubbins, the show's creator and executive producer Sidney Sheldon (with possible input from Hagman)...
Known For: The Bob Newhart Show (Howard Borden), I Dream of Jeannie (Major Roger HealeyCaptain Roger HealeyCapt. Roger Healey), Flying High (Bob Griffen), Starting from Scratch (Dr. James Shepherd)