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{{Infobox person
| name = Rod Amateau
| image =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|12|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = New York City, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|06|29|1923|12|20|mf=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, United States
| othername = Rodney Amateau
| spouse = Coleen Gray 1945–1949<br>Sandra Burns 1959–1962
| years active = 1950–1989
| website =
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'''Rodney "Rod" Amateau''' (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film and television director.

Among programs that he directed were NBC's ''The Dennis Day Show'', CBS's sitcoms ''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]'', starring [[Dwayne Hickman]], ''[[Mister Ed]]'', ''The Bob Cummings Show'', starring Robert Cummings, and ''[[The New Phil Silvers Show]]'', an unsuccessful attempt by comedian [[Phil Silvers]] to return to a regular series.

He was producer of TV shows such as ''[[My Mother the Car]]'' and ''Supertrain'', and wrote the story for the 1988 film ''Sunset''. Amateau also directed a few episodes of ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'', and appeared in a handful of episodes as an actor as well.

In 1987, he directed, produced, and co-wrote the ''[[The Garbage Pail Kids Movie]]'', which is considered to be [[List of films considered the worst|one of the worst films ever made]].

From 1945 to 1949, he was married to actress Coleen Gray, who sued him for child support in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/person/coleen-gray/ |title=Coleen Gray | TV shows, credits and biography - Yahoo TV |publisher=Tv.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-19}}</ref>

From 1959 to 1962, he was married to Sandra Burns, the adopted daughter of George Burns and Gracie Allen. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567506/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |title=Sandra Burns - Biography - IMDb}}</ref>

Amateau died from a cerebral hemorrhage in 2003.<ref name="Los Angeles Times - 2 July 2003 - Rod Amateau, 79; Writer, Director, Producer of Sitcoms, Feature Films">{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jul/02/local/me-amateau2|title=Rod Amateau, 79; Writer, Director, Producer of Sitcoms, Feature Films|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|date=July 2, 2003|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Producer
! Writer
|-
|1952
|''The Bushwackers (film)|The Bushwhackers''
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|-
|1952
|''Monsoon (1952 film)|Monsoon''
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|
|
|-
|1969
|''Hook, Line & Sinker (1969 film)|Hook, Line & Sinker''
|
|
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|-
|1970
|''Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You''
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|-
|1972
|''Where Does It Hurt?''
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|-
|1976
|''Drive-In (film)|Drive-In''
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|-
|1978
|''The Seniors''
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|
|
|-
|1984
|''Lovelines (film)|Lovelines''
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|
|
|-
|1987
|''The Garbage Pail Kids Movie''
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|-
|1988
|''Sunset (film)|Sunset''
|
|
|<center>{{X mark}}</center>
|}

===TV===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
|-
|1955–1959
|''The Bob Cummings Show''
|-
|1956–1958
|''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]''
|-
|1959–1963
|''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]''
|-
|1961–1966
|''[[Mister Ed]]''
|-
|1963–1964
|''[[The New Phil Silvers Show]]''
|-
|1965–1966
|''[[My Mother the Car]]''
|-
|1979–1985
|''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]''
|-
|1979
|''Supertrain''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0024120|name=Rod Amateau}}

Rod Amateau - Revision history

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