Bill Dana (born October 5, 1924) is a veteran comedian, actor and screenwriter. He often appeared on television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily accented Puerto Rican character named José Jiménez. Dana often portrayed the Jiménez character as an astronaut. On The Golden Girls as Sophia's brother and Dorothy's uncle Angelo Grisanti, who appeared in seven episodes from seasons 3 to 7. Dana also appeared as Sophia's father in a season 4 episode.
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| - Bill Dana (born October 5, 1924) is a veteran comedian, actor and screenwriter. He often appeared on television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily accented Puerto Rican character named José Jiménez. Dana often portrayed the Jiménez character as an astronaut. On The Golden Girls as Sophia's brother and Dorothy's uncle Angelo Grisanti, who appeared in seven episodes from seasons 3 to 7. Dana also appeared as Sophia's father in a season 4 episode.
- Actor-writer-comedian acknowledged as the creator of the "would you believe?" joke. Bill Dana portrays three Get Smart characters and is a credited writer of "The Nude Bomb", the 1980 feature film based on the series. He is also the brother of Irving Szathmary, composer of the Get Smart theme music.
- Bill Dana is a comedian, author and composer, educated at Emerson College. He served in the U.S. Infantry during World War II. Later, he was part of the team Dana and Wood on television and in supper clubs. As a single, Dana appeared on television with Martha Raye and Imogene Coca and was a writer for Steve Allen, and he also appeared in nightclubs and on records. After he joined ASCAP in 1958, his popular-song compositions included "My Name José Jiminez", "All About Love" and "Big Bells and Bongo Drummers".
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| - Bill Dana appeared in eight episodes of "The Golden Girls", in different roles.
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| - Bill Dana (born October 5, 1924) is a veteran comedian, actor and screenwriter. He often appeared on television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, frequently in the guise of a heavily accented Puerto Rican character named José Jiménez. Dana often portrayed the Jiménez character as an astronaut. On The Golden Girls as Sophia's brother and Dorothy's uncle Angelo Grisanti, who appeared in seven episodes from seasons 3 to 7. Dana also appeared as Sophia's father in a season 4 episode.
- Bill Dana is a comedian, author and composer, educated at Emerson College. He served in the U.S. Infantry during World War II. Later, he was part of the team Dana and Wood on television and in supper clubs. As a single, Dana appeared on television with Martha Raye and Imogene Coca and was a writer for Steve Allen, and he also appeared in nightclubs and on records. After he joined ASCAP in 1958, his popular-song compositions included "My Name José Jiminez", "All About Love" and "Big Bells and Bongo Drummers". Dana made 17 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. He and his wife, Evelyn Shular, have been married since 1981. They live in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Actor-writer-comedian acknowledged as the creator of the "would you believe?" joke. Bill Dana portrays three Get Smart characters and is a credited writer of "The Nude Bomb", the 1980 feature film based on the series. He is also the brother of Irving Szathmary, composer of the Get Smart theme music.
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