---
name: "Bob Bendetson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-bendetson"
fi1m_id: "bob-bendetson"
imdb_id: "nm0070534"
tmdb_id: 1212636
wikidata_id: "Q4931797"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "28 August 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:40:43.034175+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Bendetson

## Identity

Bob Bendetson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-bendetson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-bendetson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0070534
- **TMDB ID:** 1212636
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4931797
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bendetson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4931797, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212636

Writer. Born 28 August 1954 in Bronx, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 28 August 1954, Bronx, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bendetson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4931797, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212636

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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## Biography

Bob Bendetson is an American television writer and producer. He began his career writing for series including *The Jeffersons* (1981), *Alice* (1984), *The Facts of Life* (1979) and *ALF* (1986–1987).

He later served as supervising producer and writer on *Newhart* (1988–1990), where he contributed to the series finale 'The Last Newhart', and as supervising producer on *Coach* (1989–1992). Bendetson was executive producer and writer on *Home Improvement* (1991–1999). In 2001–2002 he wrote two episodes of *The Simpsons* and produced 13 episodes of the series.

Bendetson received Emmy and Writers Guild of America Award nominations for his work on *Home Improvement* and *The Simpsons*. He also wrote and directed the unreleased animated film *Big Bug Man*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Teen Angel* (1997), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Coach* (1989), series, Writer
- *ALF* (1986), series, Writer
- *What's Happening Now!!* (1985), series, Writer
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Checking In* (1981), series, Writer
- *The Facts of Life* (1979), series, Writer
- *Alice* (1976), series, Writer
- *The Jeffersons* (1975), series, Writer

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