---
name: "Timothy Burns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/timothy-burns"
fi1m_id: "timothy-burns"
imdb_id: "nm0122900"
tmdb_id: 1502966
roles: []
born: "25 February 1943"
died: "21 October 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:48:31.447207+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."
---

# Timothy Burns

## Identity

Timothy Burns

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/timothy-burns
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** timothy-burns
- **IMDb ID:** nm0122900
- **TMDB ID:** 1502966
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122900/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1502966

Actor. Born 25 February 1943. Died 21 October 2018.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 February 1943
- **Died:** 21 October 2018
- **Also known as:** Tim Burns
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122900/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1502966

## Biography

Timothy Burns (1943–2018) was an American actor and television writer, sometimes credited as Tim Burns. His early acting roles included Purvis in an episode of *Get Smart* (1968) and the Waiter in Peter Bogdanovich’s *Targets* (1968). He also appeared as Morris Day in the television film *Gargoyles* (1972).

Burns later worked as a writer and story editor on series including *Scarecrow and Mrs. King*, *Simon & Simon*, *Outlaws* and *Emergency!*. He was married to actress Jennifer Savidge.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Targets* (1968), Fi1m 82, as Waiter — [page](https://film.one/film/targets.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *B.L. Stryker* (1989), series, Writer
- *Carpool* (1983), as Parker
- *Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang* (1982), as Billy Keenan
- *Gargoyles* (1972), as Morris Day
- *Monty Nash* (1971), series, as Brokaw
- *Dreams of Glass* (1970), Actor
- *Targets* (1968), as Waiter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/targets.md)
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Purvis

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