Robert Butler, a television director for the pilot shows for Star Trek, Batman, Hill Street Blues, and Moonlighting, has died. He was 95. Butler’s family announced that the Emmy award-winning ...

Robert Butler, who directed the pilots for a number of classic TV series including “Batman,” “Star Trek” and “Hill Street Blues,” has died at the age of 95. Butler died on Nov. 3 in ...

Classic Hollywood: Emmy-winning director Butler put his CBS Television City training to work on 'The Fugitive,' 'Gunsmoke,' 'Hill Street Blues' and many other series. He's being toasted Thursday.

Robert Butler, the co-creator of “Remington Steele” and a veteran television director who worked on such series as “Hill Street Blues,” “Star Trek” and “Batman,” died Nov. 3 in Los ...

Robert Butler is a director, writer and producer who has worked on many iconic television series such as Hogan’s Heroes (1964-1966), The Fugitive (1964-66), Hill Street Blues (1981), and Moonlighting ...

James Burrows, Robert Butler to Receive First DGA Lifetime Achievement Award for Television. The new honor was created earlier this year by the DGA , which has given out a similar award for movie ...

Butler’s work on that series led to him directing the top shows of the day. Butler’s first pilot assignment was the World War II sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” which aired on CBS from 1965-1971.

Robert Butler, the Emmy-winning, go-to pilot director who helmed the first episodes of such acclaimed shows as Batman, Star Trek, Hill Street Blues and Moonlighting, died Nov. 3 in Los Angeles ...