Acting
Bob Vila
Born
1946-06-20 (80)
Place of birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
9 titles
Bob Vila is an American television host and home improvement expert, best known for pioneering the home renovation TV genre. Born in Miami, Florida, in 1946, Vila learned construction skills from his father, who built their family’s home by hand. After graduating from Miami Jackson High School, he studied journalism at the University of Florida and then served in the Peace Corps in Panama. Vila began his television career as the host of the groundbreaking PBS series This Old House in 1979 after winning a restoration award for his work on a Victorian Italianate house in Newton, Massachusetts. His approachable style and expertise made the series immensely popular and helped launch a wave of si…
Known for
7.3Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
7.8On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
7.4The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Home Improvement
1991
5.7TV's original home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes.
This Old House
1979
6.5Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
No synopsis available yet.
Home Again with Bob Vila
1990
Film credits
Series credits
7.3Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
7.8On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
7.4The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
Home Improvement
1991
5.7TV's original home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes.
This Old House
1979
5.7TV's original home-improvement show, following one whole-house renovation over several episodes.
This Old House
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Home Again with Bob Vila
1990
No synopsis available yet.
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