Bill Daily

William Edward Daily (August 30, 1927 – September 4, 2018) was an American actor and comedian known for his sitcom work as Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show.\n', '

William Edward Daily was born on August 30, 1927, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Fern Ellis and Raymond Daily, who went out for a loaf of bread two weeks after his son was born but never returned. In 1939, he moved with his family from Des Moines to Chicago, Illinois, where he spent the rest of his youth. Following graduation from Lane Technical High School and studied for a time at the Goodman Theatre School, Daily left home to become a professional musician and played upright bass with jazz bands in numerous clubs across the Midwest. In the early 1950s, he was drafted into the United States Army, serving in the Korean War with an artillery unit before being later transferred to a…