Peter Baldwin, Emmy-Winning ‘The Wonder Years’ Director, Dies at 86

Actor/director’s also credits include “Sanford and Son,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Brady Bunch”

The Wonder Years
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Peter Baldwin, the Emmy-winning television director whose many credits include “The Wonder Years,” “The Brady Bunch” and “Sanford and Son,” has died. He was 86.

Baldwin passed away on Sunday at his home in Pebble Beach, California.

He is survived by his son Drew, the CEO of Tubefilter and executive producer of the Streamy awards; as well as his wife Terry, two daughters, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

As a director, Baldwin has more than a hundred credits on various TV shows, including “The Andy Griffith Show,” “The Partridge Family,” “Happy Days,” “Carter Country,” Full House” and “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.”

He earned an Emmy in 1989 for directing the episode of “Wonder Years” titled “Our Miss White.” He was nominated two other times, in 1972 for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and again in 1991 for “The Wonder Years.”

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