Robert A. “Dan” Dillon was a re-recording mixer best known for his work on the classic television series Bewitched, Mork & Mindy and L.A. Law. In 1987, Dillon received an Emmy nomination for in the category of outstanding sound mixing for a drama series for his work on L.A. Law.
The NBC show followed the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm, and ran from 1986 to 1994. Dillon also contributed to the series The Flying Nun, The Real McCoys and CBS Schoolbreak Special.
After earning his amateur radio operator’s license at the age of 14, Dillon got his start in entertainment as a radio presenter, working as a disc jockey in Klamath Falls, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; and the California cities of Santa Rosa, Redding, San Diego and Los Angeles. He also had a two-year stint in Sydney, Australia, as a broadcast engineer.
Robert A. “Dan” Dillon was a re-recording mixer best known for his work on the classic television series Bewitched, Mork & Mindy and L.A. Law. In 1987, Dillon received an Emmy nomination for in the category of outstanding sound mixing for a drama series for his work on L.A. Law.
The NBC show followed the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm, and ran from 1986 to 1994. Dillon also contributed to the series The Flying Nun, The Real McCoys and CBS Schoolbreak Special.
After earning his amateur radio operator’s license at the age of 14, Dillon got his start in entertainment as a radio presenter, working as a disc jockey in Klamath Falls, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; and the California cities of Santa Rosa, Redding, San Diego and Los Angeles. He also had a two-year stint in Sydney, Australia, as a broadcast engineer.
His work organizing concerts and events led him to aid the launch of the 1950s music group The Fleetwoods, which had hits with the songs “Mr. Blue” and “Come Softly to Me."
Additionally, he worked on films, including Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand; Tora! Tora! Tora!, with Martin Balsam; Slap Shot, starring Paul Newman; and Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Dillon retired from the entertainment industry in the 1980s and went on to manage a ranch in California before finally relocating to Colorado in 2012.
He died June 6, 2015, in Denver, Colorado. He was 76.
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