 William Orphie Wiard was born in Los Angeles and began his film career in 1955 as a sound editor for "Dragnet".In the mid-1960s he moved on to directing.Wiard was best known as a director of television westerns and detective shows, such as "Mister Roberts", "Get Smart", "Daniel Boone", "The High Chaparral", "Room 222", "Bonanza", "M*A*S*H", "The F.B.I.