* Timothy M. Kiley; Longtime TV Director

Timothy M. Kiley, 74, veteran television director of “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and “The Sonny and Cher Show.” Kiley was a Milwaukee native who served in the Army during World War II before attending Northwestern University in Chicago. A fraternity brother helped him get a job at a Memphis television station, which eventually led to a position as a stage manager and assistant director for CBS-TV in New York. From 1961 to 1969 he was the director of the Sullivan show, during which he directed all of the Beatles’ appearances. His next show was with the Smothers Brothers, whose irreverent humor and choice of left-leaning, anti-Vietnam War guests made network censors so uncomfortable that the show was abruptly canceled. Kiley, who was nominated for six Emmy Awards, also directed the “Mac Davis Show,” “Star Search,” the annual Miss America pageant and specials for Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry Lewis. He is survived by a brother, William; sisters Mary and Shaila; five children and eight grandchildren. On Saturday of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.