Alan Bergman
Voice of Bill
Kendall
Alan Bergman voices Bill
Kendall, Connie Kendall's father on
Adventures in Odyssey. Born in
Brooklyn, New York, he studied at
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and UCLA. His involvement in the
entertainment industry began in the
early 1950s as a director of children's
television shows. He and his wife
Marilyn Bergman, whom he married in
1958, were born in the same hospital and
raised in the same Brooklyn
neighborhood, but didn't meet until each
had relocated to Los Angeles. Together
they have written the music and lyrics
for numerous television shows, films,
and stage musicals. Bergman was inducted
into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in
1980 and in 1995 he was awarded an
honorary doctorate by the Berklee
College of Music. He is a member of the
board of The Streisand Foundation.
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