R.I.P. Frank Bonner, WKRP In Cincinnati's Herb Tarlek - The A.V. Club

When the series wrapped in the early ’80s, Bonner moved out into directing, heading up nearly 200 episodes of television across a 20-plus year career.

Bonner was a regular stand-out in a talent-packed cast, and, when the show was revived in 1991 as The New WKRP, he was one of three cast members (alongside Gordon Jump and Richard Sanders) to reprise his role as a regular.

After helming multiple episodes of the series proper, Bonner continued to work in TV direction for the next 20 years, directing episodes of shows like Just The Ten Of Us (on which he also had a recurring role), The New WKRP, and Evening Shade.