Myles Wilder, a writer and producer who wrote for such television comedies as McHale’s Navy, died April 20, 2010, of complications from diverticulitis in Temecula, Calif. He was 77.

Wilder, the nephew of Oscar-winning director Billy Wilder and son of director-producer W. Lee Wilder, began his writing career in radio. While still a student at UCLA, he wrote for the popular radio serial The Whistler.

Following Army service, Wilder and his wife moved to London where he worked on the series The Adventures of Marco Polo.

Upon returning to the U.S., he became a successful writer-producer of comedy series for more than 40 years. Besides McHale’s Navy, for which he earned two Primetime Emmy nominations, Wilder worked on The Lucy Show, The Doris Day Show, Gomer Pyle, My Three Sons, The Brady Bunch, Get Smart, The Tim Conway Comedy Hour, Diff’rent Strokes and The Dukes of Hazzard.

Wilder also worked for Walt Disney developing movies and was in charge of daytime telvision for the Hanna/Barbera Studios, where he oversaw the writing and production of Inch High Private Eye and Hong Kong Phooey, among many other animated classics.

He also sold a novel, Freeze, to Warner Bros.

In 1994, Wilder retired and became an avocado grower in Temecula.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Bobbe, a daughter and two grandchildren.