- Stepfather of Sean Murray (Tim McGee on NCIS (2003)) and Chad W. Murray (sons of Vivienne Bellisario).
- His favourite of the television series that he has created is Quantum Leap (1989).
- His mother, Dana (Lapcevic), was of Serbian descent, and his father, Albert Jethro Bellisario, was of Italian descent.
- Father of four (including Julie B. Watson and the late David Bellisario) by his first marriage, to Margaret Schaffran.
- Received his Bachelor's degree in journalism from Pennsylvania State University (1961). In 2001, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus -- the highest honor bestowed on a graduate of the University. In 2006, he endowed a $1 million Trustee Matching Scholarship in the Penn State College of Communications.
- Father of Michael Bellisario from his second wife, Lynn Halpern.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 2, 2004.
- Served in the United States Marine Corps from January 1955 to January 1959, under service number 1522597. Was discharged as a Sergeant and was awarded the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal. A fellow Marine at the time was Lee Harvey Oswald (suspected assassin of President John F. Kennedy); this was later referenced in the two-part episode entitled, "Lee Harvey Oswald", on Quantum Leap (1989).
- Attended Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas.
- Father-in-law of actor-producer Patrick J. Adams.
- On October 27, 2016, he received the Visionary Award at the UCLA Neurosurgery Visionary Ball.
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