CHICAGO — Movie director Rod Daniel, known for light comedy films such as Michael J. Fox’s “Teen Wolf,” died Saturday at his home in Chicago, his family announced. He was 73.

Daniel began his Hollywood career in television, where he produced and directed several episodes of the CBS sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati.” He went on to direct episodes of television series such as “Newhart,” “Caroline in the City,” “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Magnum, P.I.”

He also directed “The Super” starring Joe Pesci, the Kirk Cameron-Dudley Moore body-swap comedy “Like Father Like Son,” and “Beethoven’s 2nd” and the made-for-TV “Home Alone 4.”