Richard Baer (April 28, 1928 – February 22, 2008) was an American writer and screenwriter. Baer wrote for more than 56 television shows, many of which were sitcoms , throughout his career, including The Munsters , Leave It to Beaver and Bewitched .
13-1446: For other uses, see BAER (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] Look up Baer , baer , or bær in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Baer (or Bär , from German: bear ) or Van Baer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Baer [ edit ] Alan Baer , American tuba player Arthur "Bugs" Baer (1886–1969), American journalist and humorist Buddy Baer (1915–1986), American boxer Byron Baer (1929–2007), American politician Carl Baer (1918–1996), American basketball player Clara Gregory Baer (1863–1938), American inventor of netball, Newcomb ball and author of first rules of women's basketball Dale Baer (1950–2021), American character animator Donald M. Baer (1931–2002), American developmental psychologist Eric Baer (born 1932), American polymer researcher George A. Baer (1903–1994), German/Swiss/American bookbinder George Baer Jr. (1763–1834), American politician George Frederick Baer (1842–1914), American lawyer and executive Harold Baer Jr. (1933–2014), American judge Jack Baer (1914–2002), American college baseball coach Jack Baer (art dealer) (1924–2016), British art dealer Jo Baer (born 1929), American painter associated with minimalist art John Baer (actor) (1923–2006), American actor, Terry and
26-429: A total of 38 episodes for the series. His work on Hennesey earned him an Emmy nomination. In the twenty five years that followed 1960, Baer wrote for over 56 separate television shows. This included ten episodes of the television classics That Girl , twenty-three of Bewitched , and five of The Munsters . His favorite episode of The Musters which he personally penned was Just Another Pretty Face . In
39-658: A vice president at NBC at 6 a.m. and ordered him to find Baer "a job by 9 o'clock" that same morning. The vice president obliged. Baer was hired in 1953 for his first job in television as an assistant for the William Bendix sitcom The Life of Riley , which aired on the NBC network. He later wrote several episodes for the show. Baer wrote the script for the film Life Begins at 17 for Columbia Pictures in 1958. Baer began writing for Hennesey , which starred actor Jackie Cooper , in 1960. Baer wrote scripts for
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65-1360: The surname Baer . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. v t e Family names derived from the word " bear " Germanic North Germanic: Bjorn , Bjornson /Björnsson West Germanic: Baer , Bähr , Bär , Bear , Beer , Beers , Behr , De Beer , Berson [REDACTED] Romance Iberian: Urso Italian: D'Urso , Orso , Orsi , Orsino , Orsini , Ourso Slavic Slavic: Medved , Medvedchuk , Medvedev , Medvedenko , Medvedko , Niedźwiedź , Nedvěd , Vedmid Other Baltic: Lācis Basque: Hartz Chinese: Xiong Estonian: Karu Finnish: Karhu , Karhunen Hungarian: Medve , Medveczky (borrowed from Slavic) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baer&oldid=1256571255 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Americanized surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Surnames from nicknames Bears in human culture Hidden categories: Articles containing German-language text Articles with short description Short description
78-457: The Dutch province of Gelderland Frederik Johan van Baer (1645–1713), Dutch officer in the military service of William III of Orange Stanny van Baer (born 1942), Dutch model and beauty queen, Miss International 1961 See also [ edit ] Bahr (surname) Bähr , Bähr Bär Baire Bare (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
91-730: The Pirates John Baer (journalist) , American journalist, Philadelphia Daily News John Metz Baer , American educational psychologist John Miller Baer (1886–1970), American congressman from North Dakota John Willis Baer (1861–1931), American Presbyterian leader and college president Julius Baer (1857–1922), Swiss banker Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876), Estonian biologist Karl M. Baer (1885–1956), German-Israeli author and activist, first recorded person to undergo transgender sex reassignment surgery Kent Baer (born 1951), American football coach Larry Baer (born 1957), President and chief executive officer of
104-1389: The San Francisco Giants Les Baer , founder of Les Baer Custom, Inc Libbie C. Riley Baer (1849–1929), American poet Max Baer (boxer) (1909–1959), American boxer Max Baer Jr. (born 1937), American actor and director Meridith Baer (born 1947), businesswoman, actress, and screenwriter Nicolai Reymers Baer (c. 1550–c. 1600), aka Ursus, German mathematician Susanne Baer (born 1964), German judge and legal scholar Parley Baer (1914–2002), American actor Paul Frank Baer (1894–1930), American fighter pilot Ralph H. Baer (1922–2014), American inventor Reinhold Baer (1902–1979), German mathematician Richard Baer (1911–1963), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant Richard Baer (screenwriter) (1928–2008), American screenwriter Robert Baer (born 1952), American CIA officer and writer Steve Baer (1938–2024), American inventor Thomas M. Baer , American physicist Will Christopher Baer (born 1966), American writer William Jacob Baer (1860–1941), American painter Vladimir Baer (1853–1905), Russian captain Yitzhak Baer (1888–1980), German-born Israeli historian Van Baer [ edit ] Van Baer (family) , Middle Age noble family from
117-607: The episode, the character Herman Munster is struck by lightning , which changes his face into that of a normal human being. The Munsters are shocked by how ugly they think Herman has become. His other sitcom credits included The Andy Griffith Show , F Troop and Petticoat Junction . Baer began working on television movies later in his career. His writing credits included the 1972 ABC comedic television movie Playmates , which starred Alan Alda and Doug McClure as divorced single fathers. The Los Angeles Times called Playmates "spiced with biting wit " in its review of
130-780: The movie. Baer also wrote the CBS movie I Take These Men , which aired in 1983. Baer's wrote his last television sitcom script for an episode of ABC's Who's the Boss? in the 1980s. He then successfully tried his hand as a playwright. Baer's Mixed Emotions , a romantic comedy play about two widowed friends who start a romantic relationship during their later years, debuted in 1987. The play first opened in Los Angeles. Baer's play later debuted on Broadway in New York City in 1993 and ran for more than six weeks. Mixed Emotions
143-464: The title BAER . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BAER&oldid=921101053 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Richard Baer (screenwriter) Richard Baer
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#1732776560292156-595: Was born in New York City in 1928. He was the only child of Herbert Baer and Ede Sarnoff. He earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Yale University and his master's degree in cinema from the University of Southern California . Baer's maternal uncle was David Sarnoff , a broadcasting pioneer who headed the RCA company. Sarnoff is credited with beginning Baer's career and forming his interest in television. According to Baer's 2005 autobiography, Sarnoff called
169-642: Was later performed in theaters worldwide, including Eastern Europe and Australia. Baer was an active member of the Writers Guild of America . He served on the WGA's negotiating committee during the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike . Richard Baer died at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California , on February 22, 2008, at the age of 79. He had suffered a heart attack in January 2008. He
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