---
name: "David Pollock"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-pollock"
fi1m_id: "david-pollock"
imdb_id: "nm0689648"
tmdb_id: 1212545
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:45:31.235766+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Pollock

## Identity

David Pollock

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-pollock
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-pollock
- **IMDb ID:** nm0689648
- **TMDB ID:** 1212545
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689648/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212545

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1970–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [Elias Davis](https://film.one/person/elias-davis.md), [David Isaacs](https://film.one/person/david-isaacs.md), [David Lloyd](https://film.one/person/david-lloyd.md), [Glen Charles](https://film.one/person/glen-charles.md), [James Burrows](https://film.one/person/james-burrows.md), [Ken Levine](https://film.one/person/ken-levine.md), [Les Charles](https://film.one/person/les-charles.md), [Alan Rafkin](https://film.one/person/alan-rafkin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (2), 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 1, Family 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689648/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212545

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Cheers*](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*M*A*S*H*](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Pollock is a television writer and producer. He frequently collaborated with Elias Davis over several decades, beginning with radio comedy and moving into variety and sitcom writing.

Their credits include episodes of *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), *All in the Family* (1971), *M*A*S*H* (1972; they contributed to the 1983 series finale "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"), *Cheers* (1982), *Growing Pains* (1985) and *Frasier* (1993). Pollock also served as a producer on *Frasier* and other series, and received a Primetime Emmy Award. He later wrote the book *Bob and Ray, Keener Than Most Persons* (2013).

*Sources: imdb.com, interviews.televisionacademy.com, parade.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Teleplay, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Thea* (1993), series, Writer
- *Growing Pains* (1985), series, Writer
- *Cheers* (1982), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Delta House* (1979), series, Writer
- *What's Happening!!* (1976), series, Writer
- *One Day at a Time* (1975), series, Writer
- *Chico and the Man* (1974), series, Writer
- *That's My Mama* (1974), series, Writer
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)
- *The Monkees* (1966), series, Writer

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