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name: "Dick Clair"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 November 1931"
died: "12 December 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:16:11.066171+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."
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# Dick Clair

Writer. Born 12 November 1931 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 12 December 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 November 1931, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 12 December 1988

## Biography

Dick Clair, born Richard Jones, was an American television writer, producer and actor. He was born in San Francisco, California, on 12 November 1931 and died in Los Angeles on 12 December 1988.

Clair wrote episodes of *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970) and *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972). With his writing partner Jenna McMahon, he contributed to *The Carol Burnett Show*, for which he won three Emmy Awards for writing. They created and produced the sitcoms *It's a Living*, *The Facts of Life* and *Mama's Family*.

He also appeared as an actor in several television series, including a guest role in *The Mary Tyler Moore Show*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mary-tyler-moore-show.md)

## Also known for

- *Soap* (1977), Writer
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), Roy West, Writer
- *Mama's Family* (1983), Writer

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