---
name: "Elias Davis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elias-davis"
fi1m_id: "elias-davis"
imdb_id: "nm0204561"
tmdb_id: 1212544
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 September 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T14:15:44.052918+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."
---

# Elias Davis

## Identity

Elias Davis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elias-davis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elias-davis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0204561
- **TMDB ID:** 1212544
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204561/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212544

Writer. Born 1 September 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 September 1941, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Active:** 1970–1993
- **Also known as:** Elias S. Davis
- **Frequently works with:** [David Pollock](https://film.one/person/david-pollock.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), [Jerry Mayer](https://film.one/person/jerry-mayer.md), [Ken Levine](https://film.one/person/ken-levine.md), [Les Charles](https://film.one/person/les-charles.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (3), 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 1, Family 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204561/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212544

## 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)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*All in the Family*](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Elias Davis is an American television writer and producer. With writing partner David Pollock, whom he met while attending UCLA, he began contributing to variety shows including *The Carol Burnett Show* and sitcoms such as *All in the Family* and *The Mary Tyler Moore Show*.

Davis wrote eighteen episodes of *M*A*S*H* (1972) between 1980 and 1983, serving as executive script consultant and contributing to the series finale "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen". He later wrote two episodes of *Frasier* (1993) and served as supervising producer on the series, for which he shared a 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. His other credits include episodes of *Cheers* (1982), *Growing Pains* (1985) and *Full House* (1987). He has taught comedy writing at USC and served as secretary-treasurer of the Writers Guild of America.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *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, Writer, Teleplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *All in the Family* (1971), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.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
- *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, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *All in the Family* (1971), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.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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