Biography
Richard Baer was an American television writer and screenwriter. Born in New York City on 28 April 1928, he graduated from Yale University and earned a master's degree in cinema from the University of Southern California. He began his career in the 1950s as an assistant on The Life of Riley before writing episodes for the series.
Over more than 25 years he contributed scripts to more than 56 television shows, predominantly sitcoms. These included 38 episodes of Hennesey (for which he received an Emmy nomination), 23 of Bewitched, ten of That Girl, five of The Munsters and episodes of Leave It to Beaver, F Troop, Petticoat Junction, The Andy Griffith Show and MASH (1972). He also wrote the 1958 feature Life Begins at 17 and the 1972 television film Playmates*.
Baer later turned to playwriting; his comedy Mixed Emotions opened in Los Angeles in 1987 and reached Broadway in 1993. He died in Santa Monica, California, on 22 February 2008.
