Richard L. Bare
Richard L. Bare was a director, writer and producer best known for his extensive series of short films, and for directing nearly every episode of the classic CBS television series Green Acres, which ran from 1965 to 1971.
Starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor, Green Acres followed the story of Manhattan couple Oliver and Lisa Douglas as they left the big city and attempted to run a working farm in Hooterville, a rural town populated by a gallery of eccentric characters. Bare directed 166 episodes of the series and in 2007 announced he was working on a revival. There was also a movie and possible Broadway play based on the show in the works, following Bare’s acquisition of the rights in 2014.
Born in Turlock, California, Bare graduated from USC’s Film School and went on to work at Warner Brothers, where he directed the Joe McDoakes “Behind the 8-Ball” short films from 1942 to 1956. He later taught at his alma mater, and he wrote the textbook The Film Director: A Practical Guide to Motion Picture and Television Techniques. In 2001 he published a memoir, Confessions of a Hollywood Director, which chronicled his experiences as a director and his service as a Captain in the Army Air Forces' first Motion Picture Unit.
Richard L. Bare was a director, writer and producer best known for his extensive series of short films, and for directing nearly every episode of the classic CBS television series Green Acres, which ran from 1965 to 1971.
Starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor, Green Acres followed the story of Manhattan couple Oliver and Lisa Douglas as they left the big city and attempted to run a working farm in Hooterville, a rural town populated by a gallery of eccentric characters. Bare directed 166 episodes of the series and in 2007 announced he was working on a revival. There was also a movie and possible Broadway play based on the show in the works, following Bare’s acquisition of the rights in 2014.
Born in Turlock, California, Bare graduated from USC’s Film School and went on to work at Warner Brothers, where he directed the Joe McDoakes “Behind the 8-Ball” short films from 1942 to 1956. He later taught at his alma mater, and he wrote the textbook The Film Director: A Practical Guide to Motion Picture and Television Techniques. In 2001 he published a memoir, Confessions of a Hollywood Director, which chronicled his experiences as a director and his service as a Captain in the Army Air Forces' first Motion Picture Unit.
He started directing television in 1950 with an episode of The Magnavox Theatre. His other TV credits included episodes of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, The Donna Reed Show, Cheyenne, The Virginian, Petticoat Junction, Lassie and seven episodes of the Twilight Zone, including the now-classic “To Serve Man,” about an alien race coming to earth and promising peace.
Bare died March 28, 2015, in Newport Beach, California. He was 101.
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