Richard L. Bare Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1959 he was awarded the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television for "77 Sunset Strip"
• Recipient of the Paul Muni Award for Best Amateur Film while a student at the University of Southern California
• Worked on short films for Warner Brothers throughout much of the '40s and '50s before helming the successful CBS series, "Green Acres"
• Published the book "The Film Director" in 1971 which is still considered a trade industry must-have
• Announced that he was working on a revival of "Green Acres" in 2007 at the age of 94
• Once held the record for the direction of most consecutive television episodes with 168 for "Green Acres"