He wrote for series including "Leave It to Beaver" in 1958, "Petticoat Junction" in 1963 and "F Troop" in 1966. His first television credit was in 1953 for the William Bendix sitcom "The Life of Riley," which aired on NBC. The series for which he wrote the most scripts was "Hennesey," an early 1960s comedy-drama that brought him an Emmy nomination.
A maternal uncle -- radio and TV pioneer David Sarnoff, who headed RCA -- cultivated Baer's interest in television and kick-started his career. In the early 1950s, Sarnoff called an NBC vice president at 6 a.m., ordering him to find Baer "a job by 9 o'clock," according to the autobiography Baer self-published in 2005.
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A maternal uncle -- radio and TV pioneer David Sarnoff, who headed RCA -- cultivated Baer's interest in television and kick-started his career. In the early 1950s, Sarnoff called an NBC vice president at 6 a.m., ordering him to find Baer "a job by 9 o'clock," according to the autobiography Baer self-published in 2005.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-baer26feb26,1,2276616.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
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Note: The above is a truncated version of the newspaper article. Click on the link for the original.