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Dick Clair

Dick Clair

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born November 12, 1931 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died December 12, 1988

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Dick Clair was born Richard Jones in San Francisco, California. He served in the military for two years from 1955 to 1957. He never married or had children. In the early 1970s, Clair performed husband-and-wife comedy routines for The Ed Sullivan Show and The Dean Martin Show with his writing partner Jenna McMahon. Clair was a screenwriter for episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show in addition to his Emmy Award winning writing for the comedy-variety TV program The Carol Burnett Show. With Jenna McMahon he wrote and produced the television sitcoms It's a Living, The Facts of Life, and Mama's Family.

Clair was active as an early member of the Cryonics Society of California in the 1960s. In 1982 he contributed $20,000 to the cryonics organization Trans Time so that a husband and wife could remain cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen. He was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. When he was hospitalized in 1988 he faced opposition from the hospital and the State of California concerning his desire for cryonics treatment. The ensuing court battle (Roe v. Mitchell, with Clair as "John Roe") ended victoriously, establishing the legal right of persons to be cryonically preserved in the state of California.

Clair died on December 12, 1988, of multiple AIDS-related infections at the age of 57. He was cryopreserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

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Actor

35

Type

Year

Mama's Family Poster

Mama's Family TV Series1983Carl Harper

Eunice TV Movie1982Carl Harper

Newhart TV Series1982Guest

240-Robert Poster

240-Robert TV Series1979Mr. Edmonds

Karen TV Series1975Griffin

Dinah! TV Series1974Self

Tomorrow Coast to Coast Poster

Tomorrow Coast to Coast TV Series1973Self

The Bob Newhart Show Poster

The Bob Newhart Show TV Series1972Roy West

Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers Poster

Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers TV Series1971Self - Clair & McMahon

The Funny Side Poster

The Funny Side TV Series1971Wealthy Husband

The Ice Palace Poster

The Ice Palace TV Series1971Self

The Everly Brothers Show Poster

The Everly Brothers Show TV Series1970Self

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV Series1970Bob Freelander

Love, American Style Poster

Love, American Style TV Series1969Harvey

The Barbara McNair Show Poster

The Barbara McNair Show TV Series1969Self

The Rehearsal Poster

The Rehearsal Short Film1969George

What's It All About, World? TV Series1969Self

Our Place Poster

Our Place TV Series1967Self

The Carol Burnett Show Poster

The Carol Burnett Show TV Series1967Carl Harper

The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone Poster

The Dean Martin Summer Show Starring Your Host Vic Damone TV Series1967Self - Guest

The Joey Bishop Show Poster

The Joey Bishop Show TV Series1967Self

The Kraft Music Hall Poster

The Kraft Music Hall TV Series1967Self

Movie Star, American Style or; LSD, I Hate You Poster

Movie Star, American Style or; LSD, I Hate You Feature Film1966David Erickson, Writer

Psychedelic Sexualis Poster

Psychedelic Sexualis Feature Film1966Detective

Hollywood Talent Scouts Poster

Hollywood Talent Scouts TV Series19651 episode, 1966

My Mother the Car Poster

My Mother the Car TV Series1965Agent Clark

Run for Your Life Poster

Run for Your Life TV Series1965Fred

The Dean Martin Show Poster

The Dean Martin Show TV Series1965Self - Clair & McMahon

The New Phil Silvers Show Poster

The New Phil Silvers Show TV Series1963Pete

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961Self

My Three Sons Poster

My Three Sons TV Series1960Ken Everetts

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis Poster

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis TV Series1959Lt. Merriwether

Playhouse 90 Poster

Playhouse 90 TV Series1956Soldier

The Red Skelton Hour Poster

The Red Skelton Hour TV Series1951French Foreign Observer

Writer

23

Type

Year

The Wonderful World of Disney Poster

The Wonderful World of Disney TV Series1997

De Sylvia Millecam Show Poster

De Sylvia Millecam Show TV Series1994

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin TV Special1987

Mama's Family Poster

Mama's Family TV Series1983

Eunice TV Movie1982

The Facts of Life Goes to Paris Poster

The Facts of Life Goes to Paris TV Movie1982

Flo TV Series1980

It's a Living Poster

It's a Living TV Series1980

Carol Burnett & Company TV Series1979

The Facts of Life Poster

The Facts of Life TV Series1979

Diff'rent Strokes Poster

Diff'rent Strokes TV Series1978

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank Poster

The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank TV Movie1978

'Twas the Night Before Christmas Poster

'Twas the Night Before Christmas TV Special1977

Soap TV Series1977

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere TV Movie1973

Beware! The Blob Poster

Beware! The Blob Feature Film1972

How to Handle a Woman TV Movie1972

Maude TV Series1972

The Bob Newhart Show Poster

The Bob Newhart Show TV Series1972

The New Dick Van Dyke Show Poster

The New Dick Van Dyke Show TV Series1971

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Poster

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV Series1970

The Rehearsal Poster

The Rehearsal Short Film1969

The Carol Burnett Show Poster

The Carol Burnett Show TV Series1967

Producer

5

Type

Year

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin TV Special1987

Mama's Family Poster

Mama's Family TV Series1983

A New Kind of Family Poster

A New Kind of Family TV Series1979

Soap TV Series1977

Unkissed Bride Poster

Unkissed Bride Feature Film1966

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