Jay Tarses

Jay Tarses
Born	July 3, 1939 (1939-07-03) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, producer, writer
Years active	1971–1993

Jay Tarses (born July 3, 1939; Baltimore, Maryland) is an American television comedy writer and producer. He created and produced The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and The Slap Maxwell Story, co-created Buffalo Bill (with Tom Patchett), and was an executive producer for The Bob Newhart Show. His daughter is Jamie Tarses, former ABC Entertainment chief and current Pariah partner.

His most notable acting role was as Coach Bobby Finstock in the 1980s teen comedy Teen Wolf. He also co-starred with Jim Carrey on the short-lived sitcom The Duck Factory in 1984.

He was co-creator and co-writer (with Andy Hamilton) for BBC Radio 4's situation comedy set in colonial-era Baltimore, Revolting People, where he also plays the role of sour shopkeeper Samuel Oliphant to Hamilton's cheerfully corrupt British soldier Sergeant McGurk.

Selected Filmography

• The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1976) (TV)
• The Carol Burnett Show (1972-1978) (TV)
• The Tony Randall Show (1976) (TV) (Co-Creator, with Tom Patchett)
• The Chopped Liver Brothers (with Tom Patchett and Hugh Wilson) (1977) (TV)
• We've Got Each Other (1977) (TV)
• Mary (1978) (TV)
• Up the Academy (with Tom Patchett) (1980)
• The Great Muppet Caper (with Tom Patchett, Jerry Juhl and Jack Rose) (1981)
• Open All Night (1981) (TV) (Creator)
• Buffalo Bill (1983) (TV) (Co-Creator, with Tom Patchett)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (with Tom Patchett and Frank Oz) (1984)
• The Slap Maxwell Story (1987) (TV) (Creator)
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987-1991) (TV) (Creator)
• Black Tie Affair (1993) (TV)
• Public Morals (1996) (TV) (Co-Creator, with Steven Bochco)

Radio

• Revolting People (2000) (BBC) (Co-Creator, with Andy Hamilton)

External links

• Jay Tarses at the Internet Movie Database