Jay Tarses
TV Writer
1939 –
Who is Jay Tarses?
Michael Jay Tarses 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, and was an executive producer for The Bob Newhart Show. His daughter is Jamie Tarses, former ABC Entertainment chief and current partner in the Pariah production company.
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 of BBC Radio 4's situation comedy Revolting People, which was set in colonial-era Baltimore; he also plays the role of sour shopkeeper Samuel Oliphant to Hamilton's cheerfully corrupt British soldier Sergeant McGurk.
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- Born
- Jul 3, 1939
Baltimore - Also known as
- Patchett and Tarses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Baltimore
- Maryland
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on July 23, 2013
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