'David Davis Dead: ‘Bob Newhart Show,’ ‘Taxi’ Writer was
‘Bob Newhart Show,’ ‘Taxi’ Writer was
David Davis,
a veteran comedy writer who co-created the indelible ensemble comedies “The Bob Newhart Show” and “
Davis’ death
was confirmed Saturday by his daughter, Samantha Davis-Friedman
Survivors also
include his wife of many decades, “Rhoda” star Julie Kavner, now best known as the
He wrote
for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Rhoda,” in addition to helping to craft two
Born in
Brooklyn in 1936, Davis got his start in TV as a script supervisor on such early 1960
Davis shot
footage highlighting Chicago’s post-modernist building boom in the early 1970s for the memorable title
” He also
lensed the memorable 1974 “Rhoda’s Wedding” episode of “Mary Tyler Moore” spinoff “Rhoda,” which featured
Davis co-created
“Bob Newhart Show” for Newhart, who was by then a well-established comedic voice
Davis followed
that up with “Taxi” which aired from 1978 to 1983 (at first on ABC and in its
The acclaimed
series was co-created by Davis with fellow MTM writer/producer/directors James L
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