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Richard L. Bare

Richard L. Bare

Richard Leland Bare (August 12, 1913 – March 28, 2015) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter of television shows and short films.

Born in Turlock, California, he attended USC School of Cinematic Arts where he directed his most notable student film, The Oval Portrait, an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's story. He became notable post-graduation for writing and directing the Joe McDoakes series of short films for Warner Brothers between 1942 and 1956, featuring George O'Hanlon in the title role.

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The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)

Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom Event. ...

Wicked, Wicked (1973)

Simmons, the manager of a seaside hotel in California, has a problem: Guests are turning up dead, and Sgt. Ramsey, the hotel's detective, has no information as to the identity of the murderer. The only thing anybody knows is that the killer wears a strange ...

Pioneer Spirit (1969)

Pioneer Spirit (1969)

Three urban couples decide to chuck the hustle and bustle of the big city for the pastoral calm of country living. ...

I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1968)

It's silliness on the high seas as two sneaky sailors race across the South Pacific in this fast-paced and campy comedy. The fun begins when one bets the other $20,000 that he, with an all girl crew, be the first to Tahiti in a sailboat race. The other, no ...

This Rebel Breed (1960)

To combat the problem of drug-dealing juvenile delinquents operating in racial gangs, two recent police academy graduates are sent to a local high school, posing as students. [Initially released in theaters in 1960 as "This Rebel Breed", it was re-released ...

Girl on the Run (1958)

A Hollywood private eye (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) seeks a singer being stalked by a hired killer. ...

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957)

In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region. ...

So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)

So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)

Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather she stay at home to tend to domestic duties. When Alice threatens to return to her old job, a reluctant Joe agrees to her request to get her a job at his offi ...

So You Want to Play the Piano (1956)

So You Want to Play the Piano (1956)

Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door. Joe buys a piano, and the accompanying free lessons, and sets out to impress Alice. Alice is vastly unimpressed. ...

So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)

So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)

In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better. ...

So You Think the Grass Is Greener (1956)

So You Think the Grass Is Greener (1956)

When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts to daydream about what life would be like married to the beautiful office blonde. ...

So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955)

So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955)

Joe McDoakes is a shy, rookie motorcycle cop. ...

So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955)

So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955)

Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks. ...

So You Want a Model Railroad (1955)

So You Want a Model Railroad (1955)

Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a Christmas present, and Joe had taken it over and become obsessed to the point he has built a railroad empire using all of his time, energy and money. When A ...

So You Want to Be on a Jury (1955)

So You Want to Be on a Jury (1955)

Joe and Homer are both on a jury trying an accident case involving their boss and a gangster. Interference from both sides makes their task difficult. ...

So You Want to Be a Gladiator (1955)

So You Want to Be a Gladiator (1955)

Joe thinks he's back in the gladiator days, and finds himself sentenced to be thrown to the Coliseum lions after breaking a string while playing the lyre for King Nero. ...

So You Don't Trust Your Wife (1955)

So You Don't Trust Your Wife (1955)

When his wife Alice questions Joe as to whether his insurance policy is paid up, he begins to see a plot to murder him in everything she does. ...

So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)

So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)

Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet. ...

So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954)

So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954)

Joe and Alice decide to rent a room in their house to their neighbor Marvin, who says he is a potato broker. ...

So You Want to Be a Banker (1954)

So You Want to Be a Banker (1954)

Joe McDoakes graduates from Potash University and gets a job in a bank run by Harrington Arrington Farrington Jr, a former classmate. ...

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub (1954)

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub (1954)

In this Joe McDoakes Comedy, Alice insists they go to a night club, although Joe is both tired and broke. ...

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss (1954)

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss (1954)

Joe McDoakes, determined to be his own boss in this Joe McDoakes Comedy entry, opens up a new restaurant. Complaining customers and a sanitation inspector who closes the restaurant are just some of Joe's problems. ...

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble (1954)

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble (1954)

Joe starts having trouble with an obnoxious neighbor. ...

So You Want to Be an Heir (1953)

So You Want to Be an Heir (1953)

Thinking he may inherit a million dollars from his dying grandmother, Joe McDoakes finds himself the target of murderously greedy family members. ...

Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)

A low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemies. The groom is able to wed or cast away his bride simply by saying "I Marry You" or "I Divorce You" three times. ...

So You Think You Can't Sleep (1953)

So You Think You Can't Sleep (1953)

Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia. ...

So You Love Your Dog (1953)

So You Love Your Dog (1953)

Despite the fact that during the war, Joe McDoake's dog Dusty did everything wrong including giving information to the enemy, Joe brings him home with him. ...

So You Want a Television Set (1953)

So You Want a Television Set (1953)

Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop in, stay to watch television, and raid their refrigerator. ...

So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953)

So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953)

Joe McDoakes is invited by his boss to a swanky dance. Joe admits he can't dance and the boss gives him a lesson in the office. ...

So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)

So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)

Joe McDoakes can't find a job as a bassoonist, so he pawns his instrument. ...

So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952)

It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session. ...

So You're Going to the Dentist (1952)

So You're Going to the Dentist (1952)

Joe McDoakes' dimwit neighbor Marvin becomes a dentist, and manages to convince poor Joe to let him become Marvin's first patient. ...

So You Never Tell a Lie (1952)

When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end. ...

So You Want to Go to a Convention (1952)

So You Want to Go to a Convention (1952)

Joe has to find a way to go to a convention. ...

So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)

So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)

Believing he has only a month to live, average guy Joe McDoakes decides to live life to the fullest in the time he has left. ...

So You Want to Get It Wholesale (1952)

So You Want to Get It Wholesale (1952)

Joe uses his "contacts" to buy a new oven as cheaply as possible. ...

So You Want to Be a Plumber (1951)

So You Want to Be a Plumber (1951)

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber. ...

So You Want to Be a Bachelor (1951)

"I never knew what happiness was till I got married—and then it was too late," Joe recalls, flashing back to bachelor days and his courtship with Alice. ...

So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951)

So You Want to Buy a Used Car (1951)

In need of a new vehicle, Joe goes to the Cagey Car Company lot to get a used car,... with predictable results. ...

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger (1951)

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger (1951)

Joe McDoakes, ever obliging and always helpful, volunteers to hang the new wallpaper for his wife. ...

So You Want to Be a Cowboy (1951)

So You Want to Be a Cowboy (1951)

Joe McDoakes and his wife Alice attend a western movie and George soon has himself in the movie shown on the screen as Jump-Along Skip-Along McGur ...

The Screen Director (1951)

The Screen Director (1951)

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes wi ...

So You Want to Be a Handyman (1951)

So You Want to Be a Handyman (1951)

Joe MacDoakes' next-door neighbor, Marvin, comes over to help him fix his lawn-sprinkling system, but they get the pipes crossed with the gas-line and almost asphyxiate themselves. ...

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950)

An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even though she didn't say so, he believes she needs his help. When he gets there he discovers that his daughter, a lawyer, is under great stress because of her bigg ...

So You're Going to Have an Operation (1950)

A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes. ...

So You Want a Raise (1950)

So You Want a Raise (1950)

Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a raise. ...

So You Want to Move (1950)

So You Want to Move (1950)

Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how. ...

So You Want to Hold Your Husband (1950)

So You Want to Hold Your Husband (1950)

Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to take have any impact on Joe, until she is advised to create the impression that she has left Joe for anoth ...

Return of the Frontiersman (1950)

A sheriff's son is falsely accused of murder, and a friend determines to clear his name and find the real killer. ...

This Side of the Law (1950)

A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told in flashback, we witness his chance encounter with a nefarious lawyer who persuades him to impersonate a wealthy man who went missing 7 years ago. ...

So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)

Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence. ...

So You Want to Throw a Party (1950)

So You Want to Throw a Party (1950)

Joe and Alice McDoakes are planning on throwing a party, but Joe mixes up his list of creditors with the list of names Alice gave him to invite. The creditors have a much better time than Joe does. ...

The Grass Is Always Greener (1950)

Oscar nominated short Western film. Ranch-hands get their ideas challenged when a stranger shows up, telling them how good they have things. ...

So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)

So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)

Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and producers ...

So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949)

So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949)

Joe comes up with a complicated scheme to bilk his dead uncle out of an inheritance. ...

The House Across the Street (1949)

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthe ...

So You're Having In-Law Trouble (1949)

So You're Having In-Law Trouble (1949)

Joe's in-laws come over, and they suck. ...

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man (1949)

Joe wants to be a muscle man. ...

So You Want to Be Popular (1949)

So You Want to Be Popular (1949)

Joe McDoakes takes advice on how to be more likeable from his only friend Homer Hotbox ...

Flaxy Martin (1949)

Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, h ...

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter (1949)

Joe McDoakes does NOT want to be a baby sitter. ...

So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948)

So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948)

Joe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen as participants. ...

Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)

A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans. ...

So You Want to Be in Politics (1948)

Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election. ...

So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)

Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore. ...

So You Want to Build a House (1948)

So You Want to Build a House (1948)

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns into a nightmare. ...

So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)

So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling. ...

So You Want an Apartment (1948)

Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting. ...

So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947)

So You Want to Hold Your Wife (1947)

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice. ...

So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)

So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)

Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any. ...

So You're Going on a Vacation (1947)

Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives. ...

So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in. ...

So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)

So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father. ...

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946)

Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses. ...

So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946)

Average American Joe McDoakes searches in vain for any cure that will halt his fast-disappearing hairline. ...

So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)

So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)

In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning. ...

Peeks at Hollywood (1946)

Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood. ...

So You Think You're Allergic (1945)

Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic. ...

So You Think You Need Glasses (1942)

So You Think You Need Glasses (1942)

A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems. ...

So You Want to Give Up Smoking (1942)

A semi-humorous look at the various types of smokers and the methods available to them to kick the habit. ...

Two Gun Troubador (1939)

Twenty-two years earlier Kirk Dean murdered his brother Fred Dean Sr. Now Fred Dean Jr. is looking for his father's killer. Unknown to Fred, Bill Barton who now works for Kirk, witnessed the murder. ...

The Oval Portrait (1934)

An artist is so consumed with painting a portrait of the women he loves that he doesn't notice she is dying until it's too late. Shot as a silent film. ...

Movies Starring Richard L. Bare (2)

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters. ...

The Screen Director (1951)

The Screen Director (1951)

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes wi ...

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