Jay Sommers was a US-American producer, director and comedy writer whose career spanned four decades. He wrote more than 90 television comedy episodes, produced 63, and was creator and producer of the Green Acres television show.
Known For
Credits
Crew Credits
Green Acres (1965)
Show crew as Creator
(171 episodes)
- Episode 6x26: The Ex-Secretary (Apr 27, 1971)
- Episode 6x25: Hawaiian Honeymoon (Mar 16, 1971)
- Episode 6x24: Lisa the Psychologist (Mar 9, 1971)
- Episode 6x23: The Hole in the Porch (Mar 2, 1971)
- Episode 6x22: The Carpenter's Ball (Feb 23, 1971)
- Episode 6x21: A Girl for Drobny (Feb 16, 1971)
- Episode 6x20: King Oliver I (Feb 9, 1971)
- Episode 6x19: The Spot Remover (Feb 2, 1971)
- Episode 6x18: Star Witness (Jan 26, 1971)
- Episode 6x17: The Wedding Deal (Jan 19, 1971)
- Episode 6x16: Son of Drobny (Jan 12, 1971)
- Episode 6x15: The Free Paint Job (Jan 5, 1971)
- Episode 6x14: The Engagement Ring (Dec 29, 1970)
- Episode 6x13: Charlie, Homer and Natasha (Dec 22, 1970)
- Episode 6x12: The Liberation Movement (Dec 15, 1970)
- Episode 6x11: The High Cost of Loving (Dec 8, 1970)
- Episode 6x10: Oliver's Double (Dec 1, 1970)
- Episode 6x09: Enterprising Eb (Nov 24, 1970)
- Episode 6x08: Apple-Picking Time (Nov 17, 1970)
- Episode 6x07: Eb's Double Trouble (Nov 10, 1970)
- Episode 6x06: The Great Mayoralty Campaign (Oct 27, 1970)
- Episode 6x05: Oliver Goes Broke (Oct 20, 1970)
- Episode 6x04: A Royal Love Story (Oct 6, 1970)
- Episode 6x03: Jealousy (Sep 29, 1970)
- Episode 6x02: The Coming-Out Party (Sep 22, 1970)
- Episode 6x01: The City Kids (Sep 15, 1970)
- Episode 5x26: Happy Birthday (Apr 11, 1970)
- Episode 5x25: The Wealthy Landowner (Apr 11, 1970)
- Episode 5x24: Uncle Fedor (Mar 28, 1970)
- Episode 5x23: The Beeping Rock (Mar 21, 1970)
- Episode 5x22: The Picnic (Mar 7, 1970)
- Episode 5x21: The Case of the Hooterville Refund Fraud (Feb 28, 1970)
- Episode 5x20: The Confrontation (Feb 14, 1970)
- Episode 5x19: The Cow Killer (Feb 7, 1970)
- Episode 5x18: The Ex-Con (Jan 31, 1970)
- Episode 5x17: Bundle of Joy (Jan 24, 1970)
- Episode 5x16: Trapped (Jan 17, 1970)
- Episode 5x15: Rest and Relaxation (Jan 10, 1970)
- Episode 5x14: The Wish-Book (Jan 3, 1970)
- Episode 5x13: Beauty is Skin Deep (Dec 27, 1969)
- Episode 5x12: Oliver and the Cornstalk (Dec 20, 1969)
- Episode 5x11: Ralph's Nuptials (Dec 13, 1969)
- Episode 5x10: Oliver's Schoolgirl Crush (Nov 29, 1969)
- Episode 5x09: The Special Delivery Letter (Nov 22, 1969)
- Episode 5x08: The Youth Center (Nov 15, 1969)
- Episode 5x07: Four of Spades (Nov 8, 1969)
- Episode 5x06: The Road (Nov 1, 1969)
- Episode 5x05: You and Your Big Shrunken Head (Oct 25, 1969)
- Episode 5x04: A Tale of a Tail (Oct 18, 1969)
- Episode 5x03: Where There's a Will (Oct 11, 1969)
- Episode 5x02: Everybody Tries to Love a Countess (Oct 4, 1969)
- Episode 5x01: Lisa's Mudder Comes for a Visit (Sep 27, 1969)
- Episode 4x26: The Reincarnation of Eb (Apr 2, 1969)
- Episode 4x25: The Milk Maker (Mar 26, 1969)
- Episode 4x24: The Old Trunk (Mar 19, 1969)
- Episode 4x23: Eb Uses His Ingenuity (Mar 12, 1969)
- Episode 4x22: Oh, Promise Me (Mar 5, 1969)
- Episode 4x21: A Hunting We Won't Go (Feb 26, 1969)
- Episode 4x20: Retreat from Washington (Feb 19, 1969)
- Episode 4x19: Economy Flight to Washington (Feb 12, 1969)
- Episode 4x18: A Day in the Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes (Feb 5, 1969)
- Episode 4x17: Law Partners (Jan 29, 1969)
- Episode 4x16: A Prize in Every Package (Jan 22, 1969)
- Episode 4x15: The Marital Vacation (Jan 15, 1969)
- Episode 4x14: Everywhere a Chick Chick (Jan 8, 1969)
- Episode 4x13: The Birthday Gift (Jan 1, 1969)
- Episode 4x12: How to Get from Hooterville to Pixley Without Moving (Dec 25, 1968)
- Episode 4x11: The Blue Feather (Dec 18, 1968)
- Episode 4x10: How Hooterville Was Floundered (Dec 11, 1968)
- Episode 4x09: The Agricultural Student (Nov 27, 1968)
- Episode 4x08: Old Mail Day (Nov 20, 1968)
- Episode 4x07: A Husband for Eleanor (Nov 13, 1968)
- Episode 4x06: Handy Lessons (Nov 6, 1968)
- Episode 4x05: The Candidate (Oct 30, 1968)
- Episode 4x04: Eb's Romance (Oct 23, 1968)
- Episode 4x03: Hail to the Fire Chief (Oct 16, 1968)
- Episode 4x02: The Rummage Sale (Oct 2, 1968)
- Episode 4x01: Guess Who's Not Going to the Luau? (Sep 25, 1968)
- Episode 3x30: A Star Named Arnold is Born (2) (Apr 10, 1968)
- Episode 3x29: A Star Named Arnold is Born (1) (Apr 3, 1968)
- Episode 3x28: Instant Family (Mar 27, 1968)
- Episode 3x27: The Rutabaga Story (Mar 20, 1968)
- Episode 3x26: The Hungarian Curse (Mar 13, 1968)
- Episode 3x25: Oliver's Jaded Past (Mar 6, 1968)
- Episode 3x24: Our Son, the Barber (Feb 28, 1968)
- Episode 3x23: The Spring Festival (Feb 21, 1968)
- Episode 3x22: My Mother the Countess (Feb 14, 1968)
- Episode 3x21: Flight to Nowhere (Feb 7, 1968)
- Episode 3x20: Arnold Ziffel, Boy Hero (Jan 31, 1968)
- Episode 3x19: How to Succeed in Television Without Really Trying (Jan 24, 1968)
- Episode 3x18: Home is Where You Run Away From (Jan 10, 1968)
- Episode 3x17: Not Guilty (Jan 3, 1968)
- Episode 3x16: Eb Returns (Dec 27, 1967)
- Episode 3x15: No Trespassing (Dec 20, 1967)
- Episode 3x14: Alf and Ralph Break Up (Dec 13, 1967)
- Episode 3x13: Haney's New Image (Nov 29, 1967)
- Episode 3x12: Jealousy, English Style (Nov 22, 1967)
- Episode 3x11: Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel? (Nov 15, 1967)
- Episode 3x10: Das Lumpen (Nov 8, 1967)
- Episode 3x09: The Thing (Nov 1, 1967)
- Episode 3x08: Eb Elopes (Oct 25, 1967)
- Episode 3x07: Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked (Oct 18, 1967)
- Episode 3x06: A Kind Word for the President (Oct 11, 1967)
- Episode 3x05: Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company (Oct 4, 1967)
- Episode 3x04: Oliver vs. the Phone Company (Sep 27, 1967)
- Episode 3x03: Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel (Sep 20, 1967)
- Episode 3x02: Lisa's Jam Session (Sep 13, 1967)
- Episode 3x01: The Man for the Job (Sep 6, 1967)
- Episode 2x30: Music to Milk By (Apr 26, 1967)
- Episode 2x29: Who's Lisa? (Apr 19, 1967)
- Episode 2x28: The Vulgar Ring Story (Apr 12, 1967)
- Episode 2x27: Kimball Gets Fired (Mar 29, 1967)
- Episode 2x26: Getting Even with Haney (Mar 22, 1967)
- Episode 2x25: The Saucer Season (Mar 15, 1967)
- Episode 2x24: Lisa's Vegetable Garden (Mar 8, 1967)
- Episode 2x23: The Beverly Hillbillies (Mar 1, 1967)
- Episode 2x22: Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out (Feb 22, 1967)
- Episode 2x21: The Computer Age (Feb 15, 1967)
- Episode 2x20: Never Take Your Wife to a Convention (Feb 8, 1967)
- Episode 2x19: It's Human to Be Humane (Feb 1, 1967)
- Episode 2x18: Exodus to Bleedwell (Jan 25, 1967)
- Episode 2x17: It's So Peaceful in the Country (Jan 18, 1967)
- Episode 2x16: His Honor (Jan 11, 1967)
- Episode 2x15: School Days (Jan 4, 1967)
- Episode 2x14: Never Trust a Little Old Lady (Dec 28, 1966)
- Episode 2x13: An Old Fashioned Christmas (Dec 21, 1966)
- Episode 2x12: A Square is Not Round (Dec 14, 1966)
- Episode 2x11: A Home Isn't Built in a Day (Nov 30, 1966)
- Episode 2x10: You Ought to Be in Pictures (Nov 23, 1966)
- Episode 2x09: The Hooterville Image (Nov 16, 1966)
- Episode 2x08: Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees (Nov 9, 1966)
- Episode 2x07: The Good Old Days (Nov 2, 1966)
- Episode 2x06: One of Our Assemblymen is Missing (Oct 26, 1966)
- Episode 2x05: The Ugly Duckling (Oct 19, 1966)
- Episode 2x04: How to See South America By Bus (Oct 5, 1966)
- Episode 2x03: I Didn't Raise My Pig to Be a Soldier (Sep 28, 1966)
- Episode 2x02: Water, Water Everywhere (Sep 21, 1966)
- Episode 2x01: Wings Over Hooterville (Sep 14, 1966)
- Episode 1x32: Uncle Ollie (Jun 1, 1966)
- Episode 1x31: Culture (May 25, 1966)
- Episode 1x30: The Rains Came (May 18, 1966)
- Episode 1x29: Horse? What Horse? (May 11, 1966)
- Episode 1x28: Send a Boy to College (May 4, 1966)
- Episode 1x27: Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth (Apr 27, 1966)
- Episode 1x26: The Ballad of Molly Turgis (Apr 6, 1966)
- Episode 1x25: Double Drick (Mar 23, 1966)
- Episode 1x24: The Deputy (Mar 16, 1966)
- Episode 1x23: A Pig in a Poke (Mar 9, 1966)
- Episode 1x22: The Day of Decision (Feb 23, 1966)
- Episode 1x21: What's in a Name? (Feb 16, 1966)
- Episode 1x20: The Price of Apples (Feb 9, 1966)
- Episode 1x19: Sprained Ankle, Country Style (Feb 2, 1966)
- Episode 1x18: Lisa Bakes a Cake (Jan 26, 1966)
- Episode 1x17: I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman (Jan 19, 1966)
- Episode 1x16: Give Me Land, Lots of Land (Jan 5, 1966)
- Episode 1x15: How to Enlarge a Bedroom (Dec 29, 1965)
- Episode 1x14: What Happened in Scranton? (Dec 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x13: The Wedding Anniversary (Dec 15, 1965)
- Episode 1x12: Lisa Has a Calf (Dec 8, 1965)
- Episode 1x11: Parity Begins at Home (Nov 24, 1965)
- Episode 1x10: Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (Nov 17, 1965)
- Episode 1x09: You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6 (Nov 10, 1965)
- Episode 1x08: Lisa, the Helpmate (Nov 3, 1965)
- Episode 1x07: Neighborliness (Oct 27, 1965)
- Episode 1x06: Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture? (Oct 20, 1965)
- Episode 1x05: My Husband, the Rooster Renter (Oct 13, 1965)
- Episode 1x04: The Best Laid Plans (Oct 6, 1965)
- Episode 1x03: The Decorator (Sep 29, 1965)
- Episode 1x02: Lisa's First Day on the Farm (Sep 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x01: Oliver Buys a Farm (Sep 15, 1965)
- Episode S06 Special: Return to Green Acres (May 18, 1990)
Show crew as Producer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: The Man for the Job (Sep 6, 1967)
- Episode 2x01: Wings Over Hooterville (Sep 14, 1966)
Episode crew as Writer
(78 episodes)
- Episode 6x20: King Oliver I (Feb 9, 1971)
- Episode 3x30: A Star Named Arnold is Born (2) (Apr 10, 1968)
- Episode 3x29: A Star Named Arnold is Born (1) (Apr 3, 1968)
- Episode 3x28: Instant Family (Mar 27, 1968)
- Episode 3x27: The Rutabaga Story (Mar 20, 1968)
- Episode 3x26: The Hungarian Curse (Mar 13, 1968)
- Episode 3x25: Oliver's Jaded Past (Mar 6, 1968)
- Episode 3x23: The Spring Festival (Feb 21, 1968)
- Episode 3x22: My Mother the Countess (Feb 14, 1968)
- Episode 3x21: Flight to Nowhere (Feb 7, 1968)
- Episode 3x20: Arnold Ziffel, Boy Hero (Jan 31, 1968)
- Episode 3x19: How to Succeed in Television Without Really Trying (Jan 24, 1968)
- Episode 3x18: Home is Where You Run Away From (Jan 10, 1968)
- Episode 3x17: Not Guilty (Jan 3, 1968)
- Episode 3x16: Eb Returns (Dec 27, 1967)
- Episode 3x14: Alf and Ralph Break Up (Dec 13, 1967)
- Episode 3x12: Jealousy, English Style (Nov 22, 1967)
- Episode 3x11: Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel? (Nov 15, 1967)
- Episode 3x10: Das Lumpen (Nov 8, 1967)
- Episode 3x09: The Thing (Nov 1, 1967)
- Episode 3x08: Eb Elopes (Oct 25, 1967)
- Episode 3x07: Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked (Oct 18, 1967)
- Episode 3x06: A Kind Word for the President (Oct 11, 1967)
- Episode 3x05: Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company (Oct 4, 1967)
- Episode 3x04: Oliver vs. the Phone Company (Sep 27, 1967)
- Episode 3x03: Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel (Sep 20, 1967)
- Episode 3x02: Lisa's Jam Session (Sep 13, 1967)
- Episode 3x01: The Man for the Job (Sep 6, 1967)
- Episode 2x29: Who's Lisa? (Apr 19, 1967)
- Episode 2x28: The Vulgar Ring Story (Apr 12, 1967)
- Episode 2x27: Kimball Gets Fired (Mar 29, 1967)
- Episode 2x26: Getting Even with Haney (Mar 22, 1967)
- Episode 2x24: Lisa's Vegetable Garden (Mar 8, 1967)
- Episode 2x23: The Beverly Hillbillies (Mar 1, 1967)
- Episode 2x22: Never Start Talking Unless Your Voice Comes Out (Feb 22, 1967)
- Episode 2x21: The Computer Age (Feb 15, 1967)
- Episode 2x20: Never Take Your Wife to a Convention (Feb 8, 1967)
- Episode 2x18: Exodus to Bleedwell (Jan 25, 1967)
- Episode 2x15: School Days (Jan 4, 1967)
- Episode 2x14: Never Trust a Little Old Lady (Dec 28, 1966)
- Episode 2x13: An Old Fashioned Christmas (Dec 21, 1966)
- Episode 2x11: A Home Isn't Built in a Day (Nov 30, 1966)
- Episode 2x10: You Ought to Be in Pictures (Nov 23, 1966)
- Episode 2x09: The Hooterville Image (Nov 16, 1966)
- Episode 2x08: Eb Discovers the Birds and the Bees (Nov 9, 1966)
- Episode 2x07: The Good Old Days (Nov 2, 1966)
- Episode 2x06: One of Our Assemblymen is Missing (Oct 26, 1966)
- Episode 2x05: The Ugly Duckling (Oct 19, 1966)
- Episode 2x02: Water, Water Everywhere (Sep 21, 1966)
- Episode 2x01: Wings Over Hooterville (Sep 14, 1966)
- Episode 1x31: Culture (May 25, 1966)
- Episode 1x29: Horse? What Horse? (May 11, 1966)
- Episode 1x28: Send a Boy to College (May 4, 1966)
- Episode 1x27: Never Look a Gift Tractor in the Mouth (Apr 27, 1966)
- Episode 1x26: The Ballad of Molly Turgis (Apr 6, 1966)
- Episode 1x25: Double Drick (Mar 23, 1966)
- Episode 1x24: The Deputy (Mar 16, 1966)
- Episode 1x23: A Pig in a Poke (Mar 9, 1966)
- Episode 1x22: The Day of Decision (Feb 23, 1966)
- Episode 1x21: What's in a Name? (Feb 16, 1966)
- Episode 1x20: The Price of Apples (Feb 9, 1966)
- Episode 1x19: Sprained Ankle, Country Style (Feb 2, 1966)
- Episode 1x18: Lisa Bakes a Cake (Jan 26, 1966)
- Episode 1x17: I Didn't Raise My Husband to Be a Fireman (Jan 19, 1966)
- Episode 1x16: Give Me Land, Lots of Land (Jan 5, 1966)
- Episode 1x15: How to Enlarge a Bedroom (Dec 29, 1965)
- Episode 1x14: What Happened in Scranton? (Dec 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x13: The Wedding Anniversary (Dec 15, 1965)
- Episode 1x11: Parity Begins at Home (Nov 24, 1965)
- Episode 1x10: Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (Nov 17, 1965)
- Episode 1x09: You Can't Plug in a 2 with a 6 (Nov 10, 1965)
- Episode 1x07: Neighborliness (Oct 27, 1965)
- Episode 1x06: Furniture, Furniture, Who's Got the Furniture? (Oct 20, 1965)
- Episode 1x05: My Husband, the Rooster Renter (Oct 13, 1965)
- Episode 1x04: The Best Laid Plans (Oct 6, 1965)
- Episode 1x03: The Decorator (Sep 29, 1965)
- Episode 1x02: Lisa's First Day on the Farm (Sep 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x01: Oliver Buys a Farm (Sep 15, 1965)
Episode crew as Teleplay
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x25: The Saucer Season (Mar 15, 1967)
- Episode 2x04: How to See South America By Bus (Oct 5, 1966)
- Episode 2x03: I Didn't Raise My Pig to Be a Soldier (Sep 28, 1966)
- Episode 1x30: The Rains Came (May 18, 1966)
- Episode 1x12: Lisa Has a Calf (Dec 8, 1965)
- Episode 1x08: Lisa, the Helpmate (Nov 3, 1965)
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Teleplay
- Episode 2x20: For the Birds (Feb 23, 1965)
Episode crew as Writer
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2x11: Mother of the Bride (Dec 15, 1964)
- Episode 2x10: Kate's Bachelor Butter (Dec 8, 1964)
- Episode 2x09: Bedloe's Nightmare (Dec 1, 1964)
- Episode 2x08: Betty Jo's Pen Pal (Nov 24, 1964)
- Episode 2x07: The Great Buffalo Hunt (Nov 17, 1964)
- Episode 2x06: My Dog the Actor (Nov 10, 1964)
- Episode 2x05: As Hooterville Goes (Oct 27, 1964)
- Episode 2x04: The Umquaw Strip (Oct 13, 1964)
- Episode 2x02: Race Against the Stork (Sep 29, 1964)
- Episode 2x01: Betty Jo's Dog (Sep 22, 1964)