Robert L. Mosher (January 18, 1915 – December 15, 1972) was a

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and

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scriptwriter.

Biography

Mosher was born in

Auburn, New York Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States. Located at the north end of Owasco Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in Central New York, the city had a population of 26,866 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city of Cayuga County, the ...

, to Robert L. Mosher Sr. and Marian K. Mosher (née McCamey). He was best known for his work on '' Amos and Andy'', '' Meet Mr. McNutley'', '' Leave It To Beaver'', ''

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'', ''

Bringing Up Buddy ''Bringing Up Buddy'' is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS during the 1960-61 television season. It depicts a young bachelor who lives with the two maiden aunts who raised him. Synopsis After Richard David "Buddy" Flower's parents ...

'', and ''

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'', along with his co-writer Joe Connelly who is buried in

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's Holy Cross Cemetery. Mosher was a 1937

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graduate. He died of a

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in the Encino district of

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* * 1915 births 1972 deaths People from Auburn, New York Writers from New York (state) American television writers American male television writers People from Greater Los Angeles Susquehanna University alumni Screenwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American male writers {{US-screen-writer-stub