Sherwood Schwartz
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| Born | November 14 1916 Passaic, New Jersey |
Sherwood Charles Schwartz (born November 14 1916) is an American television producer. He worked on radio shows in the 1940s, and created the TV series Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Well-known television series
He is best known as the creator and producer of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch
He was a writer on the Armed Forces Radio Network before he got his big break in television.
| Series | Years | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Bob Hope Show | 1938-1942 | Writer for Radio Version |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | 1940's | Writer for Radio Version |
| The Alan Young Show | 1940's | Writer for Radio Version |
| I Married Joan | 1952-1955 | Writer |
| The Red Skelton Show | 1956-1962 | Writer |
| My Favorite Martian | 1963 | Script Supervisor |
| Gilligan's Island | 1964-1967 | Writer, Creator, Producer |
| It's About Time | 1966-1967 | Writer, Creator, Producer |
| The Brady Bunch | 1969-1974 | Writer, Creator, Producer |
| Dusty's Trail | 1973-1974 | Writer, Creator, Producer |
| Big John, Little John | 1974 | Producer |
| Harper Valley PTA | 1981-1982 | Writer, Producer |
| Together We Stand | 1986-1987 | Writer, Producer |
[edit] Stage productions
On November 10 2006 his play Rockers opened in Theater West in California.
In 1990 he wrote the play Gilligan's Island: The Musical which is still in production to this day. His son Lloyd, daughter Hope, and son in law Laurence Juber all worked on the play.
[edit] Unsold pilots
He wrote and Executive Produced these two pilots
- Scamps (1982) - Starring Bob Denver, Dreama Denver, and Joey Lawrence,
- The Invisible Woman (1983) - Starring Bob Denver, Alexa Hamilton, George Gobel, and Harvey Korman
He also was in the works of creating a pilot for Phil Silvers during the 1966-1967 television series called The Help.
[edit] Awards
- Won the 1961 Emmy Award for his writing on The Red Skelton Show.
- Was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his 2004 special "Still Brady After All These Years"
- In 2008 he will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[1]
[edit] Sherwood Schwartz on TV
During the late 1990s and the 2000s, he has made many appearances on TV talking about his series. He has been on everything from the CBS Evening News and 20/20 to TV Land's Top Ten and Biography. He also took part of a "Creators" marathon on Nick at Nite in the late 1990s. [2] He was also a guest at the 2004 TV Land Awards.
In 1988 he appeared on the Late Show with Ross Schafer for a Gilligan's Island reunion. All 7 castaways from Gilligan's Island were on the show. This was the last time they were all together on TV.
[edit] Personal life
Schwartz was born in Passaic, New Jersey. He is Jewish.[3]
In his 1988 book Inside Gilligan's Island, he mentions he did not get along well with Red Skelton and in his years as head writer it was in his contract that he would not see him face to face. He may not have gotten along well with Skelton, but Schwartz got along quite well with his earlier boss, Bob Hope. He would later name his daughter, Hope, after him.
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- Father of Lloyd J. Schwartz, creator of The Munsters Today.
- Wrote the theme song for three of his shows. Gilligan's Island, It's About Time, and The Brady Bunch
Grandfather of Andy Schwartz, a story editor on NBC's Scrubs.
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The Associated Press (2007-06-21). Big Shoes for 2008 H'wood Walk of Fame. The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ The Associated Press (2000-07-28). Sitcom producers pick favorites for Nick at Nite 15th anniversary. CNN. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
- ^ Bloom, Nate (2006-12-19). The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs. InterfaithFamily. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
[edit] External links
- SherwoodSchwartz.com
- Bio of Sherwood Schwartz
- Sherwood Schwartz at the Internet Movie Database
- Sherwood Schwartz at TV.com
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