Sherwood Schwartz
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Sherwood Charles Schwartz (born November 14, 1916) is an American television producer. He worked on radio shows in the 1940s and unsold pilots but it is unquestionable that he will be best known as the producer of two programs which have reached almost iconic status in American popular culture, Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Well-known television series produced
While he has been involved in a great number of projects over a long career, it is almost unquestionable that he will be best known as the producer of two programs which have reached almost iconic status in American popular culture, 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.
Other series Sherwood Schwartz has been involved in include:
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (Writer on Radio)
- Beulah (Writer on Radio)
- Big John Little John (Executive Producer).
- Dusty's Trail (Creator),
- Harper Valley PTA (Writer and Developer),
- I Married Joan (Writer),
- It's About Time (Creator),
- My Favorite Martian (Script Consultant),
- The Red Skelton Show (Writer)
- Gilligan's Island (Creator),
- Together We Stand (Executive 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 and 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) - Staring Bob Denver, Dreama Denver, and Joey Lawrence,
- The Invisible Woman (1983) - Staring 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] 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. He was also a guest at the 2004 TV Land Awards
In 1988 he apeared 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.[1]
- He is Father of Lloyd J. Schwartz, creator of The Munsters Today.
- He has been married to his wife Mildred since December 1941.
- He is grandfather of Andy Schwartz, a staff writer on NBC's Scrubs.
- 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 Red Skelton, but Sherwood got along real well with his earlier boss, he would later name his daughter Hope after him.
- Wrote the theme song for three of his shows. Gilligan's Island, It's About Time, and The Brady Bunch
- Hurt his tongue in a sledding accident he had when he was a child.
- 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"
- Wrote the book "Inside Gilligan's Island" in 1988 about his days on Gilligan's Island.
- On November 14, 2006 he turned 90 years old.
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Bloom, Nate (2006-12-19). The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs. InterfaithFamily. Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Bio of Sherwood Schwartz
- Sherwood Schwartz at the Internet Movie Database
- Sherwood Schwartz at TV.com
