1. Sherwood Charles Schwartz was an American television screenwriter and producer.
23 Facts About Sherwood Schwartz
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Sherwood Schwartz worked on radio shows in the 1940s, but he now is best known for creating the 1960s television series Gilligan's Island on CBS and The Brady Bunch on ABC.
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That same year, Sherwood Schwartz was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.
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Sherwood Schwartz was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to a Jewish family.
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Sherwood Schwartz was a younger brother of writer Al Schwartz.
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Sherwood Schwartz is the uncle of Douglas Schwartz, Bruce Schwartz and Judithe Randall.
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Sherwood Schwartz had hoped to become a doctor, but found that he was unable to be admitted to medical school at that time, due to a quota limiting the number of Jewish students.
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Sherwood Schwartz went on to write for Ozzie Nelson's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and other radio shows.
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Sherwood Schwartz served in the United States Army for over four years.
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From 1956 to 1962, Sherwood Schwartz was head writer for The Red Skelton Show, for which he won an Emmy Award in 1961.
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Sherwood Schwartz went on to create and produce Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch.
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Sherwood Schwartz wrote the theme song for three of his shows: Gilligan's Island, It's About Time, and The Brady Bunch.
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Sherwood Schwartz made them icons and as a result became a television icon himself.
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Sherwood Schwartz took part in a "Creators" marathon on Nick at Nite in the late 1990s.
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Sherwood Schwartz was a guest at the 2004 TV Land Awards.
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In 1988, Sherwood Schwartz appeared on The Late Show with Ross Shafer for a Gilligan's Island reunion, along with all seven castaways from Gilligan's Island.
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Sherwood Schwartz appeared as himself in a 1995 episode of Roseanne titled "Sherwood Schwartz, A Loving Tribute", which featured the four surviving "Gilligan's Island" cast members.
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On December 21,1941, Sherwood Schwartz married Mildred Seidman, and together they had four children: Donald Schwartz, who became an ophthalmologist; Lloyd J Schwartz, who worked with his father in show business as a writer and producer in his own right; Ross Schwartz, an attorney and screenwriter whose credits include Bottle Shock; and Hope Juber, a writer and producer.
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Sherwood Schwartz's granddaughter is singer-songwriter Ilsey Juber, the daughter of Hope and guitarist Laurence Juber, the former lead guitarist for the band Wings.
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On July 12,2011, Sherwood Schwartz died of natural causes in his sleep.
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Sherwood Schwartz was portrayed by Aaron Lustig in the TV movie Surviving Gilligan's Island and by Michael Tucker in Growing Up Brady.
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Sherwood Schwartz produced a number of radio and TV shows during his career.
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Sherwood Schwartz wrote and executive produced two unsold television pilots:.