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Albert Schwartz (29 November 1910 – 25 March 1988) was an American screenwriter, television producer, and director. Biography. He was a writer for The Red Skelton Show, where he and other writers won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1961 and were nominated for the same award in 1962.
Al Schwartz may refer to: Al Schwartz (producer) (born 1932), American television producer. Al Schwartz (writer) (1910–1988), American screenwriter, television producer, and director. Alan Schwartz (born 1950/1951), American executive.
Al Schwartz was born on November 29, 1910 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951), Big John, Little John (1976) and Good Times (1974). He was married to Mimi Schwartz. He died on March 25, 1988 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- November 29, 1910
- March 25, 1988
Al Schwartz was born on 29 November 1910 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951), Big John, Little John (1976) and Petticoat Junction (1963). He was married to Mimi Schwartz. He died on 25 March 1988 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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- November 29, 1910
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- March 25, 1988
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Schwartz was born January 3, 1932, in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended Lowell Grammar School and Roosevelt High School. After graduating from Wright Junior College in 1951, he attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. At the University of Wisconsin, Schwartz was a student in the first television class created at the university, president of...
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1953 with a B.S. degree, Schwartz was hired in July by the then-new WKOW-TV, an ABC-affiliated television station in Madison, Wisconsin. At the station, he hosted two daily television shows: "Al's Pals," a children's show in the afternoon, and "Club 27," a late night show featuring University and...
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Sherwood Charles Schwartz was an American television screenwriter and producer. He 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.
Al Schwartz began working as a comedy writer in 1951 on the popular program "The Colgate Comedy Hour," and went on to write for the shows of Frank Sinatra and Milton Berle. Schwartz got his big break in 1957 when he started writing for "The Red Skelton Hour."
