Harve Bennett

Birth Name:

Harve Bennett Fischman

Birth Place:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession

Producer, Writer, Actor, Director

After college, he served in the U․S․ Army as a military police officer in California
Graduated from the film school at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1953
During his childhood, he regularly appeared as a contestant on the radio show "Quiz Kids․"
Got his first producer credit on the TV series "The Mod Squad" before joining Universal Studios, where he worked on "The Bionic Woman" and "The Invisible Man," among other projects
Worked in the production department at CBS in New York and later in ABC's programming department before becoming a producer
Quote: "[on convincing Leonard Nimoy to do "Star Trek II"] "I said to him 'I know you don't want to do anymore "Star Trek․" Leonard, do you remember "Psycho?" ․․․ I want to do that with Spock․ I will give you the most glorious death scene ever played․'""
Best known as the writer and producer of a number of films in the "Star Trek" franchise, including "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home․"
Made a cameo appearance as Admiral Robert Bennett in the film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier․"
Provided the narration voice for the iconic credit sequence for "The Six Million Dollar Man․"

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