Sherwood Schwartz Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a TV Land Pop Culture Award for "Gilligan's Island" in 2004
• Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety for "The Red Skelton Show" in 1960
• Graduated from New York University, where he was a Pre-Med student, and later earned a Master's in Biological Sciences from the University of Southern California
• Was a writer for Armed Forces Radio during World War II and later joined the writing staff of the radio show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet․"
• Began working in television on "The Red Skelton Show," on which he later became the head writer
• Started out as a joke writer for Bob Hope's radio show, where his brother Albert also worked, in 1938 while awaiting his medical school acceptance
• Quote: "People say television holds up a mirror to life, and that's why you see all the drug busts and the killings․․․it's not sufficient to portray only negative role models․․․It's not enough to say 'no' to drugs․ What do you say 'yes' to?"
• Quote: "(On the message behind "Gilligan's Island"): "It's one world, and we all have to learn to live with each other․""
• Best known as the creator of the sitcoms "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch․"
• Also wrote the theme songs for "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island," the latter with help from George Wyle