Al Schwartz (writer)
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Albert Schwartz (29 November 1910 – 25 March 1988) was an American screenwriter, television producer, and Television director, 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. He also wrote scripts for ''The Jackie Gleason Show'', ''The Milton Berle Show'', ''The Brady Bunch'', ''Gilligan's Island'', ''Petticoat Junction'', and other television shows and made-for-TV movies throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Earlier in his career, Schwartz wrote for Bob Hope, Bob Hope's radio program, ''The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope''.Gerald Nachman (journalist), Nachman, Gerald (1998). Raised on Radio, p. 144. Pantheon Books, New York. . He was the brother of Sherwood Schwartz, the creator and producer of ''Gilligan's Island'' and ''The Brady Bunch'', and Elroy Schwartz, a comedy and television writer.


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American male screenwriters American television directors Emmy Award winners Writers from Passaic, New Jersey 1910 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople Screenwriters from New Jersey 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters Television producers from New Jersey {{US-screen-writer-stub