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Herbert Sargent (I) (1923–2005)

Writer | Miscellaneous Crew | Producer

Trivia:

He grew up in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. After serving in the US Army in World War II, he graduated from UCLA and worked at the Circle Theater. In New York, he started out writing for radio shows. See more trivia »

Born:

Herbert Supowitz
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 81) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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2002 NBC 75th Anniversary Special (TV special)
 
1997 Great Performances (TV series)
– The College of Comedy with Alan King (1997) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1975-1995 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– David Duchovny/Rod Stewart (1995) (written by / as Herb Sargent)
– Bob Saget/TLC (1995) (written by / as Herb Sargent)
– Courteney Cox/Dave Matthews Band (1995) (written by / as Herb Sargent)
– Damon Wayans/Dionne Farris (1995) (written by / as Herb Sargent)
– John Goodman/Tragically Hip (1995) (as Herb Sargent)
See all 334 episodes »
 
1992 The Dennis Miller Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 15 October 1992 (1992) (writer)
– Episode dated 14 July 1992 (1992) (writer)
– Episode #1.77 (1992) (writer)
– Episode #1.75 (1992) (writer)
– Episode #1.36 (1992) (writer)
 
1991 The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1990 The Earth Day Special (TV special) (segment "Saturday Night Live" / as Herb Sargent)
 
1989 Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (TV special)
 
1989 Diet America Challenge (TV special) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1988 The 40th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
 
1987 The Best of Chevy Chase (video documentary)
 
1986 The Best of Dan Aykroyd (video)
 
1985 The Best of John Belushi (video) (written by / as Herb Sargent)
 
1983 The News Is the News (TV series) (writer)
 
1976 Ivan the Terrible (TV series)
– The Very Loud Family (1976) (creator / as Herb Sargent)
– Episode #1.2 (1976) (creator / as Herb Sargent)
– Ivan's Out of Work (1976) (creator / as Herb Sargent)
 
1976 The Second Annual Comedy Awards (TV movie)
 
1975 Funny Girl to Funny Lady (TV special documentary) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1974 Energy Crisis (TV movie) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1973 Sammy! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Special (TV movie)
 
1973 Lily (TV movie)
 
1973 Burt Bacharach: Opus No. 3 (TV movie)
 
1973 Alan King Looks Back in Anger: A Review of 1972 (TV movie) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1972 The Wonderful World of Aggravation (TV movie) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1972 Chevrolet Presents Burt Bacharach (TV movie)
 
1972 The Corner Bar (TV series)
 
1970 Petula (TV movie)
 
1970 Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (TV movie) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1969 Alan King and His Buddy (TV movie) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1968 Bye Bye Braverman (screenplay)
 
1964 That Was the Week That Was (TV series)
– Episode dated 24 November 1964 (1964) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode dated 29 September 1964 (1964) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode #1.16 (1964) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1964 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
– Episode #6.18 (1964) (written by / as Herb Sargent)
 
1962-1963 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
– Episode dated 20 August 1963 (1963) (writer)
– Episode dated 26 July 1963 (1963) (writer)
– Episode dated 21 June 1963 (1963) (writer)
– Episode dated 3 June 1963 (1963) (writer)
– Episode dated 2 June 1963 (1963) (writer)
See all 45 episodes »
 
1962 The Steve Allen Playhouse (TV series)
– Premier (1962) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1961 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)
– UCLA (1961) (as Herb Sargent)
– Christmas Show (1961) (as Herb Sargent)
– Pacific Ocean Park (1961) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode #1.11 (1961) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode #1.10 (1961) (as Herb Sargent)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1961 Art Carney Special (TV series)
– Everybody's Doin' It (1961) (as Herb Sargent)
 
1956-1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
– Episode dated 6 June 1960 (1960) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode #5.27 (1960) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode dated 16 May 1960 (1960) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode #5.26 (1960) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode #5.25 (1960) (as Herb Sargent)
See all 163 episodes »
 
1958 Hello London (writer)
 
1955-1957 Tonight! (TV series)
– Finale (1957) (as Herb Sargent)
– Ernie Kovacs Guest Host Finale (1957) (as Herb Sargent)
– Ernie Kovacs Guest Host (1957) (as Herb Sargent)
– Episode #5.68 (1956) (as Herb Sargent)
– Kovacs Guest Host (1956) (as Herb Sargent)
See all 55 episodes »
 
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Saturday Night Live (TV series) (script consultant - 287 episodes, 1975-1994) (script supervisor - 9 episodes, 1975-1976) (writing supervisor - 1 episode, 1975)
– Heather Locklear/Janet Jackson (1994) (script consultant - as Herb Sargent)
– John Goodman/The Pretenders (1994) (script consultant - as Herb Sargent)
– Emilio Estevez/Pearl Jam (1994) (script consultant - as Herb Sargent)
– Kelsey Grammer/Dwight Yoakam (1994) (script consultant - as Herb Sargent)
– Helen Hunt/Snoop Doggy Dogg (1994) (script consultant - as Herb Sargent)
See all 296 episodes »
 
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1983 The News Is the News (TV series) (producer)
 
1976 The Second Annual Comedy Awards (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1973 Lily (TV movie) (producer - as Herb Sargent)
 
1973 Alan King Looks Back in Anger: A Review of 1972 (TV movie) (producer - as Herb Sargent)
 
1972 The Wonderful World of Aggravation (TV movie) (producer - as Herb Sargent)
 
1966 The Soupy Sales Hour (TV movie) (producer)
 
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Herb 'Bud' Sargent | Herb Sargent
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Trivia:

He grew up in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. After serving in the US Army in World War II, he graduated from UCLA and worked at the Circle Theater. In New York, he started out writing for radio shows. See more »

Nickname:

Herb See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer