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Herb Sargent Biography ((?)-)

Born July 15, in Philadelphia, PA; married LeGrand Council Mellon (foundationdirector, hospital administrator, archivist, and music historian), 1991. Addresses: Home--116 East 82nd St., New York, NY 10028. Manager--FerlitoManagement, 119 West 57th St., Suite 1405, New York, NY 10019.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 15,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; Television Work; Series
• Producer, That Was the Week That Was, NBC, 1964-65.
• Co-creator, The Corner Bar, ABC, 1972-73.
• Co-creator, Ivan the Terrible, CBS, 1976.
• Producer, The News Is the News, NBC, 1983.
• Credits; Television Producer; Specials
• Lily, CBS, 1973.
• Also producer of the specials The Wonderful World of Aggravation, 1972; Alan King Looks Back in Anger--A Review of 1972, 1973; The George Segal Show,1974; Happy Endings, 1975; and Love, Life, Liberty, and Lunch, 1976.
• Writings;Television Series; With Others
• Broadway Open House, NBC, 1950-51.
• Colgate Comedy Hour (Fred Allen), NBC, 1951-52.
• Victor Borge Show, NBC, 1953.
• Tonight Show (Steve Allen), NBC, 1954-58.
• Steve Allen Sunday Show, NBC, 1958-61.
• Tonight Show (Johnny Carson), NBC, 1962-63.
• The Perry Como Show, NBC, 1963-64.
• That Was the Week That Was, NBC, 1964-65.
• The Corner Bar, ABC, 1972-73.
• (And script consultant) Saturday Night Live (includes episodes with hostsBuck Henry and Richard Benjamin; originally titled NBC's Saturday Night, 1975-77), NBC, 1975-95.
• Ivan the Terrible, CBS, 1976.
• The News Is the News, NBC, 1983.
• Writings; Television Specials; With Others
• The Steve Allen Show with Peter Ustinov, Louis Armstrong, and Van Cliburn, NBC, 1959.
• Music from Shubert Alley, NBC, 1959.
• Bing Crosby Special, ABC, 1961.
• Milton Berle Special, NBC, 1962.
• Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man, CBS, 1970.
• Lily, CBS, 1973.
• The Best of Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1979.
• The 40th Annual Emmy Awards, Fox, 1988.
• Diet America Challenge, CBS, 1989.
• Time Warner Presents: The Earth Day Special, ABC, 1990.
• The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Presentation, Fox, 1991.
• Saturday Night Live: All the Best for Mother's Day, NBC, 1992.
• The 2nd Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special, NBC, 1993.
• Writings;Also writer for the specials Petula, 1970; The Wonderful World of Aggravation, The Magical Music of Burt Bacharach, Burt Bacharach
• Close to You, and Burt Bacharach!, all 1972; The Many Faces of Comedy, Alan King Looks Back in Anger--A Review of 1972, James Paul McCartney, and Sammy!, all 1973; The George Segal Show, 1974; and Alan King's Energy Crisis, Rising Prices and Assorted Vices Comedy Hour, and Funny Girl to Funny Lady, both1975.
• Writings; Screenplays
• (With George Fowler) Hello London (also known as London Calling), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958.
• Bye Bye Braverman (based on To an Early Grave, a novel by Wallace Markfield), Warner Bros., 1968.
• Writings; Stage
• Contributor, Hard Sell, Public Theatre/Other Stage, New York City, 1980.