Background
Schwartz was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on June 23, 1923.
Schwartz was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on June 23, 1923.
He moved to the Bronx with his family, where he attended school. He attended New York University and enlisted in the United States Air Force as an New York University student.
Schwartz wrote for some of the best known comedians of the era, including Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, and Bob Hope. He spent two years in the Air Force before moving to Los Angeles with his family. He wrote for radio in California and then moved back to New York City.
He wrote for game shows in New York during the 1950s before returning to Los Los Angeles
Schwartz screenwriting credits included numerous television sitcoms, game shows, and dramas. He wrote scripts and other material for You Bet Your Life, a quiz show hosted by Groucho Marx, as well as The $64,000 Question during the 1950s.
His work on television dramas included The Six Million Dollar Manitoba and lieutenant Takes a Thief during the late 1960s and 1970s. Schwartz is perhaps best known for his work as a principal writer for Gilligan"s Island, which aired from 1964 to 1967.
Outside of television, Schwartz was a licensed hypnotherapist with an office in Palm Springs.
He also pursued in past life regressions, painted, and authored several non-fiction and fictional books Schwartz was a longtime resident of Palm Springs, California for more than thirty years. He died from complications of surgery at Odyssey House in Palm Desert, California, on June 14, 2013, at the age of 89 (just nine days short of his 90th birthday).