Harve Bennett

Harve Bennett
Bennett on February 14, 2009 at Farpoint Convention
Born	Harve Bennett Fischman (1930-08-17)August 17, 1930 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	February 25, 2015(2015-02-25) (aged 84) Medford, Oregon, U.S.
Cause of death	Embolisms
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation	Television producer Film producer Screenwriter
Years active	1955–1998
Known for	Star Trek (film franchise)

Harve Bennett (born Harve Bennett Fischman; August 17, 1930 – February 25, 2015) was an American television and film producer and screenwriter.

Bennett was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois in 1930, the son of Kathryn (née Susman), a journalist, and Yale Fishman, a lawyer. Yale was an LLD (Doctor of Law) rather than a JD (Doctor of Jurisprudence) which most lawyers are. He was also Jack Web's financial fixit man. Harve had a brother, Ruel, also known as "Sparkie". Everybody knew his mother as "Kitty" ... and she played the mandolin. As a young boy, Bennett appeared on the radio program Quiz Kids, which introduced him to show business. By the time Bennett had reached college age, the radio business—aside from music radio—was in decline, and he turned to the world of film. He entered the University of California, Los Angeles and graduated from their film school. Following his graduation from college, in 1953 Bennett joined the United States Army. He served in the Military Police Corps, based at the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Lompoc, California. He was honorably discharged in 1955 with the rank of corporal. Bennett then began his career as a production executive. He first worked at CBS in New York City and later moved to the programming department of ABC, becoming Vice President of Daytime Programming. At ABC, he rose to become Vice President of Programming for a time. He also produced a little-known daytime show called "Johnny Carson's Coffee Klatch" [or "Club" ... memory fails].

Following his work with ABC, Bennett moved over to production. His first project was to develop a television series with producer Aaron Spelling called The Mod Squad, which Bennett produced from 1968 until 1973.