Harve Bennett

Harve Bennett (born Harve Bennett Fischman; August 17, 1930 – February 25, 2015) was an American television and film producer and screenwriter. 2Early years 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 schoo