Herbert Sargent (July 15, 1923 – May 6, 2005) was an American television writer, a producer for such comedy shows as The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live, and a screenwriter (Bye Bye Braverman). His tenure in Saturday Night Live made him and Chevy Chase create Weekend Update, the longest-running sketch in the show's history.
Born in Philadelphia, Sargent was the older brother of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Alvin Sargent. Raised in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, he studied architecture at Penn State University before serving with the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He moved to Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA.
Sargent then moved to New York City and began his career in radio. He later helped develop television specials for Petula Clark, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Alan King, Milton Berle, Sammy Davis Jr., Lily Tomlin, Paul McCartney, Anne Bancroft, and Burt Bacharach. He married to actress Norma Crane in 1961 but they had divorced by the time she died in 1973.
Sargent won six Emmy Awards and six Writers Guild of America Awards. He was also President of the Writers Guild of America, East until his death from a heart attack following surgery.
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