Just days after the world lost Leonard Nimoy, another bright light from the Star Trek firmament has gone out. Harve Bennett, a respected TV producer who helped breathe new life into the series’ movie spin-offs, has died at the age of 84.He may by no means be as well known as Nimoy, but he was crucial to the films’ survival beyond the critical flop that was The Motion Picture.Born Harve Bennett Fischman in Chicago in 1930, showing early prowess as a trivia hound by appearing regularly on radio show Quiz Kids. After college, he set his sights on making movies and graduated from the UCLA film school in 1953. But before he started his career, he joined the Us Army, serving as a military police officer in California. Following his honourable discharge, he headed for the production executive track, moved to New York to work for CBS and then switched to the programming department at ABC.
- 3/5/2015
- EmpireOnline
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