Don Herbert
American television host (1917-2007) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
Donald Jeffry Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, was an American television host. He was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard and Mr. Wizard's World (1983-1990), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology.
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Mr. Wizard's Science SecretsFilm, 1994Writer1991Robert A. Millikan MedalAward1988
ScarecrowsFilm, Radio Newscast1983
Mr. Wizard's WorldSeries1982
Late Night with David LettermanSeries1973
Terror in the Wax MuseumFilm, Jack the Ripper Wax Figure1971Curiosity ShopSeries1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries, 19621954
The Road to EdinburghFilm1951
Watch Mr. WizardSeries1917Born10 July 1917Filmography 5
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He also produced many short video programs about science and authored several popular books about science for children. It was said that no fictional hero was able to rival the popularity and longevity of "the friendly, neighborly scientist". In Herbert's obituary, Bill Nye wrote, "Herbert's techniques and performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik. He sent us to the moon. He changed the world." Herbert is credited with turning "a generation of youth" in the 1950s and early 1960s on to "the promise and perils of science".
