Actor
Don Herbert
Born July 10, 1917 in Waconia, MinnesotaDied June 12, 20072 films
Donald Jeffry Herbert (born Donald Herbert Kemske and better known as Mr. Wizard) was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard (1951–65, 1971–72) and Mr. Wizard's World (1983–90), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. 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 onto "the promise and perils of science".
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First watchScarecrows19885.2as Radio NewscastFive men heist the Camp Pendleton payroll and kidnap a pilot and his daughter, who are forced to fly them to Mexico.View filmFilmography
2 films as actor- 1988ScarecrowsRadio Newscast
- 1973Terror in the Wax MuseumJack the Ripper Wax Figure