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Don Herbert

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 1233202

IMDb ID: nm0378532

Known for: Acting

Born: July 10, 1917

Died: June 12, 2007

Age: 89

Place of birth: Waconia, Minnesota

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1951 - 2020

Years active: 70

Average TMDB rating: 6

Wikidata: Q3713541

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Biography

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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