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name: "Harve Bennett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harve-bennett"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "17 August 1930"
died: "25 February 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T12:22:02.536607+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harve Bennett

Writer and producer. Born 17 August 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 25 February 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 17 August 1930, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 25 February 2015
- **Active:** 1982–1989
- **Also known as:** Harvard Bennett Fischman
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [DeForest Kelley](https://film.one/person/deforest-kelley.md), [George Takei](https://film.one/person/george-takei.md), [James Doohan](https://film.one/person/james-doohan.md), [Leonard Nimoy](https://film.one/person/leonard-nimoy.md), [William Shatner](https://film.one/person/william-shatner.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Action 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $317m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harve_Bennett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1386741, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071790/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1791

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek III: The Search for Spock*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock.md) (68), [*Star Trek V: The Final Frontier*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier.md) (45)
- **Hulu:** [*Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Harve Bennett was an American television and film producer and screenwriter. Born Harvard Bennett Fischman in Chicago, Illinois, he appeared as a child on the radio programme Quiz Kids and later graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles film school.

Bennett produced and wrote for television series including The Mod Squad, The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. He joined the Star Trek film series as executive producer and story contributor on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). He wrote and produced Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), produced and contributed to the story and screenplay of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and produced Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). He also produced the television film A Woman Called Golda (1982), for which he received an Emmy Award.

Bennett died in Medford, Oregon, in 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier* (1989), Fi1m 45, as Starfleet Chief of Staff — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier.md)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Star Trek III: The Search for Spock* (1984), Fi1m 68, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock.md)
- *Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan* (1982), Fi1m 85, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Invasion America* (1998), series, Writer, Creator
- *Time Trax* (1993), series, Director, Writer, Producer, Writers' Production, Creator
- *Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232* (1992), Writer
- *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier* (1989), Starfleet Chief of Staff, Producer, Story — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-v-the-final-frontier.md)
- *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home* (1986), Producer, Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home.md)
- *Star Trek III: The Search for Spock* (1984), Producer, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock.md)
- *The Powers of Matthew Star* (1982), series, Producer, Creator
- *Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan* (1982), Story, Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan.md)
- *A Woman Called Golda* (1982), series, Executive Producer
- *Alex and the Doberman Gang* (1980), Co-Executive Producer
- *From Here to Eternity* (1980), series, Producer
- *The Legend of the Golden Gun* (1979), Executive Producer
- *From Here to Eternity* (1979), series, Executive Producer
- *Salvage 1* (1979), series, Producer
- *Salvage* (1979), Executive Producer
- *The American Girls* (1978), series, Producer
- *Go West, Young Girl* (1978), Executive Producer
- *Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II* (1976), series, Executive Producer
- *Gemini Man* (1976), series, Producer, Creator
- *Rich Man, Poor Man* (1976), series, Executive Producer
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Producer
- *Riding with Death* (1976), Writer, Producer
- *The Invisible Man* (1975), series, Producer, Creator
- *The Invisible Man* (1975), Writer
- *Houston, We've Got a Problem* (1974), Executive Producer
- *Heatwave!* (1974), Executive Producer
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *Death Race* (1973), Producer
- *Money to Burn* (1973), Producer
- *Runaway!* (1973), Executive Producer
- *You'll Never See Me Again* (1973), Executive Producer
- *Family Flight* (1972), Producer
- *The Astronaut* (1972), Producer
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Director, Writer, Producer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1990: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (won), for *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1990: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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