{{Short description|American screenwriter and playwright}} {{No footnotes|date=April 2009}} {{Infobox person | name = Sig Herzig | image = Sig Herzig - Sep 1921 EH.jpg | alt = | caption = From a 1921 magazine | birth_name = Siegfried Maurice Herzig | birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|7|25}} | birth_place = United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|3|12|1897|7|25}} | death_place = United States | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Screenwriter | years_active = 1922-1961 }}
'''Sig Herzig''' (born '''Siegfried Maurice Herzig'''; July 25, 1897 – March 12, 1985) was an American screenwriter and playwright.
==Biography== Born Siegfried Maurice Herzig in New York City, Herzig began his career as the director of the comedy short ''Husband and Strife'' (1922), but he switched gears to create plot lines for more than three dozen silent films. His later screen credits included the screenplays for ''Artists and Models'' (1937), ''Marry the Girl'' (1937), ''On Your Toes'' (1939), ''Sunny'' (1941), ''I Dood It'' (1943), ''Brewster's Millions'' (1945), ''London Town'' (1946), and ''Three on a Spree'' (1961), another adaptation of ''Brewster's Millions''.
Herzig's Broadway theatre credits included ''The Vanderbilt Revue'' (1930), ''Shoot the Works'' (1931), ''Ballyhoo of 1932'' (1932), ''Vickie'' (1942), and ''Bloomer Girl'' (1944). His television credits included ''Topper'', ''Private Secretary'', and ''Sugarfoot''.
Sig Herzig died in Thousand Oaks, California on March 12, 1985, aged 87.
==Partial filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Object: Alimony'' (1928) *''The Lone Wolf's Daughter'' (1929) *''Romance in the Rain'' (1934) *''Lottery Lover'' (1935) *''Broadway Gondolier'' (1935) *''Old Man Rhythm'' (1935) *''Millions in the Air'' (1935) *''Colleen'' (1936) *''Sing Me a Love Song'' (1936) *''Ready, Willing, and Able'' (1937) *''Artists and Models'' (1937) *''Marry the Girl'' (1937) *''Varsity Show'' (1937) *''Gold Diggers in Paris'' (1938) *''Four's a Crowd'' (1938) *''Going Places'' (1938) *''They Made Me a Criminal'' (1939) *''Indianapolis Speedway'' (1939) *''On Your Toes'' (1939) *''I Wanted Wings'' (1941) *''Sunny'' (1941) *''My Favorite Spy'' (1942) *''I Dood It'' (1943) *''Meet the People'' (1944) *''Brewster's Millions'' (1945) *''Where Do We Go from Here?'' (1945) *''London Town'' (1946) *''Three on a Spree'' (1961) {{div col end}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0381282|name=Sig Herzig}} *{{IBDB name|6297}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Herzig, Sig}} Category:American male screenwriters Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights Category:Writers from New York City Category:1897 births Category:1985 deaths Category:American male dramatists and playwrights Category:20th-century American male writers Category:Screenwriters from New York (state) Category:20th-century American screenwriters