- He was a pre-med student at New York University. Upon graduation, he moved to Los Angeles and received his master's degree in biological sciences at USC, but never put this to use.
- Moved to television in the 1950s eventually rising to head writer status on The Red Skelton Hour (1951). Along with his brother Al and two other staffers, he won the 1961 Emmy Award.
- In 1938, he joined his brother Al Schwartz, as a joke writer on Bob Hope's radio show. In World War II, he wrote for Armed Forces Radio. Post-war, he became a staff writer for the radio version of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952).
- Grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
- When his sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964) was on the air, Sherwood once had a meeting with a captain from the Coast Guard who called him. This captain then showed him letters people were writing to the Coast Guard. The letters were concerned letters from people who said they had seen seven people stranded on a desert island, and wanted the Coast Guard to go rescue them. They were not jokes, they were from concerned citizens.
- Attended and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx, New York (1934).
- Was reunited along with Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells and Tina Louise at the 2004 TV Land Awards and won The Pop Culture Award for Gilligan's Island (1964).
- He was a member of the Writers Guild of America.
- Profiled in "The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio and TV's Golden Age" by Jordan Young (BearManor Media).
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6451 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 7, 2008.
- Sherwood Schwartz's play "Rockers", a comedy-drama, had a production at Theatre West in honor of his 90th birthday.
- Following his death, he was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
- Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame (2008).
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