Sandy Howard
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Sandy Howard (August 1, 1927 – May 16, 2008) was an American film producer and television producer. A native of the Bronx, New York City, Howard wrote short stories for publication in magazines like Liberty, and worked as a publicist for Broadway shows until he became a director for the Howdy Doody show at the age of nineteen; he later produced the Captain Kangaroo show. [1]
He cooperated with Ray Heatherton creating the TV show The Merry Mailman in the early 1950s. He was producer of The Barry Gray Radio Show (1951 – 1958).[2]
Among his film productions are A Man Called Horse (1970) and Man in the Wilderness (1971).
He contributed as writer on Vice Squad (1982).
[edit] Awards
- The Bronze Wrangler from the 1971 Western Heritage Awards, for A Man Called Horse (shared with director Elliot Silverstein, writer Jack DeWitt, and actors Judith Anderson, Jean Gascon, Corinna Tsopei and Richard Harris).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Sandy Howard, 80; produced 'A Man Called Horse'" (Retrieved on May 18, 2008)
- ^ "Producer behind A Man Called Horse dies" – CBC News (Saturday, May 17, 2008) (Retrieved on May 17, 2008)
- ^ "Western Heritage Awards: 1971" – imdb.com (Retrieved on May 17, 2008)
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