Cy Howard
American director, producer and screenwriter
Cy Howard (September 27, 1915 - April 29, 1993) was an American director, producer and screenwriter. Howard created My Friend Irma, a top-rated, long-running radio situation comedy and media franchise. He won a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for the television program The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
01Early life and education
Howard was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended Washington High School.
02Career
Howard worked at CBS for nine years, leaving in 1953 after he was unable to reach a contract agreement with that network. CBS had agreed to pay him more than $1 million "over a term of years", but demanded exclusive rights to his work.
03Death
Howard died in April 1993 of heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 77.
04Filmography
- Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), Director
- Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972), Director
- It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974), Director
Sources and credits
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