Cy Howard

American director, producer and screenwriter

Nan Wynn

(m. 1944; div. 1947)

Gloria Grahame

(m. 1954; div. 1957)

Barbara Warner^[3]

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.^[1] He won a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for the television program The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.^[4]

Early life and education

Howard was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended Washington High School.^[5]

Career

Howrd 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 it demanded exclusive rights to his work.^[6]

Death

Howard died in April 1993 of heart failure at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 77.^[1]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Collins, Glenn (April 30, 1993). "Cy Howard, Writer and Producer Of 'My Friend Irma,' Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
^ "Obituaries : Cy Howard, Scriptwriter for 'My Friend Irma'". Los Angeles Times. May 4, 1993. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
^ Vosburgh, Dick (October 23, 2011). "Obituary: Cy Howard". The Independent. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
^ "Cy Howard". Television Academy. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
^ "1971 Press Photo Writer Cy Howard former University of Wisconsin student", Historic Images website. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
^ "Howard, CBS Calling Quits". Variety. April 1, 1953. p. 57. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^ Galloway, Doug (April 30, 1993). "Cy Howard". Variety. Retrieved November 11, 2021.

External links

Cy Howard at IMDb

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v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1957–1969)
Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, Leonard Stern and Tony Webster (1957) No award (1958–1963) Sam Denoff, Bill Persky and Carl Reiner (1964) No award (1965) Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sheldon Keller (1966) Mel Brooks, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky, Carl Reiner and Mel Tolkin (1967) Chris Bearde, Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan, Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Marc London, Allan Manings, David Panich, Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Digby Wolfe (1968) Allan Blye, Bob Einstein, Carl Gottlieb, Cy Howard, Steve Martin, Jerry Music, Murray Roman, Cecil Tuck, Paul Wayne and Mason Williams (1969)
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (1957–1969)

Billy Friedberg, Nat Hiken, Coleman Jacoby, Arnold Rosen, Leonard Stern and Tony Webster (1957)
No award (1958–1963)
Sam Denoff, Bill Persky and Carl Reiner (1964)
No award (1965)
Hal Goldman, Al Gordon and Sheldon Keller (1966)
Mel Brooks, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky, Carl Reiner and Mel Tolkin (1967)
Chris Bearde, Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan, Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Marc London, Allan Manings, David Panich, Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Digby Wolfe (1968)
Allan Blye, Bob Einstein, Carl Gottlieb, Cy Howard, Steve Martin, Jerry Music, Murray Roman, Cecil Tuck, Paul Wayne and Mason Williams (1969)