Cast & creator
Hy Averback
Best known for Columbo, M*A*S*H, Murder, She Wrote
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hy Averback (October 21, 1920, Minneapolis, Minnesota – October 14, 1997, Los Angeles, California) was a radio, TV and film actor who eventually became a producer and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hy Averback, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
32
film credits
49
television credits
20
1948–1997 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (81)
Showing 81 of 81 credits
Columbo
Director
1971
M*A*S*H
Director
1972
Murder, She Wrote
Director
1984
The Rockford Files
Director
1974
Love, American Style
Director
1969
The Red Skelton Show
Colonel
1951The Red Skelton Show
British Colonel
1951
The Donna Reed Show
Director
1958
McCloud
Director
1970
I Love Lucy
Charlie
1951I Love Lucy
Charlie Pomerantz
1951
Burke's Law
Director
1963Burke's Law
Director
1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950The Bob Hope Show
Self - Announcer
1950
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
The Dukes of Hazzard
Director
1979
Matt Houston
Director
1982
The Real McCoys
Director
1957
December Bride
1954
Room 222
Director
1969
McMillan & Wife
Director
1971
F Troop
Producer
1965F Troop
Executive Producer
1965
The Dick Powell Show
Director
1961
The Rogues
Director
1964
9 to 5
Director
1982Vacation Playhouse
Director
1963
Ensign O'Toole
Director
1962
AfterMASH
Director
1983
City of Angels
Director
1976
Where the Boys Are
Director
1984
Anna and the King
Director
1972
The Gertrude Berg Show
Director
1961The Gertrude Berg Show
Producer
1961
Brothers and Sisters
Producer
1979
At Ease
Director
1983At Ease
Producer
1983Passport to Danger
Col. Boris Zarkow
1954
The Four Seasons
Director
1984
Pearl
Director
1978Needles and Pins
Director
1973
Meet Corliss Archer
1954The Chicago Teddy Bears
Producer
1971The Chicago Teddy Bears
Director
1971
Freebie and the Bean
Director
1980Summer Playhouse
Director
1954
Quark
Director
1977
Karen
Director
1975
The Benny Goodman Story
Willard Alexander - Benny's manager
1956
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Junior Executive #2
1967
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Newscaster (uncredited)
1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Director
1968
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Rabbi Conducting Wedding Ceremony (uncredited)
1968I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Director
1968
Chamber of Horrors
Director
1966Chamber of Horrors
Producer
1966
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Director
1970
The Great Bank Robbery
Director
1969
A Guide for the Married Woman
Director
1978
She's in the Army Now
Director
1981
Cry Danger
Bookie
1951
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Director
1976
The New Maverick
Director
1978
Love Boat II
Director
1977Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
Director
1979The Rubber Gun Squad
Director
1977
Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking
Director
1972
The Last Precinct
Director
1986
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
Director
1981Adventurizing with the Chopper
Director
1976Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'
Self
1997The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa
Producer
1977The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa
Director
1977
The Story of Life
1948Moe and Joe
Director
1974Newman's Drugstore
Director
1976
The Night Rider
Director
1979Venice Medical
Director
1983
Because of Eve
Segment Narrator (voice)
1948