Hy Averback

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Hyman “Hy” Jack Averback (born October 21, 1920 in Minneapolis , United States ; † October 14, 1997 in Los Angeles , United States) was an American radio host and announcer, as well as a director , producer and actor in film and television .

Live and act

The early years on the radio

Averback came to Los Angeles from Minneapolis at the age of nine. He then received a brief training at the Edward Clark Academy Theater, which he graduated in 1938. His first entertainment job was shortly before the start of World War II as a spokesperson for the KMPC radio station in Beverly Hills . During the war, Averback served as the moderator of the AFN and provided entertainment for the US troops in the Pacific War. After the war he was suddenly known throughout America as the announcer of the Jack Paar radio show, which he announced from June 1, 1947 as the successor to star comedian Jack Benny . Averback also served in a similar role for Bob Hope's radio show program. At the end of the same decade, Averback also lent his voice to more serious formats such as the Newsweek radio magazine as part of a weekly program broadcast on ABC West Coast stations. Almost at the same time, since January 1948, Hy Averback also worked as an actor in Jack Benny's comedy radio shows.

Activities in film and television

By the early 1950s, Hy Averback concentrated on working on television. After his film debut in 1951 as a performer in Cry Danger , he was mainly seen in comedy series and series such as The Saturday Night Revue (1953/54), Tonight (1955) and NBC Comedy Hour (1956). He also got a permanent role with Mr. Romero in the sitcom Our Miss Brooks , and his appearance on the hugely popular series I Love Lucy alongside Lucille Ball also boosted Averback's notoriety. Since 1956 he concentrated on directing television and staged a plethora of episodes for series popular at the time such as The Real McCoys, The Tom Ewell Show, Ensign O'Toole, Gauner gegen Gauner , Columbo and above all M * A * S * H , for which he shot between 1972 and 1982 at least twenty episodes. At the same time, Averback also appeared as a television producer. In the second half of the 1960s in particular, there were some very conventional, but not particularly successful, detours to directing a movie. There he worked with established old stars such as Doris Day , Kim Novak , Peter Sellers and Tony Curtis . Averback remained steadily active until the mid-1980s, when he largely withdrew from the television business. Most recently (1990s) he was only seen in a few documentaries about his work with Jack Paar and Bob Hope.

Filmography

Director of television productions, unless otherwise stated (selection)

  • 1955: Francis in the Navy (movie role only)
  • 1956: The Brothers (series, two episodes)
  • 1956: The Benny Goodman Story ( The Benny Goodman Story , movie role only)
  • 1956: Whom the Stars Shine ( 4 Girls in Town , only movie role)
  • 1957–1960: The Real McCoys (series)
  • 1960–1961: The Tom Ewell Show (series, also production)
  • 1961–1962: The Gertrude Berg Show (series, also production)
  • 1962: Ensign O'Toole (series, also production)
  • 1964: Crooks Against Crooks ( The Rogues , series)
  • 1965: Barnes (short film, also production)
  • 1965: The Chamber of Horrors (cinema, also production)
  • 1967: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying , only guest role in the cinema
  • 1967: When the lights went out ... (Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?) (Cinema, also guest role)
  • 1968: Reverend shoots his greatest thing (The Great Bank Robbery) (cinema)
  • 1968: Let me kiss your butterfly (I love you Alice B. Toklas) (cinema, also guest role)
  • 1969: Imagine there is war and nobody goes ( Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came ) (Kino)
  • 1971: Eddie
  • 1971: Columbo : Murder in Pastel (Columbo: Suitable for Framing)
  • 1972: Bedtime Story
  • 1973: Columbo: Two lives on a thread ( Columbo: A Stitch in Crime )
  • 1973: Topper Returns
  • 1973: Mode, Mädchen und Moneten ( Needles and Pins . Series, four episodes)
  • 1974: Moe and Joe
  • 1975: Karen (series, three episodes)
  • 1976: The Bureau
  • 1976: Bell, Book and Candle
  • 1976: Newman's Drugstore (also production)
  • 1977: The Love Boat II
  • 1977: The Rubber Gun Squad
  • 1978: Quark (series, five episodes)
  • 1978: The Return of the Mavericks ( The New Maverick )
  • 1978: Pearl Harbor (TV three-part)
  • 1979: Brothers and Sisters (multi-part, production only)
  • 1979: The Night Rider
  • 1979: A Duke rarely comes alone ( The Dukes of Hazzard . Series, direction and production of individual episodes)
  • 1979: House Calls (series)
  • 1980: Alone at Last
  • 1981: And now it is a soldier ( She's in the Army Now )
  • 1972-1982: M * A * S * H
  • 1983: At Ease (series, six episodes, also production)
  • 1983: Venice Medical
  • 1984: Beach Parties - Sonne, Sex und Sonnyboys ( Where the Boys Are ) (cinema)
  • 1984: The Four Seasons (series)
  • 1985: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote . Series, an episode)
  • 1985: The Crazy Police Station ( The Last Precinct , pilot)

literature

  • International Motion Picture Almanac 1991, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1991, p. 16

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hy Averback on newspapers.com
  2. Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1939

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