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.
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).
In the 1960s, Howard moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in film.
Among his film productions are A Man Called Horse (1970) and Man in the Wilderness (1971).
He contributed as writer on Vice Squad (1982).
He developed Alzheimers and spent the last ten years of his life as a resident at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, in the Alzheimer's and dementia care facility, Harry's Haven. He died in 2008.
The Howdy Doody Show (1947-59) (TV series) - directorNight Court USA (1958) (TV series) - producer, director, writer, creatorTarzan and the Trappers (1958) - directorPolice Station (1959) (TV series) - producer, director, writerCongressional Investigator (1959) (TV series) - director'Harrigan and Son (1960-61) (TV series) - producerMack & Myer for Hire (1963-64) (TV series) - producerDiary of a Bachelor (1964) - producer, directorCity of Fear (1965) - producerGamera the Invincible (1966) - director of US sequencesJack of Diamonds (1967) - producer, writerOne Step to Hell (1968) - producer, director, writerA Man Called Horse (1970) - producerMan in the Wilderness (1971) - producerThe Neptune Factor (1973) - producerTogether Brothers (1974) - executive producerThe Devil's Rain (1975) - executive producerEmbryo (1976) - executive producerSky Riders (1976) - executive producerCaptain Kangaroo (1976) (TV series) - producerThe Island of Dr Moreau (1977) - executive producerEchoes of a Summer (1976) - producerThe Return of a Man Called Horse (1976) - executive producerCircle of Iron (1978) - producerMeteor (1979) - executive producerJaguar Lives! (1979) - producerCity on Fire (1979) - executive producerSavage Harvest (1981) - producerVice Squad (1982) - executive producerHambone and Hillie (1983) - producerDeadly Force (1983) - producerTriumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983) - executive producerAngel (1984) - executive producerWhat Waits Below (1984) - producerAvenging Angel (1985) - producerThe Boys Next Door (1985) - producerKGB: The Secret War (1985) - producerHollywood Vice Squad (1986) - producer, writerNightstick (1987) - executive producerKidnapped (1987) - producerStreet Justice (1987) - executive producerBlue Monkey (1987) - executive producerDark Tower (1989) - producer (uncredited)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).