Hy Averback

Directing

Hy Averback

Born — Died

1920-10-21 — 1997-10-14

Place of birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

44 titles

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.

Known for

The Red Skelton Show poster
7.4

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.

The Red Skelton Show

1951

I Love Lucy poster
7.9

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

I Love Lucy

1951

The Bob Hope Show poster
7.0

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.

The Bob Hope Show

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour poster
6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

Burke's Law poster
6.2

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

Burke's Law

1963

The Steve Allen Show poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

The Steve Allen Show

1956

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

Series credits

The Red Skelton Show poster
7.4

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.

The Red Skelton Show

1951

The Red Skelton Show poster
7.4

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.

The Red Skelton Show

1951

I Love Lucy poster
7.9

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

I Love Lucy

1951

I Love Lucy poster
7.9

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

I Love Lucy

1951

The Bob Hope Show poster
7.0

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.

The Bob Hope Show

1950

The Bob Hope Show poster
7.0

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.

The Bob Hope Show

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour poster
6.9

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

Burke's Law poster
6.2

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

Burke's Law

1963

The Steve Allen Show poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

The Steve Allen Show

1956

December Bride poster
6.2

December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.

December Bride

1954

Meet Corliss Archer poster
8.0

Meet Corliss Archer is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from April to December 1954. The series stars Ann Baker in the title role. The program was an adaptation of the radio series of the same name, which was based on a series of short stories by F. Hugh Herbert.

Meet Corliss Archer

1954

No artwork available
7.5

A diplomatic courier travels to exotic locales, where danger (and women) seem ever present.

Passport to Danger

1954

Behind the camera

Where the Boys Are poster
4.5

Four college co-eds travel to Fort Lauderdale for their Easter week of Spring Break, and become involved in a series of adventures and misadventures

Where the Boys Are

1984

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? poster
5.3

When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

1968

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? poster
5.5

War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. Brian Keith is an officer who tries to keep the peace. However, peace is hard to come by with Ernest Borgnine as a stereotypical dumb hick sheriff who's quick to call in the local militia. Tony Curtis plays a skirt-chasing sergeant who can't stay out of trouble and soon lands in jail. Brian Keith borrows a tank to release his friend from jail. Things get more chaotic after that.

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

1970

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite poster
3.5

In this sequel to "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything," down-on-his-luck Kirby Winter inherits a floundering business, and the magical gold watch which can stop time. But his wedding plans with Bonnie Lee Beaumont are interrupted when her mother phones them to help her save her family farm from a nasty land developer - using the gold watch's powers.

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite

1981

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! poster
5.1

Harold Fine is a self-described square - a 35-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who's not looking forward to middle age nor his upcoming wedding. His life changes when he falls in love with Nancy, a free-spirited, innocent, and beautiful young hippie. After Harold and his family enjoy some of her "groovy" brownies, he decides to "drop out" with her and become a hippie too. But can he return to his old life when he discovers that the hippie lifestyle is just a little too independent and irresponsible for his tastes?

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

1968

The Great Bank Robbery poster
6.6

A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.

The Great Bank Robbery

1969

Chamber of Horrors poster
5.5

A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.

Chamber of Horrors

1966

Chamber of Horrors poster
5.5

A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.

Chamber of Horrors

1966

The New Maverick poster
5.0

Gambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the trail of a fast buck.

The New Maverick

1978

A Guide for the Married Woman poster
4.2

A seriocomic look at the life of Julie Walker. Bored with her marriage, and encouraged by her friends, she contemplates an affair. Fantasy and reality mix often, leading to complications and headaches.

A Guide for the Married Woman

1978

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours poster
7.0

A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she might be involved in a murder.

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours

1976

Love Boat II poster
8.0

The further adventures of the passengers and crew of a luxury cruise ship.

Love Boat II

1977

The Last Precinct poster
NR

In this spoof of TV cop shows, which served as the pilot to the subsequent short-lived series, a bunch of bumbling misfits and rejects from the police academy, all assembled under a straitlaced but dimwitted captain, fumble their way to success cracking a drug ring run by a blind mobster.

The Last Precinct

1986

The Night Rider poster
5.3

"The Mark of Zorro" was updated for this pilot for a prospective series that tells of a New Orleans gentleman who turns masked rider to fight for law and order and avenge his family's killing by four men who wanted their silver mine.

The Night Rider

1979

She's in the Army Now poster
5.2

Akin to Private Benjamin, this comedy deals with the tough life of female army recruits going through basic training. Through their training they come to realize that there is more to being tough than having muscles.

She's in the Army Now

1981

Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking poster
NR

Telecast December 1972, DON RICKLES: ALIVE AND KICKING was a huge ratings extravaganza for the network, especially when you consider the guest stars on Rickle's comedy special: Carroll O'Connor, Harvey Korman, Johnny Carson, Bob Newhart, Anne Meara and Don Adams!

Don Rickles: Alive and Kicking

1972

No artwork available
NR

Ben Maverick (Charles Frank) inherits the poker hand of a friend who died during a high stakes game.

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

1979

No artwork available
10.0

TV pilot for series centered around a beachfront clinic in the community of Venice, California.

Venice Medical

1983

No artwork available
NR

A squad of police department misfits are assigned to patrol Central Park without real guns.

The Rubber Gun Squad

1977

No artwork available
NR

A dimwitted private eye solves crimes with the help of his idolizing assistant and helpful secretary, much to the chagrin of the police force.

Adventurizing with the Chopper

1976

No artwork available
NR

35-year-old parents fear they are losing touch with their youth.

Moe and Joe

1974

No artwork available
NR

During the Depression, a druggist is overly generous with his hard-luck customers.

Newman's Drugstore

1976

No artwork available
8.0

An inventor develops a force field who his greedy boss plans to steal.

The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa

1977

No artwork available
8.0

An inventor develops a force field who his greedy boss plans to steal.

The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa

1977