From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 19582 Among his film productions are A Man Called Horse 1970 and Man in the Wilderness 1971 He contributed as writer on Vice Squad 1982 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandy Howard licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia