---
name: "Howard W. Koch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-w-koch"
fi1m_id: "howard-w-koch"
imdb_id: "nm0462322"
tmdb_id: 3428
wikidata_id: "Q982710"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 April 1916"
died: "16 February 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T08:08:06.345096+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Howard W. Koch

## Identity

Howard W. Koch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/howard-w-koch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** howard-w-koch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0462322
- **TMDB ID:** 3428
- **Wikidata ID:** Q982710
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_W._Koch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462322/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3428

Producer. Born 11 April 1916 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 16 February 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 April 1916, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 16 February 2001
- **Active:** 1953–1990
- **Also known as:** Howard Winchel Koch, Howard Koch
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 producing, 2 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 80 (2), 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 83 (1), 1990s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Romance 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $518m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_W._Koch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982710, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462322/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3428

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost*](https://film.one/film/ghost.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Howard W. Koch (1916–2001) was an American film producer and director. Born in New York City, he began his career in the 1930s at Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox before working as an assistant director from 1944. He produced his first feature in 1953 and directed episodes of television series including Maverick (1957) and The Untouchables (1959–1960).

Koch served as head of film production at Paramount Pictures from 1964 to 1966 and later maintained a long-term production arrangement with the studio. Among his credits as producer or executive producer are *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), *The Odd Couple* (1968), *Airplane!* (1980), *Airplane II: The Sequel* (1982) and *Ghost* (1990). He produced the Academy Awards ceremony on eight occasions and received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1990. He was president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1977 to 1979.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Ghost* (1990), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *A New Leaf* (1971), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Julius Caesar* (1953), Fi1m 76, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/julius-caesar.md)
- *The Naked Spur* (1953), Fi1m 84, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-spur.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ghost* (1990), Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *Hostage Flight* (1985), Story
- *Hollywood Wives* (1985), series, Producer
- *Airplane II: The Sequel* (1982), Producer
- *Some Kind of Hero* (1982), Producer
- *Beyond Reason* (1982), Producer
- *Dragonslayer* (1981), Executive Producer
- *The Pirate* (1977), series, Producer
- *Escape from Bogen County* (1977), Executive Producer
- *Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby?* (1976), Producer
- *Once Is Not Enough* (1975), Producer
- *The Underground Man* (1974), Executive Producer
- *Badge 373* (1973), Director, Producer
- *Last of the Red Hot Lovers* (1972), Producer
- *Star Spangled Girl* (1971), Producer
- *Something Big* (1971), Assistant Director
- *Plaza Suite* (1971), Producer
- *A New Leaf* (1971), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *On a Clear Day You Can See Forever* (1970), Producer
- *The Odd Couple* (1968), Producer
- *The President's Analyst* (1967), Executive Producer
- *Robin and the 7 Hoods* (1964), Executive Producer
- *For Those Who Think Young* (1964), Executive Producer
- *4 for Texas* (1963), Executive Producer
- *Come Blow Your Horn* (1963), Executive Producer
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md)
- *Sergeants 3* (1962), Executive Producer
- *X-15* (1961), Executive Producer
- *Miami Undercover* (1961), series, Producer, Director
- *The Gun of Zangara* (1960), Director
- *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Director
- *Johnny Ringo* (1959), series, Director
- *The Last Mile* (1959), Director
- *Andy Hardy Comes Home* (1958), Director
- *Born Reckless* (1958), Director
- *Macabre* (1958), Producer
- *Frankenstein 1970* (1958), Director
- *Violent Road* (1958), Director
- *Fort Bowie* (1958), Director
- *Hell Bound* (1957), Producer
- *The Girl in Black Stockings* (1957), Director
- *Maverick* (1957), series, Director
- *Jungle Heat* (1957), Director
- *Bop Girl Goes Calypso* (1957), Director
- *War Drums* (1957), Producer
- *Untamed Youth* (1957), Director
- *Revolt at Fort Laramie* (1957), Producer
- *Voodoo Island* (1957), Producer
- *Hot Cars* (1956), Producer
- *Emergency Hospital* (1956), Producer
- *Rebel in Town* (1956), Producer
- *The Black Sleep* (1956), Producer
- *Quincannon, Frontier Scout* (1956), Producer
- *The Broken Star* (1956), Producer
- *Crime Against Joe* (1956), Producer
- *Three Bad Sisters* (1956), Producer
- *Desert Sands* (1955), Producer
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Director
- *Big House, U.S.A* (1955), Director
- *Shield for Murder* (1954), Director
- *Beachhead* (1954), Producer
- *Julius Caesar* (1953), Assistant Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/julius-caesar.md)
- *The Oscars* (1953), series, Producer
- *The Naked Spur* (1953), Assistant Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-spur.md)
- *Side Street* (1950), Assistant Director
- *Tulsa* (1949), Assistant Director
- *He Walked by Night* (1949), Assistant Director
- *T-Men* (1947), Assistant Director
- *Out of the Blue* (1947), Assistant Director
- *Philo Vance Returns* (1947), Assistant Director
- *Margie* (1946), Assistant Director
- *The Keys of the Kingdom* (1944), Assistant Director
- *Shining Victory* (1941), Screenplay
- *The Sea Hawk* (1940), Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Howard W. Koch, television producer-director in his office, Los Angeles (1978)](https://film.one/media/person/77537/gallery-b7ec5233f31f.jpg) Howard W. Koch, television producer-director in his office, Los Angeles (1978) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Howard_W._Koch_in_his_office%2C_1978.jpg/1280px-Howard_W._Koch_in_his_office%2C_1978.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Richard Chamberlain and Vincent Edwards at a cocktail party with film executives Howard W. Koch and Blake Edwards. (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/77537/gallery-70db2c87d069.jpg) Photo of Richard Chamberlain and Vincent Edwards at a cocktail party with film executives Howard W. Koch and Blake Edwards. (1966) — Photo by G. K. Austin, Burbank, CA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Richard_Chamberlain_and_Vincent_Edwards_1966.jpg/1280px-Richard_Chamberlain_and_Vincent_Edwards_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1990: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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