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name: "Hy Averback"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hy-averback"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "21 October 1920"
died: "14 October 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-16T16:42:45.646804+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."
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# Hy Averback

Director. Born 21 October 1920 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Died 14 October 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 21 October 1920, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- **Died:** 14 October 1997
- **Active:** 1971–1974
- **Works often with:** Bernard L. Kowalski, Charles S. Dubin, E.W. Swackhamer, Howard Berk, Jackie Cooper, Jeannot Szwarc

## Biography

Hy Averback was an American actor, producer and director. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he began in radio as an announcer before appearing as an actor in television series such as *Our Miss Brooks* and *I Love Lucy* in the 1950s.

He moved into directing in the late 1950s, helming episodes of *The Real McCoys*, *Columbo* (1971) and 20 episodes of *M*A*S*H* (1972–1982). He also supplied the voice of the loudspeaker announcer on *M*A*S*H* and co-produced the sitcom *F Troop*.

Averback received three Primetime Emmy nominations for directing. He died in Los Angeles, California, in 1997.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Also known for

- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Director
- *The Dukes of Hazzard* (1979), Director
- *McCloud* (1970), Director

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