Howard Storm

Howard Storm was an American actor, comedian, writer and director. Born Howard Sobel in New York City in 1931, he started out in stand-up, traveling as Andy Williams's comedian, playing Las Vegas and appearing 14 times on The Merv Griffin Show, and his father had been a burlesque comic. He wrote scripts with the attorney Paul Lichtman for The Partridge Family and Bob Newhart's program, and he acted in such series as The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Rhoda and Sanford and Son. Starting in 1975 he directed episodes of Laverne and Shirley, Busting Loose, Joanie Loves Chachi, Mork and Mindy, Taxi, The Redd Foxx Show, Full House, ALF and Head of the Class. He also assisted Woody Allen on Bananas and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask). His sole feature as director was Once Bitten in 1985, with Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey, and he died in 2026.