- Jack Chertok
Jack Chertok (
July 13 ,1906 ,Atlanta, Georgia -June 14 ,1995 ,Los Angeles ) was a film and television producer, perhaps best known to modern viewers as producer for the 182 black and white episodes of "The Lone Ranger " and as executive producer of the series "My Favorite Martian ".Beginning in the mid-1930's he produced a wide variety of film shorts for
MGM , includingcomedies ,documentaries and crimedramas . His comedy short "How to Sleep ", starringRobert Benchley , won the 1935Academy Award for Short Subjects, comedy. He was the producer for many short films in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay " series and produced many of the "Our Gang " shorts afterMGM took over that series fromHal Roach .In 1949, Chertok made the move to television, producing 182 episodes for "The Lone Ranger" television series. He is also credited as a producer for other series such as "
Sky King ", "Cavalcade of America " on theDuMont Television Network , and "The Lawless Years ".He was executive producer for the television series "Private Secretary" (1953-57), "Steve Donovan, Western Marshal" (1955), "My Favorite Martian" (1963-66), and "
My Living Doll " (1964-65).Jack Chertok died in
Los Angeles, California , onJune 14 ,1995 .External links
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