Born in New York City, Louis Heyward was headed for a career as a
lawyer while at the same time moonlighting as a writer of scripts for
various radio series. After a six-year Air Force hitch, he landed a job
with the Associated Press but continued to dabble with radio scripts,
and later found an eight-year home as a comedy writer on daytime TV's
The Garry Moore Show (1950).
Other jobs in New York TV included writing comedy material and skits
for
The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952)
(the program was Emmy-nominated in 1956, the same year Heyward won the
Sylvania Award as its top comedy writer) and developing
The Dick Clark Show (1958).
Migrating to Hollywood, he held executive posts at 20th Century-Fox and
MCA before joining forces with American International Pictures, first
as a writer, then as director of motion picture and TV development and
ultimately as head of the company's London-based foreign arm. He later
became the vice-president of development at Barry & Enright, producers
of game shows, features and TV movies.
Tales of the Haunted(1981)
Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc.(1971)
The Crimson Cult(1968)
Witchfinder General(1968)
The Glass Sphinx(1967)
Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs(1966)as American General
Tic Tac Dough(1990)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again(1972)
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?(1972)
Murders in the Rue Morgue(1971)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes(1971)
C.H.O.M.P.S.(1979)
Legends of the Superheroes(1979)
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park(1978)
The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour(1978)
All-Star Comedy Ice Revue(1978)
Biography(1987)
Masters of Fantasy(1994)as Self
The Ghost of Peter Sellers(2018)as Self