Howard Gottfried

{{short description|American film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Howard Gottfried | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = November 13, 1923 | birth_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|8|1923|11|13}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = New York University | employer = | occupation = Film producer | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = Mary Lynn Gottfried | children = 2 daughters | parents = Louis Gottfried<br/>Fanny Gottfried | relatives = }}

'''Howard Kenneth Gottfried''' (November 13, 1923 – December 8, 2017) was an American film producer. He produced many films, including ''The Hospital'', ''Network'', ''Torch Song Trilogy,'' and ''Suburban Commando''.<ref name="sfchronicleobit">{{cite news|last1=Itzkoff|first1=Dave|title=Howard Gottfried, producer of Oscar-winning 'Network,' dies|url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Howard-Gottfried-producer-of-Oscar-winning-12435186.php|accessdate=December 18, 2017|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=December 15, 2017}}</ref>

Gottfried served in the U.S. Army during World War II.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041322/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/obituaries/howard-gottfried-94-producer-of-network-is-dead.html Howard Gottfried, 94, Producer of ‘Network,’ Is Dead] ''The New York Times'' via Internet Archive. Retrieved June 16, 2022.</ref> He was raised in the Bronx and graduated from City College of New York and the New York University School of Law. He began practicing law in New York and produced off-Broadway theater in his spare time.<ref name="Mike Barnes">{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Howard Gottfried, Producer on 'Network' and 'Altered States,' Dies at 94 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/howard-gottfried-dead-network-altered-states-producer-was-94-1066772 |accessdate=11 March 2019 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |date=December 12, 2017}}</ref>

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