Overview
- Howard Storm, who died Tuesday, May 26, 2026, was 94 and passed of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home, his son Anthony told multiple outlets.
- Storm directed a prolific run of network sitcoms, most notably 59 episodes of Mork & Mindy including the one-hour pilot, and also worked on Rhoda, Laverne & Shirley, Valerie and Full House.
- He began as a stand-up comic, worked in Lucille Ball’s Desilu Workshop, and learned filmmaking while assisting Woody Allen on films such as Bananas and Take the Money and Run.
- Storm directed the 1985 feature Once Bitten, which gave Jim Carrey his first lead role, and he wrote for shows including The Partridge Family and The Bob Newhart Show.
- He served on DGA negotiating committees and chaired the DGA Awards from 1996 to 2012; survivors include sons Anthony and Casey, daughter-in-law Julia and grandsons Leo and Sidney, and his wife Patricia Ridgely died in January.