Howard Snyder

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

{{about||the United States Army Medical Corps physician|Howard McCrum Snyder}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Howard Snyder

|birth_date = {{birth date|1909|05|24}}

|birth_place = New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1963|04|13|1909|05|24}}

|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|occupation = Screenwriter

|spouse = Leslie Snyder

}}

Howard Snyder (May 24, 1909 - April 13, 1963) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for Jack Benny's radio and television program The Jack Benny Program from 1936 to the early 1960s, often in partnership with Hugh Wedlock Jr., and also wrote for 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Universal and Paramount.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92248011/howard-snyder/|title=Howard Snyder|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=April 15, 1963|access-date=January 9, 2022|page=51|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SME8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA180|title=Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928-1962|page=180|first=Ryan|last=Ellett|publisher=McFarland|date=December 1, 2017|isbn=9781476665931|via=Google Books}} Snyder died in April 1963 in a traffic accident in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 53.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/04/16/archives/howard-snyder-a-writer-for-benny-dies-in-crash.html|title=Howard Snyder, a Writer For Benny, Dies in Crash|work=The New York Times|date=April 16, 1963|access-date=January 9, 2022}}