Jack Chertok was an American film

Film producer

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 and television producer

Television producer

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 perhaps best known to modern viewers as producer for the 182 black and white episodes of The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....

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Career

Born in Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, Chertok began his career in the mid-1930's, when he began producing a wide variety of film shorts for MGM, including comedies, documentaries and crime dramas

Police procedural

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. His comedy short How to Sleep

How to Sleep

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, starring Robert Benchley

Robert Benchley

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, won the 1935 Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Comedy

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...

. He was the producer for many short films in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series and produced many of the Our Gang

Our Gang

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shorts after MGM took over that series from Hal Roach

Hal Roach

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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

Sky King

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, Steve Donovan, Western Marshal

Steve Donovan, Western Marshal

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, Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

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on the DuMont Television Network

DuMont Television Network

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, and The Lawless Years

The Lawless Years

The Lawless Years is the first television crime drama set during the Roaring 20s, having predated ABC's far more successful The Untouchables with Robert Stack by six months. The 47-episode half-hour series aired nonconsecutively on NBC from April 16 to August 27, 1959, from October 1, 1959, to...

. He was executive producer for the television series Private Secretary

Private Secretary (TV series)

Private Secretary is an American sitcom that aired from February 1, 1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack Benny Program on Sundays at 7:30pm EST...

(1953-57), Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955), Johnny Midnight

Johnny Midnight (TV series)

Johnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndicated from January to December 1960. The series stars Edmond O'Brien as the title character.-Synopsis:...

, My Favorite Martian

My Favorite Martian

My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to May 1, 1966 for 107 episodes...

(1963-66), and My Living Doll

My Living Doll

My Living Doll is an American science fiction sitcom that aired for 26 episodes on CBS from September 27, 1964 to September 8, 1965. This series was produced by Jack Chertok and was filmed at Desilu studios by Jack Chertok Television, Inc., in association with the CBS Television Network...

(1964-65).

Awards

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film
1936	Academy Award	Won	Best Short Subject, Comedy Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...	How to Sleep

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