Howard Storm, ‘Mork & Mindy’ And ‘Valerie’ Director, Dies At 94

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentHoward Storm, ‘Mork & Mindy’ And ‘Valerie’ Director, Dies At 94ByTim Lammers, Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment.Follow AuthorMay 27, 2026, 12:05am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 03: DGA Chairman Howard Storm pose in the press room during the 59th annual Directors Guild Of America Awards held at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on February 3, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)Getty ImagesHoward Storm, a prolific television director who directed episodes for several classic sitcoms including Mork & Mindy, Rhoda, Laverne & Shirley, Valerie and Everybody Loves Raymond, has died. Howard Storm’s son, Anthony Storm, told The Hollywood Reporter that his father died on Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 94. ForbesTom Kane, ‘Star Wars’ And ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Voice Actor, Dies At 64By Tim LammersBorn Howard Sobel on Dec. 11, 1931, in New York City, Howard Storm began his career as a stand-up comic and earned his first credit as a screen actor in 1959 before transitioning to work as an actor and director in the mid-1970s. Before making his directorial debut on Season 2 of Valerie Harper’s Mary Tyler Moore spinoff series, Rhoda, in 1975-76, Storm appeared in guest roles in such series as The Untouchables and Love, American Style, The Don Rickles Show and The New Dick Van Dyke Show. MORE FOR YOUIn 1969, Storm played a supporting role in director Woody Allen’s classic crime caper Take the Money and Run, and worked on Allen behind the camera as a crew member on the filmmaker’s comedies Bananas (1971) and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (1972). ForbesDennis Locorriere, Dr. Hook Lead Singer, Dies At 76By Tim LammersWhile Storm continued to act, he shifted his emphasis to directing after helming six episodes of Rhoda. Storm directed more than four dozen screen projects from the mid-1970s through 1999, with the longest tenure coming on the Robin Williams and Pam Dawber sitcom Mork & Mindy. As such, Storm was a director or contributing director on 59 episodes during the first three seasons of Mork & Mindy, from 1978 to 1981. Note: This is a developing story. Please refresh this page for updates. Editorial StandardsReprints & PermissionsLOADING VIDEO PLAYER...FORBES’ FEATURED Video