Los Angeles (AP): Sandy Howard, a film and television producer whose credits include ``The Island of Dr. Moreau'' and the 1970s Western ``A Man Called Horse,'' has died. He was 80.

Howard died Friday at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's hospital in Woodland Hills from complications due to Alzheimer's disease, spokeswoman Jaime Larkin told The Associated Press.

Howard had been a resident of the hospital's Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Facility, Harry's Haven, for 10 years.

Born in the Bronx, New York, Howard started his career as a publicist for Broadway shows before directing TV's ``Howdy Doody'' children's show at age 19, according to the Motion Picture and Television Fund.

He went on to produce another children's show ``Captain Kangaroo,'' then became executive producer for ``The Barry Gray Radio Show'' from 1951 to 1958, the fund said.

In the '60s, Howard moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in film.

He produced dozens of movies, including '70s films ``Echoes of a Summer'' with Jodie Foster, ``The Island of Dr. Moreau'' starring Burt Lancaster and ``Meteor'' with Sean Connery.