Sandy Frank

Sandy Frank
Born	1928/1929 (age 87–88)
Occupation	Television producer
Known for	Founder of Sandy Frank Entertainment

Sandy Frank is an American television producer, distributor, and marketer of TV shows to US networks.

Frank started his career as a sales executive for Paramount Pictures, subsequently moving on to Guild Films, and NBC television. Later, he was Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales with the television division of the Wrather Corporation, which produced and distributed the Lassie and Lone Ranger TV programs.

In 1964, he opened his first company, Sandy Frank Program Sales Inc., and his first distribution successes were You Asked For It and Lassie (which he had acquired the rights for from the Wrather Corp.).

Among the programs Frank's company produced or distributed were Name that Tune (1974-1980), Face the Music (1980-1981), The New Treasure Hunt (1973-1977), The Bobby Vinton Show (1975-1978), Bill Cosby Show (1969-1971), The Dating Game (1973-1974), and Lee Mendelson's Superstar Specials.

Sandy Frank later produced and distributed Name That Tune and Battle of the Planets. Frank was also the leading distributor of travel adventure shows including America, High and Wild, Across the Seven Seas, The Traveler and American West

The company obtained rights and provided English dubbing for the entire line of Daiei monster films ca. 1966. However, due to the constraints of airing in the then-new UHF television "movie of the week" format, the English versions are substantially shortened from the Japanese originals. Many of these films have now lapsed to the public domain. The Sandy Frank dubs are considered an early part of the heritage of animated films from Japan that eventually led to the anime boom of the 2000s.

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