Hy Averback (October 21, 1920 – October 14, 1997) was a director, producer, actor, and production manager.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Averback co-produced the popular 1960s sitcom F Troop and supplied the voice over the loudspeaker heard on the television series M*A*S*H.
Film credits include directing Chamber of Horrors (1966), Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968), and Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came (1969) as well as the reunion TV-movie The New Maverick (1978) with James Garner and Jack Kelly.
Averback died October 14, 1997 in Los Angeles, California after cardiac surgery.
He was the voice of the loudspeaker operator in "M*A*S*H" (1972). In one episode, he says "...and that's it from me, Hy Averback."
