Cy Chermak

Cy Chermak (photo courtesy of Chermak family)

Cy Chermak was an executive producer for "CHiPs" starting with "Rustling" and continuing through the rest of Season 1.

Cy has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy awards for his work on Ironside. In 1999, he was nominated for a Humanitas Prize for Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples for the segment "Aart and Johtje Vos". His segment "The Marie Taquet Story" was also nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award.

Cy Chermak married Francine Carroll (formerly Francine Epstein) on July 7, 1955. They had three daughters including Bonnie J. Chermak. According to the LA Times of November 15, 2007, Francine died on November 9th, at age 83.

Cy died of natural causes on January 29, 2021 in Oahu, Hawaii at age 91.

Credits

Producer

• "CHiPs" (TV-1977-1983) executive producer
• Murder at the World Series (TV-1977) producer
• Barbary Coast (TV-1975) executive producer
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker - (TV-1974-1975) executive producer / producer
• Ironside (TV-1968-1972) executive producer
• Ironside (TV-1967-1968) producer
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV-1969) producer
• The Virginian - "To Bear Witness" (TV-1967) producer
• The Virginian - "Lady of the House" (TV-1967) producer
• The Virginian - "You Take the High Road" (TV-1965) producer
• The Virginian - "The Payment" (TV-1964) producer
• The Virginian - "Another's Footsteps" (TV-1964) producer
• Convoy - "Sink U-116!" (TV-1965) producer
• Convoy - "Lady on the Rock" (TV-1965) producer
• Convoy - "The Many Colors of Courage" (TV-1965) producer
• Convoy - "Flight from Norway" (TV-1965) producer

Writer

• Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples - "Aart and Johtje Vos" and "Marie Taquet" (TV-1998) screenplay
• Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples - "Marie Taquet" (TV-1998) story
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - "The Wounded" (TV-1991)
• Murder at the World Series (TV-1977)
• Barbary Coast (TV-1975)
• Ironside - "In the Forests of the Night" (TV-1973)
• The Virginian - "Hideout" (TV-1965) teleplay
• The Virginian - "Smile of a Dragon" (TV-1964) teleplay
• Bonanza - "Twilight Town" (TV-1963)
• The Dakotas - "Sanctuary at Crystal Springs" (TV-1963)
• The Dakotas - "Reformation at Big Nose Butte" (TV-1963)
• The Dakotas - "Crisis at High Banjo" (TV-1963)
• The Dakotas - "Return to Drydock" (TV-1963)
• Bronco - "Trail of Hatred" (TV-1962)
• Bronco - "The Treasure of the Brasada" (TV-????)
• Cheyenne - "Winchester Quarantine" (TV-1961)
• Acapulco - "Carbon Copy Cat" (TV-1961)
• Acapulco - "Bell's Half Acre" (TV-1961)
• Rescue 8 - "Quicksand" (TV-1960)
• Rescue 8 - "Lifeline" (TV-1960)
• Rescue 8 - "Ten Minutes to Doomsday" (TV-1960)
• Rescue 8 - "High Explosive" (TV-1960)
• Rescue 8 - "The Collision" (TV-1959)
• Rescue 8 - "Pitfall" (TV-1959)
• Rescue 8 - "Dangerous Salvage" (TV-1959)
• Rescue 8 - "High Pressure" (TV-1959)
• Rescue 8 - "Walking Death" (TV-1959)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive - "Twelve Hours to Crazy Horse" (TV-1959)
• 4D Man (1959) screenplay
• Front Row Center - "Instant of Truth" (TV-1956)
• Inside Detective - "Murder in Advance" (TV-1954)
• Kraft Television Theatre (TV-1947)

Story Editor

• The Virginian - "Legend for a Lawman" (TV-1965)
• The Virginian - "Shadows of the Past" (TV-1965)
• The Virginian - "Six Graves at Cripple Creek" (TV-1965)
• The Virginian - "A Man Called Kane" (TV-1964)
• The Virginian - "Dark Destiny" (TV-1964)
• The Virginian - "The Secret of Brynmar Hall" (TV-1964)
• The Virginian - "Rope of Lies" (TV-1964)
• The Virginian - "Siege" (TV-1963)
• The Virginian - "A Time Remembered" (TV-1963)
• The Virginian - "The Fatal Journey" (TV-1963)
• The Virginian - "Stopover in a Western Town" (TV-1963)
• The Virginian - "Run Quiet" (TV-1963)
• The Virginian - "Brother Thaddeus" (TV-1963)
• The Virginian - "The Evil That Men Do" (TV-1963)

External links

• Cy Chermak at the Internet Movie Database
• Obituary in Variety