Howard Leeds was a Canadian-born writer and producer best known for his work on the classic television series The Brady Bunch, The Facts of Life, Diff’rent Strokes, and Silver Spoons.

Leeds was a sitcom veteran and in 1956 was an Emmy Award nominee, for comedy writing on The George Gobel Show.

Leeds also contributed to the series Meet Millie, The Red Skelton Hour, The Rosemary Clooney Show, How to Marry a Millionaire, McHale’s Navy, My Three Sons, Bewitched, That Girl, The Doris Day Show, Barney Miller, Small Wonder, and The Wonderful World of Disney.

He died February 11, 2017, in Los Angeles. He was 97.