Background
He was born in West Virginia. Strickling was in charge of the publicity surrounding Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer"s films, and the studio"s stars for what most film buffs consider the heyday of the company.
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He was also the voice-over announcer on several trailers for famous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films including Gone with the Wind, and all three theatrical releases of The Wizard of Oz (1939, 1949, and 1955). Strickling was also well known in Hollywood as one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer"s "fixer", along with studio vice-president, Eddie Mannix. Strickling and Mannix are the subject of East. J. Fleming"s book The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Publicity Machine (2004).
According to the book, Strickling and Mannix were responsible for covering up or working to tone down several scandals surrounding high profile Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talent.
Strickling retired in the 1960s. He died in Chino, California.
On July 16, 1982, aged 85. He was portrayed by actor Joe Spano in the 2006 film Hollywoodland, a semi-fictional account of the death of Superman star George Reeves.
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July 16, 1982 (aged 85)