Hy Gardner (December 2, 1908 – June 17, 1989) was an American entertainment reporter and syndicated columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, host of Hy Gardner Calling, The Hy Gardner Show, and Celebrity Party, and an original celebrity panelist on the first incarnation of To Tell the Truth, along with Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Kitty Carlisle and host Bud Collyer.

He had wanted to be a columnist for entertainment news as a young boy, and in 1951 he was hired by the New York Herald Tribune where he continued until 1966 when the paper closed.

At that time, Gardner was the interviewer of the guests on Spike Jones's short-lived Club Oasis comedy/variety show on NBC.

The Herald Tribune folded in 1966, and Hy and Marilyn Gardner moved from New York City to Miami.

The Hy Gardner Show continued on television, and Celebrity Party debuted on radio and was syndicated.