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Ed Friendly

Ed Friendly

Actor, Producer, Other Crew

Born April 8, 1922 in New York City, New York

Died June 17, 2007

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Edwin "Ed" Samson Friendly Jr. was an American television producer. He was responsible for creating the television programs Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Little House on the Prairie, and Backstairs at the White House.

Born in New York City, Ed Friendly served with the United States Army in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. After the war, he worked at the advertising agency of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn. He began his television career in 1949, working for ABC as director of sales before moving to CBS as a contract producer and then, in 1959, to NBC as vice president of special programs.

Friendly moved to California in 1967 and formed his own production company, Ed Friendly Productions, Inc. He received the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1975 for Little House on the Prairie[4] and in 1978 for Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion, an adaptation of the 1972 children's novel San Domingo, the Medicine Hat Stallion by Marguerite Henry.

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Filmography

Actor

4

Type

Year

The Essex Warriors Feature Film2019

The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Poster

The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special2007

A Child of the Sixties Documentary1969

The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards TV Special1968

Producer

19

Type

Year

Little House on the Prairie Poster

Little House on the Prairie Mini-Series2005

The Ladies Poster

The Ladies TV Movie1987

Little House: Bless All the Dear Children Poster

Little House: Bless All the Dear Children TV Movie1984

Little House: The Last Farewell Poster

Little House: The Last Farewell TV Movie1984

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday Poster

Little House: Look Back to Yesterday TV Movie1983

Judgment Day TV Movie1981

Backstairs at the White House Poster

Backstairs at the White House Mini-Series1979

The Flame Is Love Poster

The Flame Is Love TV Movie1979

The Young Pioneers Poster

The Young Pioneers TV Series1978

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion Poster

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion TV Movie1977

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? Poster

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? TV Special1977

Young Pioneers Poster

Young Pioneers TV Movie1976

Young Pioneers' Christmas Poster

Young Pioneers' Christmas TV Movie1976

Little House on the Prairie Poster

Little House on the Prairie TV Series1974

Turn-on TV Series1969

Soul TV Movie1968

TCB TV Special1968

The Legend of Robin Hood Poster

The Legend of Robin Hood TV Series1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV Series1967

Other Crew

1

The Young Pioneers Poster

The Young Pioneers TV Series1978

Writer

1

The Ladies Poster

The Ladies TV Movie1987

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