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A professor of the UCLA Motion Picture/Television Department for four decades, from 1951-1990. He helped establish the television curriculum, served as curator of the UCLA Television Archive, and taught broadcasting and production techniques while also creating, writing and directing television, radio and theater productions. He developed one of the first sports broadcasting training programs in any university, bringing famous sports personalities to UCLA. One of Professor Friedman's most important accomplishments was his 100-plus interviews with the pioneers of entertainment in the award winning program Turning Point as part of the UCLA Oral History Project. These interviews captured voices and experiences of legendary entertainers. As an actor, Art Friedman appeared on series television such as Mannix, Star Trek, Rich Man Poor Man, War and Remembrance, the television movie The Girl with the Gold Watch and Everything, as well as the motion picture Animal. He performed in countless theater productions around Los Angeles.
