A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Edwin Samson Friendly, Jr.
Birthplace:
New York City, New York
Born:
April 8, 1922
Died:
June 17, 2007
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.
Associate Producer:
1983 Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
Executive Producer:
1974 Little House on the Prairie
1976 Young Pioneers
1977 The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1979 The Flame Is Love
1983 Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
1987 The Ladies
Producer:
1974 Little House on the Prairie
1976 Young Pioneers
1976 Young Pioneers' Christmas
1977 Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977 The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1979 The Flame Is Love
1983 Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
1987 The Ladies
Story:
1974 Little House on the Prairie
1976 Young Pioneers
1976 Young Pioneers' Christmas
1977 Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977 The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1979 The Flame Is Love
1983 Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
1987 The Ladies
Creator:
1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1974 Little House on the Prairie
Executive Producer:
1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1974 Little House on the Prairie
1979 Backstairs at the White House
Producer:
1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1969 Turn-On
1974 Little House on the Prairie
1979 Backstairs at the White House
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