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Ed Friendly
New York City, New York
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,…
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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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2014
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Movie Executive Producer
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1987
The Ladies
Movie Executive Producer
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1983
Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
Movie Associate Producer
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1979
The Flame Is Love
Movie Executive Producer
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1979
Backstairs at the White House
TV show Executive Producer
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1977
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Movie Producer
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1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Movie Executive Producer
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1976
Young Pioneers' Christmas
Movie Producer
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1976
Young Pioneers
Movie Executive Producer
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1974
Little House on the Prairie
TV show Producer
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1974
Little House on the Prairie
Movie Executive Producer
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1969
Turn-On
TV show Producer
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Creator
