Ed Friendly
CountryUnited States 
GenderMale
BirthdayApr 8, 1922
Death2007-06-17
BiographyEdwin Samson Friendly Jr. (April 8, 1922 – June 17, 2007) 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 briefly moving to Barry & Enright Productions in 1953, and then 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 second production company George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions with George Schlatter, and then his third own production company, Ed Friendly Productions, Inc. after Schlatter and Friendly broke their partnership in 1972. He received the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1975 for Little House on the Prairie 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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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 briefly moving to Barry & Enright Productions in 1953, and then 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 second production company George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions with George Schlatter, and then his third own production company, Ed Friendly Productions, Inc. after Schlatter and Friendly broke their partnership in 1972. He received the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1975 for Little House on the Prairie 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.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Ed Friendly. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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