Ed Friendly

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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.

Most Popular Ed Friendly Trailers

Total trailers found: 9

The Ladies Trailer (1987)

26 June 1987

Sentimental drama in which, following her divorce, a middle-aged woman (Patricia Elliott) moves in with her daughter (Talia Balsam).

Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion Trailer (1977)

06 November 1977

A teenage boy gets a job as a Pony Express rider in the Nebraska Territory not long before the Civil War breaks out.

The Flame Is Love Trailer (1979)

15 October 1979

In this melodrama from Barbara Cartland's 1975 bestseller, a turn-of-the-century American heiress, while en route to her betrothal to an English duke, encounters love and intrigue in the arms of a French journalist.

Little House: Bless All the Dear Children Trailer (1983)

17 December 1983

During preparation for Christmas baby Rose Wilder is kidnapped by the woman who recently lost her child.

Young Pioneers Trailer (1976)

01 March 1976

Pilot for TV series of the same name released in 1978. The film told the tale of Molly and David Beaton, two teenage newlyweds, homesteading in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s.

Young Pioneers' Christmas Trailer (1976)

17 December 1976

A young couple and their neighbors celebrate Christmas in 1874 on the Dakota prairie. Despite tragedy and an ongoing battle with the railway company, Christmas is a homespun and overly sentimental affair.

Little House on the Prairie Trailer (1974)

30 March 1974

The story of the Ingalls family who left their house in Wisconsin and moved to the west, wanting to find a new place for home.

Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas Trailer (2014)

04 November 2014

Celebrate the holidays with two classic "Little House" specials, restored and remastered for superior picture and sound.

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? Trailer (1977)

12 March 1977

A speculative look forward at the United States' next 200 years.