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Seymour Friedman (1917–2003)

Production Manager | Miscellaneous Crew | Director

Born in Detroit, Cambridge-educated Seymour Friedman entered films in 1937 as an assistant editor, eventually graduating to assistant director. After WW II service, he returned to the film industry as a director, mainly of routine, low-budget action films, many for Columbia Pictures, debuting with Trapped by Boston Blackie... See full bio »

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in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:

(age 85) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1974 QB VII (TV mini-series) (production manager - 2 episodes)
– Part Three (1974) (production manager)
– Part One & Two (1974) (production manager)
 
1966 Love on a Rooftop (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– Pilot (1966) (production supervisor)
 
1966 Scalplock (TV movie) (production supervisor)
 
1965-1966 I Dream of Jeannie (TV series) (production supervisor - 26 episodes)
– My Master, the Great Rembrandt (1966) (production supervisor)
– Bigger Than a Bread Box and Better Than a Genie (1966) (production supervisor)
– Permanent House Guest (1966) (production supervisor)
– Watch the Birdie (1966) (production supervisor)
– How Lucky Can You Get? (1966) (production supervisor)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1958-1966 The Donna Reed Show (TV series) (production supervisor - 196 episodes)
– By-Line--Jeff Stone (1966) (production supervisor)
– What Price Home? (1966) (production supervisor)
– So You Really Think You're Young at Heart? (1966) (production supervisor)
– No More Parties - Almost (1966) (production supervisor)
– Is There a Small Hotel? (1966) (production supervisor)
See all 196 episodes »
 
1965-1966 Gidget (TV series) (production supervisor - 25 episodes)
– Independence: Gidget Style (1966) (production supervisor)
– Love and the Single Gidget (1966) (production supervisor)
– Operation Shaggy Dog (1966) (production supervisor)
– We Got Each Other (1966) (production supervisor)
– In and Out with the In-Laws (1966) (production supervisor)
See all 25 episodes »
 
1961-1966 Hazel (TV series) (production supervisor - 150 episodes)
– Hazel's Free Enterprise (1966) (production supervisor)
– Who Can Afford a Bargain? (1966) (production supervisor)
– But Is It Art? (1966) (production supervisor)
– Please Don't Shout (1966) (production supervisor)
– My Son, the Sheepdog (1966) (production supervisor)
See all 150 episodes »
 
1964-1966 Bewitched (TV series) (production supervisor - 60 episodes)
– Samantha the Dressmaker (1966) (production supervisor)
– Double Tate (1966) (production supervisor)
– The Dancing Bear (1966) (production supervisor)
– Fastest Gun on Madison Avenue (1966) (production supervisor)
– Samantha Meets the Folks (1966) (production supervisor)
See all 60 episodes »
 
1963-1966 The Farmer's Daughter (TV series) (production supervisor - 45 episodes)
– Moe Hill and the Mountains (1966) (production supervisor)
– To Have and to Hold (1965) (production supervisor)
– Sleeping Beauty Revisited (1965) (production supervisor)
– Stag at Bay (1965) (production supervisor)
– Why Wait Till November (1965) (production supervisor)
See all 45 episodes »
 
1965 The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– The Day the Crew Paced the Deck (1965) (production supervisor)
 
1965 Camp Runamuck (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– Fraternize (1965) (production supervisor)
 
1964 Grindl (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– The Moon Killer (1964) (production supervisor)
 
1964 Archie (TV movie) (production supervisor)
 
1959-1963 Dennis the Menace (TV series) (production supervisor - 146 episodes)
– Aunt Emma Visits the Wilsons (1963) (production supervisor)
– A Man Among Men (1963) (production supervisor)
– First Editions (1963) (production supervisor)
– Listen to the Mockingbird (1963) (production supervisor)
– The Lucky Rabbit's Foot (1963) (production supervisor)
See all 146 episodes »
 
1963 The Plot Thickens (TV movie) (production supervisor)
 
1962 Our Man Higgins (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– It's Higgins, Sir (1962) (production supervisor)
 
1962 Belle Sommers (TV movie) (production supervisor)
 
1961 The Hathaways (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– Love They Neighbor (1961) (production supervisor)
 
1960 Alcoa Theatre (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– 333 Montgomery Street (1960) (production supervisor)
 
1958-1960 Father Knows Best (TV series) (production supervisor - 22 episodes)
– Not His Type (1960) (production supervisor)
– Bud Lives It Up (1960) (production supervisor)
– Betty's Career Problem (1960) (production supervisor)
– Blind Date (1960) (production supervisor)
– Love and Learn (1960) (production supervisor)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1958 Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– Edge of Danger (1958) (production supervisor)
 
1956 Circus Boy (TV series) (production supervisor - 1 episode)
– The Little Fugitive (1956) (production supervisor)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (13 titles)
1988 Intrigue (TV movie) (executive production consultant)
 
1988 The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (TV movie) (executive production consultant)
 
1954-1960 Father Knows Best (TV series) (production assistant - 112 episodes)
– Adopted Daughter (1960) (production assistant)
– Togetherness (1960) (production assistant)
– Betty's Double (1960) (production assistant)
– Good Joke on Mom (1959) (production assistant)
– Turn the Other Cheek (1959) (production assistant)
See all 112 episodes »
 
1958-1960 The Donna Reed Show (TV series) (production assistant - 48 episodes)
– Just a Housewife (1960) (production assistant)
– All Mothers Worry (1959) (production assistant)
– Flowers for the Teacher (1959) (production assistant)
– Nothing Like a Good Book (1959) (production assistant)
– The Neighborly Gesture (1959) (production assistant)
See all 48 episodes »
 
1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV series) (production assistant - 1 episode)
– The Golden Shanty (1959) (production assistant)
 
1959 The Fat Man: The Thirty-Two Friends of Gina Lardelli (TV movie) (production assistant)
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series) (production assistant - 2 episodes)
– Mother Goose (1958) (production assistant)
– The Sleeping Beauty (1958) (production assistant)
 
1958 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series) (production assistant - 1 episode)
– Pilot (1958) (production assistant)
 
1958 Tales of Frankenstein (TV short) (production assistant)
 
1957 Casey Jones (TV series) (production assistant - 11 episodes)
– Layover at Jamestown (1957) (production assistant)
– Run to Deadwood (1957) (production assistant)
– The Old Timer (1957) (production assistant)
– Satan's Wail (1957) (production assistant)
– Prison Train (1957) (production assistant)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1957 Tales of the Texas Rangers (TV series) (production assistant - 2 episodes)
– Trail Herd (1957) (production assistant)
– A Texas Million (1957) (production assistant)
 
1956-1957 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series) (production assistant - 11 episodes)
– The Last Navajo (1957) (production assistant)
– The Courtship of Marshal Higgins (1957) (production assistant)
– Higgins' Last Stand (1957) (production assistant)
– Presidental Citation (1956) (production assistant)
– The Lost Puppy (1956) (production assistant)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1956-1957 Circus Boy (TV series) (production assistant - 33 episodes)
– Little Vagabond (1957) (production assistant)
– The Gentle Giant (1957) (production assistant)
– The Fortune Teller (1957) (production assistant)
– Hortense the Hippo (1957) (production assistant)
– The Swamp Man (1957) (production assistant)
See all 33 episodes »
 
Show ShowDirector (25 titles)
1956 Secret of Treasure Mountain
 
1954-1955 The Adventures of Falcon (TV series)
– The Wheel of Fortune (1955)
– Out of All Evil (1954)
 
1955 African Manhunt
 
1954-1955 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
– Pursuit (1955)
– The Stamp Story (1955)
– The Werewolf Story (1954)
– Plantation Story
– The Carlsbad Big Lie Story
See all 6 episodes »
 
1954 Khyber Patrol
 
1953 The Saint's Girl Friday
 
1953 Flame of Calcutta
 
1952 I'll Get You
 
1952 Loan Shark
 
1951 The Son of Dr. Jekyll
 
1951 Criminal Lawyer
 
1951 Her First Romance
 
1951 The Big Truth (short)
 
1950 Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
 
1950 Rookie Fireman
 
1950 Customs Agent
 
1949 Bodyhold
 
1949 Chinatown at Midnight
 
1949 Rusty's Birthday
 
1949 Prison Warden
 
1949 The Devil's Henchman
 
1949 The Crime Doctor's Diary
 
1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
 
1949 Rusty Saves a Life
 
1948 Trapped by Boston Blackie
 
1956 The Eddy Duchin Story (assistant director)
 
1948 To the Ends of the Earth (assistant director, second unit director: Egypt)
 
1947 Dead Reckoning (assistant director)
 
1946 Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1946 Blondie Knows Best (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1946 The Man Who Dared (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1942 Underground Agent (assistant director)
 
1942 Stand By All Networks (assistant director)
 
1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1942 Sabotage Squad (assistant director)
 
1942 Atlantic Convoy (assistant director)
 
1942 Submarine Raider (assistant director)
 
1942 Not a Ladies' Man (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1942 Canal Zone (assistant director)
 
1941 The Blonde from Singapore (assistant director)
 
1941 Sweetheart of the Campus (assistant director)
 
1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes (assistant director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1967 The Flying Nun (TV series)
– If You Want to Fly, Keep Your Cornette Dry (1967) (written by)
 
1960-1963 The Donna Reed Show (TV series)
– Where the Stones Are (1963) (written by)
– Donna Decorates (1960) (written by)
 
1962 Shannon (TV series)
– Delayed Delivery (1962) (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1958 Ivanhoe (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Freeing the Serfs (1958) (producer)
 
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Died after returning from giving his maid a lift home. He drove into the driveway of his West Los Angeles home, put his car in park and suddenly died of a heart attack behind the steering wheel. See more »

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