Benedict Freedman(1919-2012)

Writer

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Benedict Freedman was born on 19 December 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Sabu and the Magic Ring (1957), Everything's Ducky (1961) and The Mickey Rooney Show (1954). He was married to Nancy Freedman. He died on 24 February 2012 in Corte Madera, California, USA.

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Known for

George Khoury, William Marshall, Daria Massey, and Sabu in Sabu and the Magic Ring (1957)

Sabu and the Magic Ring

5.5

Writer

1957

Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Elizabeth MacRae, and Joanie Sommers in Everything's Ducky (1961)

Everything's Ducky

4.4

Writer

1961

The Mickey Rooney Show (1954)

The Mickey Rooney Show

7.2

TV Series

Writer

Mickey Rooney and Robert Strauss in Le Kid atomique (1954)

Le Kid atomique

5.4

Writer

1954

Credits

Writer

Project Mathematics!
TV Mini Series
- Writer
- 1988–2000
Mon Martien favori
7.2
TV Series
- written by
- 1964–1965
Broadside
7.6
TV Series
- written by
- 1964
Margie
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- 1961–1962
Everything's Ducky
4.4
- written by
- 1961
Westinghouse Playhouse
8.2
TV Series
- writer
- 1961
The Ann Sothern Show
7.8
TV Series
- Writer (as Benedict Freeman)
- 1961
The Andy Griffith Show
8.4
TV Series
- written by
- 1961
Make Room for Daddy
7.1
TV Series
- written by
- 1961
Sunday Showcase
4.5
TV Series
- written by
- 1959
Sabu and the Magic Ring
5.5
- original screenplay
- 1957
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna
7.8
TV Series
- written by
- 1957
The Red Skelton Show
8.1
TV Series
- writer
- 1951–1956
Studio 57
7.0
TV Series
- teleplay
- 1956
The Charles Farrell Show
7.8
TV Series
- Writer
- 1956

Personal details

Alternative names
- Ben Freedman
Height
- 1.78 m
Born
- December 19, 1919
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- February 24, 2012
- Corte Madera, California, USA
Spouse
- Nancy FreedmanJune 29, 1941 - August 10, 2010 (her death, 3 children)
Other works
Novel: "Mrs. Mike" (filmed as Une femme dans le grand Nord (1949))
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Son of Rumanian-born David Freedman who was renowned as "Broadway's leading jokesmith" and the "czar of radio," a Broadway librettist and writer/producer of several radio shows, including the Eddie Cantor program; also grandson of Israel ("The Yankee") Freedman, drama critic and city editor of Yiddish newspapers in New York. Benedict's mother, Beatrice Goodman Freedman, was a Presbyterian missionary.

Nickname
- Ben

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