Ronald I. Friedman, a television and film writer and producer known for his work on “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero,” the 1986 “The Transformers: The Movie” and “Marvel Action Hour,” died Sept. 15. He was 93.
Friedman died from cardiopulmonary arrest at Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland Hills.
Born in West Virginia in 1932, Friedman was raised in Pittsburgh, Penn. where he earned his B.A. in Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University.
As a member of the WGA, Friedman amassed over 700 hours of written content for primetime television with his work on shows such as “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Bewitched,” “Gilligan’s Island,” “The Odd Couple,” and “Happy Days.” As a writer, Friedman worked on various other projects like “My Favorite Martian,” “Get Smart,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,” “The Partridge Family,” “The Good Guys” and “That’s My Mama.”
In 1966, Friedman was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his written work on “The Danny Kaye Show,” and he would go on to write for television shows such as “Chico and the Man” “Starsky and Hutch,” “The Fall Guy” and “Fantasy Island.”
After writing on live-action series, Friedman went on to write on animated projects like 1990’s “G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero” and Marvel’s 1994 “Fantastic Four” series. Friedman also served as a writer for Marvel, working on the “Iron Man” animated series in 1994. He previously worked on Warner Bros. Animation’s animated sitcom “Taz-Mania,” with ran from 1991 to 1995.
Friedman is survived by his wife, Val.
