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David Friedman (actor)
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David Friedman is an American child actor
from the 1980s.
Friedman is known for his role as Jason Carter in the Michael Landon
TV series Little House on the Prairie
. He retired from Hollywood at the age of 12, went to college in the San Diego area and eventually became a marketing consultant.
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
from the 1980s.
Friedman is known for his role as Jason Carter in the Michael Landon
Michael Landon
Michael Landon was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. He is widely known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza , Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie , and Jonathan Smith in Highway to Heaven...
TV series Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
. He retired from Hollywood at the age of 12, went to college in the San Diego area and eventually became a marketing consultant.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1982 | A Wedding on Walton's Mountain | John Curtis | (TV) |
| CHiPs CHiPs CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol... |
Butchy | (TV) Episode: "Ice Cream Man" |
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| Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain | John-Curtis Willard | (TV) | |
| Young Doctors in Love Young Doctors in Love Young Doctors in Love is a 1982 comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. Similar in tone to the Airplane! movies, it spoofs a variety of medical shows .... |
Young Simon | ||
| A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain | John-Curtis Willard | (TV) | |
| 1982–1983 | Little House on the Prairie Little House on the Prairie (TV series) Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books... |
Jason Carter | (TV) 18 Episodes Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Drama Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... (1982, 1983) |
| 1983 | Little House: Look Back to Yesterday | Jason Carter | (TV) |
| Little House: Bless All the Dear Children | Jason Carter | (TV) | |
| 1984 | Little House: The Last Farewell | Jason Carter | (TV) |
| Mama's Family Mama's Family Mama's Family is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 22, 1983. It was cancelled in May 1984, but NBC would continue to air reruns until September 1985. In September 1986, Mama's Family returned in first-run syndication, where it aired for an additional four seasons,... |
Little Vint Harper | (TV) Episode: "Mama's Birthday" Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Guest in a Television Series Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist... |
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| The Burning Bed The Burning Bed The Burning Bed is a non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about battered Dansville, Michigan, housewife Francine Hughes. It was adapted to a film with screenplay by Rose Leiman Goldemberg. After thirteen years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, James Berlin Hughes, she set fire to the... |
Jimmy, Age 10 | (TV) | |
| 1985 | Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :... |
Kevin | (TV) Episode: "Popcorn, Peanuts and CrackerJacks" |
| 1986 | Mr. Belvedere Mr. Belvedere Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty... |
Dennis | (TV) Episode: "Wesley's Friend" |
| Amazing Stories Amazing Stories (TV series) Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987, and was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes... |
Johnathan, age 12 | (TV) Episode: "Gather Ye Acorns" |
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| St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series is set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood... |
Terence O'Casey, age 10 | (TV) Episode: "Time Heals: Part 2" |
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| 1997 | Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me | Himself | DVD Interview |