Who was Trip Friendly's father, producer of the 1974 Little House TV series?

Trip Friendly’s father, Ed Friendly, produced the original 1974 Little House on the Prairie television series.

Ed Friendly was an American television producer and executive whose work helped bring Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiographical book series to NBC. The original Little House on the Prairie premiered in 1974 and ran until 1983, becoming one of American television’s best-known family dramas.

Trip Friendly later became involved with the 2026 Netflix adaptation through Friendly Family Productions. That connection makes Ed Friendly’s role part of the new series’ family and production history: the younger Friendly is producing a new version of the material his father helped adapt for television decades earlier.

The other options are associated with the franchise but are not Trip’s father. Michael Landon starred as Charles Ingalls and was a major creative force on the original series. Victor French was an actor and director, while Roger Lea MacBride was Laura Ingalls Wilder’s literary heir and attorney. Ed Friendly is the specific producer and family connection the question asks for.