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 . After his film career ended, Friedman, like many of his fellow B directors, went into the television industry. However, unlike them, it was as a production executive rather than as a director.
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.
