- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- The Father of Syndicated Television
- Frederick W. Ziv was born on August 17, 1905 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a producer, known for Highway Patrol (1955), Boston Blackie (1951) and The Man Called X (1956). He died on October 13, 2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Ziv sold his company to United Artists in 1959 for $20 million. He later taught for 22 years at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music, which presents an award for broadcasting achievement in his name each year.
- By the 1950s, Ziv's company was the largest privately owned TV film firm in the industry, with nearly 2,000 employees worldwide.
- Children: son William; daughter Frederica.
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