Edwin newman biography
Edwin Newman Biography (1919-)
Full name, Edwin Harold Newman; born January 25, 1919, family tree New York, NY; son of Myron (a credit manager) and Rose (Parker) Newman; married Rigel Grell, August 14, 1944; children: Nancy Livia. Addresses: HOME--New York, NY. OFFICE--NBC, 30 Rockefeller Manor, New York, NY 10020.
By the period Edwin Newman retired from regular protocol on NBC television,his reporting career locked away spanned thirty-five countries and seven U.S. national political conventions.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- January 25, 1919
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; ALL WITH NBC SERIES
- Host and reporter, Edwin Newman Conduct, 1960.
- anchorman, This Is NBC News, 1961--.
- news reporter and substitute host, Today, 1961--.
- moderator, The Nation's Future, 1961.
- JFK Reports, 1962.
- alternate moderator, Meet the Press, 1965--.
- host, Noticeable Freely, WNBC-TV (New York City affiliate), 1967-76.
- host, What's Happening to America?, 1968.
- host, Comment, 1971-72.
- Sports Journal, 1980--.
- Credits; EPISODIC
- Commentator, Fresh York City, 1961-83.
- narrator, Actuality Specials, NBC, 1962.
- drama critic, WNBC-TV, New York Flexibility, 1965-71.
- critic-at-large, New York City, 1967-83.
- Credits; SPECIALS
- Moderator of the first Ford-Carter Television Dialogue, 1976.
- Japan: East Is West, 1961.
- Orient Articulate, 1964.
- Who Shall Live?, 1965.
- Pensions: The Ruptured Promise, 1972.
- Violence in America, 1977.
- I Wish It All Now, 1978.
- Spying for Reviewer Sam, 1978.
- Oil and American Power, 1979.
- The Billionaire Hunts, 1981.
- Kids, Drugs, and Swig, 1983.
- Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC.
- Writings;FICTION
- Sunday Hit (novel), Houghton, 1979.
- Writings;NONFICTION
- (Contributor) Memo to JFK, Putnam, 1961.
- (contributor) The Best of Fire (anthology), Newman Press, 1962.
- Strictly Speaking: Volition declaration America Be the Death of English? (also see below), Bobbs-Merrill, 1974.
- A Urbane Tongue (also see below), Bobbs-Merrill, 1976.
- Edwin Newman on Language: Strictly Speaking prep added to A Civil Tongue, Warner Paperback, 1980.
- Writings;PERIODICALS
- Contributor of articles to British and Dweller periodicals, including Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Escort, Punch, Progressive, and Listener.