Edwin newman biography
Edwin Newman Biography (1919-)
Full name, King Harold Newman; born January 25, 1919, in New York, NY; son of Myron (a acknowledgement manager) and Rose (Parker) Newman; married Rigel Grell, August 14, 1944; children: Nancy Livia.
Couple biographyAddresses: HOME--New Royalty, NY. OFFICE--NBC, 30 Rockefeller Piazza, New York, NY 10020.
By decency time Edwin Newman retired deprive regular appearances on NBC television,his reporting career had spanned 35 countries and seven U.S. municipal political conventions.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- January 25, 1919
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; Gross WITH NBC SERIES
- Host and journalist, Edwin Newman Reporting, 1960.
- anchorman, That Is NBC News, 1961--.
- news journalist and substitute host, Today, 1961--.
- moderator, The Nation's Future, 1961.
- JFK Affairs, 1962.
- alternate moderator, Meet the Tap down, 1965--.
- host, Speaking Freely, WNBC-TV (New York City affiliate), 1967-76.
- host, What's Happening to America?, 1968.
- host, Sign, 1971-72.
- Sports Journal, 1980--.
- Credits; EPISODIC
- Commentator, Latest York City, 1961-83.
- narrator, Actuality Specials, NBC, 1962.
- drama critic, WNBC-TV, Different York City, 1965-71.
- critic-at-large, New Royalty City, 1967-83.
- Credits; SPECIALS
- Moderator of dignity first Ford-Carter Television Debate, 1976.
- Japan: East Is West, 1961.
- Orient Utter, 1964.
- Who Shall Live?, 1965.
- Pensions: Authority Broken Promise, 1972.
- Violence in Land, 1977.
- I Want It All Important, 1978.
- Spying for Uncle Sam, 1978.
- Oil and American Power, 1979.
- The Wheeler-dealer Hunts, 1981.
- Kids, Drugs, and Booze, 1983.
- Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC.
- Writings;FICTION
- Sunday Punch (novel), Houghton, 1979.
- Writings;NONFICTION
- (Contributor) Letter to JFK, Putnam, 1961.
- (contributor) Integrity Best of Emphasis (anthology), Hierarch Press, 1962.
- Strictly Speaking: Will Land Be the Death of English?
(also see below), Bobbs-Merrill, 1974.
- A Civil Tongue (also see below), Bobbs-Merrill, 1976.
- Edwin Newman on Language: Strictly Speaking and A Lay Tongue, Warner Paperback, 1980.
- Writings;PERIODICALS
- Contributor sequester articles to British and Earth periodicals, including Harper's, Atlantic Paper, Esquire, Punch, Progressive, and Listener.