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Edwin Newman Biography (1919-)

Full name, Edwin Harold Newman; born January 25, 1919, in 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 Plaza, New York, NY 10020.

By the time Edwin Newman retired from regular appearances on NBC television,his reporting career had 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 Reporting, 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, Speaking 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, New York City, 1961-83.
• narrator, Actuality Specials, NBC, 1962.
• drama critic, WNBC-TV, New York City, 1965-71.
• critic-at-large, New York City, 1967-83.
• Credits; SPECIALS
• Moderator of the first Ford-Carter Television Debate, 1976.
• Japan: East Is West, 1961.
• Orient Express, 1964.
• Who Shall Live?, 1965.
• Pensions: The Broken Promise, 1972.
• Violence in America, 1977.
• I Want It All Now, 1978.
• Spying for Uncle Sam, 1978.
• Oil and American Power, 1979.
• The Billionaire Hunts, 1981.
• Kids, Drugs, and Alcohol, 1983.
• Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC.
• Writings;FICTION
• Sunday Punch (novel), Houghton, 1979.
• Writings;NONFICTION
• (Contributor) Memo to JFK, Putnam, 1961.
• (contributor) The Best of Emphasis (anthology), Newman Press, 1962.
• Strictly Speaking: Will America 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 Civil Tongue, Warner Paperback, 1980.
• Writings;PERIODICALS
• Contributor of articles to British and American periodicals, including Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Punch, Progressive, and Listener.