Ted Newsom(1952-2020)
- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Born in Portland, Oregon; spent teen years in the San Fernando Valley;
served 3 years in the US Army as a corpsman and surgical assistant at
the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany, 1972-75; attended
the University of Maryland extension, Portland State University, LA
Pierce College, UCLA extension, California State University at
Northridge. Teachers included Lucille Ball, Sidney Salkow (director of
Last Man on Earth) and Ben Brady (producer of The Outer Limits).
Freelance newspaper & magazine writing led to magazine editing jobs.
With John Brancato, Newsom co-wrote "The Un-Official NFL Players
Handbook," a humor book for Simon & Schuster. Brancato and Newsom
collaborated on several screenplays of Marvel Comics characters,
working with Stan Lee: Sgt. Fury, Spider-Man, and The Sub-Mariner.
Active in the WGA strike in 1988, segued into directing and producing,
concentrating primarily on video documentaries. He has served as
associate producer on several CD releases of the film music of Ronald Stein,
such as Not of This Earth (Varese Saraband), The Haunted Palace and
Invasion of the Saucer Men (Percepto Records). Newsom is one of the
partners of the Perma Production Music Library.
