TV producer Sydney Newman

Sydney Newman

Living place: Toronto

Birthday: 1-4-1917

Global rank: #27934

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TV producer Sydney Newman profile

Who is TV producer Sydney Newman?
Canadian-born television producer and writer who played key roles in The Avengers and Doctor Who, both legendary British television series.
He was credited with writing five episodes of Doctor Who between 1968 and 1988.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He intended to make a living as a photographer and artist in the late 1930s.

Family life info

He had three daughters with Elizabeth McRae and was related to Marion McDougall until his death.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling TV producer Sydney Newman?
He helped launch the 1960 series The Avengers which served as the basis for the 1998 film starring Uma Thurman.

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When was TV producer Sydney Newman born?
Sydney Newman was born in 1-4-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is TV producer Sydney Newman's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Sydney Newman was born in Toronto, of Canada. is a TV producer, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Sydney Newman's global rank is 27934 and whose rank is 36 in list of famous TV producer.
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Events in 1917 and 1-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Sydney Newman

  • First U.S. combat troops arrive in France as U.S. declares war on Germany (April 6). Background: World War I
  • Third Battle of Ypres is fought. Background: World War I
  • World-wide influenza pandemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone, 500,000 perish. Background: Major U.S. Epidemics
  • Dutch dancer Mata Hari is convicted and executed as a German spy.
  • Government offices are seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace is stormed in Russian October Revolution.

Birthday Sydney Newman (1-4) in history

  • Day 1-4 year 1789: Mr Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was elected the first Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  • Day 1-4 year 1933: The Nazi persecution of Jews began in Germany with a boycott of Jewish businesses.
  • Day 1-4 year 1945: American forces landed on Okinawa during World War II.
  • Day 1-4 year 1960: The first U.S. weather satellite, TIROS-1, was launched from Cape Canaveral.
  • Day 1-4 year 1970: President Nixon signed a bill into law banning cigarette ads from radio and television.
  • Day 1-4 year 1976: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer.
  • Day 1-4 year 1979: Ayatollah Khomeini proclaimed the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  • Day 1-4 year 2001: Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic arrested on corruption charges.
  • Day 1-4 year 2003: Pvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued by U.S. commandos in a raid on an Iraqi hospital.
  • Day 1-4 year 2004: President Bush signed the "Laci Peterson" bill making it a separate federal crime to harm a fetus during an attack on the mother.
  • Day 1-4 year 2009: Sweden becomes the fifth European country to legalize same-sex marriage. The other countries with the same rights are The Netherlands, Norway, Belgium and Spain.
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