Ted Berkman

Ted Berkman (January 9, 1914 – May 12, 2006) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist best known for writing the screenplay for Bedtime for Bonzo.

Early life and career

He was born Edward Oscar Berkmann in

on foreign affairs and appeared regularly on television programs.

Screenwriter

During the 1950s, Berkman worked primarily as a screenwriter. Bedtime for Bonzo was the first film he wrote during that period (with his brother-in-law

in 1960.

Author

Berkman's first book

based on the book.

His next book Sabra was based on the story of a dozen Israeli fighters in the Six-Day War and was published in 1969. He wrote three more books during the 1970s including My Prisoner, cowritten with Janey Jimenez about Patty Hearst. His final book, a memoir, was published in 1998.

Berkman died of cancer in 2006 in Santa Barbara, California.

References

• San Jose Mercury News, "Screenwriter Ted Berkman dead at 92", May 30, 2006
• Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale.

2006.

• New York Times, "Ted Berkman, 92, Screenwriter, Dies", May 29 2006, accessed May 30, 2006