Ted Sherdeman

{{short description|American screenwriter}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ted Sherdeman

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|06|21}}

| birth_place = Lincoln, Nebraska

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|08|22|1909|06|21}}

| death_place = Santa Ana, California

| occupation = Radio producer, television writer and screenwriter

| children = 1

}}

Ted Sherdeman (21 June 1909 – 22 August 1987) was an American radio producer, television writer and screenwriter. He was known for the films The Eddie Cantor Story (1953), Away All Boats (1956), St. Louis Blues (1958), A Dog of Flanders (1960) and Misty (1961); and the TV series Wagon Train (1958–1965), Hazel (1963–1966), My Favorite Martian (1964), The Flying Nun (1968), Bewitched (1965). He died on 22 August 1987 in Santa Ana, California at age 78.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-29-mn-1343-story.html |title=Ted Sherdeman; Wrote Scripts for Popular TV Shows |date=29 August 1987 |access-date=16 February 2019 |newspaper=LA Times |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190216102647/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-29/news/mn-1343_1_ted-sherdeman |archive-date=16 February 2019 |url-status=live }}

With director James Clark, with whom worked together on Dog of Flanders for Associated Producers Inc, later formed their own company, Gemtaur Productions.{{cite news |last=Scheuer |first=P. K. |date=15 April 1960 |title=New york's equity issues ultimatum |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |id={{ProQuest|167602705}} }} They also worked together in The Big Show, which was made with API.{{cite news |title=FIMLAND EVENTS |date=21 May 1960 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |id={{ProQuest|167660597}} }}{{cite news |title=FILMLAND EVENTS |date=12 April 1960 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |id={{ProQuest|167690989}} }}

Songs by Sinatra (1945–1947) was a 30-minute program aired on CBS on 12 September 1945, at 9 p.m, featuring Frank Sinatra.{{cite news |title=Third Format |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/45-OCR/1945-09-10-BC-OCR-Page-0058.pdf |access-date=25 July 2015 |agency=Broadcasting |date=September 10, 1945 |page=58 |work=American Radio History}} In December 1946 the director of the programm Mann Holiner was succeeded by Sherdeman.{{cite news |title=Agencies |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/Archive-BC-IDX/46-OCR/1946-12-16-BC-OCR-Page-0060.pdf |access-date=30 July 2015 |agency=Broadcasting |date=December 16, 1946 |page=60 |work=American Radio History}}