Bedford Artists Management

Bedford Artists Management

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Schultz has been working in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. He started out as a stand-up comic in the best comedy clubs of Chicago before moving to Los Angeles 25 years ago. His company, Bedford Artists Management, is currently celebrating its 17th anniversary. As a talent manager, he has been cultivating new and upcoming talent for almost 20 years and has over 70 clients, all workin

06/08/2024

Congrats to my client Lauren Craig for signing with a commercial agent.

06/08/2024

Congrats to my client Tuisdi Layne for booking a multi-day co-star on a premium cable/ streaming episodic (Details TBA).

29/07/2024

Congrats to my client Nadine Emrich for booking a Lead role in the indie feature "My African Wedding in America".

25/07/2024

Congrats to my client Melanie Reif for booking two additional episodes on a network soap (Details TBA).

15/07/2024

Congrats to my client Elina Madison for booking a Vertical Short Form project (Details TBA).

12/07/2024

Congrats to my client April D. Hartman for booking a role in the Vertical Short Form project "Keily".

10/07/2024

Congrats to my client Christine Mulhern for booking a Top of Show Guest Star on the upcoming ABC medical drama "Dr. Odyssey", exec produced by Ryan Murphy and starring Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson.

08/07/2024

Congrats to my client Christine Sclafani for returning to her Recurring Guest Star role on a BET+ episodic (Details TBA).

01/07/2024

Congrats to my client Christine Mulhern for booking a role in an upcoming mobisode (Details TBA).

28/06/2024

Congrats to my client Bekah Jung for signing with a commercial agent.

18/06/2024

Congrats to my client Chelsea Caracoza for booking her third Vertical Short Form project this year (Details TBA).

15/06/2024

Congrats to my client Katarina Severen for booking a supporting role in the upcoming indie action feature "Throwing Hands".

12/06/2024

Looking for an attractive SAG Latina actress for management. 20s-early 30s. Bilingual. Must have recognizable credits and clips of said credits on AA. If you can realistically play HS/ College, that's a plus.

If this fits you or you know someone whom it does, please email me an Actors Access custom link to [email protected].

This is not an open call. Just really seeking this type.

Thanks!

12/06/2024

Congrats to my client Chelsea Caracoza for booking a Vertical Short Form project (Details TBA).

10/06/2024

Congrats to my client Shannon Dee for booking a multi-day role on the upcoming ABC medical drama "Dr. Odyssey", exec produced by Ryan Murphy and starring Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson.

06/06/2024

Congrats to my client Melissa Bailey for booking a supporting role in the indie comedy "Watch What You're Doing".

03/06/2024

Congrats to my client April D. Hartman for booking a supporting role in the indie feature "Along Came the Shadow".

14/05/2024

Congrats to my client Karen Constantine for booking a role on a new upcoming episodic for ABC (Details TBA).

10/05/2024

Congrats to my client Elina Madison for booking a role in the indie horror movie "Ed Kemper".

09/05/2024

Congrats to my client Chelsea Caracoza for booking a role in the upcoming webseries "Alpha's Fake or Fated Mate".

30/04/2024

Congrats to my client Kelsey Peterjohn for signing with a commercial agent.

30/04/2024

Congrats to my client Melanie Reif for booking a role on a new episodic for ABC called "High Potential".

26/04/2024

Congrats to my client Deborah Twiss for signing with an agency across-the-board.

17/04/2024

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15/04/2024

Congrats to my client Cody Renee Cameron for booking roles in two upcoming indie features: "Quasi" and "DracuLA".

Maree Cheatham and Matthew Ashford Lead List Of DAYS Returns 13/04/2024

Congrats to my client Maree Cheatham for returning to "Days of Our Lives".

Maree Cheatham and Matthew Ashford Lead List Of DAYS Returns DAYS OF OUR LIVES has announced more big names will back to pay tribute to Bill Hayes's Doug Williams later this year.

12/04/2024

Congrats to my client Briza Covarrubias for booking a role on ABC's "9-1-1".

08/04/2024

Congrats to my client Chelsea Blechman for booking the lead role in the short "Cue Barb".

04/04/2024

Congrats to my client Caroline Whitney Smith for booking a role in the upcoming NBC sitcom "St. Denis Medical", starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Allison Tolman and David Alan Grier.

04/04/2024

Congrats to my client Maree Cheatham for booking three episodes on NBC's "Days of Our Lives".

Our Story

John F. Schultz has been working in the entertainment industry for over 25 years. He started out as a stand-up comic in the best comedy clubs of Chicago before moving to Los Angeles 20 years ago. His company, Bedford Artists Management, is currently celebrating its 14th anniversary. As a talent manager, he has been cultivating new and upcoming talent for 16 years and has about 60 clients, all working actors. His clients have booked parts in such TV episodics as "Modern Family", "Blackish", "Scorpion", "Mom", "Life in Pieces", "New Girl", "Shameless", "Better Call Saul",
"Criminal Minds", "Brooklyn Nine Nine", ABC Family's "The Fosters", "CSI: Cyber", "Masters of S*x", Hulu"s "Casual", "Tosh.0", "Uncle Buck", "The Young and the Restless", A&E'S "Unforgettable", "Grey's Anatomy", "American Crime Story: The People V. O.J. Simpson" "True Detective", ABC's "Wicked City", “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, “Glee”, "Franklin & Bash", HBO's "The Newsroom", Comedy Central's "Kroll Show", "Southland", Nick at Nite's "Wendell & Vinnie", "House of Lies", “2 Broke Girls”, "Days of Our Lives", "Californication”, “True Blood", "Dexter", "Two and a Half Men", "Parks & Recreation", "Hot in Cleveland", "New Girl", "The Office", "Community", Nickelodeon's "Wendell & Vinnie", “Harry’s Law”, “Franklin & Bash", Nickelodeon's "iCarly", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Conan", "Jimmy Kimmel Live", TBS's "Lopez Tonight", TBS's "The Wedding Band", "Don't Trust the B. in Apartment 23", "The Young and the Restless", "All My Children", Fox's "Touch" with Kiefer Sutherland, ABC's "Scandal", "Criminal Minds", NBC's "Prime Suspect", FX's "The League", "Wonder Woman", Cinemax's "Femme Fatales", Disney's "Sonny With a Chance", Comedy Central's "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time", "Brothers & Sisters", "Days of Our Lives", "Weeds", Starz's "Party Down" and "Gravity", TV One's "Love That Girl", "Heroes", ABC Family's "The Middle Man", "Mind of Mencia", "Frank TV", FX's "The Riches", "Monk", "Grey's Anatomy", "Cold Case", Fox's "Back to You", "Numbers", "CSI", "Hannah Montana", "The King of Queens", Fox's "The War at Home", "The Shield", "General Hospital", "Medium", "S*x and the City", Disney Channel's "That's So Raven", Disney's Channel's "Drake & Josh", "Everybody Hates Chris", Lifetime's "Strong Medicine" as well as pilots for ABC, HBO, Fox, Comedy Central and VH1 and online sketches for Funny or Die. His clients have also appeared in several features such as “A Many Splintered Thing” (produced by McG and starring Chris Evans, Michelle Monaghan, Anthony Mackie, Aubrey Plaza, Giovanni Ribisi and Philip Baker Hall), "Piranha 3DD", "Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader"(produced by Roger Corman) "J. Edgar" (directed by Clint Eastwood), "The Muppets", the cult horror film "Hatchet 2", "Valentine's Day"(directed by Garry Marshall), "Water for Elephants”, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", Disney's "G-Force" and "Lakeview Terrace" (starring Samuel L. Jackson). His clients have also booked several independent features, shorts, webseries and commercials. He has had several articles published on Actors Access and Backstage West.

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