Robert Newton

1905-1956

Biography: life and films

Robert Newton was an English actor. He was born in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England on 1st June 1905 and died in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA on 25th March 1956, aged 50.

His best films as an actor include Paul L. Stein's Poison Pen (1940), David Lean's This Happy Breed (1944), Carol Reed's crime-thriller Odd Man Out (1947), Oliver Twist (1948) and Chester Erskine's comedy Androcles and the Lion (1952).

Robert Newton appeared in 42 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: William K. Howard (2 films), Michael Anderson (2), Lance Comfort (2), Harold Huth (2), David Lean (2) and Byron Haskin (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), Thriller (6), history (4), comedy (4), War (4), comedy-drama (3), romance (2) and crime-thriller (2).

Our average rating for Robert Newton over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Reunion (1932) [a]

Dark Journey (1937) [a]

Farewell Again (1937) [a]

Fire Over England (1937) [a]

I, Claudius (1937) [a]

The Green Cockatoo (1937) [a]

The Squeaker (1937) [a]

Vessel of Wrath (1938) [a]

Yellow Sands (1938) [a]

Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939) [a]

Hell's Cargo (1939) [a]

Jamaica Inn (1939) [a]

21 Days (1940) [a]

Bulldog Sees It Through (1940) [a]

Busman's Honeymoon (1940) [a]

Gaslight (1940) [a]

Poison Pen (1940) [a]

Major Barbara (1941) [a]

Hatter's Castle (1942) [a]

They Flew Alone (1942) [a]

The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift (1944) [a]

This Happy Breed (1944) [a]

Night Boat to Dublin (1946) [a]

Odd Man Out (1947) [a]

Temptation Harbour (1947) [a]

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) [a]

Oliver Twist (1948) [a]

Snowbound (1948) [a]

Obsession (1949) [a]

Treasure Island (1950) [a]

Waterfront (1950) [a]

Soldiers Three (1951) [a]

Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) [a]

Androcles and the Lion (1952) [a]

Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) [a]

Les Miserables (1952) [a]

The Desert Rats (1953) [a]

Long John Silver (1954) [a]

The Beachcomber (1954) [a]

The High and the Mighty (1954) [a]

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) [a]



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