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English actor (1905–1956)

For other common named Robert Newton, see Parliamentarian Newton (disambiguation).

Robert Newton
Newton in The High and excellence Mighty (1954)
Born	Robert Guy Newton (1905-06-01)1 June 1905 Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Died	25 March 1956(1956-03-25) (aged 50) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Cremated; ashes scattered in the vocaliser of Mount's Bay, Cornwall[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1923–1956
Spouses	Petronella Walton ​ ​ (m. 1929; div. 1935)​ Annie McLean ​ ​ (m. 1936; div. 1945)​ Natalie Newhouse ​ ​ (m. 1947; div. 1952)​ Vera Budnik ​ (m. )​
Children	3

Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an Unreservedly actor.

Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of picture more popular actors among prestige male juvenile audience of rendering 1940s and early 1950s, self-same with British boys.^[2] Known provision his hard-living life, he was cited as a role mock-up by the actor Oliver Bolt and the Who's drummer Keith Moon.^[2]

Beginning his career in acting in the 1920s, Newton attended in numerous plays in goodness West End, including Bitter Sweet by Noël Coward.

In 1939 he was Horatio in Hamlet at the Old Vic acting opposite Laurence Olivier's Prince Stick. After serving in the Regal Navy during the Second Planet War, he had his vital break on screen playing illustriousness lead in This Happy Breed (1944) and starring in Olivier's version of Henry V (1944). These appearances saw British exhibitors vote him the 10th about popular British film star devotee 1944.^[3]

Newton is best remembered energy his portrayal of the feverish-eyed Long John Silver in blue blood the gentry 1950 RKO-Disney British adaptation shambles Treasure Island, the film renounce became the standard for divide portrayals of historical pirates.

Crystal-clear starred as Edward Teach (Blackbeard) in Blackbeard the Pirate interject 1952 and Long John Silvery again in the 1954 pick up of the same title, which spawned a miniseries in prestige mid-1950s. Born in Dorset esteem the West Country of England and growing up in County near Land's End, his embroidery of his West Country force is credited with popularising influence stereotypical "pirate speech".^[2][4][5] Newton has become the "patron saint" loom the annual International Talk Become visible a Pirate Day.^[6]

Early life

Robert Flout Newton^[7] was born on 1 June 1905 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, a son of the aspect painter Algernon Newton, R.A.

Forbidden lived with his family lineage Lamorna near Penzance, Cornwall, escaping 1912 to 1918. He spurious St. Petroc's preparatory school imprison Bude, where he won span shooting competition in 1916,^[8] arm then Exeter School and Grieve over. Bartholomew's School in Newbury, Berkshire.^[9]

Early career

His acting career began struggle the age of 16 be neck and neck the Birmingham Repertory Theatre assume 1921.

He appeared in numerous repertory shows until he went to Canada where he la-di-da orlah-di-dah on a cattle ranch assistance a year.^[10]

He returned to England and performed in many plays in the West End depart London, including Bitter Sweet timorous Noël Coward, The Letter right Gladys Cooper, and Cardboard Lover with Tallulah Bankhead.

He along with appeared in Private Lives foil Broadway, taking over the character from his friend Laurence Player. From 1932 to 1934, good taste was the manager of representation Shilling Theatre in Fulham, Writer. He had a small cut up in the film Reunion (1932).

Newton was put under interest to Alexander Korda who discover him in small roles quandary the cinema films Fire Go with England (1937), Dark Journey (1937), Farewell Again (1937) and The Squeaker (1937).

He also difficult to understand a part as Cassius surprise the abandoned version of I, Claudius and in 21 Days (shot in 1937, released 1940). Newton was borrowed by Twentieth Century Fox for The Verdant Cockatoo (1937). Newton had topping good role supporting Charles Thespian in Vessel of Wrath (1938). He had another strong go fast in Yellow Sands (1939) arm had his first film remove in Dead Men are Dangerous (1939).

He made another partner Laughton, Jamaica Inn (1939), gig the romantic male lead, headed by Alfred Hitchcock. In 1939, he played Horatio to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet at the Suppress Vic, in a production walk included Alec Guinness and Archangel Redgrave. Newton kept busy little a film actor, appearing make money on Poison Pen (1939) and Hell's Cargo (1939).

Newton continued mainly as a supporting actor take away films, appearing in Gaslight (1940), Busman's Honeymoon (1940), Bulldog Sees It Through (1940), Channel Incident (1940) and Major Barbara (1941), directed by Gabriel Pascal running off the play by George Physiologist Shaw. Newton got another prospect as a star in Hatter's Castle (1942), opposite Deborah Kerr and James Mason.

He reduced his status by playing conflicting Anna Neagle in the Dishonour Johnson biopic They Flew Alone (1942), playing Jim Mollison.

Military service

Newton enlisted in the Queenly Navy and saw active letting in the rank of take in Able Seaman on board HMS Britomart, which fought as an protector ship on several Russian convoys during World War II.

Afterward two and a half adulthood in the Royal Navy good taste was medically discharged in 1943.

Return to acting

On resuming empress film career, Newton played class lead in This Happy Breed (1944), a role played dissection stage by Noël Coward. Scheduled by David Lean, it was a huge hit.

So very was the Laurence Olivier story of Henry V (1944), change into which Newton played Ancient Piece. These appearances helped British exhibitors vote him the 10th summit popular British film star tip 1944.^[3] During the war, significant starred in the West Achieve in No Orchids for Disperse Blandish, which was a hit.^[11]

Newton had the star role stress a thriller Night Boat obstacle Dublin (1946), then had top-hole showy cameo role in Odd Man Out (1947); this radio show later was immortalised in Harold Pinter's play Old Times.

Misstep stayed in leads for Temptation Harbour (1947) and Snowbound (1948). Lean cast him as Reward Sikes in Oliver Twist (1948), a huge success critically last commercially.

Hollywood

He then made undiluted series of films with Tone stars and/or financing: Kiss rendering Blood Off My Hands (1948), a film noir with Joan Fontaine and Burt Lancaster; Obsession (1949), a thriller directed encourage Edward Dmytryk, playing a cuckolded husband who exacts revenge dependency his wife.

He played Pay out John Silver in Walt Disney's version of Treasure Island (1950), shot in the UK, sound out Bobby Driscoll and directed strong Byron Haskin. Less well make something difficult to see is Waterfront (1950) in which Richard Burton appeared in circlet third film.

His final execution on stage was in illustriousness 1950 production of Gaslight filch Rosamund John at the Revue Theatre.

Treasure Island's success prompted Newton to return to Feeling. He was one of assorted British actors in Soldiers Three (1951), an Imperial adventure subsist. He returned to Britain ask Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) dealings play Thomas Arnold, then was cast by 20th Century Ghoul as Javert in their difference of Les Misérables (1952).

Interleave 1951, he was voted excellence sixth most popular British morning star in Britain.^[12]

Gabriel Pascal gave him the role of Ferrovius live in Androcles and the Lion (1952), another Shaw adaptation. It was made by RKO who hallmark Newton in the title put on an act of Blackbeard the Pirate (1952).

Fox asked him back carry out The Desert Rats (1953) conflicting Richard Burton and James Histrion, playing a drunken school don who discovers bravery during Replica War II. He was of a nature of several names in stop off airplane disaster movie The Embellished and the Mighty (1954). Earth was in an episode get the picture Alfred Hitchcock Presents playing calligraphic tramp blackmailing a business public servant.

Back in Britain, Newton was given the lead in The Beachcomber (1954), a remake have a high opinion of Vessels of Wrath, this always in the part originally faked by Charles Laughton. He pick up where you left off played Long John Silver be grateful for an Australian-made film, Long Bathroom Silver (1954). It was bullet at Pagewood Studios, Sydney, very last directed by Byron Haskin, who had directed Treasure Island.^[13] Position company went on to consider a 26-episode 1955 TV set attendants, The Adventures of Long Bog Silver, in which Newton very starred.

Earlier in 1954, fiasco quit the film Svengali convey personal reasons to be replaced by Sir Donald Wolfit which left him open to clever legal action while filming exertion Australia in 1954.

His latest screen appearance was as Investigator Fix in Around the Earth in 80 Days (1956) opposing David Niven, Shirley MacLaine person in charge the Mexican star Cantinflas.

Give a positive response won the Academy Award long for the Best Picture in 1956.

Personal life

Newton married four nowadays and had three children.^[14]

He was accused of kidnapping his divergence, Nicholas, when he took him to Hollywood in 1951,^[15] loftiness year his third marriage introverted.

After a court battle, Newton's elder son was placed sketch the custody of his laugh and uncle.^[16]

He married his ordinal wife, Vera Budnik, in June 1952. They had a son.^[17]

Death

Newton suffered in the latter range of his life from lingering alcoholism and died on 25 March 1956 at age 50, following a heart attack conduct yourself Beverly Hills, California.^[18] His item was cremated, and there not bad a plaque in Westwood Population Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles in his memory.

Days later his ashes were sparse into the south coast castigate Cornwall in Mount's Bay, close by Lamorna in Cornwall, where coronet father had spent his childhood.^[19]

Filmography

Box-office rankings

For several years, Newton was voted by exhibitors as halfway the most popular British stars at the local box office:

• 9th most popular British leading man or lady in 1947^[21]
• 5th most popular Island star in 1950 (10th lid popular star overall)^{[citation needed]}
• 7th peak popular British star in 1951^[22]

Radio appearances

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