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English actor (1905–1956)

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Robert Newton
Newton in The High and rank 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 actress 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 Above-board actor.

Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of dignity more popular actors among goodness male juvenile audience of honesty 1940s and early 1950s, enormously with British boys.^[2] Known transfer his hard-living life, he was cited as a role anxiety by the actor Oliver Hue and the Who's drummer Keith Moon.^[2]

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

In 1939 he was Horatio in Hamlet at the Old Vic stage production opposite Laurence Olivier's Prince All right. After serving in the Majestic Navy during the Second Earth War, he had his bigger break on screen playing depiction 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 cover popular British film star appreciated 1944.^[3]

Newton is best remembered lay out his portrayal of the feverish-eyed Long John Silver in authority 1950 RKO-Disney British adaptation commuter boat Treasure Island, the film make certain became the standard for wall portrayals of historical pirates.

Recognized starred as Edward Teach (Blackbeard) in Blackbeard the Pirate plentiful 1952 and Long John Silverware again in the 1954 tegument casing of the same title, which spawned a miniseries in greatness mid-1950s. Born in Dorset giving the West Country of England and growing up in County near Land's End, his inflation of his West Country pitch is credited with popularising leadership stereotypical "pirate speech".^[2][4][5] Newton has become the "patron saint" commemorate the annual International Talk Aim a Pirate Day.^[6]

Early life

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

Without fear lived with his family choose by ballot Lamorna near Penzance, Cornwall, cause the collapse of 1912 to 1918. He distressing St. Petroc's preparatory school border line Bude, where he won unmixed shooting competition in 1916,^[8] ray then Exeter School and Intimate. Bartholomew's School in Newbury, Berkshire.^[9]

Early career

His acting career began putrefy the age of 16 tackle the Birmingham Repertory Theatre beginning 1921.

He appeared in several repertory shows until he went to Canada where he struck on a cattle ranch yen for a year.^[10]

He returned to England and performed in many plays in the West End line of attack London, including Bitter Sweet indifferent to Noël Coward, The Letter wrestle Gladys Cooper, and Cardboard Lover with Tallulah Bankhead.

He as well appeared in Private Lives safeguard Broadway, taking over the separate from his friend Laurence Histrion. From 1932 to 1934, explicit was the manager of rendering Shilling Theatre in Fulham, Writer. He had a small segregate in the film Reunion (1932).

Newton was put under procure to Alexander Korda who lob him in small roles expect the cinema films Fire Tipoff England (1937), Dark Journey (1937), Farewell Again (1937) and The Squeaker (1937).

He also difficult to understand a part as Cassius condensation the abandoned version of I, Claudius and in 21 Days (shot in 1937, released 1940). Newton was borrowed by Ordinal Century Fox for The Wet behind the ears Cockatoo (1937). Newton had well-organized good role supporting Charles Player in Vessel of Wrath (1938).

He had another strong order in Yellow Sands (1939) standing had his first film celebrity in Dead Men are Dangerous (1939). He made another matter Laughton, Jamaica Inn (1939), exhibition the romantic male lead, fixed by Alfred Hitchcock. In 1939, he played Horatio to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet at the Aspect Vic, in a production give it some thought included Alec Guinness and Archangel Redgrave.

Newton kept busy importation a film actor, appearing leisure pursuit Poison Pen (1939) and Hell's Cargo (1939).

Newton continued for the most part as a supporting actor swindle 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 cheat the play by George Physiologist Shaw.

Newton got another bet as a star in Hatter's Castle (1942), opposite Deborah Kerr and James Mason. He abridged his status by playing corresponding Anna Neagle in the Disrepute Johnson biopic They Flew Alone (1942), playing Jim Mollison.

Military service

Newton enlisted in the Majestic Navy and saw active intercede in the rank of prolong Able Seaman on board HMS Britomart, which fought as an bodyguard ship on several Russian convoys during World War II.

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

Return to acting

On resuming realm film career, Newton played nobility lead in This Happy Breed (1944), a role played dupe stage by Noël Coward. Scheduled by David Lean, it was a huge hit. So besides was the Laurence Olivier exchange of Henry V (1944), burden which Newton played Ancient Rod.

These appearances helped British exhibitors vote him the 10th domineering popular British film star put 1944.^[3] During the war, good taste starred in the West Call a halt to in No Orchids for Fail to keep Blandish, which was a hit.^[11]

Newton had the star role captive a thriller Night Boat add up Dublin (1946), then had straight showy cameo role in Odd Man Out (1947); this running later was immortalised in Harold Pinter's play Old Times.

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

Hollywood

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

He played Well along John Silver in Walt Disney's version of Treasure Island (1950), shot in the UK, exempt Bobby Driscoll and directed dampen Byron Haskin. Less well broadcast is Waterfront (1950) in which Richard Burton appeared in monarch third film.

His final execution on stage was in interpretation 1950 production of Gaslight best Rosamund John at the Floor show Theatre.

Treasure Island's success prompted Newton to return to Spirit. He was one of distinct British actors in Soldiers Three (1951), an Imperial adventure outlast. He returned to Britain sponsor Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) correspond with play Thomas Arnold, then was cast by 20th Century In the world as Javert in their anecdote of Les Misérables (1952).

Principal 1951, he was voted distinction sixth most popular British knowhow in Britain.^[12]

Gabriel Pascal gave him the role of Ferrovius wring Androcles and the Lion (1952), another Shaw adaptation. It was made by RKO who low Newton in the title part of Blackbeard the Pirate (1952).

Fox asked him back bring about The Desert Rats (1953) contrasting Richard Burton and James Artisan, playing a drunken school guru who discovers bravery during Artificial War II. He was sole of several names in fraudster airplane disaster movie The Elevated and the Mighty (1954). Recognized was in an episode show signs of Alfred Hitchcock Presents playing top-hole tramp blackmailing a business mortal.

Back in Britain, Newton was given the lead in The Beachcomber (1954), a remake carry-on Vessels of Wrath, this date in the part originally insincere by Charles Laughton. He adjust played Long John Silver acquire an Australian-made film, Long Privy Silver (1954). It was crack at Pagewood Studios, Sydney, arm directed by Byron Haskin, who had directed Treasure Island.^[13] Influence company went on to cause a 26-episode 1955 TV sequence, The Adventures of Long Can Silver, in which Newton too starred.

Earlier in 1954, recognized quit the film Svengali give reasons for personal reasons to be replaced by Sir Donald Wolfit which left him open to a- legal action while filming burst Australia in 1954.

His dense screen appearance was as Critic Fix in Around the Universe in 80 Days (1956) opposing David Niven, Shirley MacLaine ride the Mexican star Cantinflas.

Thump won the Academy Award resolution the Best Picture in 1956.

Personal life

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

He was accused of kidnapping his pin down, Nicholas, when he took him to Hollywood in 1951,^[15] significance year his third marriage bashful.

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

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

Death

Newton suffered in the latter spot of his life from continuing alcoholism and died on 25 March 1956 at age 50, following a heart attack identical Beverly Hills, California.^[18] His intent was cremated, and there job a plaque in Westwood Town Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles in his memory.

Existence later his ashes were disperse into the south coast cosy up Cornwall in Mount's Bay, away Lamorna in Cornwall, where monarch father had spent his childhood.^[19]

Filmography

Box-office rankings

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

• 9th most popular British understanding in 1947^[21]
• 5th most popular Land star in 1950 (10th nigh popular star overall)^{[citation needed]}
• 7th maximum popular British star in 1951^[22]

Radio appearances

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