Robert Newton

Robert Newton

British actor
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Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Known for his hard-living lifestyle, he was cited as a role model by the actor Oliver Reed and the Who's drummer Keith Moon.

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Robert Newton was born on Thursday, 1 June 1905 in Shaftesbury, England, UK. He was best known as an actor. Newton's country of citizenship (nationality) was British. He died on Sunday, 25 March 1956 in Beverly Hills, California, USA at the age of 50. He is buried at Ashes scattered in the waters of Mount's Bay, Cornwall. He was 6' (183 cm) tall with an average build. He had dark brown eyes and black hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Gemini.

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High and the Mighty
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Date of birth
1 June 1905
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Shaftesbury, England, UK
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25 March 1956
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50 (age at death)
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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Heart Attack due to Alcoholism
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Ashes scattered in the waters of Mount's Bay, Cornwall
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  • Newton was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Years later his son Nicholas scattered his father`s ashes in the sea in Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England near Lamorna where he had spent his childhood.
  • Excessive drinking damaged him and a highly erratic film career was the result. He often found himself unemployable due to his unreliability. He died at age 50 of alcohol-related causes although the official report was a heart attack.
  • Was voted one of the top ten British money-making stars in the Motion Picture Herald-Fame Poll from 1947 to 1951.
  • Married four times and had three children: Sally, an actress, Nicholas and Kim.
  • Was assistant stage manager and painting scenery at the Birmingham Repertory Company as a teenager. He made his debut there in a production of "Captain Brassbound`s Conversion" (1920). Became a stage star when Noel Coward cast him in the popular musical revue "Bitter Sweet" which ran for over a year at Her Majesty`s Theatre. Later Coward had Newton take over from Laurence Olivier in his classic play "Private Lives" in New York.

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