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Nov 13, 2017 · “When Robert Newton first showed up as a pirate in Disney's 1950 Technicolor version of Treasure Island, he had been a vivid presence in plenty of other films,” writes Michael Almereyda for ...
Oliver Twist: Directed by David Lean. With Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan. In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
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Treasure Island is a 1950 adventure film produced by RKO-Walt Disney British Productions, adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson 's 1883 novel of the same name. Directed by Byron Haskin, it stars Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. Treasure Island was Disney's first completely live-action film and the first screen ...
On March 25, 1956, Robert Newton died in the arms of his wife Vera at the age of 50. The official cause was a heart attack. Vera, who died in 2000, and her late husband were memorialized by their son, Kim, at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Indicates recently changed,added, or deleted text.
Nov 16, 2021 · ROBERT NEWTON was an accomplished actor by the late 1940s. But his early work is overshadowed by the larger-than-life persona he created for the role as LONG...
Biography by AllMovie [+] Professionally, British actor Robert Newton was two people: The wry, sensitive, often subtle performer seen in such plays as Noel Coward's Private Lives and such films as This Happy Breed (1944), and the eye-rolling, chop-licking ham in such roles as Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist (1948) and Long John Silver (arr! arr!) in ...
A Tribute to Actor Robert Newton (1905-1956) Part 1. Part 2. obert Newton was born June 1, 1905, in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. The arts were in his blood: His mother was a writer, and his father, Algernon Newton (1880-1968), was a respected painter and member of the Royal Academy.
