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Name
  
William Newell

Role
  
Film actor

Siblings
  
Elsa Newell



Died
  
February 21, 1967, Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies
  
Mysterious Doctor Satan, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Is, The Big Show, The Mandarin Mystery, Wife vs Secretary

Similar People
  
William Witney, Ray Taylor, Alexander Hall, Leslie Goodwins, Charles Barton

William M. Newell (January 6, 1894 – February 21, 1967) was an American film actor.

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Biography

Newell was most active in the 1930s, familiar to fans of the Our Gang short subjects in his recurring role as Alfalfa's father, and as Dr. Henley on Our Miss Brooks. Newell was cast as a hobo in "Little Boy Blew," one of the last episodes of the Walter Brennan sitcom, The Real McCoys, then airing on CBS.

He died in 1967 in Studio City, Los Angeles and is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Partial filmography

  • Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936 serial)
  • A Man Betrayed (1936)
  • Mariners of the Sky/Navy Born (1936)
  • Riffraff (1936)
  • Bulldog Edition (1936)
  • The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
  • The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
  • Sitting on the Moon (1936)
  • Bill Cracks Down (1937)
  • Larceny on the Air (1937)
  • Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
  • Slander House (1938)
  • Alfalfa's Aunt (1939 short)
  • Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940 serial)
  • Bubbling Troubles (1940 short)
  • Good Bad Boys (1940 short)
  • All About Hash (1940 short)
  • Keeper of the Flame (1943)
  • Wedlock Deadlock (1947 short)
  • The Lady Pays Off (1951)
  • High Noon (1952)
  • Our Miss Brooks (1956)
  • Toby Tyler (1960)

    • References

    William Newell (actor) Wikipedia
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