Robert Newton Overview:

Actor, Robert Newton, was born on Jun 1, 1905 in Shaftesbury, Dorset. Newton died at the age of 50 on Mar 25, 1956 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and was laid to rest in Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA.

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On 2002, Newton received the Disney Legends Award for living up to the Disney principals of imagination, skill, discipline, craftsmanship and magic.

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and Celia Johnson head the cast in David Lean’s “This Happy Breed”

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and Celia Johnson head the cast in David Lean’s “This Happy Breed” This Happy Breed (1944) is a British drama directed by David Lean and starring , Celia Johnson, Stanley Holloway, and John Mills. The screenplay is by Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, an... Read full article


Treasure Island (1950) with and Bobby Driscoll

By Greg Orypeck on Jul 16, 2015 From Classic Film Freak

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Treasure Island (1950) with and Bobby Driscoll

By Greg Orypeck on Jul 16, 2015 From Classic Film Freak

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Robert Newton Quotes:

Dr. Arnold: You're expelled.


Long John Silver: Sometimes them what quotes the Bible has less Bible in their hearts than them what don't.


Bill Sikes: Fair or not fair, give it 'ere you avaricious old skeleton.


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Robert Newton Facts
Was declared bankrupt in his absence on September 24th 1954 at the London Bankruptcy Buildings. He owed a total of £46,300 to the Inland Revenue in unpaid taxes and approximately £700 to other creditors. He was at the time filming in Australia. (The Times, September 25th 1954).

Was voted one of the top ten British money-making stars in the Motion Picture Herald-Fame Poll from 1947 to 1951.

Often credited with originating the style of speech generally equated with pirates. After his spectacular turn as Long John Silver in the Disney version of Treasure Island (1950), actors playing pirates in film, radio, television, and theatre, all tended to use (and still use) the same pseudo-Cornish accent Newton came up with.

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