Actor

David Newell

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Very extensive acting filmography.

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Movies: 84Series: 0Crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 942165

IMDb ID: nm0627789

Known for: Acting

Born: January 23, 1905

Died: January 25, 1980

Age: 75

Place of birth: Carthage, Missouri, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1929 - 1961

Years active: 33

Average TMDB rating: 6.49

Wikidata: Q18811009

Also known as

Dave Newell

Other jobs

Makeup Artist (5)Makeup & Hair (1)Makeup Supervisor (1)

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Biography

David Newell was originally an actor, who became a makeup artist after being involved in a car crash that left him with some facial disfigurement. David Newell was primarily known as an American character actor, whose acting career spanned from the very beginning of the sound film era through the middle of the 1950s. He made his film debut in a featured role in The Hole in the Wall, a 1929 film starring Edward G. Robinson and Claudette Colbert. Early in his career he had many featured roles, in such films as: RKO's The Runaway Bride in 1929, starring Mary Astor; 1931's Ten Cents a Dance, starring Barbara Stanwyck and directed by Lionel Barrymore; and White Heat in 1934. In the late 1940s he also began working as a make-up artist, which he transitioned full-time to in 1955; this was due to injuries sustained during a car accident, which left him physically disfigured. He retired from the film industry in 1961, although he continued to work in television through the beginning of the 1970s, his last position being the make-up artist on the television show, Lassie. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia