William Newell
Date of birth: 1894-01-05
Place of birth: Millville, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: William M. Newell, Wm. Newell, Bill Newell, Billy Newell
Biography
Movie Credits
Manpower
1941-08-09
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and
Here Come the Marines
1952-06-29
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sac
The Missouri Traveler
1958-01-21
Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural
Bombshell
1933-10-13
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946-11-22
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Keeper of the Flame
1943-04-01
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
Mysterious Doctor Satan
1940-12-13
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an ar
Alias Mr. Twilight
1946-12-24
Geoffrey Holden (Lloyd Corrigan) is an elderly con-man who is a lovable old man when providing his b
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950-04-01
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble wi
The Mandarin Mystery
1936-12-23
Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.
Bowery Bombshell
1946-07-20
Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (Dav
Key Witness
1947-10-09
A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.
Second Chance
1947-07-18
Jewel thieves battle investigators.
Mister Cory
1957-02-23
An opportunistic young man from the slums gambles his way to wealth, power and high society.
Miss Polly
1941-11-14
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity Leagu
Sing a Jingle
1944-01-07
In Sing a Jingle, Allan Jones plays popular radio crooner Roy King, who goes to work in a war plant
Rendezvous
1935-10-25
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937-06-21
Judy Walker is a poor songwriter who, through mistaken identity, gets her songs played on the radio.
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942-02-02
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find
The Invisible Killer
1939-11-14
Reporter Sue Walker has too much inside information on the local gambling rackets to suit her sweeth
Sitting on the Moon
1936-09-11
A successful songwriter and a struggling singer become involved professionally and romantically on t
Larceny on the Air
1937-01-11
A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent
Beware Of Ladies
1936-12-21
An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredi
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return
Bulldog Edition
1936-09-13
Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gan
Navy Born
1936-06-02
A naval officer gets more than he bargained for when he adopts a recently orphaned young boy, the so
Happy Go Lucky
1936-12-13
A singer in Shanghai looks exactly like a missing flyer who went missing, and is feared to have sold
A Man Betrayed
1936-12-27
A businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and he tr
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
1936-11-13
A 14-episode serial in which Mala, a Polynesian in the employ of U.S. Intelligence investigates sabo
Bill Cracks Down
1937-03-22
William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified h
Dangerous Holiday
1937-06-06
A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.
Who Was That Lady?
1960-04-08
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a y
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959-07-29
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the ra
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941-08-07
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the jo
Slander House
1938-10-04
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953-12-04
A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.
Phffft
1954-11-10
Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into
Wedding Bills
1940-11-13
Another in the long series of "Pete Smith" shorts from M-G-M in which William Newell meets and falls
The Sheepman
1958-05-01
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as
Louisa
1950-05-31
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to dis
Let's Talk Turkey
1939-10-28
It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wan
Caught in the Act
1941-01-17
On the day of his daughter's wedding, a good-natured construction worker (Henry Armetta) is suspecte
Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-to
Bright Victory
1951-08-01
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942-12-09
Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought dow
Here Comes the Band
1935-08-30
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an un
The Outlaw
1943-02-05
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln,
Honolulu
1939-02-03
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to
Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets de
Invitation to Happiness
1939-06-07
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939-06-20
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor
Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Mi
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939-12-13
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter
Swanee River
1939-12-29
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939-10-26
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Wedlock Deadlock
1947-12-18
Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before
Fury
1936-06-05
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939-09-13
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
The Lost Weekend
1945-11-29
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... b
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she f
The Invisible Man Returns
1940-01-12
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him in
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
1947-08-30
Philo Vance is hired to write a true-crime mystery... but when the facts about an unsolved crime are
Everybody's Baby
1939-03-24
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture o
High Noon
1952-06-09
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has b
All by Myself
1943-06-11
Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark,
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937-05-09
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to t
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940-04-25
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug
Dangerous Blondes
1943-09-23
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes ra
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940-08-31
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker
Hold That Woman!
1940-06-28
A skip tracer--someone who collects late payments from people who've purchased appliances, etc., or
The Great Profile
1940-08-30
An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore,
Let's Do It Again
1953-06-16
Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alle
The Magnificent Rogue
1946-11-07
A serviceman returns home at the end of WWII to discover his wife has become the head of her own ver
Three Girls About Town
1941-10-23
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next doo
Our Miss Brooks
1956-04-24
The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Br
Honeymoon Limited
1935-07-01
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walk
Devil Pays Off
1941-11-10
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the ene
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940-07-05
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He
Get Hep to Love
1942-10-02
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her
Alfalfa's Aunt
1939-01-07
Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa th
Bubbling Troubles
1940-05-25
To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.
Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a ne
The Great Morgan
1945-01-01
Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by
The Lady Pays Off
1951-10-04
The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, whe
Fired Wife
1943-09-04
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets
Public Deb No. 1
1940-09-13
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoo
Honeymoon Lodge
1943-07-23
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol
No Place for a Lady
1943-02-11
A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge,
Top Man
1943-09-17
In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is
Ice-Capades
1941-08-19
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arr
The Domineering Male
1940-03-30
This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. W
Doctor Jim
1947-01-01
Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, i
A Night to Remember
1942-12-10
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect
Song of My Heart
1948-01-31
The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.
Inflation
1942-01-01
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936-02-15
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of
Young Man with Ideas
1952-05-02
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
The Major and the Minor
1942-09-16
Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the train
Adventure
1945-12-28
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
On Stage Everybody
1945-07-13
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
Her Lucky Night
1945-02-09
In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their r
Absolute Quiet
1936-04-24
Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business ty
Young Widow
1946-03-01
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960-01-21
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where h
Pollyanna
1960-05-19
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see th
Wichita
1955-07-03
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kans
Blondie Goes Latin
1941-02-27
Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the femal
The Ghost Comes Home
1940-03-08
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voya
The Missing Juror
1944-11-16
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
Lady in the Lake
1946-12-19
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But whe
Riffraff
1936-01-03
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from hi
The Man Who Dared
1946-05-30
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show tha
All About Hash
1940-03-30
Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The ki
Culinary Carving
1939-07-01
A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942-03-26
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy),
The Fuller Brush Man
1948-06-01
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make goo
Social Sea Lions
1940-07-20
A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies
Penny To the Rescue
1941-01-25
A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.
The Lady Is Willing
1942-02-12
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a bab
The Strawberry Blonde
1941-02-21
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulat
A Global Affair
1964-01-30
Bob Hope becomes surrogate father to a baby found abandoned at the United Nations. Director Jack Arn
Out of the Depths
1945-12-27
Told in flashback, Out of the Depths strives to explain why its four male protagonists are bobbing a