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Robert Newton

1905 - 1956

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Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Known for his hard-living life, he was cited as a role model by the actor Oliver Reed and the Who's drummer Keith Moon. Beginning his career in theatre in the 1920s, Newton appeared in numerous plays in the West End, including Bitter Sweet by Noël Coward. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Newton is the 6,344th most popular actor (down from 5,462nd in 2019), the 4,889th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,102nd in 2019) and the 723rd most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Robert Newton ranks 6,344 out of 13,578. Before him are Amr Waked, Aleksandr Dedyushko, Shirley Mason, Cliff DeYoung, Richie Jen, and Leslie David Baker. After him are Andrei Fayt, Richard Dawson, Alice Eve, Nancy Travis, Iko Uwais, and Stephen Moyer.

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Among people born in 1905, Robert Newton ranks 352. Before him are Raymundo Rodríguez, Sterling Holloway, Raúl Fernández, Jules Pappaert, Kenneth Rexroth, and Dragutin Tadijanović. After him are Isaac Kashdan, Chick Webb, Pedro Quartucci, Lev Arnshtam, T. Keith Glennan, and Pierre Jaccoud. Among people deceased in 1956, Robert Newton ranks 205. Before him are Jan Lechoń, Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Charley Grapewin, Benno von Arent, Francis Tyler, and Max Emmerich. After him are René Fernández, Hatı Çırpan, Marion Leonard, Norman Kerry, Fanny Durack, and Marie Doro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Newton ranks 4,890 out of 8,785. Before him are Myra Hess (1890), Susanna Clarke (1959), Spencer Davis (1939), Mary Midgley (1919), Frederick Rolfe (1860), and N. G. L. Hammond (1907). After him are Richard Hoggart (1918), Alice Eve (1982), Stephen Moyer (1969), Stuart Baxter (1953), John Pendry (1943), and Curtis Jones (2001).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Robert Newton ranks 723. Before him are Kathryn Beaumont (1938), Michelle Dockery (1981), Josh Bowman (1988), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), Cathleen Nesbitt (1888), and Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999). After him are Alice Eve (1982), Stephen Moyer (1969), Mischa Barton (1986), Jamie Bell (1986), Lynn Fontanne (1887), and Ewen Bremner (1972).

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