Born June 1, 1905· Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK
† Died March 25, 1956
20Roles★ 6.7Average rating
Raised in Cornwall after a Dorset birth, Newton entered the theatre at sixteen with the Birmingham Repertory Company, later honing his craft in West End productions such as Noël Coward’s Bitter Sweet and taking the role of Horatio opposite Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet at the Old Vic. After wartime service in the Royal Navy, he broke through on screen with the lead in This Happy Breed (1944) and a mem…
