David Newell (actor, born 1905), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American actor (1905-1980)
Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1905
Place of Birth: Carthage, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 25-Jan-1980
Profession: actor, make-up artist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About David Newell (actor, born 1905)
- 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.
- He would occasionally receive a starring role, as in 1930's Just Like Heaven, which co-starred Anita Louise.
- However, by the mid-1930s he was being relegated to mostly smaller supporting roles.
- Some of the more notable films he appeared in include: A Star is Born (1937), which stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March; Blondie (1938); the Bette Davis vehicle, Dark Victory (1939); Day-Time Wife (1939), starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell; It's a Wonderful World (1939), with James Stewart and Claudette Colbert; Rings on Her Fingers (1942), starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney; the Danny Kaye and Dinah Shore film, Up in Arms (1944), which also stars Dana Andrews; 1947's Killer McCoy with Mickey Rooney, Brian Donlevy, and Ann Blyth; Homecoming (1948), starring Clark Gable, Lana Turner, and Anne Baxter; That Wonderful Urge (1949), starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney; David and Bathsheba (1951), starring Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward; and Cecil B.
- DeMille's 1952 blockbuster, The Greatest Show on Earth.
- During his 25-year acting career, he appeared in over 110 films.
- His final appearance in film was in 1954's The Eddie Cantor Story, in which he had a small supporting role.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. Newell died two days past his 75th birthday, on January 25, 1980.
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