Biography
Robert Newton was one of the great character actors -- and great characters -- of the British cinema, best remembered today for playing Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1950) and its sequel in 1954. His portrayal of Long John Silver and of Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) created a persona that was so indelible that his vocal intonations created the paradigm for scores of people who want to "Talk Like a Pirate." The performance overshadows Newton's legacy, which is based on many first-rate perf...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Epic That Never Was
1969
as Cassius, Captain of Caligula's guard (archive footage; uncredited)
The story of the aborted 1937 filming of "I, Claudius", starring Charles Laughton, with all of its surviving footage.
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Mr. Fix
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
Long John Silver
1954
as Long John Silver
In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure.
The Beachcomber
1954
as Ted Wilson
Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the ...
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Gustave Pardee
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-t...
The Desert Rats
1953
as Tom Bartlett
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important p...
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952
as Blackbeard
Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Ferrovius
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared...
Les Miserables
1952
as Etienne Javert
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951
as Thomas Arnold
When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil bully Flashman. With the help of his friend East, plu...
Soldiers Three
1951
as Pvt. Bill Sykes
Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
Waterfront
1950
as Peter McCabe
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after ...
Treasure Island
1950
as Long John Silver
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribb...
Obsession
1949
as Dr. Clive Riordan
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948
as Harry Carter
Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kil...
Oliver Twist
1948
as Bill Sykes
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Esc...
Snowbound
1948
as Derek Engles
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
Temptation Harbour
1947
as Bert Mallinson
The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fails to report it to the police, and finds himself ...
Odd Man Out
1947
as Lukey
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Night Boat to Dublin
1946
as Capt. David Grant
British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
Henry V
1944
as Ancient Pistol
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
This Happy Breed
1944
as Frank Gibbons
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house in the suburbs, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mothe...
They Flew Alone
1942
as Jim Mollison
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights aro...
Hatter's Castle
1942
as James Brodie
The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embra...
Major Barbara
1941
as Bill Walker
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvat...
Gaslight
1940
as Ullswater
Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the ...
Busman's Honeymoon
1940
as Frank Crutchley
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the ol...
Channel Incident
1940
as Tanner
During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to join the flotilla to rescue soldiers and also to se...
21 Days Together
1940
as Tolly
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wa...
Hell's Cargo
1939
as Cmdr. Tomasou
Adventure film directed by Harold Huth.
Poison Pen
1939
as Sam Hurrin
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
Jamaica Inn
1939
as James "Jem" Trehearne
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeep...
Dead Men Are Dangerous
1939
as Aylmer Franklyn
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the m...
Vessel of Wrath
1938
as The Controleur
Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson, a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones, a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. During a cholera epidemic, Gin...
The Green Cockatoo
1937
as Dave Connor
A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks invol...
The Squeaker
1937
as Larry Graeme
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ...
Dark Journey
1937
as Officer of U-Boat
Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I. This tale of espi...
Fire Over England
1937
as Don Pedro
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the ti...
Farewell Again
1937
as Jim Carter
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty ...