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David Newell

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David Newell

Birth
Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Death
25 Jan 1980 (aged 75)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Somewhere in California Add to Map
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Actor and Make-up artist.

Appeared in films like Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936), History Is Made at Night (1937), A Star Is Born (1937), Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938), Union Pacific (1939), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), The Letter (1940) as Geoffrey Hammond, A Southern Yankee (1948) with Red Skelton, Jolson Sings Again (1949), Kansas Raiders (1950), David and Bathsheba (1950), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952), and The Eddie Cantor Story (1953).

He suffered disfigurement in an auto accident and consequently changed career paths, becoming a motion picture and television make-up artist for productions like: Dangerous Assignment (TV series), The Roy Rogers Show (TV series), The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956), The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (TV series), Johnny Tremain (1957), Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series), The Untouchables (TV series), and Lassie (TV series).

David Newell died two days after his seventy-fifth birthday in 1980.
Actor and Make-up artist.

Appeared in films like Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936), History Is Made at Night (1937), A Star Is Born (1937), Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938), Union Pacific (1939), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), The Letter (1940) as Geoffrey Hammond, A Southern Yankee (1948) with Red Skelton, Jolson Sings Again (1949), Kansas Raiders (1950), David and Bathsheba (1950), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952), and The Eddie Cantor Story (1953).

He suffered disfigurement in an auto accident and consequently changed career paths, becoming a motion picture and television make-up artist for productions like: Dangerous Assignment (TV series), The Roy Rogers Show (TV series), The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956), The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (TV series), Johnny Tremain (1957), Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), The Dennis O'Keefe Show (TV series), The Untouchables (TV series), and Lassie (TV series).

David Newell died two days after his seventy-fifth birthday in 1980.


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