William Newell (actor)

William Newell and Greta Meyer in Bill Cracks Down (1937)

William Newell (1894–1967) was an American film actor.

Biography

Newell was most active in the 1930s, familiar to fans of the Our Gang short subjects in his recurring role as Alfalfa's father, and as Dr. Henley on Our Miss Brooks. Newell was cast as a hobo in "Little Boy Blew," one of the last episodes of the Walter Brennan sitcom, The Real McCoys, then airing on CBS.

He died in 1967 and is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Partial filmography

• Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936 serial)
• A Man Betrayed (1936)
• Navy Born (1936)
• Riffraff (1936)
• Bulldog Edition (1936)
• The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
• The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
• Sitting on the Moon (1936)
• Bill Cracks Down (1937)
• Larceny on the Air (1937)
• Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
• Slander House (1938)
• Alfalfa's Aunt (1939 short)
• Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940 serial)
• Bubbling Troubles (1940 short)
• Good Bad Boys (1940 short)
• All About Hash (1940 short)
• Keeper of the Flame (1943)
• Wedlock Deadlock (1947 short)
• The Lady Pays Off (1951)
• High Noon (1952)
• Our Miss Brooks (1956)
• Toby Tyler (1960)

References

External links

• William Newell at the Internet Movie Database