William Newell (actor)

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

William M. Newell (January 6, 1894 – February 21, 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 in Studio City, Los Angeles and is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Partial filmography

• Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936, Serial)
• A Man Betrayed (1936)
• Mariners of the Sky/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 Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
• The Lady Pays Off (1951)
• High Noon (1952) - Jimmy the Gimp (uncredited)
• Our Miss Brooks (1956)
• Toby Tyler (1960)

External links

• William Newell at IMDb
• William Newell at the TCM Movie Database