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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 5, 1894
Died
February 21, 1967
Place of Birth
Millville, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- William M. Newell
- Wm. Newell
- Bill Newell
- Billy Newell
William Newell
0.3 Popularity
Known For
4.5
Waiter (uncredited)
A Global Affair
1964
7.2
Judge
The Fugitive
1963
6.9
Guard #1
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
7.8
Sam Peterson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
7.6
Fred Sterling
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.9
Mr. Hooper (Uncredited)
Pollyanna
1960
6.3
Schultz (uncredited)
Who Was That Lady?
1960
6.1
Jailbird
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
7.1
Hotel Desk Clerk
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
6.2
Mr. Ross
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Credits
A Global Affair
as Waiter (uncredited)
1964
4.5
The Fugitive
as Judge
1963
7.2
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Guard #1
1962
6.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sam Peterson
1962
7.8
The Andy Griffith Show
as Fred Sterling
1960
7.6
Pollyanna
as Mr. Hooper (Uncredited)
1960
6.9
Who Was That Lady?
as Schultz (uncredited)
1960
6.3
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Jailbird
1960
6.1
Last Train from Gun Hill
as Hotel Desk Clerk
1959
7.1
The Donna Reed Show
as Mr. Ross
1958
6.2
The Sheepman
as Bartender (uncredited)
1958
6.9
The Missouri Traveler
as Pos Neely
1958
6.4
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1957
8.6
Mister Cory
as Ned - Owner (uncredited)
1957
5.7
Our Miss Brooks
as Dr. Henley
1956
6.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Fescue
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Second Bank Teller
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Charlie
1955
7.8
Wichita
as Bartender (uncredited)
1955
6.4
Phffft
as Workman (uncredited)
1954
6.1
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Symore
1953
6.2
Let's Do It Again
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1953
3.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Arguing Husband
1952
7.2
Here Come the Marines
as Maj. Desmond
1952
6.0
High Noon
as Jimmy - Drunk with Eye Patch (uncredited)
1952
7.7
Young Man with Ideas
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
1952
4.7
The Lady Pays Off
as Bartender (as Billy Newell)
1951
6.7
Bright Victory
as Todd the Bartender (uncredited)
1951
6.9
Louisa
as Movie Usher (uncredited)
1950
6.1
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Horace "Hank" Hawkshaw (uncredited)
1950
6.1
The Fuller Brush Man
as Police Announcer (uncredited)
1948
6.0
Song of My Heart
as Doorman
1948
5.0
Wedlock Deadlock
as Dick
1947
0.0
Key Witness
as Smiley
1947
4.5
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
as Deputy (uncredited)
1947
5.0
Second Chance
as Pinky
1947
5.0
🎬
Doctor Jim
as Editor (as Bill Newell)
1947
0.0
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Waiter at Bank Dinner (uncredited)
1946
7.8
Alias Mr. Twilight
as Delivery Man (uncredited)
1946
5.3
Lady in the Lake
as Drunk (Uncredited)
1946
6.0
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Piano Player (uncredited)
1946
5.3
The Magnificent Rogue
as Stage Manager
1946
5.0
Bowery Bombshell
as Detective Dugan
1946
6.0
The Man Who Dared
as Police Sgt. Clay
1946
3.0
Young Widow
as Charlie (Uncredited)
1946
4.6
Adventure
as Barber #1 (uncredited)
1945
6.2
🎬
Out of the Depths
as Charlie Anderson
1945
0.0
The Lost Weekend
as Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
1945
7.6
On Stage Everybody
as Mason (uncredited)
1945
0.0
Her Lucky Night
as Proprietor
1945
4.5
The Great Morgan
as Film Character (uncredited)
1945
5.5
The Missing Juror
as Wally, Counterman (Uncredited)
1944
6.0
Sing a Jingle
as Wiggins
1944
0.0
Dangerous Blondes
as Attendant (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Top Man
as Secretary
1943
0.0
Fired Wife
as Bartender
1943
4.2
Honeymoon Lodge
as Bartender
1943
0.0
All by Myself
as Price
1943
0.0
Slightly Dangerous
as Waiter (uncredited)
1943
6.1
Keeper of the Flame
as Piggot
1943
6.6
No Place for a Lady
as Toreador Club Waiter
1943
6.0
The Outlaw
as Drunken Cowboy (uncredited)
1943
5.4
A Night to Remember
as Police Photographer (uncredited)
1942
6.6
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as Clerk
1942
6.5
Get Hep to Love
as Janitor
1942
4.0
The Major and the Minor
as Ticket Agent #2 (uncredited)
1942
7.0
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1942
2.5
The Lady Is Willing
as Counterman (uncredited)
1942
6.4
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Swanson
1942
4.7
Inflation
as Jerry the Man Wanting to Buy Car (uncredited)
1942
5.0
Miss Polly
as Hubert - New Postman
1941
4.5
Devil Pays Off
as Second Steward
1941
3.4
Three Girls About Town
as Laundry Man
1941
5.3
Ice-Capades
as Harry Stimson
1941
5.5
Manpower
as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
1941
6.7
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Murdock Handler (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Blondie Goes Latin
as Steward Ringing Chime and Crying (uncredited)
1941
6.2
The Strawberry Blonde
as Man (uncredited)
1941
6.9
🎬
Penny To the Rescue
as Man
1941
0.0
Caught in the Act
as Sgt. Riley
1941
5.0
Mysterious Doctor Satan
as Speed Martin
1940
5.0
Wedding Bills
as Groom-to-be (uncredited)
1940
8.0
City for Conquest
as Max's Lyricist (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Public Deb No. 1
as Reporter
1940
4.4
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Waiter
1940
0.0
The Great Profile
as Reporter
1940
6.3
🎬
Social Sea Lions
as George T. Formaldehyde
1940
0.0
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Insurance Investigator (uncredited)
1940
5.4
Hold That Woman!
1940
5.0
🎬
Bubbling Troubles
as Alfalfa's Dad (uncredited)
1940
6.5
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1940
6.4
All About Hash
as Alfalfa's Father
1940
5.0
The Domineering Male
as Marriage Proposer (uncredited)
1940
6.0
The Ghost Comes Home
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1940
5.0
The Invisible Man Returns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940
6.3
Swanee River
as Bill, Stagehand
1939
6.7
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Taxi Driver
1939
5.7
The Invisible Killer
as Det. Sgt. Pat Dugan
1939
3.8
🎬
Let's Talk Turkey
as Abner J. Poodlebeam
1939
5.0
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
1939
3.5
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Reporter (uncredited)
1939
7.8
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Maxie T. Bookmaker (uncredited)
1939
5.0
🎬
Culinary Carving
as Knife Customer
1939
0.0
Second Fiddle
as Make-Up Artist
1939
4.9
Naughty But Nice
as Arranger (uncredited)
1939
6.2
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
1939
7.0
Invitation to Happiness
as Waiter (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Rose of Washington Square
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1939
5.8
Everybody's Baby
as Waiter (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Honolulu
as Second Interne
1939
6.1
Alfalfa's Aunt
as John Switzer
1939
6.0
Slander House
as Terry Kent
1938
3.7
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Clyde Lyons
1937
5.0
Dangerous Holiday
as Solitaire
1937
1.0
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Ticket Seller (uncredited)
1937
7.5
Bill Cracks Down
as Eddie 'Porky' Plunkett
1937
5.3
Larceny on the Air
as Andrews
1937
5.0
A Man Betrayed
as Gabby
1936
6.0
The Mandarin Mystery
as Detective Guffy
1936
4.8
🎬
Beware Of Ladies
as Sniff
1936
5.0
Happy Go Lucky
as Charlie Davis
1936
5.0
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
as Hank McGlaurie
1936
7.4
Libeled Lady
as Divorce Detective
1936
7.3
Bulldog Edition
as Charlie Hunter
1936
2.3
Sitting on the Moon
as Mike
1936
4.3
Fury
as Service Station Owner (uncredited)
1936
7.4
Navy Born
as Lt. Bill Lyons
1936
4.5
Absolute Quiet
as Bill Dahle (Uncredited)
1936
5.5
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Mr. Tanner
1936
5.0
Riffraff
as Pete
1936
4.9
Rendezvous
as Carter's Receptionist (uncredited)
1935
4.3
Here Comes the Band
as Greasy (uncredited)
1935
5.0
Honeymoon Limited
as Cop (uncredited)
1935
5.3
Bombshell
as Lola's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1933
6.5