John Newland

John Newland
Born	December 23, 1917(1917-12-23) Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died	January 10, 2000 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Director, actor, television producer, screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Helena deCastro Palomino Areta (1967 - January 10, 2000)

John Newland (November 23, 1917 - January 10, 2000) was an American director, actor, television producer, and screenwriter.

Early life and career

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Newland began his career as a teen in vaudeville. After moving to New York City to study acting, he served in United States Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, he signed with Warner Bros. but was relegated to playing bit parts. By the early 1950s, Newland focused solely on television roles appearing in several episodes of Studio One, The Philco Television Playhouse, Tales of Tomorrow, Kraft Television Theatre, and Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. In 1959, Newland became the host and director of the paranormal television series One Step Beyond. The series ended its run in 1961 and Newland later hosted its short-lived counterpart The Next Step Beyond in 1978.^[1]

After directing episodes of Letter to Loretta in 1953, Newland went on to direct to episodes of Bachelor Father, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with his episode given additional footage and released to cinemas as The Spy With My Face, The Man Who Never Was (for which he also served as a writer), The Sixth Sense, and Police Woman. In addition to acting, directing, and screenwriting, he produced several television movies.

Death

On January 10, 2000, Newland died of a stroke in Los Angeles.^[2]

Select filmography

Producer

• The Deadly Hunt (1971)
• Angel City (1980)
• The Five of Me (1981)
• The Execution (1985)
• Arch of Triumph (1985)
• Timestalkers (1987)
• Too Good to Be True (1988)

Award nominations

References

External links

• John Newland at the Internet Movie Database
• John Newland at TV.com
• John Newland at Find a Grave