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Paul Newlan

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Paul Newlan
Newlan inI'm from Arkansas(1944)
Born
Paul Emory "Tiny" Newlan

(1903-06-29)June 29, 1903
DiedNovember 23, 1973(1973-11-23)(aged 70)
Resting placeCoyle Cemetery Logan County, Oklahoma
OccupationActor
Years active1920–1971

Paul Emory "Tiny" Newlan(June 29, 1903 – November 23, 1973) was an American film and TVcharacter actorfromPlattsmouth, Nebraska.[1]He was best known for his role as Captain Grey on theNBCpolice seriesM Squad[2]and for his roles in films includingThe Americanization of EmilyandThe Slender Thread.

Career

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Early in his career, Newlan worked inVaudeville,sometimes doing as many as 10 shows a day.[3]

Newlan appeared in dozens of films and TV shows between 1935 and 1971. Among his other film roles wereMy Favorite Spy,The Captive City,The Great Adventures of Captain KiddandThe Buccaneer,in addition to smaller roles in numerous other films includingAbbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd,Abbott and Costello Go to Mars,You're Never Too Young,We're No Angels,andTo Catch a Thief.

On March 4, 1955, Newlan appeared as the outlawJules Beniin an episode ofJim Davis'ssyndicatedwestern seriesStories of the Century.Gregg PalmerplayedJack Slade,the superintendent of theCentral Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company,inJulesburg, Colorado,who sets out to capture Beni.[4]

Newlan portrayed Big Harpe on the miniseriesDavy Crockett[5]and General Prichard on theABCwar seriesTwelve O'Clock High.He also made appearances on series such asGunsmoke(as outlaw “Danch” in the 1956 S2E11 offering “Spring Term” ),The Deputy,Thriller(4 episodes),Wagon Trainand most notable the 1964Twilight Zoneepisode "The Brain Center at Whipple's".In 1965 he played Andy Handshaw, a retired US Forest Service Ranger, in the TV seriesLassieepisode "Lassie and the Seagull" (Season 12, Ep.4). His final credit was in 1971 onRobert Young'sMarcus Welby M.D.

Death

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Newlan died of congestive heart failure on November 23, 1973, inStudio City, California.He is interred in Coyle Cemetery,Logan County, Oklahoma.[6]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^"Well Known Singer Here".The Plattsmouth Journal.Nebraska, Plattsmouth. December 5, 1935. p. 1.RetrievedJanuary 2,2018– via nebnewspapers.unl.edu.
  2. ^The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present.Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 714.ISBN0-345-45542-8.
  3. ^"Newlan's A Rarity Among The Stars".The Daily Reporter.Ohio, Dover. May 14, 1960. p. 25.RetrievedApril 16,2017– viaNewspapers.Open access icon
  4. ^"Stories of the Century:"Jack Slade", March 4, 1955 ".Internet Movie Database.RetrievedSeptember 16,2012.
  5. ^Terrace, Vincent (2011).Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010(2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. pp. 240–241.ISBN978-0-7864-6477-7.
  6. ^Wilson, Scott.Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons,3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
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