John Newland (Actor)

Reviews of John Newland Movies

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Movies starring John Newland have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 59%.

Gentleman's Agreement - released in 1947 - is John Newland's highest rated movie, with a score of 72% based on 179 reviews.

The lowest rated film from John Newland is Purgatory - released in 1988 - with a score of 40% based on 1 reviews.

Actor Biography

John Newland was an American director, actor, television producer, and screenwriter.

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.

Following the demise of his One Step Beyond, Newland directed one of the early 1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episodes called "The Double Affair". His episode was given additional footage and released to cinemas as a motion picture titled The Spy with My Face. In 1966 he produced and directed all episodes but one of the serious spy series The Man Who Never Was for which he also served as a writer. Some episodes were strung together and released outside the United States as a film called Danger Has Two Faces. He later directed episodes of The Sixth Sense, and Police Woman. In addition to acting, directing, and screenwriting, he produced several television movies.

John Newland has acted in films with Gregory Peck, Dean Stockwell, Tanya Roberts and Celeste Holm.

John Newland has worked with these film directors: Elia Kazan, Vincent Sherman and Ami Artzi.