In 1939, he played Horatio to Laurence Olivier's Hamlet at the Old Vic, in a production that included Alec Guinness and Michael Redgrave.
He made another with Laughton, Jamaica Inn (1939), playing the romantic male lead, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He had another strong part in Yellow Sands (1939) and had his first film lead in Dead Men are Dangerous (1939).
Newton had a good role supporting Charles Laughton in Vessel of Wrath (1938). Newton was borrowed by 20th Century Fox for The Green Cockatoo (1937). He also had a part as Cassius in the abandoned version of I, Claudius and in 21 Days (shot in 1937, released 1940). Newton was put under contract to Alexander Korda who cast him in small roles in the cinema films Fire Over England (1937), Dark Journey (1937), Farewell Again (1937) and The Squeaker (1937). He had a small role in the film Reunion (1932). From 1932 to 1934, he was the manager of the Shilling Theatre in Fulham, London. He also appeared in Private Lives on Broadway, taking over the role from his friend Laurence Olivier. He returned to England and performed in many plays in the West End of London, including Bitter Sweet by Noël Coward, The Letter with Gladys Cooper, and Cardboard Lover with Tallulah Bankhead. He appeared in many repertory shows until he went to Canada where he worked on a cattle ranch for a year. His acting career began at the age of 16 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1921. He was educated in Lamorna near Penzance, Cornwall, where he lived with his family from 1912 to 1918, then at Exeter School and St Bartholomew's School in Newbury, Berkshire. Robert Guy Newton was born on 1 June 1905 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, a son of the landscape painter Algernon Newton, R.A. Newton has become the " patron saint" of the annual International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Born in Dorset in the West Country of England and growing up in Cornwall near Lands End, his exaggeration of his West Country accent is credited with popularising the stereotypical " pirate voice". He starred as Edward Teach ( Blackbeard) in Blackbeard the Pirate in 1952 and Long John Silver again in the 1954 film of the same title, which spawned a miniseries in the mid-1950s.
Newton is best remembered for his portrayal of the feverish-eyed Long John Silver in the 1950 RKO-Disney British adaptation of Treasure Island, the film that became the standard for screen portrayals of historical pirates. These appearances saw British exhibitors vote him the 10th most popular British film star of 1944. After serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, he had his major break on screen playing the lead in This Happy Breed (1944) and starring in Olivier's version of Henry V (1944). In 1939 he starred as Horatio in Hamlet at the Old Vic theatre opposite Laurence Olivier's Prince Hamlet. īeginning his career in theatre in the 1920s, Newton appeared in numerous plays in the West End, including Bitter Sweet by Noël Coward. Known for his hard-living lifestyle, he was cited as a role model by the actor Oliver Reed and the Who's drummer Keith Moon. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an English actor.
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