JOHN NEWLAND BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
John Newland was born on November 23rd, 1917 in Cincinnati, Ohio who first became involved in the entertainment industry as a singer and dancer. He was involved in vaudeville and later relocated to New York City to study acting.
Prior to beginning his career in the industry, he served with the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and upon completing his service to his country, he then signed a contract with Warner Brothers.
Some if his early small film roles were on, "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947) and "Nora Prentiss" (1947). Not being offered much in the way of films, he turned to television and made several small appearances on such shows as, "The Gold Diggers" (1952), "Tales of Tomorrow" (1952-1953), "Studio One in Hollywood" (1950-1951), "Silver Glory" (1951), "The Web" (1950-1953), "Eye Witness" (1953), "Inner Sanctum" (1954) and "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1952-1957).
After retiring from acting in the 1950's, Newland remained in the industry but not as an actor, instead he began directing television series. He will always be most remembered for being the host of the 1959 show, "One Step Beyond" and it's syndicated revival, "The Next Step Beyond" (1978).
Other television series he added to his directing credits include, "Dr. Kildare", "Hawaii Five-O", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Thriller", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "The Man Who Never Was", "Police Woman", "Sixth Sense", Star Trek", "Naked City" and "Daniel Boone".
At the age of eighty two, John Newland passed away on January 10th, 2000 in Los Angeles, California after suffering from a stroke.
Acting Filmography
1978-1979 The Next Step Beyond
1964 Dr. Kildare
1961 Thriller
1956-1960 The Loretta Young Show
1959 The Detectives
1958 G.E. True Theater
1952-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents
1953-1956 Schlitz Playhouse
1954 Inner Sanctum
1953 Eye Witness
1950-1953 The Web
1949-1953 Kraft Theatre
1952-1953 Tales of Tomorrow
1952 The Gold Diggers
1952 Broadway Television Theatre
1950-1952 Lights Out
1951-1952 Lux Video Theatre
1951-1952 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950-1952 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1952 Cameo Theatre
1950-1951 Studio One in Hollywood
1951 The Adventures of Ellery Queen
1951 Silver Glory
1949 One Man's Family
1950 Danger
1950 Sure As Fate
1950 The Clock
1950 The Trap
1950 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
1948 Let's Live a Little
1948 Homicide for Three
1948 Sons of Adventure
1948 The Challenge
1948 13 Lead Soldiers
1947 T-Men
1947 Gentleman's Agreement
1947 The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947 Nora Prentiss
Directing Filmography
1983 Whiz Kids
1981 Flamingo Road
1979 The Suicide's Wife
1979 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman
1978-1979 The Next Step Beyond
1978 Overboard
1978 Fantasy Island
1974-1978 Police Woman
1977 A Sensitive, Passionate Man
1976 Executive Suite
1976 Switch
1975-1976 Matt Helm
1975 The Family Holvak
1974-1975 Harry O
1974 The Legend of Hillbilly John
1973 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
1971-1973 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1972 The Sixth Sense
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery
1972 Crawlspace
1971 The Deadly Hunt
1967-1971 Insight
1970 The Young Lawyers
1970 My Lover My Son
1970 The Name of the Game
1970 Hawaii Five-O
1969 The Survivors
1967-1969 Daniel Boone
1968 Danger Has Two Faces
1967 Star Trek
1966-1967 The Man Who Never Was
1965 Peyton Place
1965 The Spy with My Face
1963-1965 Dr. Kildare
1964 The Rogues
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 Low Man on a Totem Pole
1963 The Third Man
1961-1963 Alcoa Premiere
1963 The Doctors and the Nurses
1962 The Defenders
1962 The Wide Country
1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1962 Naked City
1962 Route 66
1961-1962 Thriller
1962 Bus Stop
1961 Target: The Corruptors
1958-1961 Bachelor Father
1959-1961 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond
1961 Checkmate
1958 The Thin Man
1958 Rendezvous
1958 G.E. True Theater
1957 The Violators
1957 That Night!
1955-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents
1953 The Loretta Young Show
