William Newman
Biography
William Newman was an American actor whose career moved between the stage and the screen. Born in Chicago, he grew up in Seattle and studied writing at Columbia University on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship before joining the Seattle Repertory Theatre as an actor in 1965. He went on to perform with companies including the Guthrie Theater, the Denver Center Theater and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and was an artist-in-residence at Stephens College. On film he appeared in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Silver Bullet (1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Funny Farm (1988), Monkey Shines (1988), Leprechaun (1993) and Tom and Huck (1995), among others, and played a role in Mrs. Doubtfire opposite Robin Williams and Sally Field. He was cast as Kalin Trose in a 1991 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and his last television credit came in 2006 on My Name Is Earl.
80years old at death
- Born Chicago
- Died Philadelphia
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as William MacLeod Newman
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 24 years1976 to 2000
Genres
First and latest
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William Newman movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
William Newman shares two films with Conrad Roberts, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Conrad Roberts's page
Christopher Walken's page
Dennis Hopper's page
Keanu Reeves's page
M. Emmet Walsh's page
Stanley Tucci's page
Daniel AttiasDirector, 1 film, 1985
All films by Daniel Attias
All films by Mark Jones
All films by Peter Weir
Box office
What William Newman's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$123 million
11 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$26M20.8% of the total
- 2$24M19.5% of the total
- 3$20M15.9% of the total
- 4$14M11.6% of the total
- 5$12M10.1% of the total
- 6$12M10.1% of the total
- 7$8.6M7.0% of the total
- 8$5.3M4.3% of the total
$866,753from the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.