John Newland

John Newland

Рождение : 1917-11-23, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Смерть : 2000-01-10

История

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.

Профиль

John Newland
John Newland

Фильмы

Путешественники во времени
Producer
К профессору Скотту МакКензи попадает любопытная находка — старая фотография XIX века, на которой запечатлён ковбой, держащий в руках вполне современный револьвер «Магнум». Удивление учёного постепенно перерастает в убеждённость, что путешествия во времени действительно возможны, и вскоре он встречает женщину, которая это подтверждает. Она заявляет, что прибыла из будущего и просит профессора отправиться с ней в 1886 год и помочь в розыске того самого ковбоя с фотографии.
Триумфальная арка
Producer
Экранизация романа Эриха Марии Ремарк. История любви в предвоенном Париже. Равик – талантливый немецкий хирург, бежавший из Германии, где подвергался пыткам и допросам за содействие евреям, охвачен жаждой мести своему обидчику, которого мельком, несколько раз видел в Париже. Однажды ночью на мосту он встречает женщину, с отчаяньем глядящую в серые ноябрьские волны.
The Execution
Executive Producer
The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the camp who performed experiments on them as young girls. To their horror they learn that he has already been tried as a war criminal and has served but a few years for his crimes. They decide that they will "execute" him, drawing lots to determine which one will perform the act, without letting the others know who it is.
The Five of Me
Executive Producer
Henry Hawksworth (David Birney) is a man menaced by a multiple personality. There is Dana, the conservative family man; Johnny, violent and sociopathic; Peter, creative and childish; and Phil, protective and unemotional. "Dana" falls in love with Ann (Dee Wallace) and marries her. Following a crime, "Johnny" is arrested and tried. In court, Henry's multiple personalities are painfully revealed.
Angel City
Executive Producer
Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.
Angel City
Producer
Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.
Overboard
Director
Attractive, affluent married couple Mitch and Lindy Garrison sail their yacht to Tahiti to recharge their relationship and add spice to their upper-middle-class lives, but things don't go as planned when they wind up falling overboard.
The Suicide's Wife
Director
An unsuccessful middle-aged college professor commits suicide, leaving his wife to cope with guilt, shame, and an angry teenage son who blames her for his father's death.
A Sensitive, Passionate Man
Director
The marriage of a wealthy, outwardly happy couple is threatened by the husband's alcoholism.
The Legend of Hillbilly John
Director
A roaming hillbilly, on a quest to defy the Devil, encounters several supernatural characters and does battle with his silver-stringed guitar.
Не бойся темноты
Director
Салли Фарнэм с мужем переезжает в родовое викторианское поместье, где несколько лет никто не жил. В подвале девушка обнаруживает прекрасный камин, замурованный кирпичной кладкой, а дверца для уборки пепла оказывается надёжно запечатанной. Плотник говорит, что сделал это по просьбе прежней хозяйки дома, бабушки Салли, и уверяет, что новым хозяевам стоит оставить всё как есть. Но любопытство девушки берёт верх, и она откручивает винты дверцы, тем самым выпуская на волю жутких демонических существ.
Crawlspace
Director
A childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.
The Deadly Hunt
Director
A young couple on a forest holiday become unwitting targets for paid killers, and a forest fire helps them escape.
My Lover, My Son
Director
A woman deals with an unhappy marriage, the death of her lover, and her son's involvement in a crime.
Danger Has Two Faces
Director
A U.S. spy and East German police duke it out in a battle of wits, fisticuffs and killing. The spy assumes the ID of a wealthy look-alike that the commies kill. But will his wife spill the beans in this Cold War espionage thriller?
The Spy with My Face
Director
Napoleon Solo is captured by Thrush and replaced with a double.
The Return of Andrew Bentley
Director
White magic practitioner Amos Wilder kills himself after securing his nephew's sworn promise to guard his body against evil spirits. The nephew must never leave his uncle's mansion, to protect the shire from the return of black necromancer Bentley, cast back to Hell by Wilder.
The Return of Andrew Bentley
Ellis Corbett
White magic practitioner Amos Wilder kills himself after securing his nephew's sworn promise to guard his body against evil spirits. The nephew must never leave his uncle's mansion, to protect the shire from the return of black necromancer Bentley, cast back to Hell by Wilder.
The Violators
Director
A New York City probation officer, noted for his sympathy with delinquents, put to a severe test when his daughter falls for a boy whom circumstances force into breaking the law.
That Night!
Director
When a driven business man suffers a series of heart attacks, he and his family must reassess their values.
Sons of Adventure
Peter Winslow
This western mystery offers a behind-the-scenes look at movie making. The trouble begins when a cowboy star is mysteriously killed on the set. A detective investigates and becomes determined to save the prime suspect. Despite the terrible danger he faces, the investigator does not stop until the real culprit has been apprehended and justice is served.
13 Lead Soldiers
Algernon 'Algy' Longworth
Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Drummond learns that the two soldiers were part of a set of thirteen which formed the key to a hidden vault of treasure. Following some clever sleuthing and set-up on Drummond's part, the guilty man is trapped in the vault,which is hidden behind the fireplace.
The Challenge
Algy Longworth
Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location of his hidden gold.