FrameThrower · Actors · Robert Newton
Robert Newton
2 films · 127 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1947–1948
Born 1 June 1905 · Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK · died 25 March 1956
Robert Newton was one of the great character actors -- and great characters -- of the British cinema, best remembered today for playing Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1950) and its sequel in 1954. His portrayal of Long John Silver and of Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952) created a persona that was so indelible that his vocal intonations created the paradigm for scores of people who want to "Talk Like a Pirate." The performance overshadows Newton's legacy, which is based on many first-rate performances in such movies as This Happy Breed (1944), Odd Man Out (1947) and Oliver Twist (1948), where his Bill Sykes is truly chilling. Oliver Reed, who played Sykes in the Oscar-winning movie musical Oliver! (1968) was influenced by Newton.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 127 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1947–1948
- Disney Legends2002
How their films are shot
Measured across 127 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Robert takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 71% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Robert takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 127 frames from Robert Newton's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.