Paul Newlan

Newlan died of congestive heart failure on November 23, 1973 in Studio City, California.

Newlan portrayed Big Harpe on the miniseries Davy Crockett and General Prichard on the ABC war series Twelve O'Clock High. He also made appearances on series such as Gunsmoke, The Deputy, Thriller (4 episodes), Wagon Train and most notable the 1964 Twilight Zone episode "The Brain Center at Whipple's". In 1965 he played Andy Handshaw, a retired US Forest Service Ranger, in the TV series Lassie episode "Lassie and the Seagull" (Season 12, Ep.4). His final credit was in 1971 on Robert Young's Marcus Welby M.D.

On March 4, 1955, Newlan appeared as the outlaw Jules Beni in an episode of Jim Davis's syndicated western series Stories of the Century. Gregg Palmer played Jack Slade, the superintendent of the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, in Julesburg, Colorado, who sets out to capture Beni.

He was an actor, known for Down Rio Grande Way (1942), Dragnet (1947) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He was married to Hazel Bokarney Newlan.

Newlan appeared in dozens of films and TV shows between 1935 and 1971. Among his other film roles were My Favorite Spy, The Captive City, The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd and The Buccaneer, in addition to smaller roles in numerous other films including Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars, You're Never Too Young, We're No Angels, and To Catch a Thief.

Paul Newlan was born on June 29, 1903 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, USA as Paul Emory Newland.