Derek Newark

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British actor (1933–1998)

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::summary British actor (1933–1998) ::

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Field	Value
name	Derek Newark
image	Youngderek1.jpg
caption	Newark in the 1970s
birth_name	Derek John Newark
birth_date
birth_place	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
death_date
death_place	London, England
occupation	Actor
years_active	1961–1996
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Derek John Newark (8 June 1933 – 11 August 1998) was an English actor in television, film and theatre.

Career

Newark began his working life as a soldier in the Coldstream Guards before joining the Royal Artillery. However, he wanted to become an actor, and left the Army to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Newark appeared in a large number of film and television roles, including The Baron (1967), The Avengers (three episodes in the 1960s), Department S, Z-Cars (six episodes between 1969 and 1972), Barlow in the regular role of Det. Insp. Tucker (1974–1975) and various other minor roles. He appeared in episodes two to four of the first Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child in 1963. Later he appeared opposite Jon Pertwee in the 1970 story Inferno. Newark also played the role of Spooner, an ill-tempered former Red Devil turned professional wrestler in the series Rising Damp.

In the 1970s, Newark became more involved in the theatre, spending nearly a decade at the Royal National Theatre. While there he was part of the company that opened its current South Bank home and was a cornerstone of the residential company that worked in the smaller Cottesloe Theatre under Bill Bryden's direction. His most important roles there were Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream and the world premiere of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross where he played Shelley Levene (a role later played on screen by Jack Lemmon). At the National he also appeared as Malcolm in Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce, which transferred to the West End and then Broadway. He also created the role of Roote in Harold Pinter's play The Hothouse which premiered in 1980 in a production directed by the playwright.

Amongst later work on television, he starred in the second series of Juliet Bravo as Councillor Jack Winterbottom. In 1982, Newark played Martin Bormann in the TV series Inside the Third Reich. He appeared as W. C. Fields with Caroline Quentin in the 1983 Channel 4 play Hollywood Hits Chiswick

In the cinema Newark appeared as Jessard, Sgt. Johnson's (Sean Connery) sidekick in the police drama The Offence (Sidney Lumet 1972).

Death

Newark died of a heart attack, brought on by liver failure after years of alcoholism, on 11 August 1998 in West London.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	The System	Alfred	Uncredited
The Black Torment	Coachman Tom
1965	City Under the Sea	Dan
The Little Ones	Det. Wilson
1966	The Blue Max	Ziegel
1968	Where Eagles Dare	German Major	Uncredited
1969	Oh! What a Lovely War	Shooting Gallery Proprietor
1970	Fragment of Fear	Sergeant Matthews
The Breaking of Bumbo	C.S.M Peters
1971	Dad's Army	Regimental Sergeant Major
Venom	Johann
1973	The Offence	Jessard
1974	The Black Windmill	Monitoring Policeman
1976	Escape from the Dark	Unknown
1987	Bellman and True	Guv'nor
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Episodes
1961	Deadline Midnight	Mechanic	Episode: "Striptease"
1962	Probation Officer	Customers Officer	Episode: #4.12
Out of This World	Inspector Wright	Episode: Vanishing Act
The Caucasian Chalk Circle	Trooper	3 episodes
Harpers West One	Jerry Barker	Episode: #2.15
1963	The Birth of a Private Man	Jack	Television film
The Plane Makers	Alf Skinner	Episode: "The Blunt Approach"
BBC Sunday-Night Play	Fred/George	2 episodes
1964	No Hiding Place	Sgt. Wallis	Episode: Line of Fire
The Villains	D.S. Brough	Episode: 'Victim''
Redcap	Mess Sergeant	Episode: It's What Comes After
The Wednesday Play	Private Postnikov	Episode: A Crack in the Ice
The Chimney Boy	Sailor	Television film
1961–1965	ITV Play of the Week	Dragoon Sjt/Private Varley	3 episodes
1965	Front Page Story	Joe Harwood	13 episodes
Knock on Any Door	Flynn	Episode: There's Always an Angle
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance	Private Hurst	3 episodes
1966	Softly, Softly	Alec Bridges	Episode: It Doesn't Grow on Trees
The Likely Lads	Duggie	Episode: Love and Marriage
Blackmail	Arthur Clegg	Episode : The Haunting of Aubrey Hopkiss
Drama 61-67	Sgt. Dangerfield	Episode: Conduct to the Prejudice
1966–1967	The Baron	Cavin Baggio/Lucas	3 episodes
1967	Emergency Ward 10	Captain Leo Baring	Episode: "Mock Flight"
Theatre 625	Col. Karl Ernst	Episode: Firebrand
Callan	Loder	Episode: You Should Have Got Here Sooner
The Gamblers	Redgrave	Episode Read 'em and Weep
The White Rabbit	Prison guard/The	2 episodes
ITV Playhouse	Sgt. Huber	Episode: The Stories of D.H. Lawrence: The Thorn in the Flesh
Vanity Fair	McMurdo	Episode: Vanitas Vanitatum
1967–1968	Man in a Suitcase	Maurice/Rudy	2 episodes
1968	Half Hour Story	Bill Bolton	Episode: Out of the Playground
The Caesars	Agrippa Postumus	Episode: Augustus
1964–1968	The Avengers	Johnson/Crawford	3 episodes
1968	Mr. Rose	Thomas Lundy	Episode: Free and Easy
The Champions	Kruger	Episode: The Final Countdown
1967–1968	The Saint	Carl/German	2 episodes
1969	Judge Dee	Corporal	Episode: The Curse of the Lacquer Screen
1970	Department S	Clark	Episode: The Last Train to Redbridge
Manhunt	Henri	Episode: Break-Up
1963–1970	Doctor Who	Za/Greg Sutton	Serials: "An Unearthly Child"/"Inferno"
1970	Big Brother	Miller	Episode: There's Always a First Time
1971	The Ten Commandments	Bernard Williams	Episode: Be Lucky
1971	Paul Temple	Det. Insp. Hilton	Episode: The Quick and the Dead
1971	ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Pete	Episode: The Wedding Gift
1966–1971	Coronation Street	Detective Inspector Sharp	6 episodes
1971	Dixon of Dock Green	Eddie Brown	Episode: The Fighter
1971	Jason King	Hartman	Episode: A Red Red Rose Forever
1971	The Persuaders!	Lloyd	Episode: That's Me Over There
1968–1972	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Bert Gregson	3 episodes
1971–1972	Budgie	Det. Insp. Bryant	3 episodes
1968–1972	Z-Cars	Dunnock	6 episodes
1972	The Edwardians	Meadows	Episode: Baden-Powell
1973	The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club	Bunter	3 episodes
Justice	Tom Bradley	Episode: After All, What Is a Lie?
New Scotland Yard	Harry Logan	Episode: Where's Harry?
General Hospital	Ronnie Singer	Episode: #1.87
Diamonds on Wheels	Mercer	Television film
Spy Trap	Colonel Kretmar	Episode: Anything Legal Considered
The Adventures of Black Beauty	Fletcher	2 episodes
1974	The Protectors	Reece	Episode: The Tiger and the Goat
1974	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Colour	Mercer	3 episodes
QB VII	Mr. Graham	Episode: Part Three
My Name Is Harry Worth	Mick	Episode: Don't Bank on It
A Little Bit of Wisdom	Security guard	Episode: And I Mean That Most Sincerely
1975	The Two Ronnies	Det. Insp. Tucker	Episode: #4.1
1974–1975	Rising Damp	Spooner	2 episodes
Barlow	Det. Insp. Eddie Tucker	15 episodes
1975	Churchill's People	Sir John Dudley	Episode: * The Whip of Heaven*
1978	Rumpole of the Bailey	Basil Delgado	Episode: Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade
Born and Bred	Dawson	Episode: Ever So Goosey
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	Mr. Hunt	Episode: Motorbike
1979	Return of the Saint	Wright	Episode: The Obono Affair
Citizen Smith	Car salesman	Episode: The Big Job
1980	Bedroom Farce	Malcom	Television film
1981	The Antagonists	Engineering Officer	2 episodes
Private Schulz	Publican	Episode: #1.3
Only Fools and Horses	Eric the Policeman	Episode: The Russians are Coming
Juliet Bravo	Councillor Jack Winterbottom	Episode: Gorgeous
Seconds Out	Joe Brindle	Episode: Round 7
1982	The Hothouse	Roote	Television film
Inside the Third Reich	Martin Bormann
1973–1982	Crown Court	Robert Scard	6 episodes
1983	Reilly, Ace of Spies	General Stoessel	Episode: Prelude to War
Dramarama	Mr. Bateson	Episode: Jack and the Computer
1984	Travelling Man	Det. Chief Supt. Sullivan	2 episodes
Just Good Friends	Eddie Brown
1985	Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil	Theodor Eicke	Television film
1985–1986	The Mysteries	First Soldier	3 episodes
1986	Chance in a Million	Arthur	Episode: The Lost Weekend
The Holy City	Stiles	Television film
Four to One	Len
Dempsey and Makepeace	Corman	Episode: The Guardian Angel
The Deliberate Death of a Polish Priest	Colonel Pietruska	Television film
Lytton's Diary	Charlie Rigby	Episode Rule of Engagement
1987	Smith & Jones	Unknown	Episode: #4.2
Harry's Kingdom	Bob Roberts	Television film
1988	Singles	Mr. Broadbent	Episode: Money, Money, Money
Tickets for the Titanic	Brock	Episode: ''Pastoral Care'
ScreenPlay	Mr. Vernon	Episode: Starlings
A Taste for Death	Gordon Halliwell	4 episodes
War & Remembrance	Untersturmfuhrer Klinge	2 episodes
1989	Shadow of the Noose	Van der Hogh	Episode Beside the Seaside
The Nineteenth Hole	Mr. Bennett	7 episodes
Saracen	Metcalf	Episode: Crossfire
The Paradise Club	Bobby Mulgrew	Episode: "Short Story"
1991	Madness	Reenactments	2 episodes
An Actor's Life For Me	Bill Mortimer	Episode: Night of the Living Dead
1992	Screen One	Jimmy	Episode: Seconds Out
1994	99-1	Hicks	Episode: Where the Money Is
1989–1996	The Bill	Eric Taylor	3 episodes
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Theatre work

Bedroom Farce (1977)
The Hothouse (1980)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982)
The Mayor of Zalamea (1982)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1983)
Golden Boy (1984)

References

"Derek Newark: A soldier on the stage" (obituary), ''[[The Guardian]]'', 15 August 1998 (pg.17)
[https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/derek-newark/ Derek Newark - RADA]
[https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/wc-fields.html] Hollywood Hits Chiswick
"Derek Newark biography".

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