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My Favorite Robert Newton Films
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My Favorite Robert Newton Performances
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More personal "award nominations"
| Most Oscar-worthy performances: | Bartlett in The Desert Rats, Bill Walker in Major Barbara, Peter McCabe in Waterfront |
| Best director: | David Lean |
| Warmest performance: | Dr. Arnold in Tom Brown's Schooldays |
| Most heartbreaking performance: | Peter McCabe in Waterfront |
| Funniest performance: | Pistol in Henry V, "Bill" Sykes in Soldiers Three |
| Most beguiling performance: | (Who else?) Long John Silver |
| Best villain: | Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist |
| Scariest villain: | Harry Carter in Kiss the Blood Off My Hands |
| Funniest villain: | Peter J. Goodfellow in Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
| Coldest villain: | Clive Riordan in Obsession |
| Best hero: | Jem Trehearne in Jamaica Inn, Frank Gibbons in This Happy Breed |
| Best leading lady: | Maureen O'Hara in Jamaica Inn |
| Most romantic scene: | The dance/proposal scene in They Flew Alone, the cave/escape scene in Jamaica Inn |
| Least romantic line: | Long John's prison proposal to Purity in the Adventures of Long John Silver: "'Tis better to wear your noose than the executioner's." |
| Saddest scene: | Parting with his son in Waterfront, being left in the prison cell by David Niven in Around the World in 80 Days |
| Best sidekick: | Cyril Cusack in Soldiers Three |
| Best nemesis: | Emlyn Williams in Jamaica Inn |
| Best nonhuman costar: | Cap'n Flint in Treasure Island, Bullseye in Oliver Twist |
| Best costume: | Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist |
| Best facial expression: | Realizing he's just invited Purity to live aboard his ship in "The Eviction" episode of The Adventures of Long John Silver |
| Best entrance: | Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist |
| Best exit: | Long John Silver in Treasure Island |
| Favorite guilty pleasures: | Soldiers Three, Jamaica Inn |