Sam Newfield

TV Director

1899 – 1964

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Who was Sam Newfield?

Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie director, with over 250 feature films to his credit, and a large number of shorts, training films, industrial films, TV episodes, and pretty much anything anyone would pay him for. Because of this massive output—he would sometimes direct more than 20 films in a single year—he has been called the most prolific director of the sound era. Many of Newfield's movies were made for PRC Pictures. This was a film production company that he operated in association with his brother Sigmund Neufeld. The films PRC produced were low-budget productions, the majority being westerns, with an occasional horror film or crime drama.

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Born
Dec 6, 1899
New York City
Also known as
  • Samuel Neufeld
  • Samuel Newfield
  • Sam Neufeld
  • Sam Newfeld
  • Sherman Scott
  • Peter Stewart
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Nationality
  • United States of America
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Died
Nov 10, 1964
Los Angeles

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on July 23, 2013

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