Wayne Newton is a singer and stage performer from the 1960s to the present. He is of English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and German as well as Native American (specifically Powhatan and Cherokee) ancestry. In the 1960s, he was a very popular singer with a very clean cut youthful appearance, with hits like “Danke Schon”. However, because he had a high pitched voice, many joked (wrongly) that he was effeminate or even gay, and Johnny Carson made Newton the butt of his jokes, but when Newton threatened Carson, he stopped telling the jokes. In the 1970s, he reinvented himself with a completely different image, and became more successful than ever! He has performed over 30,000 solo shows in Las Vegas which has earned him the nicknamed of “Mr. Las Vegas”. He has also appeared in a few movies from the 1950s to the present, usually in cameo roles as himself. As of 2020, he is still alive at the age of 78!
Wayne Newton Biography / Wiki
Name | Wayne Newton |
Also Know | Carson Wayne Newton |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Roanoke, Virginia, USA |
Date of Birth | 1942-04-03 |
Age(as in 2022) | 80 |
Deathday |
Wayne Newton Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
40 West | Sankey | 2011-10-16 | … |
80 Steps to Jonah | Mark Jonah Winters | 1969-12-01 | Wayne Newton stars as an accused thug hiding out at a camp for blind children…. |
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | Julian Grendel | 1990-07-11 | To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as “Mr. Rock ‘n’ Roll Detective.” This loudmouthed ladies’ man serves an exclusive rock star clientel… |
Valiant | Himself | 2019-11-17 | The powerful story of the Vegas Golden Knights in their very first year of existence, when they healed and unified their home city after the worst mas… |
The Dark Backward | Jackie Chrome | 1991-07-26 | A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how gre… |
Getting Back to Zero | Bruce | 2013-05-10 | Two brothers reconcile their relationship over the death of their father after they inherit his craps table and gambling debt. A dark comedy set in th… |
Puppy Love | Marshall | 2020-06-28 | A prophetic young dishwasher with brain-damage and a homeless prostitute are brought together through obscene circumstances and embark on a perverse j… |
Licence to Kill | Professor Joe Butcher | 1989-06-13 | After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond’s close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered… |
Best of the Best 2 | Weldon | 1993-01-01 | In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis’ death is witnessed by W… |
Vegas Vacation | Himself | 1997-02-13 | The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas…. |
Elvis Is Alive! I Swear I Saw Him Eating Ding Dongs Outside the Piggly Wiggly’s | 2001-01-15 | A filmmaker makes a documentary about Elvis sightings… | |
Stealing Chaplin | Himself | 2020-10-16 | Two brothers steal Charlie Chaplin’s body and hold it to ransom…. |
Night of the Running Man | August Gurino | 1995-01-19 | A Las Vegas cab driver finds a million dollars of stolen money in his cab after his fare is murdered. Soon after, a ruthless hitman is in persuit; he … |
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil | Jimmy 10-Strings (voice) | 2011-04-29 | Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel an… |
Who’s Your Daddy? | Peter Mack | 2004-01-07 | An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of beautif… |
Ocean’s Eleven | Boxing Spectator | 2001-12-07 | Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny’s hand-picked crew of spec… |
Smokin’ Aces | Himself | 2006-12-09 | When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state’s evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of… |
Joys | 1976-03-05 | Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope’s house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies t… | |
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens | Wayne Newton | 2016-07-31 | The new installment of the Sharknado franchise takes place 5 years after Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! There have been no Sharknados in the intervening yea… |
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