Sam Newfield

Career Overview

Sam Newfield has 219 screen credits in a career dating back to 1926. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection with 36 titles. Signature works include Lost Continent, Border Badmen, Rustlers' Hideout. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

219

Birth Date

1899-12-06

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Lost Continent
• 

  Border Badmen
• 

  Rustlers' Hideout
• 

  Harvest Melody
• 

  The Renegade
• 

  Fugitive of the Plains

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

• Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) Collection (36 titles)
• The Lone Rider (16 titles)
• Lone Rider (16 titles)
• The Frontier Marshals Collection (6 titles)
• Billy the Kid (Bob Steele) Collection (6 titles)
• Michael Shayne Collection (4 titles)
• Renfrew of the Royal Mounted Collection (1 titles)
• The Three Mesquiteers Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Buster Crabbe (4 collaborations)
• Al St. John (4 collaborations)
• Charles King (2 collaborations)
• Ray Bennett (2 collaborations)
• Budd Buster (2 collaborations)
• Marin Sais (2 collaborations)
• John Merton (2 collaborations)
• Hal Price (2 collaborations)
• Karl Hackett (2 collaborations)
• George Chesebro (2 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (215 credits)

  • The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk

    director

    directing
    1964
  • Flaming Frontier

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Wolf Dog

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Along the Mohawk Trail

    director

    directing
    1957
  • The Pathfinder and the Mohican

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Frontier Gambler

    director

    directing
    1956
  • The Three Outlaws

    director

    directing
    1956
  • The Wild Dakotas

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Last of the Desperados

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Outlaw Women

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Sky High

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Leave It to the Marines

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Lost Continent

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Skipalong Rosenbloom

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Mask of the Dragon

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Fingerprints Don't Lie

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Three Desperate Men

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Hi-Jacked

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Western Pacific Agent

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Radar Secret Service

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Wild Weed

    director

    directing
    1949
  • State Department: File 649

    director

    directing
    1949
  • The Strange Mrs. Crane

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Miraculous Journey

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Lady at Midnight

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The Counterfeiters

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Money Madness

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The Sea Hound

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Jungle Flight

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Adventure Island

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Three on a Ticket

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Lady Chaser

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Gas House Kids

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Outlaws of the Plains

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Overland Riders

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Queen of Burlesque

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Prairie Badmen

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Blonde for a Day

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Ghost of Hidden Valley

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Larceny in Her Heart

    assistant director

    directing
    1946
  • Terrors on Horseback

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Gentlemen With Guns

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Murder Is My Business

    director

    directing
    1946
  • The Flying Serpent

    director

    directing
    1946
  • House-Rent Party

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Lightning Raiders

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Mantan Messes Up

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Fight That Ghost

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Prairie Rustlers

    director

    directing
    1945
  • White Pongo

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Fighting Bill Carson

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Border Badmen

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Apology for Murder

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Rustlers' Hideout

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Stagecoach Outlaws

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Gangster's Den

    director

    directing
    1945
  • The Lady Confesses

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Shadows of Death

    director

    directing
    1945
  • The Kid Sister

    director

    directing
    1945
  • His Brother's Ghost

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Oath of Vengeance

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Wild Horse Phantom

    director

    directing
    1944
  • I Accuse My Parents

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Swing Hostess

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Fuzzy Settles Down

    director

    directing
    1944
  • The Drifter

    director

    directing
    1944
  • The Contender

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Valley Of Vengeance

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Thundering Gun Slingers

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Frontier Outlaws

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Nabonga

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Harvest Melody

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Devil Riders

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Raiders of Red Gap

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Tiger Fangs

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Blazing Frontier

    director

    directing
    1943
  • The Renegade

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Danger! Women at Work

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Cattle Stampede

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Wolves of the Range

    director

    directing
    1943
  • The Black Raven

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Western Cyclone

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Death Rides the Plains

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Dead Men Walk

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Fugitive of the Plains

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Wild Horse Rustlers

    director

    directing
    1943
  • The Kid Rides Again

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Outlaws of Boulder Pass

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Queen of Broadway

    director

    directing
    1942
  • The Mysterious Rider

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Along the Sundown Trail

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Overland Stagecoach

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Border Roundup

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Prairie Pals

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Sheriff of Sage Valley

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Law and Order

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Jungle Siren

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Tumbleweed Trail

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Texas Justice

    director

    directing
    1942
  • The Mad Monster

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Rolling Down the Great Divide

    director

    directing
    1942
  • The Lone Rider in Cheyenne

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Billy the Kid Trapped

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Raiders of the West

    director

    directing
    1942
  • The Lone Rider and the Bandit

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Texas Man Hunt

    director

    directing
    1942
  • The Lone Rider Fights Back

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Billy The Kid's Round-Up

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Billy the Kid Wanted

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Lone Rider Ambushed

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Texas Marshal

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Lone Rider in Ghost Town

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Outlaws of the Rio Grande

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Billy the Kid's Range War

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Lone Rider Rides On

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Billy the Kid's Gun Justice

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Riders of Black Mountain

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Marked Men

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Billy the Kid in Texas

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Arizona Gang Busters

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Gun Code

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Billy the Kid Outlawed

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Hold That Woman!

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Am I Guilty?

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Frontier Crusader

    director

    directing
    1940
  • I Take This Oath

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Secrets of a Model

    director

    directing
    1940
  • The Sagebrush Family Trails West

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Texas Renegades

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Death Rides the Range

    director

    directing
    1939
  • The Invisible Killer

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Fighting Mad

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Trigger Fingers

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Flaming Lead

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Hitler: Beast of Berlin

    director

    directing
    1939
  • The Fighting Renegade

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Straight Shooter

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Outlaws' Paradise

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Texas Wildcats

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Code of the Cactus

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Six-Gun Rhythm

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Trigger Pals

    director

    directing
    1939
  • The Terror of Tiny Town

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Six-Gun Trail

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Lightning Carson Rides Again

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Frontier Scout

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Crashing Through Danger

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Durango Valley Raiders

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Desert Patrol

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Phantom Ranger

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Gunsmoke Trail

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Songs and Bullets

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Knight of the Plains

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Feud Maker

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Code of the Rangers

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Thunder in the Desert

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Rangers' Round-Up

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Paroled - To Die

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Harlem on the Prairie

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Colorado Kid

    director

    directing
    1937
  • The Fighting Deputy

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Arizona Gunfighter

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Ridin' the Lone Trail

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Boothill Brigade

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Doomed at Sundown

    director

    directing
    1937
  • A Lawman Is Born

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Moonlight on the Range

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Guns in the Dark

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Bar-Z Bad Men

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Melody of the Plains

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Trail of Vengeance

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Lightnin' Crandall

    director

    directing
    1937
  • The Gambling Terror

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Stormy Trails

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Roarin' Lead

    director

    directing
    1936
  • The Traitor

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Ghost Patrol

    director

    directing
    1936
  • The Lion's Den

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Go-Get-'Em, Haines

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Aces and Eights

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Burning Gold

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Lightnin' Bill Carson

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Federal Agent

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Border Caballero

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Roarin' Guns

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Bulldog Courage

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Timber War

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Racing Luck

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Trails of the Wild

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Branded a Coward

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Code of the Mounted

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Thoroughbred

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Northern Frontier

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Undercover Men

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Beggar's Holiday

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Wedding Belles

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Marrying Widows

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Under Secret Orders

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Big Time Or Bust

    director

    directing
    1933
  • The Important Witness

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Reform Girl

    director

    directing
    1933
  • She's a He

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Peek-A-Boo

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Sid's Long Count

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Night Owls

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Jane's Sleuth

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Jane's Predicament

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Jane's Engagement Party

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Please Excuse Me

    director

    directing
    1926

• production (1 credits)

  • Wolf Dog

    producer

    production
    1958

• writing (2 credits)

  • The Gambler and the Lady

    writer

    writing
    1952
  • Fight That Ghost

    writer

    writing
    1946

• crew (1 credits)

  • My Son, The Hero

    additional dialogue

    crew
    1943