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{{Distinguish|Patrick Newell (ice hockey)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Patrick Newell
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| caption = Newell as [[Mother (The Avengers)|Mother]] in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' in 1968
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1932|03|27}}
| birth_place = [[Hadleigh, Suffolk]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1988|07|22|1932|03|27}}
| death_place = [[Essex]], England
| years_active = 1953–1988
| birth_name = Patrick David Newell
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Derina House<br>({{abbr|m.|married}} 1959; his death 1988)
| children = 2
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'''Patrick David Newell''' (27 March 1932 – 22 July 1988)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1ed3dcb|title=Patrick Newell|website=BFI}}</ref> was a British actor, known for his large size.

==Early life and education==
The second son of Eric Llewellyn Newell, of High Lodge, Hadleigh, Suffolk,<ref>The Medical Directory, Part 2, J. & A. Churchill Ltd, 1957, p. 1611</ref> an [[University of Oxford|Oxford-educated]] physician who served as a Captain in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]],<ref>British Medical Journal, 4 January 1969, no. 1, p. 59</ref> Newell was educated at [[Taunton School]] and completed his [[National Service]], where a fellow recruit was [[Michael Caine]], before training at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], alongside [[Albert Finney]] and [[Peter O'Toole]].<ref name="Avengers Forever: Patrick Newell">{{cite news | title =Avengers Forever: Patrick Newell | author =Pete Stampede | work =Avengers Forever | date =21 May 2006| url =http://theavengers.tv/forever/pnote-newell.htm | accessdate = 23 August 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
Newell began to be seen frequently on TV, usually cast as a fat villain or in comic roles. Given his rotund appearance and ability for playing slightly stuffy types, he was a natural stooge in several comedy shows, first for [[Arthur Askey]], in ''[[Arthur's Treasured Volumes]]'' (ATV, 1960), then for [[Jimmy Edwards]] in ''[[Faces of Jim]]'' (BBC, 1962), with [[Ronnie Barker]] also supporting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ddd2d2f345594a1d990270537efcea94|title=Six More Faces of Jim: The Face of Perseverance|date=23 May 1963|publisher=|issue=2063|pages=11|via=BBC Genome}}</ref>

He was originally cast as one of the inept recruits in the first of the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films, 1958's ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' but, according to producer Peter Rogers, Newell turned up on the first day of filming, only to recognise the real-life sergeant hired to drill the cast as the one who'd made his life hell in the Army. He then, so Rogers claims, got into his Rolls-Royce, drove off and was never seen again.<ref name="Avengers Forever: Patrick Newell" />

In an interview with TV Times, in 1968, he claimed to have gained weight as a deliberate attempt to boost his career, marking him out for some niche roles.<ref>[http://declassified.theavengers.tv/king_quotes.htm Avengers Declassified] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710085148/http://declassified.theavengers.tv/king_quotes.htm |date=10 July 2012 }}</ref> In ''Who's Who on Television'' in the late 1970s, Newell described himself as "Actor with a weight problem—the more he diets, the less work he seems to get."

His most notable role was as "[[Mother (The Avengers)|Mother]]", the spymaster in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''.<ref name="Avengers Forever: Patrick Newell" /> He had previously appeared in two earlier ''Avengers'' episodes: "The Town of No Return" ([[Diana Rigg]]'s debut) and, as a Minister of the Crown, in series five's "Something Nasty in the Nursery".

Other cult television appearances included roles in ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]'', ''[[The Persuaders!]]'', ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'', the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "[[The Android Invasion]]", ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'' and ''[[Kinvig]]''.

Newell played [[Inspector Lestrade]] in the 1980 TV series, ''[[Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson]]'', made in [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Barnes|first=Alan |authorlink=Alan Barnes (writer)|title=Sherlock Holmes on Screen |year=2002 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |pages=145-146 |isbn=1-903111-04-8 }}</ref> He also turned up as a Playboy Bunny in one of the [[Benny Hill]] comedy specials. Film appearances include the Gluttony segment of ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1971).

In 1984, he landed a more significant role, as Sutton/Blessington in ITV's well-received ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' production of "[[The Adventure of the Resident Patient]]", alongside [[Jeremy Brett]].

Later in life Newell succeeded in losing a substantial amount of weight, but this did not prevent his early death from a heart attack. He was married and had two children.

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Dial 999 (1955 film)|Dial 999]]'' (1955) – Brewers Man (uncredited)
* ''[[The Rebel (1961 film)|The Rebel]]'' (1961) – Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
* ''[[Night Without Pity]]'' (1961) – Doctor
* ''[[Crooks Anonymous]]'' (1962) – 2nd Jeweller
* ''[[The Boys (1962 British film)|The Boys]]'' (1962) – Crowhurst
* ''[[The Dock Brief]]'' (1962) – 1st Warder
* ''[[Unearthly Stranger]]'' (1963) – Maj. Clarke
* ''[[Never Mention Murder]]'' (''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'' - 1964) – Barman
* ''[[Father Came Too!]]'' (1964) – King Harold
* ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]'' (1964) – William of Corbeil (uncredited)
* ''[[Do You Know This Voice?]]'' (1964) – Neighbor
* ''[[Every Day's a Holiday (1965 film)|Every Day's a Holiday]]'' (1964) – Mr. Hoskins
* ''[[The Alphabet Murders]]'' (1965) – Cracknell
* ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965) – PC Benson
* ''Bindle (One of Them Days)'' (1966) – Mr. Hearty
* ''[[The Sandwich Man (1966 film)|The Sandwich Man]]'' (1966) – River Bus Man
* ''[[The Long Duel]]'' (1967) – Colonel
* ''Danny the Dragon'' (1967) – Potter
* ''[[The Strange Affair]]'' (1968) – Victim
* ''[[The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins]]'' (1971) – Doctor (segment "Gluttony")
* ''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' (1972) – Prior (uncredited)
* ''[[Go for a Take]]'' (1972) – Generous Jim
* ''Where's Johnny?'' (1974) – Basil
* ''[[Vampira (1974 film)|Vampira]]'' (1974) – Man in Hotel Room
* ''[[Man About the House (film)|Man About the House]]'' (1974) – Sir Edmund Weir
* ''[[The Incredible Sarah]]'' (1976) – Major
* ''[[Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers]]'' (1977) – M. O. Billings
* ''[[The Golden Lady]]'' (1979) – Charlie Whitlock
* ''[[Shillingbury Tales|The Shillingbury Blowers]]'' (1980) – Mr. Meadows
* ''[[Young Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1985) – Bentley Bobster
* ''Redondela'' (1987) – José María Gil Ramos
* ''[[Consuming Passions]]'' (1988) – Lester (final film role)
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==Television series==
* ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]'' (1961) – Bertie Miller
* ''[[Danger Man]]'' (1964) – Alex
* ''[[Thorndyke (TV series)|Thorndyke]]'' (1964) – Polton
* ''The Idiot'' (1966) – Lebediev
* ''[[The Illustrated Weekly Hudd]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Room at the Bottom (1967 TV series)|Room at the Bottom]]'' (1967) – Cyril Culpepper
* ''[[All Gas and Gaiters]]'' (1967) - Ghost
* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1968) – Mother / Sir George Collins / Smallwood
* ''[[The_Man_from_Nowhere_(Randall_and_Hopkirk_(Deceased))|Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]] - The Man From Nowhere'' (1968) – Mannering
* ''Never Say Die'' (1970) – Mr. Oliphant
* ''The Misfit'' (1971) – Stanley Allenby-Johnson
* ''[[The Des O'Connor Show]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Casanova (1971 TV serial)|Casanova]]'' (1971) – Schalon
* ''[[Sadie, It's Cold Outside]]'' (1975) – Chip shop proprietor
* ''[[Moll Flanders (1975 TV series)|Moll Flanders]]'' (1975) – Thomas Woodall
* ''[[Wilde Alliance]]'' ('A Question of Research ', 'A Game for Two Players', episodes) (1978) - Bailey
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson]]'' (unscreened) (1980) – Inspector Lestrade
* ''The Whizzkid's Guide'' (1981–1983)
* ''Doctors' Daughters'' (1981) – Archdeacon Bellwether 
* ''[[Kinvig]]'' (1981) – Mr. Horsley
* ''[[Jemima Shore Investigates]]'' – Jamie
* ''[[Bottle Boys]]'' (1984) – Mr. Dawson
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]- The Resident Patient'' (1985) – Blessington/Sutton
* ''[[Ladies in Charge]]'' (1986) – Maxwell

==References==
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